Mariachi Vs. Afro

This is a very special piece to me, because I give all of my heart and effort to make it look as best as I could. It started as a homework assignment for Layout class, and it became one of the coolest works I have ever had the pleasure to do.

The assignment's objective was to design a poster using symmetry. I chose mirror symmetry because it better suited the purpose and resources for this particular job.


It is no secret that I love ninjas and samurais and everything japan related. So I figured this would be the perfect opportunity to make a tribute to two awesome representatives of this subject matter.

So here it goes:

Composition 

Plane separation

Mariachi art line

Afro art line

Flats

Slaping skin tones (detail)

Teaser

Final

Mariachi Samurai is an amazing graphic novel I just recently discovered during this past NY ComiCon, and I just love Afro Samurai ever since I watched that Resurrection movie.

I hope you guys liked it.

Dragon girl

Hello again my friends. Again with no time for the explanation of the process, just the phases I went through with this assignment for one of my classes. This is not new material, it is part of a batch I havent posted yet but I wil little by little.

Hope you like it.

Sketch

Armor

Adding more detail

Wings and facial features

Cleaning up.

Batman Wrap Around Cover

Bats!

And now the process:

1. Digital sketch

2. Tighter lines  (badguys)

 3. Tighter lines  (goodguys)

4. Character Adjustments

 5. Finished pencils

6. Final Inks

Done as a project for one of my classes. The instructions were design a wrap around cover with two distinct focal points, one in front and one in the back that together could work as a poster.

I don't have the colored version yet, because the only thing that I have finished after the inks is just the color flats, and I don't consider that to be worthy of being published. So bear with me, I'll post it when I'm done with the colors.

Till then, rock on.

Leather Face

I smell bacon.

Now is the turn for Leatherface! Here is the process

1. Scratchboard

2. Sketch on tracing paper

2. Chalk on scratchboard

Voila!

Punk Tortoise

Now the process

1. Digital sketch

2. Full size roughs

3. Lightbox

4.Final pencils

This was my first assignment for my Basic Drawing class in which we had to include a man, a woman, a vehicle, a piece of architecture, a weapon and an animal. I used a 3 point perspective view. 

I think I'm gonna use her again.

Robot

First robot ever (a decent one at least)

And here is the process:

1. Sketch

2. Scanned and digital sketch

 3. Lightbox

 4. Tight pencils.

 5. Inks

Assignment for my methods and materials class. Done on a beautiful piece of 2 ply bristol paper, inked with microns and brushes.

Back in Black

Do I smell cookies?

I'm gonna be honest with you guys. It has become increasingly difficult to keep up with blogging since I don't have as much time as I used to. The main reason is of course school work. Since past september I've been a full time student in the Joe Kubert school for cartooning and graphic art, and, as great as it has been, it occupies 110% of my time.

However, I still think that doing stuff outside what you usually do every single day gives you extra fuel to produce new and fresh art, and I have been trying to do that since the beginning of the year, yielding many positive results that have helped me in one way or another, either for my personal portfolio or for creative growth.

For that reason, I'm gonna make it my mission to try and post new stuff as much as I can, maybe not with the detailed explanation of why I do most of my work, but at least showing pictures of the process. And if at the end anyone is more interested in anything about a post I will gladly answer any doubts or questions that may rise (since I'm not quite sure how many people see this or if this is being helpful to anyone).

I will keep doing it though, it is a matter of personal goals and a creative journal if you will.

So let's keep on creating the best art that we can, or die trying.

Rock on my friends.