Smile it up!

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!

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

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ye ole m00k!

Out with The Speks!

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!!

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ye ole m00k!

Twin tag team sketchup

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

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 !!!

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!

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ye ole m00k!

DAG NABBIT!

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!!!!

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

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m00k!

Thunder god on the eve of a new year

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!!!!

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!

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m00k!

Back from the expo po po po

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

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m00k

ole blue eyes

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

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m00k!

"The dog ate my homework"

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

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m00k

sketchy post and yosemite!!!

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!!

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m00k!

Personal Group Project - Main Girl Development

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!