Most of my work to date has not fallen into any real specific category or theme. Most of it is just the accumulation of work as assigned by instructors or faculty of various institutions I have attended while labeling myself as an “art student”. In my young life this has suited me just fine. After all, I was just trying to fine tune the “technical” aspects of my talent, with no real sense or desire of an “artistic voice”

In high school I dabbled briefly in a macabre sense of surrealism, taking influence from modern illustrator, Jim Warren, and surrealist icons Salvador Dali, and Rene Magritte. But shortly after high school was over, that interest faded back into the depths of my subconscious, and has rarely surfaced since.

A longer interest that predates high school is my childhood love of comic-books. In the summer of 2004, I opted to stop sitting by the margin of my own lethargy, and forcefully plant my talent where my mouth was. I would make my own comics. I noticed the underground boom that was webcomics (a comic strip and/or book that is read on the Internet), and decided I’d make my own. The site has continued to develop a small, but faithful following.

I have a desire to maintain pursuing various arenas in the land of art. Ultimately, discovering a source of income so as to cover living expenses, and not stifle too much of my creativity would be ideal. In the mean time, I shall continue exploring what I can, and confidently stumble upon my infinitesimal position in this vast immense world.

Robert McKeone was born in sunny southern California. Exceptionally quick after his birth, his family contemplated that it might be more fun to move to sunny southern Florida. Few years later, they opted to go back to California, Robert remains there to this day.

At the tender age of six, Robert was placed in an after-school art program; a seed was planted, with the aim of tagging along until his dying days. An artist, he would be. All the way throughout most of Robert’s upbringing, his talent developed as you would expect. He self-trained pretty much all the way up through high school, replicating illustrations from books and magazines.

High school is when things would change. Robert knew his pathway was impending art. Nothing else excited him or really got him energized, the way art did. Except for girls, but again, this was high school. Having decided to be an artist, Robert focused more on his art, sure he’d always been the “class artist”, but times were different. The little pond would only continue to grow into an ocean, and Robert would have to prove he could swim.

Robert took up the educational pursuit in art. He gained knowledge of techniques, histories, styles, the people and the places of art, both old and new. There was fleeting moment where he was inspired by the dream like quality of surrealist painters. To a great extent of his high school efforts echoes that inspiration.

Well into college, Robert contemplated the fine arts road of selling paintings, but it wasn’t for him. He subsequently calculated the lifestyle of comic-book artists. He promptly became conscious that it was an arena that one could make a civilized (sometimes substantive) living on, and a field he had always had a strong interest in.

Laziness and the aforementioned awareness of the female gender, took hold of him and Robert did nothing to pursue his artistic goals. Many years were wasted. After wasting so much time, Robert finally decided to do something. He released his own webcomic to the world in the summer of 2004. He was making comics and sharing his work with the public. Robert was not getting paid for said comics. However, he was doing the work and while making comics, his skills in the process of sequential art have increased dramatically. Robert is keen to run with this knowledge, and explore this art form and any others to come.