DRAWINGFOOL

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My name is Gaetano Vicini (Tom is much easier to spell!) I'm a Los Angeles artist born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 

I've loved art and design ever since I can remember. The masters of old, the golden age of cartoon, pop art nostalgia, underground comics, 60's & 70's Mad magazine, Wacky packages and The under-grounders like Robert Crumb, Dave Sheridan. Rick Griffin and vintage rock poster artists. Charles Bragg, T.S Sullivant, and Thomas Fluharty, to rattle off a few influences.

My art has appeared in  film, publications and corporate commissions such as McDonalds, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Subway etc, and my original art has been acclaimed by such celebrities as Danny DeVito, singer/artist Tony Bennett, artists Russ Heath and Mad Magazine’s Sergio Aragones. 

My medium of choice for original and commissioned artwork is pencil, pen and a digital pen display. My process is first drawing by hand (I like the old fashioned writing tool on paper.) I then scan it into Photoshop, refining it by inking or "painting" digitally. I use a Wacom Cintiq interactive pen display for my art and design. One of the best things about working digitally is I have the ability to get high resolution artwork directly to the client via the internet easily and peacefully around the world. 

 Whether it be for personal projects, or you're a start up or an existing business my illustration, cartoon and pop art styles can bring your ideas and endeavors into fruition. My art style is suitable for all kinds of marketing and promotional applications such as: Beer, soda, wine and hot sauce labels, character brand mascots, Merch, business logos, art for social media, website art, book illustrations, magazine illustration, greeting cards, ads,  T-Shirts, stickers, periodicals, cards, toys, album cover, cd and streaming cover art, etc. (get the idea?) 

         I also have original art, prints for purchase in the Portfolio gallery. Please contact me for all inquiries.