hanging with mr. cooper

Here's a little doodle of me spending some r&r with my little pup Cooper. I do a lot of line drawings, so it was fun and challenging adding colors.

sketchcrawl #24

Had a great time this weekend at Sketch Crawl #24. We met up at the Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles. It was great to see everyone again and meet new crawlers. Looking forward to the next one!!! Here are some of my doodles from the session.

costumed figure drawings

Here are couple of drawings from a costumed figure drawing session in Burbank. Great models!!!

NINJA decal designs

I've been working on some vinyl decal designs for my robot friend Otto over at decal robot. Here are a couple of NINJA decals designs I did. If you get one, be sure to email me a photo of where you place it, so I can share it on my NINJA sightings photostream.

drawing club : gangster's girlfriend

Went to the drawing club last night. It was lots of fun!!! Here are a couple of drawings from the session.

Pink Post-it Girl

Above is a little sketch I did on a post-it note. I think this the first time I've used pink, but we had a lot of pink post-its at work (not as popular as yellow). Below is from a figure drawing session we have every other week at work. I wish we had it more often. I liked the model's pose. I was imagining her touching water.

SketchCrawl - Americana

Happy New Year!!! 1st entry for 2009. I participated in the 21st World Wide SketchCrawl. We met up at the Americana in Glendale. It was great weather for sketching and the turn out was pretty good. Here are some of my drawings from the session.

APE 2008

Just got back from APE. It was my first time doing a convention and I had a blast. San Francisco is a really cool place. Chris & I shared a table and next to us were Andy, Liz & Alex. I had my new sketchbook for sale, along with some prints & t-shirts. Be sure to check out my etsy shop. www.decalrobot.com



Here's a little sketch from lundy lane.

ooh la la postcards

Yay. Just received my postcards from overnightprints.com. I am very happy with the quality. Especially the spot UV treatment. I'll be using these as promos when I go to APE this year.

Lunchtime

Yay its Friday!!! I had a really good chicken burger. Raul had the same thing, but with a special hot sauce concoction. Dom had a pizza, which probably wasn't that good for his cold.



Detail schematic of my burger.

French Maid

Had a blast at the drawing club last Thursday night. The theme was French Maid. OOO LA LA

Comic-Con & Dr. Sketchy

Just got back from the San Diego Comic-Con. I picked up some sweet books and prints. The coolist thing I did there was to attend Dr. Sketchy. Its figure drawing in a bar!!! The models were awesome, the DJ was great and the atmosphere was inspiring. Wish we had one here in LA. These sketches were done on a tiny 3x5 sketchbook with a brush pen.


We stayed at the Sheraton Marina. Here's a little doodle from the view of our room balcony.

Wampa Womb at 1-inch gallery

"wampa womb"
size: 1.5" x 1.5"
media: post-it & brush pen



mini-bar to compliment mini gallery






Today we had our weekly art gallery show. This cool event was created by my co-worker Raul and resides in front of his cubicle. Rules are simple. All artwork must be less than 1.5"

lunch-time doodles

Sketches of my co-workers. The top one is my director OJ.

cintiq stuffs

These doodles were done on the Cintiq. I'm using an awesome application called Art Rage. Its super easy to learn and does a great job at emulating paint & pencil mediums. Five Star program and its only $25.

Cintiq

I've just received my Cintiq at work and now the switch to digital storyboarding has begun. Don't get me wrong. I love technology, but I will miss the tactile feel and subtlety of pencil & paper. Here is a doodle I did on the Cintiq for my dear office supplies that are now out of work.

space dude

This space dude was drawn with the awesome PITT brush pens. I xeroxed the original and colored it with watercolors. I guess cheap copy paper doesn't hold watercolors well, because the paper got all warped. Kind of a nice effect though.

beatnik & go-go dancer

Its been a while since I've posted. Thanks for the reminder Joe. The go-go dancer was done a few weeks ago at the drawing club in Glendale and the beatnik was just a little painting I did inspired while listening to my Bella Luna cd.

I also just finished shooting an 80's music video with some buddies from work. We shot it in all in one day and spent the next half day editing. It was premiered at TitMouse studios along with 5 other cool music video remakes.

Check it out HERE

jury duty

I just finished serving 2 weeks of jury duty. It was great. I made $15 a day. In all honesty, it was a really positive experience.

The courthouse is across from the Disney Concert Music Hall, so I was able to do a tour during lunch. Also, being on jury duty entitles you to a free pass to MOCA, which is just a block away. I don't understand modern art.

drawing club - 1920's

Whats better than being inside on a wet rainy cold night? Being inside doodling at the drawing club in Glendale. The place was the cat's meow. Here are some of my doodles from the session.

girl head painting

I've been doing a lot of digital stuff, so I decided to try out some real paint. This was done on a piece of wood (5"x7") with Cartoon Color paints. It was lots of fun, but I sure need some more practice.

SketchCrawl 17

Okay, first new post for the New Year. Had a great time sketching in Chinatown with fellow sketchcrawlers. We met up at 10 and sketched until noonish. Its been a while, so I felt rusty.

To join us or find out more about sketchcrawl, please visit here

art show

I had a great time at our company art show. The theme was movie posters and there were a lot of awesome pieces. I chose to do one of my favortie films, The Professional.

alphabets

Hope you all had a great Labor Day. Here's my Illustration Friday post.

missing

Illustration Friday post.

NEW sketchbook

It's been a while since I've posted, but I have excuses. I've been busy putting together a sketchbook. Its finally done! I only made 100 copies, so get yours today.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, you can pick one up at Meltdown or Stuart Ng Books

Signs

Illustration Friday post. I came up with this gag a while back. Thank goodness someone suggested "signs" for this week's topic.