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

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!

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

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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

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

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-ye ole m00k!

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

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

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

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.

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!

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m00k!

Eddy B Venom

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!

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ye ole m00k!

Fashionista Prime and sketchy do daads

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!

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!!

smile it up!

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!

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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