Wow... 5 years...

It's atleast 5 years since I first joined DA, and seems like I barely made anything worthwhile here. I did learn alot of things, and from what I did see, alot of people... even upto this day, loved my chibi renditions of popular Castlevania characters (a series which I grew up with and am a very big fan of) so that's something I have considered in working on again in the near future.

I have created my very own comicbook, or rather comic teaser if you will, but really nothing fruitful happened to it. I guess I was bogged down eventually, and well stuff happened I guess.

Skills-wise, I learned a few tricks and I hope to use them in future endeavors if ever. I need to recover some of the lost time I had here, and I plan to do so very soon. I'm pretty much well equipped now with most of the necessary tools I need for working on new projects so that shouldn't pose as a problem.

All I can say is that I am ready and determined to release new stuff here for people to see, and hopefully I can find my way back to the industry that I've been away from for quite some time.

--=ABOUT ME =--

My name is Carl Martin Jimenez. I'm a Fine Arts graduate Majoring in Advertising from Philippine Women's University - Taft Ave. I always use the pen name "Dio Brando", which was the name of one of my favorite character from the manga; "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure". For a much more detailed information about who I am, kindly click the link below:

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--= MY BLOG =--
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--= MY FINISHED WORK =--
2007 PORTFOLIO
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2006 PORTFOLIO
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Finished Projects this 2008:

Currently working on:
- None as of the moment

Cancelled Projects


Upcoming projects this 2008:
- None as of the moment



--=CLUBS I BELONG IN=--

Finished Projects this 2007:

- Artwork for game; TaleCraft


- Commissioned NEKP character redesigns for


- Experimental artwork with Adobe Illustrator

Currently working on:
- Experimental animation with Adobe Flash
- Castlevania 20th year Anniversary fanart
- NEKP (a kamishibai project) character remakes

Cancelled Projects
- Valentine-themed one-shot comicbook

Upcoming projects this 2007:
- Graphic novel script and character designs
- Personal Website
- Card game concept

--= NEWS & UPDATES =--

August 2007
- Its been quite awhile since I updated my DeviantART page, due to many stuff that happened in my life lately. One of which is that I finally moved on from my previous work to a new job. While the pay rate is technically lower than my previous work (for now) it did give me the chance to study for free. For me, this has been a very good trade-off, granted I needed to only survive the days I have few or little money left on my pockets. But the knowledge I gained is definitely priceless, and I will be showing the results of my studies in the following days to come. As you could see on my "Currently working on" part, I added 2 experimental projects that will be a showcase of my newly acquired knowledge. Be prepared for some pretty cool surprises people. ^_~
- WOW!! After 2 years, this deviation of mine finally earned 55 favorite hits since it was released back in 2005. I'm quite happy and proud of the fact that even after 2 years, this work of mine STILL gets favs and is deemed the most popular deviation in my gallery. Thanks so much for the people who supported and faved my artwork. You definitely inspire me to work harder and train more now that I'm studying again. Also, as a little teaser, due to the amount of favs and popularity this deviation got, I finally opted to use chibi artstyle in making my 20th Anniversary Castlevania Tribute deviation.

June 2007
- I finally got to update my DeviantART after one-whole month. I was damn too busy with my workload at the office, that I simply had no time.
- I'm able to finish not one, but 2 commission artwork in my NEKP redesign project.
- FINALLY GOT ME A NINTENDO DS!! I got myself 2 units now actually, a DS Phat (the original one with the bulky body) and a DS Lite. Got myself new games as well. ^_^
- Celebrated my birthday last May 18, so I'm officially 24 years-old now. ^_^