Raccoon Dog

Here's a little sample from a project I've been working on.

Abuelita

A little tribute to Grannies everywhere.

The Wind in the Willows: Mr. Toad of Toad Hall

Mr. Toad was kind enough to pose for this little Portrait yesterday.  Immediately upon my asking, he sashayed off to freshen up, emerging blushed and burnished with the heraldic glow of Monarchy.  Here he is in all his glory... Mr. Toad of Toad Hall: Country Squire, avid sportsman, expert motorist, thespian  and wayfaring adventurer!  Do not look him in the eye and please refer to him as 'Your Grace.'

Holmes and Watson

I did these little doodles in my sketchbook after reading a few of the many Holmes stories in a fat one volume edition of The Complete Sherlock Holmes. I am such a nerd for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's writings... Totally hooked! Anyway, if I ever have the chance to illustrate the stories graphic novel style, this is the direction I would take with the character designs.

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!