Wednesday, December 31, 2008

brush pen sketch



hola people!

i hope everyone had a wonderful christmas or anything they celebrate for that matter. and i hope everyone has a good and safe new years. anywhoo, i did this sketch for fun using those dope pentel brush pens. just a little somethin somethin to whole you down with while i churn out some new stuff still

smile it up!

m00k!

Sunday, December 21, 2008

demo reel car explorations



hola people!!

so it's sunday and it's two days after graduation. i'm still trying to believe that it's all over. no more school...i'm going to miss it, i know it. went to my friend (who also graduated with me) ivan's grad party. it was really really cool, good food, good company and good music provided by ivan and his band "the raga". thank you ivan! anywhoo, here's a couple of explorations of my (if you will) "main character" of my demo reel. i'll be working a lot to update my portfolio so be sure to come back to see some spanking brand new stuff. now it's time to conquer the world.

smile it up

m00k!

Monday, December 15, 2008

my little mook minions





hola there peoples!!

so these little dudes here are my little paper cutout toys that i will be handing out at my school's portfolio show. i got the template online and just threw my design onto it. turned out pretty good for my first time. my girl is the one making all of them for me, so shout out to my girl!! but yeah this is the first batch done..back to work

smile it up

m00k!

Monday, December 8, 2008

new "business" cards


hola there com-padres!

here's my spanking new business cards that i will be passing out at my portfolio show. these little bad boys look way better than my old one, i blocked out my phone number, heh just a lil nervous postin that up you know...but then again it's on my resume, so i can't win lol....anywhoo, i just hope they come just in time for the show though..oy yoy yoy. more art comin!!

smile it up!

m00k

Thursday, December 4, 2008

card board art






hello everyone!

so my demo reel show is tomorrow and that's when i find out if i pass. nervous times my friends :) anywhoo i wanted to share some art that i did on card board. i've always like drawing on them since i was a wee lad. but yeah i did this one in one of my classes last term. it's basically what keeps me going and what i like. so i drew my family and some of my interest. i've also made a new business card so i'll share that with soon.

until then

smile it up

m00k!

Monday, November 24, 2008

finally an update!!


well hello there amigo and amigas!!

first off, like many artist bloggers out there would say, i'd like to apologizing for the lack of post of me poor blogs. rest assure i will post new art for you soon. i am graduating in about a month, so my schedule has been jam packed with demo reel and i must say a little of laziness.

anywhoo, just like to share a photo booth picture i took with my twin brother, sister and brother-in-law at my cousins wedding at the beautiful aquarium of the pacific in my hometown Long Beach, Ca. the photo booth was a great idea to do and will have some great memories for my cousin and his new bride. congrats mark!! but yeah i'll be posting some stuff from my demo reel soon.

until then

-smile it up!!-

m00k

Friday, August 29, 2008

hey there people!!!






hola amigos and amigas!!!

sorry for the lack of post, as some of you know or understand school is taking a whole lotta time, but i did get some stuff down to show. anywhoo this is for my studio class. more character design for a project we're doing. i'm not to sure if i can go in length with it, but i can say that it's about magic.

What-else before i post the pictures...ah yes! i am pleased to say that i along with my wonderful girlfriend, has work together in making a zipperboy doll!!! if you don't remember who he is, he's posted here on this blog...so take a gander. but yes off of my design my girl did her "magic" i'll post some pictures of him real soon.

well here's the pics everyone

smile it up

ye ole m00k!!

Thursday, August 7, 2008

kennedy v. deuce



hola mi amigas and amigos!!

here's another pass of "Kennedy" a character design project we're doing in my 3d Studio class. sorry if it's a little to pixelated...my bad.

smile it up

ye ole m00k!

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

bellboy work in process


hola amigas and amigos!!

so i'm sitting here at school right now stressing on my demo reel..only natural right? anywhoo, i'm working on a whole slew of characters for the m00ksville project and i decided i'll show one even though i'm not finish with it.

enjoy
ye ole m00k!!

Saturday, August 2, 2008

Me holding ME!?!?



Man with all the craziness of going back to school and getting almost ready to graduate i forgot to show off my new business card! Silly me tsk tsk tsk. when designing this card i was thinking since i am a character designer i should make the card into a character, so i designed myself! well here it is taken by my good ole buddy "Mac"

smile
ye ole m00k!!

Friday, August 1, 2008

designs for class




hola mi amigas and amigos!

here's some character designs for my 3d studio class. it's from a project we can't really talk about. but here's a first pass of one of the characters. the other picture is of a old lady that will be in my demo reel. i'm designing a whole lotta characters for my m00ksville project. hopefully i can upload them on me blogs in a timely manner.

enjoy
ye ole m00k!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

the con, seaworld and some drawings




so i'm in sunny san diego again with my family.strangely it is not so sunny heh heh, but yes we went to the con saturday and the place was packed! met sean "cheeks" galloway who by the way went all out to my little one when she was being shy, much love cheeks!!! also met "The" steven silver, brandon "ragnar" johnson and the very cool mr. gris grimly.

today we went to seaworld, and being it the first time i went here i thought it was pretty cool. saw some really awesome shows, so i'll post some pics up soon.

anywhoo here's some drawings that i did

enjoy

m00k

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

I am GEEKING OUT!!!....


...because i have obtained a copy of THIS!!! ^ i'm still looking through it and reading it taking my sweet ole time....but yes i am one happy camper....yep! Anywhoo, art is on it's way so hold tight

ye ole happy one m00k!!!

Friday, June 13, 2008

summer break!!!


hola amigos and amigas!!

well school is finally out for the summer break, and this time around it is one whole month. it's not the time to slack tho being close to graduation and all so i'll be bustin my tail to bring you some stuff from my demo reel and the likes....but here's a quick sketch with some textures thrown on...inspired from my friends at school...

enjoy

ye ole m00k!!

Sunday, June 1, 2008

another panel....


so i'm continuing my little wood drawings for my collection of pieces called the m00k collection, which will be of people i know and admire. this particular one is of my beautiful other half jack. done in, yes again prisma col-erase blue, red and prisma white

enjoy!!

ye ole m00k

Monday, May 26, 2008

wolfy


hola everyone!!!

so here it is. bobby mentioned to me that we should do the three little pig story. so what i did all day was to do research and designs of the wolf. it was pretty tough i tell ya...but much fun nonetheless. so here's what i done so far....more to come peeps!!!

enjoy

ye ol m00k!!!

Saturday, May 24, 2008

ole johnny blaze



here's a render of ghost rider along with the initial sketch.

panel work


hola there!

well here i go in my fine artist wanna be gallery dude faze....i did a self portrait on a 4X4 wood panel with col erase blue and prisma white. oh and if you didn't notice my alter ego(s) m00k right behind me.

enjoy

ye ole m00k!!

Sunday, May 18, 2008

more shtuff



boy i'm really catching up for lost times on me blog. here's some sketches i did in my story writing class. the two characters is of bobby and i. it wasn't really intended to be us, but a lot of people assumed it, so i threw up my arms and said what the hey, it's us. :) the other is just randomness

enjoy

ye ole m00k!

random sketch


it's sunday, and today is my rest day. :) no, school, no work. just me. ah!

here's a sketch done in brush pens and prisma markers

ye ole m00k!

ladies and gentlemen....bobby walker


here's a quick sketch of my friend mr. walker. i did this on toned paper, using brush pen, prisma markers and prisma pencils

enjoy

ye ole m00k!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

get along little doggy


hola everyone!

here's a drawing i did of a cowboy yesterday. i was giving my friend A.J a demo on what my process is in designing a character. i was a bit nervous account of me not really doing anything like that, but i did have a good time doing it, and talking about art was even cooler. anywhoo, check out his site on my links. anthony jones, remember that name.

ye ole m00k!

Monday, May 12, 2008

faces and the coach



hola there!

sorry i've been gone for a week, i got a little busy with school and the likes, but i made sure that i got my draw on. anywhoo, today's drawings are of some sketches of random faces done on toned paper, using blue .05 mechanical pencil (btw i haven't used in forever) and prisma white pencil. i always love drawing the face, any shape size or color they're always fun to draw. the other sketch is of a high school football coach. while drawing this one, i was thinking of my teacher in high school who was also the coach of the football team. he was a cool guy, but he always wore the same get up. i'll post up soon guys

enjoy

ye ole m00k!

Friday, May 2, 2008

African Mask


hola everyone!!

so for our 3d pre production class for our next short, i decided to put some culture in the house that we modeled. so here's a couple of passes african masks. i used some photo reference online to give me some inspiration. done in sketchbook pro

enjoy!!

ye ole m00k!!

Saturday, April 26, 2008

quick sketch at school


hola people!

here's a fast sketch i did on sketchbook pro...i was watching bobby do some portraits so i was like i wanna do some, so i did

enjoy

ye ole m00k!!

go green with brown


heh yep!!! i got this recyclable sketchbook at my local art store, i saw it and grabbed it really quick. i love the color and texture of it too, anywhoo enough of me it's too late

enjoy! ye'ole'm00k

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

sketches i did in class





hola there!!

so i did some sketches in my creative writing class, i was having a ball cuz we went to a room with drafting tables!! so i took an opportunity to do some actual drawing on paper.

enjoy
ye ole m00k

Friday, April 18, 2008

good night at disney






boy what a night! went to disney animation and saw some really great stuff. spoke with a lot of students as well, people from our sister school in san diego, and some charming girls from loyola marymount university. hope to hear from you guys soon!

anywhoo, here's some old stuff from the pass i did. a few character designs and some backgrounds i did for our studio class last term, along with the guidance of my friend bobby walker.

enjoy

ye ole m00k!!