Fanart

Created a fanart. This is the famous windows desktop wallpaper created by red nose studio. You can check out his portfolio here. In the original wallpaper the subject is holding feathers but since I made the subject too bog I decided to use a jump rope instead! :) I did the lineart earlier this year but i'm putting off the coloring part, I'm really thankful that i decided to finish this project. :) I can now cross this out on my pending projects list yay!

Portrait using whiteboard markers

I love surprises! That's why I quickly said yes when I was asked to do a surprise birthday portrait/illustration of our president on her office glass panel! Instead of just posting another finished piece I will show you the steps I did in creating this portrait. I used whiteboard markers on this one. Here are the steps:

STEP1: CREATE A GRID I really don't want to measure my drawings but since this is a portrait it is easier & more practical to use one. I also created a grid on the photo, this acts as your blueprint for the portrait. (make sure that the grids are the same scale on your photo & the canvas)  to the glass panel"

STEP2: SKETCH
Now this is the fun part, after the grueling boring straight lines we can now start the sketching process, since you already created a grid it is easier to track the shapes in the photo. Its like tracing the image into the canvas.

STEP3: COLOR 
Added texture, shadows, & color into the piece, this took a long while to finish since I want the details to stand out, used a combination of hatching & pointilism to add the shadows. In case I haven't stresse dit enough "patience is a virtue!"

Wordless Wednesday

My Viral Video

This is my viral doodle video! niyahaha Did this doodle way back in 2009. And until now i'm still wishing for a cintiq! :) when will this dream come true!

Perry the Parrot

Perry the Parrot, this was from a character game design study. But sadly this is not the final parrot that was approved in the game. But this is the parrot that gets published on my blog niyahaha! Perry is an artist from Brazil, he loves to paint nuts because that's his favorite food! He loves to use bright colors. (I really don't know why?! wink wink Perry stop looking at the mirror!) Maybe i will post the rest of the animals I created after the game is published, so stay tuned! :)



The details ate up most of my free time this week! But i really love the outcome of this piece. To have the shadow effect, i concentrated more dots on the shadow where I think the darkest part would hit (under the feathers, eye & beak). Inked the artwork after the gouache dried up. This took a while have i told you that patience is a virtue? :)




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You should be working!

Decided to illustrate a slice of life from my work. This is how I think my boss looks like when he caught me browsing my facebook o slacking off at work! :) It really bothers me when someone is hovering when i'm working, the feeling of being watched is creepy.



Did the sketching and inking on a different day, and coloring took  about 2 hours. DETAILS: Did the base painting first, then added the shadows, to create depth i used a darker color and did the poitilism technique both on the watercolor & with the ink. I can't stress this enough "patience is a virtue!":))
 

Gracey

I was so excited to create this portrait illustration for a dear friend of mine Gracey Ighut. You can check out her works here. This took me about 4hrs to finish. Here is the initial pencil sketch. I always make it a point to do an initial sketch before i make an illustration. This helps me layout & study the piece.
 

After sketching I added the first coating of watercolor. I blocked all the spaces in the illustration and added the value and shadows after. I always start from light to dark shades mainly because it is easier to darken the painting afterwards than lift up the lighter values.



I intensified the red more and added the details.



Here is my workspace! I always have a tissue nearby to absorb excess water on the painting.
 

And here is the finished piece! :)