The above image is of the writing on a black wall that obscures what lies within the Kilsby Gallery of the Long Beach Museum of Art: a series of 8″X10″ artworks that comprise Risqué {dirty little pictures}, the brainchild of artists Nathan Spoor and Jeff McMillan, and LBMA executive director Ron Nelson. I heard about Risqué through a Facebook status update by my co-worker Joe Vaux, one of the show’s… Read More »Risqué {dirty little pictures}
Thanks to encouragement from my co-worker Raul Guerra, I’ll be embarking on the 30 Day Drawing Challenge. Daily posts begin tomorrow. Until then, happy Labor Day everyone!
Friday, April 29, saw my sleep-deprived self hanging the above framed painting for the “Family Guy” art show, themed The Art of the Ad. It marked the first time I had completed a traditional painting in over eight years, and the journey was certainly no cakewalk. Painting with acrylics was not as easy as I had remembered, and mistakes were made, bad enough to merit a second trip to Blick… Read More »Flower Girl #4
Well, just one sexy lady right now: Orihime from “Bleach.” Drawn and colored in Toon Boom Storyboard Pro. The coloring process was a poor attempt at speed painting within a 30 minute time span. Heh, fat chance! It took me 3 hours to complete, though I’ll have to forgive myself for this; most of that time was spent on experimenting with the software’s limited brush and color palette, as, prior… Read More »Draw Off #26: Sexy Ladies
Today is the Summer Superhero Art Show here at Fox TV Animation. As usual, I’m a participant. Aside from that, though, there are a lot of amazing pieces in this one. For the first time, I’m actually bidding for a few, one of them being a “Watchmen”/”Family Guy” piece by Mick Cassidy that I probably won’t get because I suspect the bidding competition for it will be fierce. My submission… Read More »Summer Superhero Art Show submission
Despite the obviously unfinished look of this painting, I am happy with the way it turned out. The painting is of a photograph by DeviantArt user hakanphotography, titled “Little Miss Broken 21,” which you can find here. I chose it for its well-dressed subject (girl who likes to draw girls here!), and the way the light plays off the woman’s shoulder and the leaves in the background – actually, there… Read More »Unfinished: Little Miss Broken 21
Last month, I got back in the figure drawing game after three years of absence from either classes or sessions. Gotta hand it to Fox TV Animation for holding sessions every other Wednesday. They’re really a lot of fun to attend. Two hours of figure drawing in the “American Dad” conference room minus registration fees and the like. What could be better? The sketches I’ve done so far from these… Read More »Figure sketches
This morning at work was slow, as most of it was spent waiting for Peter Shin, one of the supervising directors on “Family Guy,” to prepare the work that I’m currently doing for his show. The wait wasn’t boring, though, as I used it to fool around on Tegaki E. The result? A little something for kirayumi, a Livejournal community co-modded by yours truly for Kira and Yumichika of “Bleach.”… Read More »KiraYumi tegaki
It’s late, so I’m going to keep this short. The drawing above is a birthday present for my friend Jeremy Polgar. The characters depicted are ones that appeared in a flyer he made to advertise his birthday party. Originally, I wanted to color this, but as I said in my last post, I’m just not feeling it with the colors right now. Happy belated birthday, Jeremy!
Does anyone here have an easy time drawing people kissing? Because I don’t, and it’s really sad. And this drawing? Well, it’s the first time I’ve ever drawn people kissing in a more serious and professional manner, so forgive me if this thing is made of fail. As Charles Kettering once said, “One fails forward toward success.” I’ll get it right someday. This drawing is my second submission for Draw… Read More »Yoko x Yoko