Finally some drawing post - Fan Art

My first drawing post of the new year is...a fan art.

Turned to traditional media for this one. These are based on the new video game ASSASSINS CREED 2:



I haven't played the game yet, I'm waiting for it to come out on PC in March. I guess what was fascinating is it takes place in the Italian Renaissance, which was one of my favorite subjects back in art history classes. And I really like the in-depth character developments that goes on in the game, which is you don't see too much of in other games. I would like to do some more drawings of these and possibly some digital painting of it too.

Ciao-

HAPPY NEW YEAR!...WELL, sort of

Man alive, I've neglected this blog for oh so long. Holidays tend to keep you on your toes there's no time for yourself. Now that 2009 has passed and the big 1-0 has rolled in it's time to start anew. Speaking of which I've been doing a lot, I mean, A LOT, of self-evaluation and I've come to make some tough decisions about where the rest of my life is gonna be headed. So far the past 30 years has not been, well, so brilliant, and I've noted some big ass mistakes and wrong turns that has led me to where I am now, in a dump. I no longer have the liberties I've long enjoyed in my twenties, not to mention opportunities, and I have only so little time to try to take the detour back on track. That does, of course, require some sacrifices, most I don't like but I know it will only drag me down in the long run if I don't let go. I have to set some realistic short-term goals first that will hopefully lead me back to the original goals, and really really work at it. As I said, I'm no longer fresh out of the sea, I have to get back on the right track.
But that doesn't mean I'll be abandoning the primary objective of this blog all the way. I'll still have some time to put up new sketches and artwork, it is in my blood to always be creating, you know. Keep on the lookout, there will be new stuff coming this way soon, now that the busy part of the holiday season is done.

Ciao...

New Sketches

It's been a while since my last entry. Halloween and boring relatives has kept the house pretty cooped up for the last couple of weeks. I finally have a free room to work again, though it's still not my own room, I don't know how long they're going to stay but I can't wait to get my room back!
I was pretty disappointed with the way the last painting turned out, I kinda took a break away from the Wacom and turned to more traditional mode of art: sketching. There's nothing more soothing than simple black and white lines.
The following are series of character reimagining sketches of your favorite video game STREET FIGHTER. I got the idea from artist Marko Djurdjevic who did series of X-MEN revamps (link) and so I took on this new project to give your favorite STREET FIGHTER character a complete makeover, taking into consideration the newest fashion trends and questions like what would these ferocious world warriors be doing when they're not busy beating each other up, I mean fighting isn't their only lifestyle, don't you think?
I'm working merely from memory here, it's been too long since I last played the game, I may have to start fishing on the Net for ref pics of other characters especially the hulky ones like Zangief and DeeJay. Here are the first set of sketches, hope you recognize them. More will be on the way.

Talk about Wasting Time!

Man I've been so lazy lately. Have to blame the stupid Farmville and Yoville games on Facebook. They're quite addicting, worse than chocolate. Used to play Mafia Wars before but I kept getting killed by all the 'big guys' so I've retreated to something safer like planting cottons and fishing for marlins. ^^;

I have to admit, I gotten pretty good deal of compliments on all my House of the Dead artwork. That's such an underrated game, not quite as big as Resident Evil or Halo, but there's a surprisingly good deal of fanbase for the zombie shooter. I don't even know where to begin on how I ever got started playing the stupid game, but I love it and I don't care what others think of it. That reminds me, I need to start working on more HOTD fan comic, but first I have to milk the cows and skin the sheep!

Reimagining time-

I was sitting bored stiff at work one day, and then it hit me, how about if I took a popular anime/manga characters and redrew them in more realistic, Westernized form? Now I'd have to choose something very recognizable and nothing too typical of a anime or manga drawing, and I thought of ONE PIECE. Now that used to be my favorite anime to watch a while back and then somewhere along the way I got tired to following it, the fact that it just keeps going and going. Still it's one of my favorites, and without any real ref pics at hand I had to rely on faint memories.

What better way to kill the boredom than expand your creativity and using a popular recognized source for it?

White Gold...

Today at the shop some dude was looking for some mustache and accessories to go with his White Gold Milk Dude costume. Talk about hilarious (see pic above). That guy always cracked me up.

In other news, what was up with that balloon fiasco in Colorado?! All the scare that the 6-year-old boy might have climbed into it as it was taking off, only to find he was later found hiding in fear inside of the house attic? All I thought for a second there was, the kid was getting the ultimate ride of his life, and it turned out to be a hoax and it's not, and yadayada. But again, how could that balloon have supported the weight of a 6-year-old the way it was floating around? At least it didn't end in the worst possible way.

Well finished that picture in a weekend's worth as promised, but something's not right. I'm not sure what exactly, I'll have to go get some fb.

More on that later-

Need to focus

Got a lot of plans for my future, but so little time to accomplish them, let along I don't know where to start. I'm so disorganized in the brain I can't think straight sometimes.

Couple days ago was watching 'SOUTH PARK' a new episode that so spoofs 'The Sixth Sense,' only here Kyle little bro Ike is haunted by the ghosts of all the celebrities that have died this year, most notably, Billy Mays (I'll miss that guy's loudness ROFL) and then he gets possessed by none other than the Pop King himself, Michael Jackson (Nooo, that's Ignorant. I'm a white child. Hee-hee ROFLROFL) What cracked me up the most was that after Ike/Michael wins the little miss beauty pageant and Mike's spirit is freed, Ike is standing on the stage in a skimpy bikini, and he looks down at himself and goes, 'Holy $#!@. What the #*&!@ am I wearing??' Seriously, that just cracked me up. Oh man.

Starting on another painting. This was originally for that contest back in September with a theme of Celebration (see the post in the September Archive).

Somewhat of a sci-fi space city having its annual festival with the floats and cheers, and you get the idea. Working in the colors and tones right now, not sure how long it might take, but I plan to finish it all within this weekend.

TBC-