Hairy Potter

A little something I did for fun. Quite literally a Hairy Potter.

I'll be on vacation for the next few days visiting family and I hope to have more sketches to update the blog with when I come back. Thanks for looking.

Website Update and Other News

I updated the site with a few (somewhat) new sketches and layouts from my backlog of sketches. Also, I should mention that I am officially looking for work. By work I mean short or long-term professional Illustration projects. I've put a link to my contact page on the sidebar, so if you are interested, don't hesitate to write me.

In other news, I've been doing some visual development for a short film and also a proposed graphic novel that is still in story development. I'm VERY excited about both projects. They present several challenges that I've been meaning to tackle. As soon as I can get permission to publish some of this work, I will update accordingly. Thanks for looking.

OZ: Remember this?

It's been a while huh? Well it seems that the OZ passion project will be making a comeback. Between my last OZ post and now I've gone through quite a journey. Along the way I've made a lot of progress in terms of furthering my design skills. Its been very enlightening, and no doubt it will effect the look of my OZ interpretation, but I feel the hiatus was a necessary step. Now that I am at least somewhat free, I've made the decision to finish this painting. I'ts been laying about in my studio with a piece of glassine covering it. I've shown it to a few fellow illustrators all of which tell me its time to finish it but I geuss with this one I was biting off more than I could chew when I started it. I needed to learn something first. It took a while, I had plenty of distractions that kept me from working, but those days are over. I've been focused on my work now for a good stretch... Its time to finish it once and for all. You can check out the progress of the piece in the December 2010 Archives. It's about 3/4 of the way there. I definitely want to get back to working on other OZ Illustrations. I also want to play with some of the character designs as well, but not to worry, The Wind in the Willows will still be a priority. You can also check out the Illustration page on my site. I've added a few more images, and no doubt I will add more from my back log of sketches. Thanks for looking, enjoy!

Portfolio Website... Finally!

My portfolio website has officially gone live! It's a work in progress but so far so good. I'm happy to finally have a place to showcase all of my work. Click the picture above and check it out!

Ratty: Exploratory Sketches

Here is Ratty so far... I'm playing around with the layout of these pages; getting rid of superfluous borders and putting the focus back on the drawings where it should be.

Moley: Character Sheet

Here is another page for the portfolio. This is where Mole is at this stage, I'm sure he'll change a bit more, but so far I am happy with him.

Portfolio Update

Mole: Exploratory Sketches

The Wind in the Willows: Character Shapes

I've put the drawing board down so I can concentrate on updating my portfolio. So far I've had to reformat the older pages to fit 8 1/2" X 11." Its been a bit of a trudge, but I am seeing the horizon. Above are a couple of new pages from the book. I've added seven new pages of work. I even added some of the OZ work to the mix... Why the hell not? Anyway, the complete portfolio will be published here and on my website (www.glennhernandez.com) when I am finished.

Meanwhile, I've been evolving my design for Ratty and Mole even further. Yeah, I thought I had reached my final, but the more I've drawn them the more they've developed. My focus is on keeping the shapes simple but adding detail within the shapes. Its been a challenge to get out of my comfort zone, so I am pushing myself to work the designs to another level above where I have them now. Thanks for looking.