WOOO it's JULY!!!!

Who's going to CGcon and SDCC???
I've been soooo excited for July. Really, it's pretty much the highlight of my year. Pretty sad and nerdy, but hey San Diego for a week!!! :D
My buddies and I are staying in a condo a mile away from the convention center. Planning on going all four days plus the preview night. I hope to see a lot of the artists I follow on twitter, blogspot and deviantart at comic con. :)

CGcon is a first for me. Oakley is sending me there for digital painting, which is pretty damn awesome! I hear it's gonna be pretty cool with all the companies and artists that have been getting involved in it. should be interesting. Though, I'm NOT looking forward to the commute to that one. Good thing I'm carpooling. Should make it bearable :D


Well, hopefully i'll have some art to post soon! I've been slacking ;(

Fun in the Studio

Been having a photo shoot all week and today we had alil fun. Well actually it was just the guys. Lacey and I just had fun watching and taking pictures. :D

So i'm posting them here!!!

I'm going with this one

This is the one I went with :D
I'm pretty happy with it!


I could see this animated for a Gorillaz music video.

Line art by Joe Vriens (hope you like it!)

Colored by me :D

Pushing that last post down....

Boy, that last post is obnoxious to look at!
Anyway, July is coming up fast! I can't wait. Oakley is sending Lacey and I to CGcon so that should be fun. Sean actually suggested it as a conference for us to go to. It's turning out to be one of the most anticipated conventions of the year. With of course San Diego Comic Con just two days after it. Which I'll also be going to :D
I'm excited to go, but I seriously don't want to think about all the money I'll be spending there. ;p;

Anyway, I'm working on this painting. It's for Joe Vriens! I found this drawing in his scraps and I was inspired to paint it. I actually started it last year and finally, tonight decided to continue with it.
But I'm having trouble with the direction I should finish it up in. It's pretty much done either way.
But I don't know which one i like, yet.
So i'll just post it here and see if anyone has any suggestions :)

Lineart by Joe Vriens

Slightly lighter then the one above

My original end

What's been going on...

This past week has been pretty busy. Not with freelance or anything, but with hanging out with friends. It's been awhile since I've had something to do every night and staying out till 2am. It's nice, but I am enjoying my Sunday of relaxing.

I've seen some good movies over the past two weeks. Up being one of the best ones.


It was soo good, made me cry a little. :) The short was fantastic too!!!

DRAG ME TO HELL:
This one was fun! Scared me pretty good, but it also had it's very funny moments.
definitely worth watching.


HANGOVER:

GOD, this movie was fantastic!!!! Loved every minute of it. Really one of the best comedy's I've seen in a long time. GOOOO SEE IT!!!


I also went to Joe Weatherly's book release! I was able to take shots of his amazing art.

Check out his website at http://www.joeweatherly.net/



On Wednesday I went to House of Blues. They were hosting club Lucky.
Had a lot of fun :D
My camera did an awesome job for taking pictures with no flash and in almost complete dark!!!
I got lucky with these shots cause of the lights blinking on and off

Webcomic

Still working on this. I know, right now it looks pretty flat! I'll post an update soon :D


Something I'm working on...

line art by

Daniel Lafrance

Terminator Oakley

Just saw a private screening of Terminator, tonight.
It was pretty good, I didn't have any expectations going into it. So I was REALLY happy about it. Nice action and explosion shots :D
Oakley set this up for the company employees because we have some apparel in the movie. Specifically the S. I. Assault boots. Pretty badass boots. I want some :D

May

Well lots of new things this month!!!
For starts I got a snake :D He's a California King snake, I named him Kontra. Yea, after that old game. I'm spelling it with a "K" instead of a "C". I think the name looks better with a K.
Here's some pictures of him/her. I think it's too young to tell what gender it is. So for now, I'll just assume it's a boy.


Today, I went to Riverside with my co-workers for some Team Building. We went go-kart racing, it was freakin AWESOME. Though, I was dead last. I was scared and didn't want to flip that 500 pound kart. So I stayed back and took pictures while I was driving. I also cheated to catch up with my group haha. I ended up with the second fastest lap time. But since I knew I cheated I gave up my trophy. lol Seee, I am honest!!!


Tomorrow, Kelli and I are going to see my buddy's band INVERSE perform at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood. So that should be exciting! Gotta thank Kelli for driving. I hate driving to LA. EWW!!!

As for art work, I'm gonna start this charity webcomic soon. There's also thing other webcomic I'm debating on doing. No pay, so yea...no sure.

I'll post some work later :D

2D traditional Painting!

Well ever since John and I decided to go see Mike Tracy's art show, we felt inspired to paint with actual paint and brushes instead of the digital ones haha. Boy, did I miss CRTL + Z lol
Anyway, here's my painting and the progress shots!

more fish

just wanted to post some more fisheye lens photography.

VW_Van

I think I'm done!
I added more shadows to objects and some sun rays

line art by
colored by me

WIP

Work in progress!
Still trying to mess with the colors and textures :D

but let me know what you guys think!
The lineart is also by...

Vespa

Didn't have any work at work today. So I finally kicked myself in the butt and found something that really inspired me to paint.
This guy, has amazing work! I had a lot of fun messing with textures and filters. It's not what I usually do when I paint. I feel like I'm still trying to find a style that works for me.
Anyway, I like how this turned out. Shout out to my buddy Lacey who gave her opinon through the process :D It really helps out, when you have someone to do that for you! Thanks Lacey!

Here's with the Line Art by nacho-monre

Fisheye_Hills

Well I've been living in Laguna Hills for about three weeks. I really like how peaceful it is here. Nice being able to sleep in cause work is so close now :D
I recently got tuned into Netflix, can't believe I never got on to it before. It's been taking up most of my free time. :) I love be able to just order what I want and then it comes out the next day. Awesome. Netflix, I thank you!!!

I also bought Lomography's FishEye 2 camera. It's a regular old school film camera, with a fisheye lens. I love it. I just got my first batch of film developed. Here some pictures I've taken.






I love this thing. I'm gonna get the Diana F camera next. :D
I also bought a new LCD monitor, it's 24 inches. I've been wanting to get another screen for my computer. I'm spoiled at work and I'm used to working on two screens. I figured since I got my bonus I'd spend some...rrr..most of it. :D Just on stuff I've been wanting for awhile!


I felt like painting something. So I went over to Lauren Montgomery's lineart on deviantart. She's got amazing work. I love her stuff! I'm not done with it. I don't like the pink stuff. haha
I'm still working on it. As well as Kasai's work.

Well I hope everyone has a great Easter weekend! Take care

Don't know

So I want to paint something for a friend and he's got some insane concept designs. But I'm having a hard time finishing anything that I start of his.
So I figured I post what I had.





I'm totally all over the place. I don't have a solid style, don't have a color palette and I'm just jumping from drawing to drawing. lol
The last image I was trying to go for a loose good brush feel. hah did NOT work out like I had hoped. :/

Well I'll keep working on it. I think when I finally move into my new place, it'll be easier to get into painting again. My room is pretty cozy and quiet. Not like where I'm living now.

Oh and the lineart is by Re'Jean here's his blog