d'aquino is best known for his 'matchbook miniatures' which are meticulously hyper detailed small scale pencil drawings, not exceeding one inch by one inch in dimension, carefully crafted onto the inside cover of vintage strike-on-front matchbooks. d'aquino's illustrations visit themes of evil, cruelty, madness, and loss of innocence. these motifs derive themselves from his passion for mystery and macabre : his greatest influences being h. p. lovecraft, edward gorey, hans bellmer, maurice sendak, and serial killers such as ed gein and sundry other real-life monsters and deviants of true crime.