Changes

I have a bunch of new design work and sketches to put up. Still working on updating this into a really portfolio

Just like life

I always seem to miss my own updates! No internet for awhile,no big deal, life happens.

Speaking of life, I started my last year at school. So happy! Most of the work has been review, so right now I am just chugging along. I am happy though that we get to work on our own projects for most of this semester, so those projects I'd been pushing off because of work will get done.
  I am also getting a car. Well me and my brother will share it till he gets his own, but in a couple of days I'll be rolling! So happy! You can't do anything in this dumb city without a car. Otherwise, you'll have to use the RTA and it's pretty much a piece of crap. Gotta love small big towns.


I am done drawing the introduction comic to the "un-adventures" . I'm now just researching places that would be best to host it. More than likely I'll just make a blog for it. That sounds like a good idea.

I should have had more work scanned to show on here (as I like to post my progress of my work/development.) but I've been busy and trying to keep up with school /work. I am trying to be on time with everything so I don't fall behind. It is crunch time!

So here's another pin-up I've recently done. I am going to draw it on a larger scale.

This based off a pin-up and the song "This is Hardcore" By Pulp. If you don't know the song, you should! 

I'm sure I've posted this before, but you can never get enough of Jarvis singing about sexy bedroom times.

The school also have some of my work posted up.

I want to take them!

Also I realized I need a social life again, because I am going bonkers here. I am use to being around more people and I guess doing more things. Chicago has spoiled me. Plus I run into too many rude,mean and just plain dumb people. They out number the sane ones here. Anyway, I am making friends slowly at work, so that's good. Recently one of my co-workers invited me out to the Tremont Art Walk. It was a pretty good time. Got to see some really sweet stuff and hang out abit. I later went to see Jamie Lidell play, which was amazing!  Oh and we also had to wear mustaches. 

I'll start my artist profile, next week. More than likely it will be about Brian Wood. He's one of my top comic creators.

I get to visit Chicago for a week in November! Can't wait! This trip is much needed.

Do you realize?

I have been feeling unmotivated recently. Not really making progress on the work I should be.
The last couple of weeks have been kind of hectic, with work and family life so my art has taken a back seat to everything else. Luckily though, I have been inspired to get back in my work and hopefully, I'll have some finished worked done by the end of this month.

I've decided that once a week I'll do a write up dedicated to some of my favorite artist and writers. Art and comics are really important to me and there are alot of people who I admire and enjoy their work. It is also away to help with my writing and away to get back into blogging. I have to start better "networking" online. (that's what my advisor said anyway..)

So why go into comics in the first place?
I grew up with comics. From Archie to the X-men, I got into comics thanks to my father's collection and my mother, who would constantly buy comic digests from the supermarket. As I got older my taste in comics changed going into more indie and obscure comics, but the love of the medium never changed, instead I grew a better understanding of the medium and started to appreciate the world of comics alot more.
When I decided to go into art as a profession I knew that illustration and comics would be my best bet. I love to tell stories as well as draw.  I wanted to express and share my thoughts on the world in a visual way and I had found a medium that fit me best.

And just so this isn't only text, here are some pin-ups did in the last couple of weeks.

I re-did that Barbarella picture, using those organic lines and shapes I love to use.

I am recreating alot of older pin-ups with my spin on them. this is an unedited version of the first one I have done. I am going to fix it up a bit in photoshop.

The world of Jay and Nikki is coming along. One of the big reasons as to why it's been taking so long to produce new work is because I have no place to work! I need a new desk.

I am hoping to get Jay and Nikki's blog up and running before I start class on the 30th.

This is the unedited banner for the blog. I don't know if I want to leave it in black or white.

And here's the banner for this blog, I will use eventually.

Summer is almost over! So happy I can concentrate on work now instead of the heat!

Stand and Deliver

I haven't updated in awhile. Mainly because I have been working and because I have been working on trying to set up everything for my comic. Work takes up most of my time but I am starting to manage it better. And once I get some wheels I'll be even better. Buses are so inconvenient here! Ugh anyway, I have been getting into old x-men comics and realized that Storm was a badass and Halle Berry did a shit job as her. (She just can't play a superhero man.) Storm is a goddess,a leader,a thief and a force of nature.She lost her powers and was still the leader of the X-men. (Scott is up Jean's butt to ever be of real help...) She should have been played by a stronger actress.

Ms. Ororo is also fashion forward.

My birthday is in a couple of days, Should have a real update after that.

Skin 'em alive!

So I got a new job! About time man and it's just not any job either, it's working at Whole Foods. I got hired on the spot too! My bright and winning personality must've won them over. I'm extremely excited about this job because if it's up to me, this will be my last retail/cashier job. I'll work at Whole Foods until I can work full time as an illustrator/graphic designer. Until then, WF should keep me more than afloat esp if I work full time. I take this as a sign of moving forward and getting things in gear. I needed this job and I am so greatful!

Also,unemployment and being broke isn't my kind of thing.

This also means I can move by the end of the fall yay!

I haven't done any drawings in awhile, mainly just working on projects for school and they are driving me crazy. I am glad this semester is over! Ugh. Here are some sketches from the sketchbook:

I need to start drawing alot more guns and combat scenes if I am trying to do an action comic. I use to draw them all the time. I wonder why I got lazy and stopped?  Oh yeah that lazy part. I am glad I grew out of that.

                                           

I did this for Rendering Techinques. I know,I didn't use alot of the photoshop tricks on it but really, all the other versions of this looked tacky and really over done. I don't know, I am taking baby steps with this whole color with photoshop thing. I know if I want to learn I need to get out of the comfort zone, but really I thought the others looked pretty crappy. Plus I like flat color I think I work well with it. 

Since I am done with school, I will start to work on "The Unadventures of Jay and Nikki". I haven't done anything with comics since I started school, so the first thing I need to do is work on this comic. I am not expecting it to be any good off the bat. The jokes will be corny and the drawings will be different alot of the time because this is what I'll be using to help develop my work and start learning my basis.

Today was the last day of class for the semester. I did pretty well even though I felt rushed and disorganized for much of the spring. 

I am really into Typography now. Which is strange because I never really care too much about it, but now after taking this class I think I will try to do more work with it. Funny though, I took typography at Columbia and hated it. Guess it was probably just the way it was taught.

Here are some of my final posters.

For my final project I had to make a brochure to go along with the first poster:

For my first time ever using Indesign I think I did pretty well. I'll try to keep it up with typo during the summer.

The National's new album is pretty sweet! I wish they'd tour and stop by cleveland. I'd love to see them in person! I love all the songs on the album but my two favs are currently, Anyone's ghost:

And Bloodbuzz Ohio:

You weren't much of a muse, but then I weren't much of a poet

Nothing really to update, other than I am going to be spending the next two weekends on all my projects and during the week I have to spend alot of time looking for a new job! I got things to do and I need some monies. Going to clean out my closet, sell some clothes and other crap I do not need. I am trying to rid myself of clutter and junk. I also realized that I mainly own books and I need to get rid of some of those too. There are some crappy ones I can probably donate.

Spring is here! I plan on spending alot of my days biking, taking pictures for observational pictures and  working more on my drawing progress. The things I am currently learning will be used when I do Jay and Nikki this summer. I promised myself that in June I'd start posting a daily strip. Gotta start keeping promises to myself!

No work to show of my own currently, But here are some artists I have been into:

Brian Dettmer does these wonderful sculptures made out of books or other materials.

Edwin Ushiro another amazing Illustrator. 

And check out these awesome but creepy illustrations done by Suehiro Maruo

Good stuff right there man. 

Look at these awesome Hello Kitty(s)!

I need one in my life.

Live Transmissions.

A beautiful day today and I spent most of it in class. Not that I really care. Heh, I was inside, in the a/c, on thecomputer like a nerd should, lol. My Friday classes are probably the most interactive and interesting. Our teacher is also pretty helpful. She's always giving helpful hints and really pushing us to be creative as possible.

She also told us that we needed to get a proofreading book and find a buddy to proofread with. I know I really need one, ha ha. I have really bad typos and I do not catch things until later. That's why I decided to stop posting soon after I write it. No one wants to read my bad writing. :)
There are these guy's in my class that think they know everything and say the most inappropriate things. Our teacher has probably said everything but "Shut the fuck up" to them. It's hilarious.

I had Jury Duty earlier this week and now I understand why people hate it so much. It's probably the most boring thing you'd ever have to do. I spent Tuesday stuck in the Jury bullpen all day. Doing nothing but feeling my ass fall asleep. AND they don't have free coffee or donuts. They drag you all the way down there, wasting your time and they don't even give you donuts. Lame man. I did get out of it for the rest of the week when I told them I couldn't get down there.
Oh wait,I did get some work done on my projects. In Graphic Design Drawing, we are making a calendar. My teacher really wants us to do it all on Illustrator but I realized that I will never be a person who does all their work on the computer, I like to draw with pen and paper too much.  So I drew the basics and will add color and patterns in illustrator. Here are some of the finished months. (taken with my camera,not scanned)

Objects still in pencil are going to be re-done on Illustrator. I also realized I should've left out alot more detail. Don't want the teacher getting sassy about that.

As you know I like to draw bodacious ladies. I get alot of inspiration for old pin ups,60's go go dancers and Barbarella!

Barbarella is ridiculously awesome and has great cheese. (Flash Gordon is up there too)

Plus Barbarella had awesome coustumes.

I drew a quick sketch in Barbarella style while I was wasting away in the bullpen:

And another pen sketch:

All my calendar sketches are done except for January. I didn't have thing clever to draw for January or august. 

Now off to finish some tasty food.

Always should be someone you really love

I don't know why it takes me so long to update this thing.
I need to quit being distracted on get with it!

I had an awesome Spring break. Got to go to chicago and see all my friends who I had missed dearly.
Spent the days hanging out, doing random shit and catching up.

Here are some Touristy pictures I took while Paul,Ericka and I hung out downtown.









I miss Chicago soooo much! If nothing pans out, I want to move back there eventually.

I finished my Superhero project, I didn't like the original drawing, so re-drew it and started from scratch


For a beginner it came out pretty well. I think I will try to do more coloring in photoshop. Our final project is doing a full page illustration all done on the computer D: D: D: D: I am not a good at drawing on the computer. But hopefully I can just draw,scan and add things in photoshop. That should work.

I have three other projects to do. (A calendar, a logo and a typography project.) I have basically been drawing my ass off and for the next 3 weeks I'll be spending alot of time at the computer center.
Here are some of my sketches I have recently done.







I pretty much draw all the time, nothing else to do.

However, I did go to MELT and it was amazing!
I need to go there more often.



So Tasty.

While in Chicago I spent way too much money on comics, but it was worth it because I got a signed copy of "Strange Tales"

So even if I didn't get to the signing I still got a copy! So happy.

I'm off to do more drawing and reading.