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