In a career spanning now over 25 years, Tommy has worked with many of the great companies like Strathmore, DC Comics, Rolling Stone, Fangoria, and Paramount Pictures, and has put paint and pencil to comic book mainstays such as Batman Detective, Legends of the Dark Knight, Tales from the Crypt, Toetags (with horror legend George Romero), Alice in Wonderland, King Kong, Coloring Book of the Dead and The Darkside of Oz.
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Artist Feature Story: Tommy Castillo and The City of Angels – Part 1 August 21, 2013
“We all dream of getting that dream job and I have had many of them. But, never have I had the tools to hold onto them like this before.” says Tommy Castillo about his Modbook Pro, and for now more than 25 years, Tommy has been able, in one way or another, to derive a source of income from his passion – his art.
The world we live in today has turned in many aspects into a digital village where everyone has to compete for everything – attention, time, opportunities. Balancing the creative need to obsess endlessly over minute details, until everything is just right, with the ability to move ever more quickly has become the ultimate challenge for every artist looking to turn his passion into a profession.
For Tommy Castillo, the Modbook Pro – which is the most powerful creative tablet computer available, running natively both Mac OS X and Windows – has proven itself an indispensable companion in successfully answering this challenge.
This week, in the first of a two part story, Castillo offers us an exclusive look behind the curtain and we follow this great and colorful wizard on his amazing from-the-napkin-to-the-screen adventure to the city of angels, complete with flying machines and, of course, his trusted Excalibur.
Artist Feature Story: Tommy Castillo on the Modbook Pro April 5, 2013
Artist Tommy Castillo — who has worked on Legends of the Dark Knight, King Kong, Tales from the Crypt, Alice in Wonderland and other creative and film projects — thinks of the Modbook Pro as his Excalibur, a trusted instrument of his trade: “It feels like you can take over the world with this baby.”
The Modbook Pro is the “newest tool in the arsenal of the modern artist,” says Castillo, who travels much of the year and relies on his Modbook Pro as a workstation while on the road.
Castillo enjoys working in traditional media and also works digitally. For his digital work, the Modbook Pro — which is the only Macbased tablet available — offers him the advantage of speed, power and portability.
“It really has become my digital sketchbook and my gateway to the internet on the road,” says Castillo of the Modbook Pro. “It has the full capabilities and power I need.”
In our blog this week, Castillo discusses his work and how he uses the Modbook Pro on his various projects, including his newest, The Darkside of Oz, a more menacing take on the Oz mythology.
Don’t miss future stories and adventures, here on Tommy Castillo’s feature section.
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Tommy Castillo – Veteran Artist, Writer, Illustrator and Comic Book Creator
