My Last Day at Columbia

These were taken back in August on my last day of work @ Columbia. I got very occupied and did not have a chance to post them sooner, but it was a very good last day on the job day. These are fellow colleagues and friends. Jim Rohn and Ron Fleischer.

Amazon?

Woo! Haven't posted anything in such a long time. I'm going to try to post again. This is just a quick sketch done in Photoshop really early in the morning!!! 3:09!!! I have a night job that wears me out so I spend most of my mornings sleeping, but I'm going to keep on creating.

Pilates Chibi Updated

Optimistic

This is how I am feeling today. :) I rather enjoyed this one, it naturally flowed as I drew it.
I like leaving quick drawings in the rough sometimes.

Tlaloc Mask with Jug

This is one of my favorite pieces that I modeled a whiles back without the jug for my older brother Rosendo Rosas, that owns his own jewelry business. There are more models that I need and want to texture, but I will tackle this one first.

If you click on his lick, click gallery, an look through the images, you will see the modifications that he did for the jewelry piece. ENJOY!!!!!

Flirty Theif Update

I already have her final lined and decided to do a silhouette test and she almost passed. I am going to go do some fixes than finish her. :)

Quick Sketches Pilates and Flirty Thief

I like making chibi characters of people I know or that make an impression on me. When it makes them laugh it makes it even funner to do :D This first quick sketch I did about a week ago, but didn't post it. I am going to have to final line it because I showed it to the Pilates teacher and she asked for a print. She had a good laugh!

This second quick sketch I did today. I came to realize as I was sketching it that this is a pose that I have tried to draw but never got it to a point where I was happy with, but this one I really like and I am going to finish this one. :D

Mission for the rest of July

I was looking back at some things that I have modeled and they are not textured because they were designs for my brother and I didn't have time, but now I do and they are great models for my portfolio. I think for the rest of July I am going to texture what I can along with making some corrections to them if time permits.

Quick Sketch Manga Style Guy

Well today I had fun. From concept to almost done (I'm going to do something with the background) a manga style guy. Yes I am highly influence by manga and anime. This is going to be for a friend's Birthday card in Oct. Yeah quite a ways from now, but better to start now than to do it last min. :) I sketched it out in Photoshop, than took that image into Manga Studio, did final lines and added some tones. Took it back into Photoshop and almost finished it.

Quick Sketch Bears and Bird

Well today's sketches didn't come out so well. I like the bird better than the bears but they need a lot of work.

Quick Sketch Raccoon #2

Today's quick sketch is another Raccoon. This little guy is just lazying around watching some TV.

Quick Sketch Male Dancer

Today's quick sketch. It has already been pointed out to me that he needs a longer torso and he has girly arms, but hey I don't draw that many males so I am proud of it and I will fix it if I can or the next one I sketch I will try to get more of the proper male physic. He certainly need bigger hands. :D One can always improve! ;)

Quick Sketch Pilates

I've been going to Pilates and last night the teacher was super tough bc we have no class on Mon, due to 4th of July, so she had us do a tougher work out. I think I might of been frowning all through out the workout.

Quick Sketch Raccoon

Feeling really motivated to sketch this week. Here is another quick digital sketch.

Quick Sketch Dancers

Decided to do some quick sketching today. There are obvious proportions issues but it's a start. I've been watching a show called, So You Think You Can Dance, and I love to see what people are capable of doing with their bodies, how they move their bodies to express certain moods and the fluidity of it. :)

TOWING!!!

Alright!!! I was given permission to use this on my portfolio. I worked on the logo design that they us in the begging and end of the project called TOWING, including it was incorporated into the Sand Animation. It was for a non for profit organization. Here is the link:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/towing/towing?play=1&ref=search

Well they changed it so I will say that it was the logo that was incorporated into the Sand Animation at the end. No longer at the start or end.

Sneak Peek #2

Here is another sneak peek at another character in the story, but he is not quite the design that I want him to be but he is getting there. :) Stay tuned for more!!!

Sneak Peek #1

I've been working on a story for a while, I have the story boards which I am improving upon. The story is straight forward. It's a project that I am going to animate in Flash. Here is a sneak peek, just a CU for now. Hopefully I will have it done before the Summer or year ends. It will be approximately a 1-2 min short.

Spanish Princess

I have not posted anything in a while. This is an illustration that I did using a program called Manga Studio. It's mostly used for making comics or manga. To my co-worker it gave her the feel of a Spanish Princess that is off to a quest. LOL, so she has been dubbed Spanish Princess.

Anime and Philosophy

Here are two illustrations that I did for a book called Anime and Philosophy that was edited by Josef Steiff and Tristian D. Tamplin. These are my first illustrations that were published.
This first image is the Inside Title page.

This one is a menu special features page.

I drew them on paper, scanned them into Illustrator for final lining and color/shaded in Photoshop.

Manga and Philosophy Illustrations

Here are illustrations that I did for a book called Manga and Philosophy. It was edited by Josef Steiff and Adam Barkman. I first drew rough sketches and refined them. Then I scanned them into Manga Studio, an illustration program for manga art, where I did the final lining and coloring/shading. Compositon for the divider pages was done in Photoshop. These illustrations were the second ones to be published.
This first one is the inside Title Page.

The following six are the chapter Divider Pages.





This page lets the reader know how to read a manga.

The following 4 pages are the Introduction. They are read from right to left.




This page came before the index page.

I had a choice of a written bio or a drawn out three panel biography. I chose drawing the three panels. It reads from right to left.

Old Radio

Here is another water color painting that I did about a week ago. This one is my favorite so far. I have been working on some Christmas cards for a couple of friends. They will be gifts for them but practice for me!!!! :D

Sleepless Night Sketches

This first one I drew on the train heading into work. I am modeling it to animate him.

These I drew a night I could not go to sleep. They kinda remind me of How to Train Your Dragon

These two I also drew along with the lizard/gecko ones.
This is a character that I call Frijolito. Normally he does not have a full body because he sits on a tree branch.

This is a futuristic house on a hill near an ocean with a light house. It would be cool to model something like this.

Water Color Paintings

Started to water color again, since I have not touched water colors for a while. Theses are some practice water coloring paintings.

This one is one of the first ones that I did and so forth.

I have seen other water color painting were it involves a kid w a balloon and decided to do my own version.

Been having the Beatles in my mind for a while. It's not a yellow submarine though. LOL.

I have an unfinished oil painting of tulips, so that is always in the back of my mind.



Was watching a TV series and there were pocket watches in one of the episodes so it inspired this one.

My friends introduced me to Old Suspense Radio over the internet. I have been listening to it since. FUN!

These are more for fun. Sword.

Mouse

Butterfly
I have to practice more, but I like these test so far. :)

Published Illustrations

Last year and this year I worked on some illustrations that were publish for two books. I will post those illustrations in a couple of days once I put the copy write marks on them.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

I haven't posted anything in a while so for the upcoming festivity here is a Halloween piece.

Spam Post

I have not checked or posted on my blog in a while, and I am getting tired of the junk post, spam post! Is there a way to block those or prevent them from posting on the blog? Anyone know?