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View profile: frohickey
 Real name: Adrian Kleinbergen
Self description:
Adrian Kleinbergen (1961–) is a Canadian artist, born in Edmonton, Alberta. Along with drawing and painting, he does jewelry design and manufacture, sculpture, caricature, writing, costuming, and even magic. He started in comics in 1987, penciling, inking and coloring "Starstone" and "Darkewood" for Aircel Publishing in Ottawa, Canada. He ran his own comic publishing company, Ground Zero Graphics, which published "The Shadowalker Chronicles" in 1991 (Starstone, Darkewood and The Shadowalker Chronicles were created and written by Gordon Derry, of Ottawa, Canada). Adrian was the primary artist and a columnist for the national magic magazine, "The Servante". He was one of the original artists for On Spec and Neo-opsis magazines, doing both covers and interior art. Adrian’s latest project is a graphic novel, Frontiers, written and drawn by him and published by MU Press, in Seattle, Washington.
Adrian has also worked as a professional comics inker for a variety of magazines and artists and has displayed and sold artwork in a number of venues and galleries.
frohickey's creations   | Created by frohickey 33 weeks ago"This is a scratch-built plastic model, approximately 1/16 scale depicting a fictional german light transport vehicle used in WWII. This small truck would be used to tow light artillery (anti-tank guns) or utility trailers with ammunition or other supplies. This vehicle is fitted with anchor points..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"This is my first attampt at a technical cutaway drawing. I've always been fascinated and impressed with this kind of illustration because it really gives you a understandable look at the interiors of things and how they work as opposed to overly complex diagrams and plans. I figured I'd start with..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"This is a fictional German fighter plane of the type that were designed near the end of the war when any crazy design that might have made a difference was allowed to be developed. This is purely made-up and a product of my imagination, thus there are bound to be many technical errors. It was only..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"This is a concept design for a stealth submarine. The configuration allows the sub to operate on the surface but presenting little or no radar reflection. This way, covert missions can be deployed and retrieved close to enemy shorelines without attracting..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"I wanted to have my own "Necronomicon" so I used a plaster casting of a rubber Halloween skull and an old hardcover novel I got at a dollar store and went to work. Some of the gems adorning the cover are actually fancy plastic buttons from a fabric store. The interior has been hollowed out to hide..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"When I bought a Mamod steam engine (the smallest, cheapest one they make) about 30 years ago, I somehow found out that they were compatible with Meccano building sets. I thought what a great steam-powered car I could make. I didn't have any Meccano, though and wasn't likely to get any at the time..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"This is a fictional concept of a future tank design used in some unnamed war somewhere in eastern..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"This is a plastic and polymer clay sculpture that was originally meant to be the protoype of a resin model kit but lack of funds ended the project. I then assembled and finished the components into the result you see here. The embryo is about four inches tall and the cylinder measures about 13..." |
 | Created by frohickey 46 weeks ago"This is sculpted from polymer clay and painted with acrylic model paints. Straps and belts were made from fake suede, riveted with the heads of straight pins. Weapons were either cast in resin or made from metals like silver and bronze. The figures of both the rider and the dino were armatured with..." |
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