stuff

it is really hard to get anything done when i'm constantly being distracted. people always bug me to do things that are completely irrelevent to what i want to do. one day i'll decide to put everything aside and focus on drawing but unfortunately i'll be told to do practically a list of chores that would eventually wear me out and by the end of the day, i'll be struggling to work up the energy to at least pick up a pencil. i think one of my resolutions this year should be to take a stand. that way i wouldn't feel so pressured.

anyways, i think the first two drawings are self explanatory, as bad as the first one is, and the bottom one is a rough draft of my big project. i'll have to move a few things around in the preliminary and final piece. i'm thinking i should color it with either gouache or watercolor or both and then try my hands with digital. before digitally rendering it though, with the traditional medium, i want it to look finished enough to work as a piece of its own. for references, if i can't find stuff online, i'll ask my friends to strike a pose or five. i paid a lot of attention to the composition. i wanted to not only make the piece work with the placement of the objects but also with transitions of color (you can't see the color yet because it's all in my head!!!!!) as well as trying guiding the eyes throughout the page and keeping the viewer's attention inside the piece rather than leading the viewer from one end to another and then showing him or her the way out. or even worse, getting the viewer's attention on one thing and not moving at all. and one worry that i have is the size that i want for the pic and the size of my scanner. when i do more sketches, i'll explain myself some more because not only will you understand what i want better but also, i don't want you to suffer anymore with this wall of text. lemme know your opinions please!

it's been about 5 or 6 days since my last post.

don't worry kids, i'll upload stuff later today. i've just been both busy and lazy. don't get me wrong, i've been drawing. but i really didn't feel like scanning them in. really long process. but later, when i wake up, i'll show u guys my new stuff from the old year and current one.

btw, happy new year guys! hope you all enjoy every waking moment of it. live it up, accomplish your goals and be happy!

i've decided on what i'll do for my big project. it'll take some time to do so i'm really gonna have to focus. i'll upload my preliminary later. it's really rough so don't expect anything dynamic. but i payed a lot of attention to the composition. i'd explain it now but it's really late, i'm tired and it would also be really hard to follow along with if there isn't a picture to view. all i can say is that i sorta borrowed from james jean a little. in terms of composition and methods that is, not subject matter.

i think i might also post some observations that i've made while staring at james jean's work for hours on end. i think what i've encountered is something you'll all find interesting. that is if ya'lls aren't already aware of them.

anyways, again, happy new year, have a good one and i'll come back later. so, later!

big project ideas (need help u guys!)

sorry that the sides got cut off. page was too big for the scanner. or the scanner was too small for the page? anyways, made a list of ideas. combining some of these ideas on the list makes it easier for me to work. but don't know what to do. combined happiness with free time, love with astonishment, love with zombies, loss of innocence with abuse and bullies, and alienation with zombies. thinking about involving my own created characters in the pieces. the pic on the bottom is a scene from a comic book i wanna make. the main character is a preteen boy who was born as half zombie-half human. this is a scene from the comic where he's being bullied at school by a bunch of normal humans. i wanted to get this point across that humans can be just as monsterous as a zombie. i guess the idea of change comes into play because the boy has never experienced this before because he spent all his years up to that point indoors. i'm thinking about the zombie and love combination. maybe make a one page comic that illustrates the zombies together re-enacting the lyrics to "by starlight" by the smashing pumpkins. if i did that, it'd look very gloomy and moody. and the picture above is of another one of my characters, laurie. thinking about using her in the happiness/free time combination. or maybe happiness/astonishment? it could show lots of movement. she's just as confused as i am. help me out guys. oh! and sorry for the wall of text.

more of the same

gotta work on the first grey ornament some more. looks too shotty. and it's 5:23 in the morning on this beautiful christmas day. i'm going to sleep.

daily rendering

digitally rendered a christmas ornament on my kitchen table.

christmas cards 2008 (marino)

making christmas cards for my family and friends. starting with marino. as you can tell he likes to sing smooth melodies.

winter sessions

well this is a really rough sketch of an idea i have for a project that deals with change. i've always used to say that i wanted to take a shovel and dig out the dirt that's in my head. well similar idea but instead it's a guy pulling out dried up roots from his insides. dried up dirt will spill out from his insides, that is if i decide to make a finish for it. this is just one idea. i realized that change doesn't always have to seem bitter and negative so next time i'll sketch something that looks happier and easier on the eyes. if it looks really bad, that's cause i drew it in my bros suv while on a trip to my aunt's home for dinner today. anywho, lemme know yer feelings.