2nd Comic Strip Finished!

I finally finished the 2nd comic for school! I'm sure I'll find some minor mistakes later but hopefully not too much. If so I'll have to fix and resend it to Debra again. I can't wait to see them as bookmarks! Check them out, I think it's going to be passed out for this semester! :) If not, maybe the semester after... I'm not sure how long it takes for it to be printed and such.

Sketches done in LA

I visited Jan this past weekend... had so much fun!!


I got to Burbank a bit early; Jan was still at work. So I went to the Americana... aka Santana Roids.


Just a few people in line at Universal Studios.

That's about it... for now! Stay tuned for mooooore!

Soul Calibur Shark!

Beautiful game by the way... Soul Calibur 4 that is. Check it out if you haven't yet! :)

Comic Strip for School

Here's a comic strip that I've been working on for San Jose State University. Debra said I can put it in my portfolio... which means my blog too...since I'll be transferring it to my portfolio... :)

San Jose State University owns this comic now. There might be a few last minute changes if Debra wants. I'm currently working on a second comic that is due soon... gotta work hard on it!!

Ah man...

I gotta say, It's 12:23am and I'm desperately trying to get a drawing down before going to bed... but I have to honestly say that I'm stuck. The Prometheus character designs are regressing rather than progressing... my drawings are turning out too stiff! But I guess that's the constant struggle as an artist. Maybe tomorrow I will feel the "flow" better.

Another thing that's hard is to really stick with the project. I'm really determined to get the Prometheus story done...atleast to get some solid designs, turn-arounds, and a rough storyboard before school starts... but nights like this... sucks. Lol. But I won't give up! And why am I writing on this blog like it's a personal diary? I have no idea. I guess I need to express my frustrations as an artist somehow through words (or text in this case). I KNOW that tomorrow will be better. Just gotta think positively! :) Keep on truckin', right? hehehe.

I'll work on it more tomorrow and the day after... I'll post something up if I get a good drawing done... usually my rough sketches are much more flowing and not stiff... but it gets so stiff when I clean it up. Another constant struggle for any other artist I guess. Anyone have any suggestions? Or is it one of those things where I just need to have more drawing mileage and learn on my own... hmm...

Anyways, I swear this will be the ONLY post I type that will be like a diary entry. It's really not like me to write like this, it's just not my thing.

Goodnight all... and stay tuned for more stuff! :)

The Cutest Drawing EVER!

I found this on Imaginismstudios.com. You can't get cuter than a fairy and a fairy DOG!!! :D

Revised Girl and Expressions

I revised the Girl design according to a few things that Saul mentioned and what ACME pro's mentioned. I hope she looks a little more feminine now! I also sketched out a few expressions.

The design for Prometheus is going to take a little longer. I need to research a bit more for him.

Any comments or critiques are welcome and appreciated! Stay tuned for more stuff! :)

"Spirit" Sketch

I was listening to Madonna's Ray of Light Album and this is what I got... pretty bizarre I guess. The title "Spirit" is obviously a place holder until I think of a better one. Maybe I'll color it when I get the chance. I'll have to tweak with it a lot before I do though... the composition isn't really there and I'll have to mess with sizes and placements of things and such...

Anyways, stay tuned for more stuff! :)

Project: Prometheus

Jan helped me think of a story for a short film. In short, it's a story on my take of how Prometheus gives fire to mankind. Prometheus is a teenager, and has a crush on a human girl. She's shivering from the cold and Prometheus wants to help her and steals the fire. It's going to be a light hearted story. I'm going to keep working on it as much as I can. Stay tuned for more stuff! Maybe revised designs, turn-arounds, or storyboards!

Something I made...

"Tasty Love"

This is a present I made for Januel for his trip to LA (to work at DreamWorks as a story artist!). It's a joke we have... I blow him kisses and he eats them.

Good luck and work hard Jan!! <3

Drawing for Creation Engines

Here's a late entry for the Creation Engines blog:


*purrr...* just enjoying a nap...

Sketchbook Stuff

Here's just a few sketches from my sketchbook:


Valley Fair Foodcourt


Santana Row


Umm... Starbucks cafe? (obviously drawn out of my head of course...hehe)

Stay tuned for a late "Tree" entry for Creation Engines!

More Drawings

Here's some drawings that I made from the figure drawing session.




Stay tuned for more sketches! :)

More Figure Drawings

Hey all! Jan and I went to figure drawing again. Here's just a few that I got out of the session:







Anyways... more sketches to come! Stay tuned! :)

Summer Figure Drawing and Sketches

Jan, Andrea, Chris Palmer, Saul, Chris McKane, and I went to Cogwell to do some figure drawing!






A couple days before that Jan, Andrea, and I went sketching at Borders.



This boy was actually done in the Cocola Cafe at Santana Row when Saul joined us to sketch.

Hmm that's about it for artwork I think. Stay tuned for more! :) Hope everyone is having a great summer so far!

The Semester is over!!

Wooooooo the semester is finally over!! Just wanted to post my final assignments/projects. Here's one from my 114 class... the sack pantomime.



I uploaded it on YouTube so it'll be easier to see. I'll see if I can take pictures of my 113A comps and final painting soon and upload that too. Oh man oh man it's the summer yaaaaaaaay! :D

Nefertiti Revisited

Hey all! Whenever I get the chance I always try to go back to my personal project Nefertiti. Actually I just want to make a successful character design for her that eventually be feature quality. I guess you can say she's like the ongoing/guinea pig project. But here's what it looks like now:


Left two bigger drawings are what I'm leaning towards in developing her further. Right small drawings are more explorations.

I really like how she is evolving, if you look at how I approached her last year it was completely different. Anyways, I'll keep working on her when I can. Maybe some facial expressions and such. Stay tuned! :)

Also, any comments or critiques are appreciated. I would love to hear about how she could be better in terms of appeal, rhythms, shapes, contrast, etc. That goes the same with my animations. Thank you!

Sack Pantomime Update 2!

Another update on the Sack. Again, no sound, but everything is wrapping up. It's cleaned up now and more consistent. Just need to put the hula-skirt in.



Oh, but there's more I want to do to it! If I have extra time I'll do it, then post up the Final version! Stay tuned! School is almost ooovvvveeeeerrr......!

Sack Pantomime Update!

Hello! Here's an update on the Sack Pantomime assignment.




I've been working on it a lot, but there's still a lot to do! There's no sound right now and it's super rough. Timing will be fixed and will need to in-between stuff.

Anyways... that's about it for now. I'll try to take a picture of my color comps sometime and post them. They were turned in a while ago and I'm working on the final big painting now. Wish me luck! (I will need it...)

Final B&W Rendering

Here's a scan (8 scans put together on Photoshop) of the Black and White graphite rendering of my Tidepool:



Boy did I pull it out of the grave... I'm actually content with it right now rather than wanting to strangle it. Thanks to Jan and all my friends for critiques and helping me.. :)

Coming soon.... Color comps! Stay tuned!