Dustsplat

Skulls!

2012-01-15T20:39:00.001-08:00

I visited the Academy of Sciences recently and although it was an underwhelming experience, they had some pretty cool skulls in their collection that i was able to do some studies off of.

DC Antiquity

2012-01-05T23:04:00.001-08:00

Some character design sketches as an exercise for fun for myself. Wanted to take the iconic DC characters and redesign them to fit in a more classical antiquity era.

Red Baret Sketches

2011-12-23T02:11:00.000-08:00

Sketches i did for the development of the Red Baret Character

Modern War

2011-12-02T01:59:00.000-08:00

Character design for work.

The Red Swan

2011-11-18T13:02:00.001-08:00

Long time no post. Work has been keeping me busy, for the past few months however i've been working on this project on my free time for my portfolio. It's based on a native american folklore titled "The Red Swan," and i am happy to be able to finally post it up in it's entirety. Thanks for looking!

landscape painting studies

2011-10-06T13:04:00.000-07:00

Some studies from paintings by the russian artist Kuindzhi. Really enjoyed his colors and his almost graphical apporach to his landscape paintings.

Swan studies

2011-09-23T21:53:00.001-07:00

Studies i did of swan/bird anatomy in order to build up my confidence before i tackle a concept and design the creature.

Baba Yaga

2011-08-10T00:11:00.001-07:00

Some old work from my Baba Yaga project. A couple years old it was my rendition of a Russian folklore in an African setting.

Some stuff

2011-07-17T22:22:00.000-07:00

Work has been keeping me busy so i havn't been able to post anything online for a while. During my free time however iv been working on some personal work. These are a few development sketches i've been working based on a native american story.

after work sketches

2011-05-23T23:53:00.000-07:00

Been spending a couple hours after work to go and sketch some people. It's a nice way to relax a bit.

studies

2011-02-07T23:21:00.000-08:00

Pro and Gerome painting studies done over the weekend.

study

2011-01-16T22:14:00.000-08:00

quick study

Concept sketch

2011-01-01T17:36:00.000-08:00

Here's a concept sketch of an environment with a temple like structure The image doubled as a personal exercise for lighting and color that took a bit more work than anticipated.

Happy New Years folks!

Cafe sketches

2010-10-29T01:17:00.001-07:00

Some sketches i did mostly from cafe's except for this first one which was done at a drawing workshop and the 2nd to last one which were done whilst waiting at the pet shelter.

workshops and cafe's

2010-10-12T21:54:00.000-07:00

some sketches from workshops and various cafes around where i live

workshop sketches were about 5-7 mins each

drew some people that were watching opera at at&t park.

waiting for something to cook

drew my jacket

sketches and studies

2010-09-25T12:39:00.000-07:00

Finally found some time to be able to scan and post these. Here are a bit of the sketches and studies that i have done recently.

study done of the inside of my apartment

practicing my shadow shapes and shadow plotting

outside sketching

break time. drew a dude at the office.

studies

2010-09-18T01:44:00.001-07:00

a couple of old studies

sketch

2010-09-02T22:53:00.000-07:00

Torso sketch

sketches

2010-08-18T01:20:00.001-07:00

Cafe doodles and some quick thumbnail studies of rust.

Owl Guy

2010-07-20T08:43:00.000-07:00

Sketch with some watercolor and a slapped on texture. owl looks like it was caught on camera or something

Been busy

2010-07-05T23:34:00.000-07:00

Been quite busy recently but i finally found a little down time to upload these. These are a couple commissions i did.

This one is for DJ Shwann. Its his own personal character Tempo Slice.

Zuko and Toph from the show avatar with a personal take on the characters.

Baba Yaga Environment concept sketches

2010-06-06T18:05:00.000-07:00

Here are some concept sketches for my Baba Yaga project. Here i am just trying to explore and expand on the world of the story.

Dense forest concept based on one of the scenes from the story

Environment based on the white rock desert in Egypt

Land of the Giant Snails. because giant snails are cool. . .

Misty Forest concept

Rhino mountain concept

sketch and studies

2010-05-30T12:13:00.000-07:00

Some figure sketches and studies

was doing a creature concept based on a rhino and an african bullfrog. here are a some studies on the actual animals before doing the concept.

some figure studies and drawings from life

"The Help" Final Cover(s)

2010-05-17T18:51:00.001-07:00

I went with the grass blade and dew idea. The critique i received was to make the image look more like an illustration rather than a photo. So i took this opportunity to play around with colors i've never really tried before and also different types of brushes.

As an image i personally like the version with the red/blue color scheme but felt the other 2 expressed the book better. There were other people that also preferred the other 2.

"The Help" Thumbs

2010-05-17T18:41:00.000-07:00

Here's a class assignment where we would create a bookcover for the novel "The Help." The book deals with racism in the south during the 1960's. A touchy subject matter thats usually hard to deal with just because of the sensitivity of the topic. I felt that the best way to tackle this was to make the image a metaphorical representation of what the book is about rather than a literal image of what it's about.

I wanted to create an image that has more of an emotional impact rather than a narrative one. anyways, here' are my thumbs. the red lines represent where the text is going to go.

Picture Perfect

2010-05-03T19:48:00.000-07:00

Final image of the Plastic surgery editorial. It took a little longer than i thought. I wanted that kind of cheesy photo look. Like it was taken at a cheap ass photo studio. I think it adds to these characters who are trying to look as perfect as possible. i realize that that woman's fake ass takes up a lot of space on the right. lol

heres the line-work for the image. they dont look as creepy here as in the rendered version.

Plastic Surgery Editorial Thumbs and Sketches

2010-05-03T19:31:00.001-07:00

Alright, so here are my two thumbnails and corresponding sketches for an editorial on plastic surgery

Pretty straight to the point idea. Passport photo doesn't look like actual person. did some sketches for the before and after shot. played with square vs circular head shapes whilst still keeping body proportions close.

This was my first idea and eventually the one i went with. Image of a picture and frame. Parents did too much plastic surgery that the son doesn't look anything like them. Again, i tried to play around with circular and round versus square and angular shapes.

Skeeeeeeeeetch!

2010-04-25T16:00:00.000-07:00

Okay, large post here. been quite busy recently. i wish i had more time to sketch. but anyways, heres some stuff from my sketch book.

more owls. owls are really cool to me. their skulls look really odd with their IMMENSE eye sockets

pot belly pigs

some 20-30 second drawings.

friend of mine who went back to zambia. drawing of him during his last days in the US.

Annabel Lee Final

2010-04-06T14:49:00.000-07:00

Finally done with this thing. Ive never really had to do this kinda of piece before. The whole aim of this piece is the mood so hopfully ive been able to capture that.

Heres the linework for the piece. I made about 4 other wallpapers but i felt this one fit the piece best.

and here's the final thumbnail i went with for the image

Elphaba

2010-04-01T23:37:00.000-07:00

Recently watched the broadway show "Wicked." It was fantastic. The music, the characters, the play on an old classic story, it was all just awesome.

Heres a quick doodle of the main character.

Annabel Lee thumbnails

2010-03-28T03:11:00.001-07:00

Thumbnails for an illustration based on the poem "Annabel Lee" by Edgar allan Poe. Did a gazillion other thumbs before coming up with these 3 concrete ideas. But these were rejectd because they were too clear. was told to be more subtle with the story telling.

Back to sqaure one again.

class sketch

2010-03-16T17:24:00.000-07:00

sketch of my classmates i did in a previous semester. a little old but i still like it.

hut concept

2010-03-16T17:22:00.001-07:00

just a random hut concept i did a few months ago

Bill Nighy (not the science guy) Final

2010-03-08T18:07:00.000-08:00

The final version of my Bill Nighy (not the science guy)

changed his suit to an Elizabethan style costume.

The final drawing

Bill Nighy (not the science guy) thumbs

2010-03-08T18:02:00.001-08:00

Portrait assignment.

chose to do bill nighy, the guy that played davy jones from pirates of the Caribbean. started off with some thumbnails.

Mnemosyne_Final image

2010-02-19T14:24:00.001-08:00

Mnemosyne linework

2010-02-17T11:40:00.000-08:00

First assignment from my Honor Portfolio class.

image of the greek titan goddes Mnemosyne presented in a mucha style fashion.

Ngbende Girl

2009-12-19T10:25:00.001-08:00

Whilst doing research for my Baba Yaga project i came across this image of a Ngbende girl from the northern congo. The Rafia grass visors are used to conceal their juvenille identity untill the ritual is done when they are reborn as a woman. So i drew it.

Babayaga (6)

2009-12-02T14:28:00.001-08:00

Here is the final design for babayaga herself and also the color comps i did before i painted her

Babayaga (5)

2009-12-02T04:13:00.000-08:00

Here are the exploration pages for the character design of baba yaga herself.

more refined sketches

a little more refined sketches

some facial explorations

thumbnails thumbnails!

Drawing for Film (3)

2009-11-29T23:39:00.000-08:00

Here is the other character from the bluebeard story. In the begining i was still sticking close to my normal way of drawing but i loosened up a bit afterwards.

Drawing for Film (2)

2009-11-29T23:38:00.001-08:00

Here's a second attempt at the bluebeard character. i think its a little better.

Drawing for Film (1)

2009-11-29T23:09:00.000-08:00

Some stuff from my Drawing for film class. im doing the story "Bluebeard." this class really takes me out of my comfort zone. im drawing in a way iv never done before so its really uncomfortable to me. but im learnin a hell lot. here's my first attempt.

Babayaga (4) thumbnails and Action sheets

2009-11-29T16:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some action sheets i did for the girl character design, of course if there was a game there would be so much more but i wanted to get the basics down at least. Since this focused on the action rather than the design, i simplified the design to her most basic form, or jus thte forms that would be affected the most during gameplay. since all that stuff around her belt would probably be modeled together with the skirt in a low poly model and not seperate i decided to leave it out.

more action!

head dress thumbnails for the rejected design

a little more defined thumbnails.

initial thumbnails i did

Babayaga (3)

2009-11-28T13:15:00.001-08:00

Continuing my babayaga project. here is a breakdown of the girl characters head. how the hair bundles attach to the head and a little breakdown of the hair ornaments

expression sheet!

Babayaga (2) Girl final design

2009-11-27T13:27:00.001-08:00

here is my final design of the girl from the babayaga story along with the color comps i did for it. i decided to make my design coincide more with African traditional clothing.

Babayaga adaptation project (1) rejected design

2009-11-27T00:52:00.000-08:00

been really busy this semester and i finally found some time to upload some stuff. here is a rejected character design i did. i scrapped it because it didnt fit with the overall theme that i was going for. i based the design on the hanbok. oh, and this is supposed to be design to be adapted into a game.

here are some color comps

the final design drawing with the clothing breakdown

Sketchbook!

2009-10-30T02:18:00.001-07:00

Some sketches from my sketchbook

Drawing of sick Justina playing the DS

sketch of my classmates

some animal drawings with a red pencil

more animal drawings. There's just something cool bout owls.

sketchin at Borders

New York/Philly Trip sketches

2009-10-12T01:55:00.001-07:00

Some sketches that I did when i went to Philly and New york

On the train from Philly to New york. with Justina staring outside the window

hostels in New york are freakin TINY!

sketching at a border in Wall Street.

sketches of done in the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Me and Justina joined a workshop at the Society of Illustrators!

Plane ride on the way back to SF. Justina playing the DS

more sketchy!

2009-10-12T00:21:00.001-07:00

A bunch of more sketches from my sketchbook

some dancers

nude model

i love aaaaaliiiieeeennnnss!!!

some 30 second drawings with a dragon. dragons are cool. . .

a couple of quick doodles and more dragooons a a little painitng done with markers and gouache

first day of school life drawing

doodle of an ogre. horns are cool

a bunch of 30 second drawings and a doodle of a 60 year old vegeta

sketchy sketchy!

2009-10-12T00:10:00.000-07:00

Borders sketching

some doodles of my classmates

more doodles of my classmates

borders sketchin

doodle of my workstation. haha. its kinda messy

mage chick

my jacket and some dude from my class

my little table in the middle of my room complete.

Caelum Pages

2009-08-24T15:19:00.001-07:00

Pages from my comics class of my Caelum story. Pencils only.

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Visual Dev. for Games (part 3)

2009-08-05T18:05:00.001-07:00

Final character design

First version with color comps

development doodles. . . and stuff

Visual Dev. for Games (part 2)

2009-07-21T01:08:00.000-07:00

Arena environment thumbs and studies

Final Arena concept and color comps

Visual Dev. for Games (part 1)

2009-07-04T00:28:00.001-07:00

Some classwork from Visual Dev. for games class.

Character design

Character turn around

Value Comp

Caelum - Maum character design

2009-07-02T22:06:00.000-07:00

old character design i did for my comic, didnt use it though.

30 second pose studies, doodles and more studies

2009-06-15T20:57:00.001-07:00

some studies of the foot with a bunch of sketchbook stuff

some quick pose studies. some are alright, some look like . ..something else. .. haha, o well, practice practice practice

facial studies

2009-06-03T15:21:00.001-07:00

studies using furiae's tutorials. iv been taught to appreciate the brush stroke so this kind of airbrushy method of painting feels kinda weird to me. but whatever, i learned more than i thought i would.

comic cover 2

2009-05-16T15:21:00.001-07:00

another comic cover!!

watercolor and acrylics

studies

2009-04-25T04:26:00.001-07:00

sketchbook studies

some eye studies

some watercolor studies

comic cover

2009-04-21T00:03:00.001-07:00

cover for my project in my comic class

unicycle campaign

2009-01-21T16:35:00.000-08:00

illustrations i did for a unicycle campaign ad with some advertising students

indoor scene

outdoor scene

city scene

temp stuff

2008-11-22T17:50:00.000-08:00

Dragon Flower (3)

2008-10-19T05:12:00.001-07:00

design for a wind dragon for my sci-fi class

Dragon Flower (2)

2008-10-12T21:45:00.001-07:00

my design for a fire dragon

my design for a water dragon

Dragon Flower (1)

2008-10-05T00:58:00.001-07:00

design for an earth dragon for my sci fi class

character design for a story of my sci-fi class

Midnight Lair

2008-07-27T04:35:00.001-07:00

character design i did for my illustration 4 class

another character design i did for the same class

Hand and Figure studies

2008-06-16T23:23:00.001-07:00

Figure studies

Hand and anatomy studies

Simurgh

2008-05-28T15:46:00.000-07:00

character design i did of a Simurgh for my illustration 2 class. done in watercolors.

Red Riding Hood

2007-12-30T04:04:00.000-08:00

my version of red riding hood done for my illustration 1 class