pencils re-do of my past red riding hood image, to re-color.. and I misplaced the large file of the other one hehehe... and then Taki fanart from Soul Calibur 4. I suppose I feel obligated to be excited about it coming out soon :)

if anyone out there reading this plays soul calibur seriously, I'm interested in getting some people together to play in SoCal area, since everyone else that plays is like in Norcal and SanDiego... here I am in the middle! bah

creature i'm working on

this is what i presented in axel's character design class at gnomon. not quite finished, and the other components will be finished before sdcc! tons of learning happened here :)

Stuff

I should update? It's been a week..

First one of the Killer Klowns

Her sketched version

finished Bunny creature

Spent a couple of hours on this sketch last night for my Production Design2 class at Gnomon.. I guess this is the cute one. I've been ordered specifically to create a scary, creepy monster for next class! So we'll see how that goes. Nothing that time, reference and photoshop won't solve I imagine though.

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My coloring on The End League has gotten sooooo much faster! It's really exciting to realise when you get to that point where you are just making decisions (hopefully mostly good ones), and putting stuff down because of a tight deadline, or the fact that I want to draw and paint for Gnomon, so I have to force myself to be quicker but smarter.

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Photoshop/reference:

Updating with stuff - just 2 of the clown designs here, line drawings.. turnarounds and color and others to follow (ah the first guy not so clowny yet, majority is in color/pattern of pants, and a face on his stomach.)

I want to say thanks Axel for keeping my spirits up about this project drawings and sdcc

And thanks Eric for helping me focus in crazy times -

This is what he looks like

Scary monster sketch. 1hr about -

I made some time to ask myself if I was able to draw still so I opened up Painter and Photoshop to see how that went. This is what came out in about an hour - some pretty effed up stuff has went on before and this image came to mind first.. hmmm maybe I should put in a background!~ lol <3
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So what have I been doing? Well I was trucking along doing concept work and all that for classes at Gnomon, and now I'm coloring issues of The End League for Darkhorse and Eric Canete is drawing the stuff. Here's an article - http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=156587

Also, K.P.Talbott, who is also under my friends list as Kerry Talbott, is in a competition at zudacomics.com with the comic strip called "E". Vote for him - he's funny and he rules.

http://zudacomics.com/node/426

I've no idea how to embed stuff because computers aren't my thing and I have a low tolerance for taking a long time to post something, so apologies for just the link...

Wuuuut environments of sorts?!

Painter/Photoshop, snowymountain, desert, jungle, underwater (underwater not quite finished) - Enjoy!

Updatiiiiiinngggggg

Just an update ~

Just updating with sketches... to be further realized, etc ~

And this got into Spectrum15 ;x

I know right! ha

Clowns-ish

New stuffffff - all sketches, nothing final nor about to be ~There are lots more but... this is what I decided to post. /shrug

For Axel's character design at Gnomon

Been a while again! :x Oh well, my first round of classes at Gnomon has gone by and just from the intros and first lectures I can tell right away that I, if not already, am going to be a super clean slate to try and absorb as much as I can from this experience, and am super inspired to work my ass off! I'm soooooo glad I signed up for this. I'm sure I'll be posting my progress with these classes along the way.

Er... the VA Tekken Myspace requested some art, so here's a quick sketch just to get my drawing muscles warm (and to post finally -_-) of Devil Jin~! I <3 my gaming community, even though I'm WC now, so definitely trying to get some art to them, and try to kick the other states' Tekken whatevers booties. Haha we'll see. ;)

Some sketches

Been soooo long since I updated. I've been going through a pretty big move for me and now I'm trying to settle into a new place. I'm excited though! Things are really looking up. Been working with awesome people in Richmond on a film, the continuous project between me and a few friends on a videogame (http://wingsofapocalypse.blogspot.com/), which I'm just recently (as in yesterday) progressing on since the move, and I've enrolled in a few classes at Gnomon. I also found out I got into Society of Illustrators in NY and Spectrum 15, which is due out October 2008.

There's been some ups and a few downs, but hey, I'm still learning, drawing and painting. Ultimately and I guess pretty simply, that's what really makes me happy. Apart from sushi and a good movie. Oh I saw Paprika this past weekend - it was awesome! :D

So anyways, yeah sketches. The usual ballpoint at a coffee shop and the one of the guy with the sweet mustache is outside in LA.

New

I got a new sketchbook today. Soooo many things are going to be new now, it's crazy, so I thought I'd feel the waters out with a new sketchbook. Maybe not quite the same as the other new stuff. :/ I try.

Inspiration

Sooo.... got back from SCAD yesterday and what can I say other than it was an amazing school and a great opportunity to meet some really awesome people. I already knew Eric Canete but it was great to see him talk about something other than Ironman! (haha juuuuust kidding.) He did a thing on storytelling which about made everyone drool and fall out of their seats. He really talks so well but is modest, but I think his knowledge and love for the art made it natural for him to talk about it so easily.

Andrew Robinson was also there. I didn't know who he was at first, but I am sure glad I do now haha.. he works with the comics but also goes back to working with traditional painting sometimes. Seeing some of his techniques was like... oooooooooohhh.... He made me want to go home and paint. :/

Yuko Shimizu is the sweetest person ever. She's also a teacher at SVA and boy what lucky students haha! She lectured on small business of illustration and portfolios and all that. It was such an inciteful lecture that was just purely about illustration which I think helped with the almost pure business class I had to last semester. It's kind of mandatory to believe her because she's been so successful at it. And she worked in business for 10 years. :o

James Jean has great hair. I kept looking at his hair like wow, well I guess if you start working for Prada would be willing to do a haircut or something. Well I don't really know if he got a haircut at Prada... /shrug But anyways in the round table discussion thing the first night I was there where all the artists talked and introduced themselves, James said some really important things that made me think about my own situation. He is very very talented, but after hearing him and Yuko talk, he is so good because of really hard work.

Overall about style, one thing they stressed was to be yourself. In Yuko's slideshow she said that ultimately you cannot run from who you are, and if that reflects in your work then that is how it should be. Being a senior in college I am kind of freaking out about graduating... what am I going to do with my drawing ability, will I be able to present it in a way I'm happy with, will my style be liked by clients and especially by me? All those things. It sounds so cheesy, but you just have to be yourself. :P Maybe you'd see what I meant if you saw the lecture. Also... during Q&A Eric and James said they do one maybe 2 sketches for a client. Yuko quickly jumped in and said NOOOOO lol... I was so glad when she said that, because Sterling would kick me out if I tried that, then tried to justify it by saying James Jean said he does one sketch. o___o;;

After getting to know them they really are just normal people with awesome talents, personalities and a common intense passion for what they are doing. I hope to visit both James and Yuko in Cali and NY next time I'm around there! This trip was nothing less than exciting!

Feels good again ~

It feels like I haven't touched Painter in months, and that probably is the case. I just got my new computer and spent so long trying to get some brushes back... It's pretty daunting trying to regain the old comfortable setup. Here's a sketch in Painter I couldn't resist between working on other stuff ~

A sketch ~