mang gustin

character practice. wanted to do something asian/pinoy again ;]

head seller dude

 started as a decent knight. practice practice-

sh!t-chhiking condor

weeks ago with the hype for the live action film. we decided to do a gatchaman jam for the 'majtra art collective'. this is my joe/condor fanart hitchhiking

heres some concepts i made just before settling with the final above. i chose that cus i heart stories ;]

sumfin movin

owhkay. it's been many moons after i decided to revamped this blog. so i really really need to put it into action. for starters i need somethin moving here-

like a jumping rat. a quick test i did awhile ago to get around flash again. haven't used it since six years ago lol

 

and heres a workflow and style test i made recently in tvp :]

at the hidden entrance

right. this one's done finally. i actually posted the sketch here awhile back; i made it just after experiencing some brief real-world disaster. you know those times that make you appreciate the beauty of even the tinniest of things around :]

merida

fanart portrait of merida from pixar/disney's 'brave'

some refined sketches-

big red
fan art again. cus hb's one of the best things in this whole lump of dirt imo. thanks m. mignola! hehe


ka predo's morning bath
-just an old sketch revisited :]

moth soli and her burning moon -design

character research. concept.
also did this awhile back last year -it's just one of some random personal sketches i managed a quick fleshed out from a random short story i made up on a whim one random afternoon haha [more write-ups about this on my da]

dragonhead

actually started this months ago. last yr. for a collab with a friend. and my task was to make a fire breathing dragon- head. then the body; down from neck looks pretty vague. this what happens when im all energy and no research done or anything. got too excited haha -haven't seen the whole piece yet tho

first sketch

and so i did some quick studies. real fun! also made these for ngni :]

some new stuff

i just turned my dear ol' friend pibi into a sci-fi cyberpunk chix. was my bday gift for her :]

'dhalsima'. this was a warm-up sketch that i got carried away with. it's femaled dhalsim. or just dhalsim himself in drag haha [sf fanart. orig character belongs to capcom]

and here's another sketch. a real rough one ;]

an unexpected journey- thoughts out loud

so i've avoided every full reviews and spoilers out here. and finally i got to watch the film. but we've all seen promotional posters and pictures long before. and hmmm yeah 'we' still think kili lacks the dwarfishness feel that the rest have; guess he is the pretty-face-legolas with thorin [apart from bard] as the aragorn in this fellowship of dwarves. one could reminisce with them moments as when aragorn summons legolas to 'take down the troooll!' or that sort. in the films that is-
and aww no talking lord of the eagles/gwaihir or whatever haha. except for the loud chirps and screeches. not a single word is uttered by the great eagles. or even just thaat quick specified connection with gandalf or to thorin and the gang. i kind of waited for it. but somehow that was already expected as well and i think, is rather practical.
the famous 'riddles in the dark' part is really well played out. gollum was never as adorably disorienting as before haha
and i really enjoyed all the chasing and running scenes. seeing it all just like how it was written; lotsa running-

i do support the added drama and tension annd the characters that are not originally part, or as prominent in the book. i mean that pale orc azog's simple but delicious design got me all giggling. the interesting introduction of the morgul blade made me maniacally whisper its name again; 'mooorgul blaade' lol.
and radagast ofcourse is simply the best bits of fun in it. despite what others think. he's just as great and serious as he is cool in his own odd ways imo. and i never thought he'd be that awesome in action-
i was caught off-guard when the screen suddenly cut to the credits. it felt so short even. no doubt it's an amazing movie. and once is not enough.
so now i must watch it again :]

art gif-ing ;p

so i finally decided to actually do what i've been bumming to do since /o/. luckily it tagged along my animated mood now. wut? whatevs. anywee heres a couple of process es of some recent works :]

here are the final stills [or in my da. or tumblr. wherever ur comfortable]

i made these both for ngni. a collab art blog with some friends-

hanino : poster design

twas my entry for the 'omnibus theme design contest' for graphicon2012 -a local graphic design and multimedia convention here in davao city. coming this november. lol i lost. what i ended up with is not even a 'theme' but some poster haha. but i like the concept and the story behind this. so im saving it cause i might use it for something else later. it will be about 'this guy' and his shadow 'hanino' :)
-where in the image depicts them running, well, jumping late for an event(?) haha

i aimed around that animated and graphicnovel ish look. something different. also the bg was inspired by this old busy night-street i always pass by
as usual some research thumbs. then the final plus with the text and some variants-

some knight

yo. yeah just a knight character. i actually did this while kinda roughly following a challenge brief over at cghub. knew i wouldn't have the time to join the whole thing. it looks fun anywee. so i did some sketches. and later decided to flesh one out a bit -still not finish though. see? haha

quick for the night

scythe maiden sketch before bed. lets see how this looks in the morning. and.. zzzzz

huh?

 i had a mouthful of words in my last few posts. so now, i'll just go;

 petal faerie thing wip :)

back to scratch

so much for all the 'work in progress' when i junked a mountain of files after my disk miserably crashed over a month ago. some still lives, most dumped. but im still here. drawing.
and here's some speedies i did before i lost my tablet's pen which i've searched for the last three weeks. pffffckt. what's wrong with me? haha

personal piece. after everything.

dreamscape. i love water themes

some space hq's

sketches, animations and dot dot dot

(click the image to enlarge)

. . .

there is just not much progress. i guess that's why i've been neglecting any real update in this blog. but it's not all that bad. so here i am posting this haha. i've been saying that 'i'm inspired' these days, and i really am. thou it doesn't show. and i've just been going with how things are flowing. thou they're not all that good lol.

it's just that my creative juices just seems to get clogged just when it's about to reach orgasm. pardon the lame pun XD. it's not even mood swings or anything. i think one real problem is that i just can't find a suitable or any interesting 'sparks' out of a subject. dot dot dot
and even if i did, or even if someone helped and gave me something to work with, i become unenthusiastic to it in the midst.. ayaw na pangutana! di ko din alam hahaa -and the work ends up looking repulsive and then a change of heart sinks in the process, leaving something hanging about it.. it was somehow tormenting at some point. but. i do believe i just stepped on a small inevitable phase. and i think it's passing now. yey!

>:)

one big reason for that, would be this personal project that i've been working on for some time now. a big part of me is so into doing animations. aside from paintings and concept arts. it's what i've been dreaming of since birth haha. thou this isn't really that big. it's just a really short 2d animation; about a girl named 'maya'. i'll try to post something about it next time. but here's a tease. it's one of the color tests i did of her

:D

it's actually an old plan that i just revamped. i'm also doing this just to practice the small stuffs i learned for compositing and in applying simple sfx's -just like what i did to an old video that i seldom show to people. it's a walkcycle exercise of my characters; 'doti' and 'dotdot'

-that reminds me, the bg in the vid was actually made for maya. maybe i could still use it now. but that just proves how old that plan was hahaa

and i think that's why my mind flies off, more often than not. even when i'm already doing something, i could say, as equally important ohohoo. and so i guess i'd consider these as 'a really nice progress'. like i said, it's not all that bad. add to those is a logo and a poster i designed for our class' art exhibit, which took place like three weeks ago. hehe. this was quite refreshing since i haven't done any vector stuffs in awhile;

but that's not just it. another one big fat juicy cool distraction for me now is -another 2d animation project that my friend, Alben Tan and I just put up a blog with, we called it 'Bakinocaua' under our very own 'Studio Natu' weeh! -this one's a bit more serious thou and it really needed much research. doing this big things are the reasons why i've been practicing with video editing, like on 'maya'. here's a link to the blog: studio natu check it out! :D

by Studio Natu :)

ohoo now i realize it's just hours before the new year starts. 2012! yey! i'm really looking forward to it! -and that's all there is. for now. thanks and may i bid you all in advance - a happy new year! :)

warm-ups and x-mas!

first of all. i want to greet everyone a Merry Christmas! :)
-cuz it's been a really loaded week. and all the while i've been waiting for the holidays to come. i have been itching to finish some digital illustrations i started ages ago -that i almost didn't notice how close it was to Christmas time! wew :D
for now. here are some sketches and warm-ups i did a couple of mornings before

when the sun sets the water on fire

girl-in-river/swamp studies

swamp chick wip

hope you like it! :D

Exposé 9!

really late post for this. but. i got in to Exposé 9! yey! :D around last May (2011) i got an email saying that my work 'The Lancer' will be featured in the Exposé 9 book! -and im the happiest person! i was in cloud 9 for weeks. months? hahaa
the book came out last July (2011) and i received my copy around same time. and i was in cloud 9 again! haha
so here's me humbly sharing it..

EXPOSÉ 9: Finest Digital Art in the Known Universe by Ballistic Publishing :)

this is the image that got published in it
da post: 'The Lancer'

=)

'it's such a great honor to be a part of this amazing book.' it's one of the things that keep the fire burning inside me right now -in creating more works. my image is pretty small for this big book even. but it means a lot to me. and it's making my smile last for the whole yearsss :)