MOOKSVILLE

Getting back on mah sketchy feet

2012-01-23T18:26:00.000-08:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How is everyone doing? So after my last post about last month ago, I fell back ill again. I had some kind'o infection from my chest and sinus.....deathly I tell ya, and all that time no drawing..Sad times :(

I'm finally back fully healthy(I hope) and ready to go! Tonight I'll be sharing with you some sketches I did last night. After sketching for a long time to get the rust out, I'm fairly happy how they turned out.

Thanks to everyone who continues to check out my blog regularly...seriously it means a lot to me..

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

Oh one last thing, I will have a link soon for my sketchbook for sale if you want to purchase one!

Post CTN'pocolypse!

2011-11-29T20:03:00.000-08:00

Eddy b Venom from jessica jerome on Vimeo.

Hola Cola Amigos and Amigas!

So it's been a week and some change since CTN and I'm still recouping from all the madness. The experience was just awesome, and to finally meet all my blog pals like gabby zapata, jez tuya, issac orloff, oscar rosales, justin rodrigues, andre medina, benoit therriault and countless others, it was great...thank you guys :) Spoke with a lot of faces old and new and chatted with my bro and table mate ivan aguirre...which by the way had some awesome prints..let me say again....AWESOME! His painting so good, makes you wanna slap yo mama! Haha! Lastly thanks too all who have purchased my book or even just to talk shop and just chat....thank you deeply :)

Anywhoo, Just wanted to post that I am alive. Making a book is no joke...drove me literally Sick. I mean really sick haha. My hat tip to the guys who manage to self publish books, while working a job. Big ups to ya....I did not have a full time gig, while doing the book...I can only just imagine *shivers* If you have any questions where I printed or anything, feel free to shoot me an email and I'll answer the best I can.

Now for some piccy's eh? So tonight I'll be sharing the colored version of the spidey pic I drew two post below, some brush pen sketch in my moleyskine and a awesome little animation of my Eddy B. Venom design I did a while ago by my awesome pal jess jerome.

More post to come!

ye ole m00k!

SMILE IT UP!

MOOKSVILLE Sketchbookaroo coming atcha at CTN Expooooooo

2011-11-16T01:00:00.000-08:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

It's been way to long my friends! For the past Few months, I've been really been busy putting a little sketchbook together for CTN Expo. It's a 10 X 8 landscape book with 32 pages of random sketches, doodles, and doodads for your viewing pleasure..all for $15 smackaroos!!!!!

So if you come to the expo, Be sure to swing by and say whaddup! I'll be at table T-62 with my good buddy Ivan Aguirre! He will be selling some prints so check it out!

So now I wait for my books to deliver, I do however got some pictures from my printer guy of what the book looks like..and I think it looks pretty neato!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

SHEEET!!!....I forgot mah mask!// I swear it's red paint!

2011-09-13T10:16:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

How is everyone doing? So the sketches for my sketchbook is still going on, i'm planning to print mid October...so I have a little more time to do some more sketches. Today I share a couple. One is of the ole'webhead petey parker. I thought it would be funny to see him rushing back home because he forgot his mask. I'll have a color version soon.

The other is of a girl who popped a balloon full of red paint with a knife....honest to god ;)
Anywhoo, gotta get back to the drawings!

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

Soups ON!!

2011-09-02T22:40:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How is everyone doing? As for me, I'm working on stuff for a little convention sketchbook I will be selling at CTN expo 2011. Yep you heard it right, I'll be exhibiting at the show with my homie Ivan Just Trying to self promote and meet more people. So the sketchbook is what it sounds like...just a collection of sketches i've done the past year or so. Hopefully I can have some Smile it up sketchcards as well.

anywhoo, here's one of the sketches I threw some color on. Hope you like!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

I'm not dead...I swear to god

2011-07-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How's everyone doing out in the blogosphere! I'm very much alive here and got some stuff in the works at the moment. I just want to say that I apologize for the long absence...come to think of it the longest yet! Thank you to all those who did check back from time to time and I'll do my bestest to get this thing going again!

Today I wanted to share some sketches I did and we'll start from there! Let's stir some shit up!

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

My mornin java

2011-04-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

Did some more morning sketches before work again, one being outta the norm from me. One being partly inspired by my buddy Ed and work and one just to have fun with colors. The other was all about contrast and stuff. Anywhoo, I'll try and post more. Heh got three in this month!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

Yo....Petey Parker, get a load of me

2011-04-24T23:33:00.000-07:00

Hola everyone!

I hope everyone had a Happy Easter and for those who don't celebrate it, I hope you had an awesome sunday and overall weekend. So, I've been working on some good ole' redesign stuff for my personal sanity, and I thought Doc Ock would be awesome to do..so here he is. Hope everyone digs it! Next...gotta hit up some DC universe stuff up in here soon.

SMILE IT UP!!

ye ole'm00k!

A sketchy morning

2011-04-12T09:27:00.001-07:00

How's everyone doing? So as you know I've been busy with work and such. Been trying to work on personal stuff here and there and been going nuts'o cuz I haven't posted here for awhile. Anywhoo, let's get to it eh? So I started doing warm up drawings in the morning before work, just to get loose. I found these neat photoshop brushes here at work and started to play. Sooooo I tried to emulate my process with brown paper on to the digital side. This is what came out of it.

Wells everyone have a good day and I'll post very soon peeps!!!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

kung fu grippin this brown sketchy post

2011-02-27T22:41:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

How's everyone doing out there? Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and has a wonderful week ahead. So it's been awhile since my last post. Had bit of a computer problem, My macbook pro I had since college finally went kaput on me, sad times indeed. But got myself a new laptop...not a mac, but a pc....*gasp* Decided to get one just to save a few pennies. Important thing is that I can post some stuff. sooooo here we go,

Tonight I'll be posting some random stuff i did in my new spiffy brown sketch paper that I love to draw on. This Sketch pad is awesome cuz of the irregular size of 9 x 18. Lovely lovely size to work on. I couldn't scan these suckers account of being to big, so I took some pics off of me phone. Anywhoo, stuff I've been sketchin on the side to keep myself fresh from the stuff at the studio. Thank you to everyone that comes back to the ville and thank you to the new followers that decided to give me a shot. I'll come and visit all your blogs very soon.

until then mah peeps!

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

Going Kiwi on animation paper y'all!

2011-01-16T17:28:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

How's everyone doing? I hope everyone is having a kewl weekend! So the other day at six point, my new pals trevor spencer, andrea fernandez and myself had a conversation about art, and how it's hard to find a sketchbook that has that "right" feel when drawing on it. Trevor mentioned that he usually draws on loose sheets of paper, especially animation paper. I mentioned to him I never drew on that kind of paper before, "he's all you never did? You gotta try it! " So the cool guy that Trevor is, went to get some out of his bag and gave me some. I was excited as hell and after work, I sat at my desk and drew....and man....did it feel good! Really good! So I'm sharing what I sketched that night.

Other things I'm sharing is the cool piccy of a smile it up card, taken in the kiwi country New Zealand by the awesome jez tuya. Thanks A lot man that's really cool pic! where is it at exactly? I love the floating globe there lol. Other things is my new profile piccy and a sketch of a dude name dave, and his little mean dog name killer. Well that's it from here...oh I bought some envelopes for the sketchcards, so hold tight homies! Oh and a BIG BIG thank you for all of you who started and continue to follow the blog. Thank you very much. OH OH annnd I got my my blog linked on the awesome awesome skottie young's blog!!!! That made my day, shoot the whole year!!! Thanks Skottie! I've been a fan since way back in the day.

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

Happy Holidays/ New Year and all that good stuff....hey, better late then never.....right?

2011-01-08T10:43:00.001-08:00

Hola My Dear Amigos and Amigas!

First posty of the year, and I wanna wish all of us a fantastic year and peace on earth! Now let's get into my lame excuses of not posting lol. well, it's like this........there is none! I've been lazy! lol Now now, don't get me wrong. After work at the studio, I do draw. But finding the time to scan and post is tough. But...I'm gonna try and be a good blogger citizen and find that time.

Anyhwoo! how are all of you? I hope everything is well with you guys. For this m00k, everything has been keen for this lima bean. Since working at six point, it's been a blast. Just surrounded by so much talent is just incredible, and getting to be challenged and pushing my skills everyday is making me more and more hungry to learn and grow as much as I can while I'm there.

Well enough of my talk let's get down to the posty. I am happy to announce to you guys that some of the cards have made it to there new homes =) Thanks to Gabby, George and Patrick for taking the pictures in Florida, London, and Germany. The next batch of cards are coming to the next winners as soon as I get envelopes. I did five more cards way back in November and finally got to share it with you. TJ, Chenny and my deviantart friend in Turkey are getting cards. Chenny and TJ just hold on tight guys.

Finally some random sketchys in my new sketchbook.......Oh and ROCKETBABY, I am still working on. I'll post somemore stuff in the near future. well that's it from me

SMILE IT UP

ye ole m00k

If I had a graphic novel, this is what the cover would look like. Ladies and Germs, I present..ROCKETBABY

2010-11-28T23:01:00.000-08:00

It would look like this!!!!! lol

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How's' everyone doing out there? Me? Well......I would like to say *ahem* I finally got a job in the animation biznaz! YESSIREEE!!!! I am a character layout artist at Six Point Harness Animation Studios in the Heart of Hollywood! Thanks to my good friend Ivan for getting my work to one of the producers there. I've been working There since last monday. I get to work with one cool cat Director in Joel Trussell, and an awesome crew. So yeah the journey continues for this mook here =)

Anywhoo, let's post some stuff now! So, before I got the job at Six Point, I was working on some ideas on my graphic novels. One being ROCKETBABY. A story that has, punk music!, ufo's!, shadow governments!, extraterrestrial beings! love! and some ford edsals! yep...edsals, all mixed up together. I'll give you a run down of each character in future post. but today I share a mock cover. Let me know what you think. The colors I found out are a little different from my mac to pc, it sucks but what can i do eh?

Oh and I sent the cards to the winners. I have also decided to give some cards to three lucky ladies. since the last raffle it was all dudes and I thought it would be nice to give to the ladies as well. Those ladies are, TJ Lubrano, Gabby Zapata and Chenny Curtis.

Well That's it for now

Smile it up!

m00k!

Smile it up sketchcards comin at'cha!!!!!

2010-11-03T19:45:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

So here are the sketchcards that i'm gonna send out soon to the lucky raffle weeners! I was having a blast last night drawing them. I hope you guys like em! Let me know what you guys think of them

Smile it up!

ye ole m00k!

Sketchy post Tuesday ay ay ay!!!!!!

2010-11-02T00:28:00.000-07:00

Hola Dear Amigos and Amigas!!!

whaddup? It's been a hot minute hasn't it? Early morning posting. My apologies for the brief pause my friends =) Hope Everyone had a nice weekend and Halloween. First and foremost, the winners of the sketchcards. They will come my friends. I promise you, you may hate me until they come heh =) I have only three out of the five that responded to the emails I've sent out. So I'll send out to the other two again. If I don't get a response outta either of them, I'm afraid I'll will have to pick other mookies out of the hat.

Now for the sketchy post, just some stuff I've been sketching around here and there from the past few months. These made the cut. One in particular is a sketch of me when I was a boy in the eighties. My twin and I loved legos. *ahem* Let me iterate that again. We LOOOOOOOOOOVE LEGOS!!!!!....HOLLLLY STUFF YES WE DO! LOL! Other than drawing all the time, we loved creating stuff with the little plastic pieces. we'd make stuff and name each of our lego peeps, and have stories and places to go. awesome memories I must say.

Anywhoo, yes...that's me with the bowl cut. what of it huh? I had my lego all in a blanket from korean air, that I got when we went to the philippines when we were young, and I would put the blanket with legos in a cardboard box that I would lug around the house lol Anyhow one of the personal projects i'm working on is my autobiography comic that i want to do. You say...isn't that kinda too much? a litte bigheaded drawing about yourself? I would say no. If you have something to say and had a life like me and my bro, why not? I look up to a lot of autobio comic artist, such as jeffery brown, craig thompson, and the likes. And just the intimacy they have to share their life just speaks to me, and still does. I look at art as not only sharing cool drawings and stuff, but to share it like a second voice...an opinion that you believe in. So yeah, the sketch is one of the first I did. I'm working on the look of the book, and I hope to share more in the future.

Other sketchys are studies of people on the blog the sartorialist. I love fashion. I won't go as far to say I'm a fashionista or anything lol...well my bro is, but I like styles. It's another creative outlet that I enjoy looking at and get inspired, whatelse.....tree studies and blah blah blah....I gotta post lol

it's good to blog again and i'll be rejoining the blogosphere to blog it up like the best of them. y'all have fun out there ya hear!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

Oh and I have yet another personal project that I will hopefully share soon!

1ST ANNUAL SMILE IT UP RAFFLE! ANNND THE WINNERS ARE................

2010-10-05T13:24:00.000-07:00

LEYPAT

ALBERTO ABRIL

MRWHITESHADE

MONSTERTREE

JEZ TUYA

congratulations ya mooks!!!! For the rest of you, do not fret. i will do another raffle in about a month or so, or when i send out the last of the sketchcards =)

or....if you just want to trade i don't mind. I know a couple of you guys mentioned that. But for now...I want to give! yaaaaaay!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

oh and for the winners...just email me, or i'll email. either way lol

Oh Holland! :: SMILE IT UP RAFFLE!

2010-10-02T14:05:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

So....The card made it, and found it's new home in Holland! WooHoo! Such a joy when My new buddy Arjan sent me some piccys of the little guy. Honestly speaking I almost teared up in joy, finally seeing it. Hahaha it's like my kid and I sent him off! The neat thing about this was that Arjan apologized that he didn't take the pic at the famous mills of Kinderdijk, instead at a mill by his home where he got married at! Personally I think that that story is wonderful and more personal. Anywhoo I'm glad you like the sketchcard man, and thank you thank you thank you for being the 100th.

Now...it begins. THE SMILE IT UP RAFFLE. So who's gonna get the next skechcard eh? beats me! but I thought to myself, why not have more than one winner? So here's the low down. 5 of you MOOKIES will get to win. yep 5! I'm thinking i'll do this once in awhile until all of you get one. At first I was gonna just give all of you guys free sketchcards, but that would be nuts lol. This way should be easier. For me that is =) So i'll get all you mooks name in a hat and pick out the lucky five. Once you get picked, you simply email me confirming you are still alive or following lol. I draw the card, send it out, and ask if you such as Arjan, would kindly take a picture of it in your natural habitat ;) This time show your mugs SMILING IT UP! HEHEHEHE. if not, that's fine too, just take a snapshot please.

I'll post the rest of the pics Arjan took on my facebook page. If you're not my friend there...well raspberries on you my friend j/k

Oh i'm still drawing so hold tight everyone

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

EDIT:// So I will be picking out the winners tomorrow evening and post the 5 lucky winners Tuesday. All 118 Mookies are in the hat. new mookies after however will not be in the drawing. Don't fret, this raffle will be on frequently. GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!!!

ANNNNND....IT'S OFF!!!...well almost

2010-09-14T21:29:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!

How is everyone doing? So a quick post of the free sketch card that i'm going to send out to one Mr. Arjan Wilschut. Did this bad boy on my infamous brown sketchbook cut down to sketch card size. It felt really good to do traditional stuff, which btw I used prisma markers/pencils, col erase pencil and my trusty ol brush pen. I'm thinking of drawing more of these little dudes and sell them off for a fair price. others i'm gonna send off to one of you guys when I hold the raffle thing.

Anywhoo, took some dorky pictures just to show you what i'm sending off, and asked if Arjan when he receives the card, to take a picture of it in his homeland of the netherlands. I thought it would be neat to see. He not only agreed to my nerdy request, he said he would take it near some mills by his home....how cool is that?!?! ahem well, i'm gonna geek out now peoples! I will be posting soon

SMILE IT UP!!!

-ye ole m00k!

oh and Arjan buddy, I'll send it off tomorrow man!

NEWS....FLASH AND THE 100th FOLLOWER!

2010-09-02T01:21:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

Yesterday this blog got it's 100th follower! *claps* it's an honor to have so many of you guys follow this thing. a whole bunch of you seen me grow and continue to grow with my art and my journey to the animation biznaz. I am thankful to all of you and your continuing support and interest for MOOKSVILLE. Thank you. =)

So who the heck is the 100th follower you ask? His name is Arjan Wilschut. He's an animator/illustrator outta the Netherlands. Dope stuff might I add so check him out. Anywhoo, this lucky dude who decided to follow (beats me) and be the 100th will receive a sketch card of original art drawn by me. Hope you like whatever I send man. lol

and for all the other mookies out there saying aw man I want a sketch card!!!! don't fret, i'm thinking about holding a raffle or something...i don't know lol

onto the post. so I done did up the flash. i'm kinda half and half on how it turned out, but it's okay, wanted to get in a post. I can draw another one anyways. other piccy is outta my moleskinny. The dude with the big ass soda jug is an actual memory sketch of a real person at the mall. He just amazed me with his look, first of all...with slicked to the side hair and long 'stache and the gi'normous!!!!! i mean friggin flippin huge mug. I didn't see it at first until.....BAM! he lifted it up and started slurppin from the straw. My mouth dropped! So I had to sketch the dude up.

well that's it for me. I gotta go to the DMV tomorrow to renew my license, so I need my beauty sleep :p thanks again mah peoples!

SMILE IT UP!!!!

m00k!

EDIT:>> added a cropped version of the flash without the blur thingy

AGUA........MAN

2010-08-29T20:06:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How is everyone doing? I for one am doing pretty good. Actually got to do some Freelance work.....FINALLY! Woohoo! Of course I can't show anything yet until the NDA's are lifted, but hopefully eventually I'll get to share. Sooooo whaddaya guys think about the new look of my blog...thumbs up? down? wanna puke? let me know =)

Anywhoo, here's some stuff I worked on recently. one is my profile pic. wanted to do a new one since my birthday is coming up this saturday, so naturally I added a rad looking b-day hat designed of a blue pencil. Another is a Aquaman drawing that I myself think looks pretty good. although i wish i added a lil more elements...whatevs, oh and I noticed I don't draw a lot of DC characters and needed to give some love to them. and lastly a little doodle of a boy and a football, this was drawn so i can push more on doing more poses rather than the static stand pose. Gotta push forward with that.

Well, again hope everyone is doing well and i'll keep pushin!

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

My buddy Joe! Oooo and a sketchy post...um..post.

2010-08-09T01:00:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!!!

how is everyone doing? I hope everyone is well. today's post is a bunch'o sketches and a looong awaited portrait for my dear ole college chum, the talented mr. joeseph mcfarlane young. Him and I go way back. although I don't see him nowadays, I hold my friendship with him dear to me. We were in acting class together, and along with my other friends in class, had a blast. 'specially us. we would just to the craziest acts in front of everyone...something I would of never done before....lol sooooo.....fast forward to the present. I promised him a drawing for awhile now.....and here it finally is my friend. I hope you like it =)

other post are sketches, brush studies and w.i.p.s waiting to be done. until then my friends!

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

Eddy B Venom

2010-07-15T00:25:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!!!

So I had ta draw up Petey Parker's venomous foe Eddy B Venom. Just like spidey, are hooked him up with some chucks! ha!

anyhwoo, trying to get this blog fed with more post frequently and beef up the portfolio. hope everyone is well and enjoying the summer!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

Fashionista Prime and sketchy do daads

2010-07-03T21:12:00.001-07:00

I'm Baaaaack! lol

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

how is everyone doing out there. came back from trip. Just came back a few days ago and had a blast! Went through seven states and gotta say it was some beautiful country. I got a few ideas from this trip alone that I will draw and post sometime later. anywhoo.....

today's post is of a older lady that I had seen a couple weeks ago before the trip. It's a memory sketch of her. When I saw her, i was like, "dannnng! gramma has some style!" she was crossing the street and looked strong as a goat....and although she was older she seem she still was showing her individualism, young spirit and style. lol you go girl!

also, I have finish my moleskine sketchbook a few weeks ago. all were sketches and doodles. not really any finish pieces and that. usually all my sketchbooks are like that, not really getting all detail or whatnot, just practicing, not worrying about making it pretty. just letting loose. =) I'm rambling now so i'll get to the post

Smile it up!!!!

ye ole m00k!

Smile it up!

2010-06-19T19:55:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

how is everyone doing?

Here is a self portrait (with my quote in mind) I did of myself for my facebook account. Done awhile ago, but thought I'd finally show it here. plus I'll be gone for 10 days on a big road trip with my brother and best buddy to yellowstone park, so a little post would be nice to do. I have some stuff I wanna post but with the time I have, I'll post when I return. I hope all is well out there with everyone and I'll see you in ten

Smile it up!
ye ole m00k

"Smile it up!" is a personal quote that I use everyday. If you knew me, I'm always smiling and laughing. It's what I do best I guess lol...and it just so much positivity in just three words heh!

Sticky Sneakahs!

2010-05-18T00:55:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How is everyone doing? today's post is of the ye ole webhead Pete Parker. I'm going back to my roots again and doing some comicbook characters. If you noticed I tweaked the design a tad. particularly his eyes and his shoes!.....wait shoes? yep, I just thought what if spidey ran outta boots...then what. I say get some chuck all stars, they go with everything heh! so there it is...more to come

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

Out with The Speks!

2010-05-03T20:04:00.000-07:00

Hola amigo and amigas!

how is everyone doing? I'm trying to redeem myself working on new stuff as of late. Today I'm posting something that I've been working on and off for awhile now. Finally happy that I finished it. anywhoo, i gotta catch up with my bloglist and the blogosphere

stay tune with more peeps! sketches and color galore coming up!!

smile it up!

ye ole m00k!

Twin tag team sketchup

2010-04-12T21:10:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

How is everyone doing? I hope everyone had a great weekend. So, my family and I, all last week were doing some spring cleaning....wait...hardcore spring cleaning, like getting a big ole dumpster and throwing alot of stuff away, and donating alot of old clothes to the salvation army. anywhoo...we decided to take a trip to vegas to unwind and chill. I for one do not gamble but do love the environment. so long walks and observing people was loads of fun. people talk some crazy stuff when they are drunk. lol

so...me and my twin brother Wesley...yes i have one and he is identical (although ever since school I gained a little weight) when back in the room, decided to do a tag team drawing that we didn't do in awhile. Wes is an awesome artist and is the reason I am drawing today. I remember back in the day he loved to draw a lot and I noticed that he got some good attention for that....now, I'm not saying I was neglected growing up, mind you lol, I was loved by my parents hehehe but when he drew, my little ass got jealous so I drew too hahaha.

Fast forward to the future, He still remains to draw (beautifully might I add) to this day. His style is way different than mine but got some mad mad skillz and I admire his style tremendously. He is a bit shy showing his stuff. but maybe someday i'll snap some pictures when he's not looking and post it here hehehe. anywhoo, hope you likes and I'll be posting frequently soon my peeps!

SMILE IT UP!

ye ole m00k!

p.s he's gonna kill me lol

edit// added some of his pages from his sketchbook he's doing right now

My Friend Tony

2010-04-06T00:00:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos and amigas,

How is everyone doing? it's been quite a month for this m00k. Most importantly being the death of one of my good friend's at my day job at the art store. My old buddy Tony that I was talking about in the previous posts from West Virgina, sadly passed away last Wednesday. I worked with Tony for well over ten years at the store. The first person I worked with and grew to admire. He was a tough old goat and a person who would tell you what he thought. I used to love getting stories outta him about his life back home, i could tell it always brought a smile to his face when he talked about the past. The Lakers was always a favorite topic to talk about and comparing all the players over time.

He always looked out for me and cared about my well being. When I went back to school to get my degree in animation, he would always ask my girlfriend how I was doing and made sure I was doing good in school. When I finally graduated he was so proud of me. Tony didn't want me to stay at the store forever. He wanted me to do something with my life...something better. As the year pass after graduating, he notice I was bummed that I didn't get a gig yet. He told me to hang in there, you'll get something wayne. everyday passed and I was getting sick of the store, as well as Tony. I was losing hope believe it or not..and my buddy Tony was getting sicker and sicker health wise. about a month ago he didn't show up to work, and we found out at the store that he was rushed to an i.c.u at a hospital. Unfortunately, all of us did not get to visit him before he passed.

when I went to his viewing, His wife said to me, "oh, your Wayne! He always talks about you. he said you are his artist friend. He told me to tell you, to stick with it kid." I teared up of course, but realized to myself, that I gotta jump back on the horse and make this happen. Tony? I know you're up there man. thanks for that last push. I won't let you down.

here's some sketches from awhile back. I'm working on new stuff now

Oh and thank you for all the people coming back here to check my blog out. I apologize for the little pause.

smile it up!

ye ole m00k!

oh and this is my 100th post!!! I dedicate this to my friend Tony Kuffner

Sketchy Post and app L's !!!

2010-02-25T17:29:00.000-08:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

how is everyone doing? Hope everything is going swell with all of you! Today I will be sharing a few more random sketches I did in my brown book. Sometimes I feel like i draw more better on toned paper, I don't know...I guess I love the whole feel of it, the white prismacolor pencil popping of the page, the different tones I get by using my black pencil, feels more artsy ya know heh. I guess I'm just a wannabe fine arteest! aw well......

Anywhoo, Guess what happened to me? So I was checking out the Character Design blog, and read one of the post about the awesome character designer and story artist David Coleman having a app of his new sketchbook on the ITUNES app store. It said that the first two people who emails David and mention that they read it on the blog will get the app for free....and guess who got it? that's right baby, I WAS ONE OF THE TWO!!!!! hahaha David emailed me later that night, right when I was gonna hit the sack saying I won. I was so stoked!

It's an awesome little app that has 38 pages of watercolor stuff and a step by step on his process. So if you are a fan of his work I totally recommend it.

whew! so finally here's the sketchy post peeps!

Smile it up!

ye ole m00k!

DAG NABBIT!

2010-02-19T00:23:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

how is everyone doing? Finally got around to post something. whew! I've been working on honing my somewhat skills. this time more personality and fluidity into my stuff. more storytelling I guess. haha although this particular post I do not show any of that!!! *face palm* ....I will be showing that in the future.

so what i'm showing tonight is a pic of an old man named ole dead eye zeek, with a shotgun ready to gitter done! i know i know, what's up with the old people with guns wayne?!? *shrugs* i based this one on my old friend and co-worker Tony at my day job at the art store. He's a pistol let me tell you. I love picking his brain and getting old stories from him. He's from West Virgina and does not take crap from no one. haha love that guy

next piccys i'm throwing up is a background for an animation i did for my girl for valentines. it's been awhile since i did a animation and let alone a lipsync!! wooo, i'm actually proud of the that part heh. and lastly a painting on my ipod touch done over break at the job

and a warm thank you to everyone who visits and continue to visit my blog. had tons of comments last post which was a surprise to me and very humbling indeed. love the support and looking at all the wonderful blogs out there by you guys. keep creating and don't forget to....

SMILE IT UP!

m00k!

First post of the Year Extravaganza!!!!

2010-01-18T23:16:00.000-08:00

Well not that extravagant :P

Hola Amigos and amigas!!!

I hope everyone is doing well. As for me I finally got a chance to get back to my art after two weeks of nothingness. one week was of me being sick once again. And the other was just not a good week. but i'm back and ready to get this year and first post to a Fantastic start! i'll be showing you a finish piece and some good ole mook sketchy posts clap clap clap.

anyhwoo, thank you again for everyone who chosen to follow my blog. it is very very much appreciated. i love looking at all you talented folks out there. well that's enough gabbin from my pie hole! on to the post

Smile it up!!!

m00k!

Thunder god on the eve of a new year

2009-12-31T15:07:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

Ah yes the end of another year, and new and better year to come! Happy New year to everyone! whether it is 2010 already or not where you are from, I hope you guys have a blast and wish a prosperous and joyful one to you and your love ones.

And to that a post by moi! I done did up the thunder god Thor. I have been into drawing marvel super heroes lately. I guess because I have always dreamed of being a comic penciller. Perhaps one day.....ahhhhh. anyhoo, here it is! more posting in the coming week. so come on back to the ville when you can folks! be safe and remember......

SMILE IT UP!!!!!

ye ole m00k!

I'M ON FI'YAAAA!!!!

2009-12-14T16:50:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

how is everyone doing? hope the weekend was good to all of you :)

so here's another post of a random thing idea that turned into this. ever had one of those? anywhoo, i had fun doing this poor schmuck up. The "hotness" is inspired by the host of the travel channel's man vs. food adam richman. boy is always taking a heat challenge that must be killer on his insides! HA!

smile it up!

m00k!

Back from the expo po po po

2009-11-23T21:17:00.000-08:00

hola amigos and amigas!!!!

Greatest time at the expo, let me tell ya. I met a lot of my heroes there and got a lot of good advise and pointers! thank you goes out to Jose Lopez and Sean "cheeks" Galloway for the words of support and encouragement. attended some awesome panels and demos. if you didn't go this year, go next. great success for CTN. it was even cool recognizing other bloggers out there. i was like oh is that so and so? lol but yeah i'm gonna work harder than before to bring my work up to the next level.

here's some new stuff i added to the portfolio

smile it up!

m00k

ole blue eyes

2009-11-16T15:58:00.000-08:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

how's everyone doing?

so i'm gearing up for the CTN Expo this weekend, to be inspired, dissected and prodded..yes prodded. I will bring my portfolio and hopefully get something out of it. so excited :) anywhoo, i'm sick as a dog here and been baring the pain to move forward and do some art. this time around i did a piece of Captain America. I felt like going to my roots and do some comic stuff.

Is anybody going to the Expo? It'll be good times i say!

here's the piccy

smile it up

m00k!

"The dog ate my homework"

2009-11-08T12:53:00.000-08:00

hola amigos and amigas!

here's a fun piece i did for the group blog i'm in, which this months theme was morbidly obese animals. i really like this one a lot! hope you guys too

smile it up!

m00k

sketchy post and yosemite!!!

2009-10-17T11:20:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!

how's everyone doing? well i myself just got back from a awesome awesome trip to yosemite national park. we visited everything from mariposa grove where the giant sequoias are all the way up to glacier point to see half dome. let me tell ya when you take a trail all the way up on top of a mountain...you really put life into perspective. i'll try and upload a few pictures here and there when i post.

which comes to my next thing......NEW SKETCHYS!!!!! clap clap clap!!! i did these suckers in my room when we were rained in one day. all were halloween themed or just spooky ooky horror stuff which i personally love drawing :) so...to that note....ON TO THE SKETCHYS!!

smile it up!!

m00k!

Personal Group Project - Main Girl Development

2009-10-07T20:40:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!

how is everyone doing? so i decided to share with you guys some development work i did last spring with my buddies bobby and ivan. this it some sketches of the main girl in our story.

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m00k!

to light? or not to light? that is the question!....

2009-09-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

well not really lol

hola amigos and amigas!!!

how is everyone doing? well here's a little painting sketch of a fuzzy mook type thingy. Did two versions one with lighting study and one with none. just wanted to post them both.

anywhoo, i will be going on the analog side and do some drawings..which i think i do best...and maybe tackle painting over them in photoshop...which i can't do really well yet. so, any critiques, comments,...heck even concerns, spit it out to me and i will be all ears. :)

smile it up!

ye ole m00k!

UPDATERZ

2009-09-19T00:18:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!!!!

how is everyone doing? first off i would like to thank the people out there who decided to follow my little ole blog and checks out my stuff from time to time. it means a lot to me. just want to say thank you :)

so here's an update finally. still been on my quest with the digital paint. this particular one was a value study. i'm trying to keep in mind to keep it at least three values. i'm not sure i did it here heh.

anywhoo, went to the little art show at Disney Animation studio yesterday evening, where lorelay bove had some painting she had done while on vacation. very nice stuff by a very nice young woman. actually saw glen keane there and was geeking out like a fanboy lol.

after the show my brother and i decided to wing it and go to melrose ave to see what was going on over there. saw jay leno interviewing infront of a bar/restaurant called the village idiot, where he was interviewing random people on the street. very cool indeed. after flipping out watching jay we headed across the street to the vinyl toy store munkey king to see what was going on there...low and behold there was a launch party happening there for the artist dave pressler. good vibe, good music and good artwork. ya can't get any better than that eh.

oh wait, then i got news by email from victoria ying that i have won a raffle from her blog and that i get to choose two outta three prints of a series of retro paintings! so yes life is good :)

here's the work

smile it up

m00k!

ROBOFFITI

2009-08-24T12:25:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!

how's everyone doin? yes an update, and today i'm posting a painting that i've been doing for a while now..yes yes..my ongoing learning process of painting on photoshop. i call this "ROBOFFITI" hope you enjoy..back to painting, and more updates! promise :)

smile it up!

m00k!

thar be pirates abroodin

2009-08-15T13:11:00.000-07:00

hola amigos!

how's everyone doing...here's some sketches i did for the other blog sketch themes. this month was pirates, so here's my take. i've been painting some stuff too..but i'm still working on them. anywhoo hope everyone is well

smile it up

-m00k!

Fast sketchy post!

2009-08-12T13:28:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!!!

how's everyone doing? sorry for not posting for awhile...here's a couple of sketches of german type peoples in my moleskine booky. anywhoo, i'm working on more stuff over here, so hopefully more current posting. oh and i joined a sketchblog called sketch themes headed by my new pal Trent Correy. check out the blogs..really cool stuff. anywhoo, here's the stuff

smile it up!

m00k!

character Line Up

2009-07-10T17:57:00.000-07:00

Hello there amigos!

finally showing something with some substance. here's a character lineup i did, that was initially for the project i'm sharing with my two friends ivan and bobby. I added some guy characters to the mix to have a balance and i think overall i'm pretty please on how this turned out...finally. so yeah hoorah for me and all that good ish. more to come guv'nas

smile it up

-m00k!

ipod touch 'BRUSHES" APP

2009-06-30T23:59:00.001-07:00

hola mi amigos!

haven't been updating lately on my blogs, my apologies. i've been working on a project with my pals ivan and bobby. i may show some stuff soon. i also have been doing some personal stuff that i will show sure enough. i hope everyone is doing well

smile it up

-m00k

oh and this is a painting i did on my ipod touch. it's a cool app called brushes. it's a very cool app and you could do little quick paintings on the go. i highly recommend it!

Stumbled upon this....

2009-05-18T17:02:00.000-07:00

hello there kiddies!

So I'm waiting for this book to come out next week and i wanted to get some info on it, and found this guy who does reviews for art books. Since he lives in Singapore he got a copy early...grrrr. anywhoo, he gives his two pesos about the book and took some video of him flipping through it. it looks good and i can't wait to get my mittens on that sucker. Here's the link to his blog BLARG!

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ye ole m00k!

Psycho Billy

2009-05-10T16:47:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!

Happy Mothers Day to all the wonderful women out there! I Hope you guys made your moms smile today. anywhoo, here's a painting in photoshop i did of a psycho billy. my ode and my love for the pyscho billy culture.

smile it up

m00k!

Moving Canvas

2009-05-09T02:16:00.000-07:00

Hola Amigos and Amigas!

here's a spontaneous painting I did that started out to just be a face, and just ended up doing a couple o pieces. one is for my love of graffiti, and the other is the same character painting but him holding a radio, on also known as a "ghetto blaster"

smile it up!

m00k

Jackie...she be mine

2009-05-04T15:37:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos and amigas!!

Here's a piece done of my beter half, my girlfriend, Jackie. I've been working on other stuff, but i'll show it when i'm done.

smile it up

-m00k

HEY! WHO'S THAT MOOK IN THE DARK!

2009-04-20T10:03:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!

well it's been a tough week for my family and myself. I don't really want to get into details. but let's just say it's been tough. anywhoo, i thought i'd post something i've been working on. initially it was gonna be a self portrait among other portraits I'm going to do of the people i know. But yeah, it just led to this. heh

smile it up

m00k!

Funny

2009-04-15T01:01:00.000-07:00

Hola amigos and amigas!

here's a little sketch i did of a character when i was staring at my drawing pad today. i thought it looked funny and it'd be cool to share. sorry for the image, i had to scan two parts being that my scanner is hella small. hope you likes! more art to come i'm working on some stuff right now

smile it up

m00k!

cowabunga dood!

2009-04-08T17:36:00.000-07:00

hello amigos and amigas!

what?! another post! yes yes. this one is another random picture of a surfer...one of the drawings where i wanted more emotion from the character. this was a drawing that i was just going with the flow with. hope you likes!

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m00k!

i wish i was a kid again..

2009-04-08T17:26:00.000-07:00

hey there amigos and amigas!

here are some more randomness. first one is a sketch i did of a old man that i saw at the park. i've been walking lately and enjoying nature and always come across some elderly chaps flying R.C airplanes. it made me smile to see these pleasant old men reliving their childhood. so i drew one of them. first run of many.

smile it up

m00k!

random characters

2009-04-01T00:54:00.000-07:00

here's random sketches done in markers, pencils and brush pen

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m00k!

GO LUCHA GO!!

2009-03-25T13:28:00.000-07:00

hello peoples!

so i've been inspired by the great movie with awesome catch phrases, nacho libre. i love the whole wild costumes and colorful decoration of mexican wrestling. these particular sketches that i did does not reflect as such lol. next time i will. hope you likes

smile it up

-m00k!

one more

2009-03-07T23:24:00.001-08:00

heh i did this one a little while ago. did some dinky animation on it, nonetheless was still working a little

smile it up

-m00k

more sketchbook stuff

2009-03-07T22:49:00.000-08:00

hola peoples!

so here's somemore stuff outta the good old sketchbook. i place many of them together in photoshop to cut the uploading time. but yeah if you notice the one with the butchers. i was gonna develop the characters from the old nursery rhyme of the butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker" somemore stuff on the way

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-m00k!

random stuff outta my sketchbook

2009-02-24T01:59:00.000-08:00

here's some stuff i did in my sketchbook. just random images. the tiki statues was inspired when i went to disneyland's tiki room.

smile it up

-m00k!

W.I.P - Farmer "Ole McDonald" Exploration

2009-02-22T23:46:00.000-08:00

hola people!

here's a lil something i've been working on. it's the farmer from the old childhood song "old McDonald". i've been doing exploration studies of the character using the silhouette technique, working inside out. as you can see i'm still working on them but had to show you what i was up to. anywhoo, thank you for sticking in there with me. again, any critiques would be very much appreciated. until next time...

smile it up

-m00k!

Coraline Panel at the Gallery Nucleus

2009-02-16T13:35:00.000-08:00

Hola everyone!

it's been a more than a week since the event..but thought it'd be fun to show some pictures of the panel of Coraline, which was awesome to go to. most of the visual development team was there sharing their art that they contributed to the movie. also i found on the character designer steve lambey's blog, was the whole panel discussion on youtube! so check out the goodness if you're into this kinda stuff. anywhoo, i'm working hard to get some stuff on the blog..sorry for those who been waiting.

smile it up

-m00k!

Work In Progress pt. 2

2009-01-25T01:42:00.000-08:00

Hola people!

here's the continuing progress of my painting. i added shadow and more little details to the piece. i also did a color study of the piece, just to fool around. but yes hopefully i'll get it done.

smile it up

m00k!

Work In Progress - PS painting

2009-01-24T01:31:00.000-08:00

hola people!

so for the past couple o days i've been painting on photoshop. i love photoshop but i hardly paint on the darn thing. and as it be, i wanted to paint. you see, i look up at my two friends, bobby and ivan's work alot. these two young cats are very talented at what they do and it inspires me to paint as good as they do. sooooo, here's my work in progress, it'll be done in the next couple o days. any comments and critiques is greatly appreciated.

smile it up

m00k!

bus stop sign prop design

2009-01-21T22:45:00.000-08:00

hola peoples!

so i'm cleaning my hard drive and desktop and i found this and thought it'd be cool to share. it's the bus stop sign that i used in my demo reel for graduation. i really like doing prop design. my friend ivan suggested i should do more of it. i'll have more stuff in my portfolio that i can show. anywhoo here it is

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m00k!

Robin, Penguins, Joker..yeah!

2009-01-19T10:13:00.000-08:00

hola there!

so my friends bobby, ivan and yours truly are doing a challenge over at out team blog "everwonder." we're doing up the characters in the world of the batman as we
see it in our noggins. i chose to do robin the boy wonder, the Penguin, and the joker. all did in my brown sketchbook again heh!

hope you likes

smile it up

-m00k!

outta my brown sketchbook

2009-01-17T16:13:00.000-08:00

hola peoples!!

so here's some stuff outta my sketchbook. if anyone knew me they'd know i love drawing on tone paper...i love it. anywhoo did a sketch of a man with a brief case, and the second drawing is something random..one of those drawings where i just drew whatever came to me. more drawings to come

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m00k!

brush pen sketch

2008-12-31T01:00:00.000-08:00

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

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m00k!

demo reel car explorations

2008-12-21T11:13:00.000-08:00

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!

my little mook minions

2008-12-15T00:56:00.000-08:00

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!

new "business" cards

2008-12-08T08:14:00.000-08:00

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

card board art

2008-12-04T17:58:00.000-08:00

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!

finally an update!!

2008-11-24T10:22:00.000-08:00

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

hey there people!!!

2008-08-29T00:25:00.000-07:00

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

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ye ole m00k!!

kennedy v. deuce

2008-08-07T21:08:00.000-07:00

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.

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ye ole m00k!

bellboy work in process

2008-08-06T17:50:00.000-07:00

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!!

Me holding ME!?!?

2008-08-02T10:14:00.000-07:00

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"

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ye ole m00k!!

designs for class

2008-08-01T01:37:00.000-07:00

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!

the con, seaworld and some drawings

2008-07-27T20:13:00.000-07:00

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

I am GEEKING OUT!!!....

2008-06-17T00:14:00.000-07:00

...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!!!

summer break!!!

2008-06-13T20:58:00.000-07:00

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!!

another panel....

2008-06-01T15:29:00.000-07:00

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

wolfy

2008-05-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

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!!!

ole johnny blaze

2008-05-24T19:39:00.000-07:00

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

panel work

2008-05-24T19:25:00.000-07:00

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!!

more shtuff

2008-05-18T10:54:00.000-07:00

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

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ye ole m00k!

random sketch

2008-05-18T10:24:00.000-07:00

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

2008-05-18T09:33:00.000-07:00

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

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ye ole m00k!

get along little doggy

2008-05-14T16:36:00.000-07:00

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!

faces and the coach

2008-05-12T23:59:00.000-07:00

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

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ye ole m00k!

African Mask

2008-05-02T01:17:00.000-07:00

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

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ye ole m00k!!

quick sketch at school

2008-04-26T18:31:00.000-07:00

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

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ye ole m00k!!

go green with brown

2008-04-26T02:08:00.000-07:00

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

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sketches i did in class

2008-04-23T13:36:00.000-07:00

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.

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ye ole m00k

good night at disney

2008-04-18T00:46:00.000-07:00

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.

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ye ole m00k!!

one more thing

2008-04-17T01:09:00.001-07:00

i forgot to post this drawing as well. more designs for the 3d short we're doing for our pre-production class.

ye ole m00k!!

zipper boy, sketches and disney studio

2008-04-17T00:14:00.000-07:00

hola everybody!!

well just got home and i'm beat, good thing is school is going good so far and it's my third week in and not as stressed like i was last quarter, so that's good. the only thing to worry about these days is my demo reel, which i'm working on already. so...yes yes here's some more characters, first is zipperboy, my little creep who is part of my m00ksville project. some of his things like his television, car, and couch. these all done with sharpie and prisma markers, with a white prisma pencil for the highlights. next is more sketchbook pro sketches i did on saturday with my friend bobby of random stuff. that program is really good, so try it out. anywhoo, my everwonder boy's bobby and ivan, are going to be attending a event at the disney animation studios over in burbank, held by the wonderful ladies "Women in Animation" guild. i believe disney will be showing some upcoming t.v animation
shorts, so it should be cool. after that we're gonna network like crazy. well that's it for me, i got compositing in the morning so i need my beauty sleep

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ye ole m00k!!

uncle uncle, rawr rawr, omg bowling

2008-04-13T10:49:00.000-07:00

hola cola everybody!!

as you heard on my partner in crime bobby walker over at his blog, we are currently designing characters for our pre-production class. it is about a little girl who tries everything in the book to get the stubborn tooth out of her mouth. it takes a uncle, a very strong string and a brick to make it happen...yeah you fill in the blanks. but yes i'll show you my designs and some other stuff as well. anywhoo, anybody out there went bowling? well do you remember the first time you went? well i'll remember mine because it was my very first time. my girlfriend took me bowling last night and i had a blast. first, we got to the place and got a lane. then we got the cool looking shoes. i wore my beat up shoes not knowing we had to give one up to the person to hold. i was mortified account of my shoes being dirty and smelly! anywhoo, we got to our lane, and my girl told me to go pick a ball. i was guessing at the time for the size of my fingers. so i picked my lucky weapon that i would strike the evil white pins. there i was ready to go....i felt like it was just me and the pins, silence around me, i adjust the best position to throw my heavy partner down the slick waxy surface. i wind up and i throw the ball!!!!!.....as i release, my eyes widened knowing i will get a strike. the ball hits the surface hard and rolls hard right into the gutter!! my eyes shut! and i hear laughter everywhere around me. the silence is gone and i go back down to reality. lol. not only did i have a gutter ball, i broke two nail in the process. what a girly man lol. later that night after the game was finish, my girl told me that there was different pounds to the bowling balls, and i had a pretty heavy one. i was like what?! there's lighter ones?!?! man, i could've bowled better, i just know it. next time...oh yes next time.....bwahahahaha!!

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ye ole m00k!

sketchbook pro has found a small place in my heart!!...

2008-04-02T05:49:00.001-07:00

well....no. but it sure is cool to mess with it. my friend bobby and i were in a classroom today and we were doing our demo reel, he busted out the sketchbook pro and i went to town with it....well. sorta. anywhoo, the fat face guy in the center is mine, the other drawings were done by my other friends edgar and A.j.

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ye ole m00k!!

Gee Riduh

2008-03-28T05:50:00.000-07:00

man i haven't slept yet and it's nearly six o clock o_0!! i was having fun with this one though

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ye ole m00k!

i think i'll have my brother drive to vegas

a gangster story

2008-03-28T02:24:00.000-07:00

hola amigos and amigas!!

well here's some new stuff up at last. it's a little project i'm working on with my chums bobby and ivan. over at our group blog Ever Wonder which by the way is our little design/ pre-production studio thingy that we're trying to do, so check us out! but yes the project's about gangsters, i'll explain more over at the other blog. anywhoo it's two thirty in the morning and i must get up around seven to go get my oil change right before my trip to vegas...well today heh. ah yes vegas. i don't really gamble much so i'll be just walking a lot and doing the tourist'y thing. oh and hit the buffets *smiles* so yeah i'll be posting more to keep up with my pal bobby.

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ye ole m00k!!

well i'll be!!

2008-03-23T21:59:00.000-07:00

woo!! what a quarter!

hello amigo's and amigas!!

it's been some quarter at school, i'm sorry for the lack of post and art. this break will be chalk full of art so don't you worry. i have just returned from a trip to san diego with my family and when i was online i see my friend bobby walker over at his blog had posted some of the beautiful backgrounds he and his underlings such as myself done from our short we did called freak show that we did with other classmates. but yeah, enough of me yappin time for the art

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ye ole' m00k