History / News

Thoughts from the past and new ones to be remembered..

A Little Backround Information

Jacob was born and raised in Middletown Connecticut. He attended Middletown High School in which he developed a strong love for illustrating. His High School art teacher was a big influence on him and she worked very close with Jacob, helping him refine his skills by sending him to outside art schools, many of them local colleges. He attended both Hartford Art School and Lyme Academy of Fine Arts for College level portfolio development and printmaking studies. During High School he recieved three prestigious awards from the Statewide Scholastic Art and Writing awards. His freshman year he recieved a place award and his junior year he recieved a silver key along with another place award in printmaking. After High School Jacob went to Hamden Connecticut to attend Paier College of Art where he studied illustration and Graphic Design. Jacob can now be seen in the pages of Black Ink Horror Magazine and often works on commission pieces for bands and musical groups from all over the world.

01/31/2007

It's been another year my friends and hopefully this year will bring much more success and fun filled projects. Black Ink Horror #1 is up for pre-order and will be out in February so make sure to hit them up at http://www.blackinkhorror.com .. They also have a forum up in which I urge everyone to check out specially if you are an artist or writer. http://www.blackinkhorror.proboards98.com . If you guys have been reading my Deviant Art page you will know that I did a side project for Record One Studios. The project involved Gospel Music Artist Abigail Hernandez. Basically I did my first Cd layout for the studio and I want to thank them very much for letting me do the project. Also in the same blog I believe I stated that I was working with Tom Moran on another project entitled "Raw Meat" which is an anthology of short horror stories. My participation involved five illustrations that had to be done is such a short amount of time. Poor Tom had his sketch book stolen so a bunch of fellow DA members came to Tom's rescue to see that the book got done in time. "Raw Meat" is also up for Pre-order at Black ink horror.

News

03/29/2007

Sorry for the lack of updates. I've been pretty swamped lately with a series that I've been working on. The new series is a collection of black and white pen and ink illustrations of classic horror movies.. The progress is coming along quite well and I should have those images posted very soon..

9/22/2006
Made some new scans and updated the Artwork section. Also you'll notice that I took down a few pointless pages. Great news though I've been selected to work for two horror story magazines. One being Wicked Karnival and the other is Black Ink Horror. Make sure to check my links section for the websites.

08/18/2005

New pic added to the Nick Caeser collaboration.. This is so close to finished and I shall start putting out better pics for everyone to see.. Not to mention I will be working on a stop frame animation with this piece and another that im creating.. Also I want to give a mighty thanks to Nick for placing me on his page and giving me a more than excellent review.. He is a true friend now and a even better mentor.. So if you havent seen this mans page yet do it now or you'll be missing out.. Also I just got word from Incarnate and they will be moving forward with one of my designs so major props to them as well.. I've encluded the link to check that out.. Mind you its still in a ruff state and is not complete yet.. http://people.zeelandnet.nl/mnood/index_new.htm

08/06/2005

The Nicolas Von Caesargeist project is rocking in full form be sure to check it out over on my side bar there its the Scary-Art collaboration.. We have some really good plans for this piece.. I swear I havent touched any sculpture design in years but there is quite a bit of feedback already check this link to read some of the reviews.. http://www.livejournal.com/users/nicolascaesar/531321.html ... Also I have plans to create a stop frame animation when its all done so check back soon.. The other thing I want everybody to know is the new Home page design that Krista came up with.. I think its quite amazing so if anybody has any feedback let me know.. Ohh and thanks to everybody who signed my guest book so far.. If you havent yet then take five freakin seconds to do it.. Thanks guys..

07/24/2006
Just got a chance to do some updates. Check the gallery for a few new pieces.. I also deleted a few. I'll be working on a new layout soon so stay tuned..

07/19/2005

New Group added to Myspace Called The Alliance of Artists feel free to check it out but mind you it is invite only. Over the Top's prints are ready for silkscreen so keep your eye out and make sure you support them to the fullest.. Also I noticed nobody has signed the Guest book so show your love damn it..

http://groups.myspace.com/AllianceofArtists

07/18/2005

Over The Top's T-shirt Designs are complete Check my images section to see these. Been talking to Dwid alot lately discussing prices, techniques, and waffles haha.. Krista's been pumping out tons of graphic work for me so thanks again sweetie.. Be sure to check her My Space page out at http://www.myspace.com/kristamay420 ... I also have some designs in the process for Incarnate which is an excellent Metal Core band from the Netherlands.. You can find a link for them in my links section..