White or red, monseiur?

Just a quick sketch while waiting for a shot to render. Man, sometimes I wish I could draw all day.

Pig

A painting I did on Gouach. 4"x5".

Kids

Sorry I haven't posted in such a long time everyone but Flushed Away has all but consumed my time (and my life. Anyways, here are some kid sketches I thought you might enjoy!

This little guy watched me through the glass as I drew him. I think he tried to look cuter when he realized I was drawing him.

Spain Photos!

Here are those Spain photos I promised you guys..... From top to bottomt: Joy and I having churros and chocolate,arches inside the Alhambra in Granada, A statue on the facade of the the church of the La Sagrada De Familia..outside of the La Sagrada De Familia by Antonio Gaudi...more arches inside the Alhambra.

Mysterious Island

Gouache and marker.

Cafe Sketch

Another Starbucks sketch...Done with pen and marker.

Valentine's Day is Coming up!

Hey, Bloggers! Well, Valentines is coming next week and for those of you who haven't thought of what to do for that special someone, hopefully this will inspire you!


So, break out the wine, chocolate, flowers and cut and paste this poem by Scottish poet, Robert Burns!

To A Red Red Rose
by Robert Burns

O, my Luve's like a red, red rose,
That's newly sprung in June.
O, my Luve's like a melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair as thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run:

And fare thee well, my only luve!
And fare thee weel, a while!
And I will come again, my luve,
Tho' it ware ten thousand mile.

Travel Journal: Spain!

This past Christmas, Joy and I went to Spain and saw lots of cool sights and ate lots of great food...Now, taking pictures is cool (I took about a thousand) but it was even cooler when I got the chance to sit down, take in the sights and sketch! Bringing a sketchbook and creating a travel journal was one of the best things I did on this trip and next time I go, I'm definitely doing it again.
This first one highlights just some of the AMAZING food we had in Cordoba when we visited La Mezquita. It was an old mosque that was converted into a cathedral.


This next one is of the Alhambra in Granada. It used to be a Muslim stronghold that was conquered by the Spanish. I think the painting could've been a little less overworked but I was FREEZING cold at the time.


I'll also try to post some of my actual pics from my digital camera sometime...until then, enjoy!

Watercolor Sketches

What do you get when you're at work with some watercolors and you're procrastinating? A couple of watercolor sketches, that's what! (Not that I'm advocating procrastination or anything...I like working...yeah....)


....it gets kinda lonely here at night.....guess I'll paint a basketball and a computer tower...


.....I've been in this office for almost a year and those pesky moving boxes are still there!!!

T-Shirt Contest!!

A couple of weeks ago here at work, production asked all the animators on Flushed Away to submit designs for crew shirts. Most crew shirts I get always has a large silkscreen of a character from the movie and very few ever appealed to me. I figured that a simple graphic that looked like a skate shirt would look cool, so this is the design I turned in. There were alot of submissions turned in recently and people were asked to vote for their favorite. Tomorrow, they announce the winner....I'll keep my fingers crossed!


UPDATE: Just found out I won!!! Thanks to everyone for their support!

Inspirational Quote of the Week: Originality

"Don't worry about your originality. You could not get rid of it even if you wanted to. It will stick to you and show you up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do."

-Robert Henri The Art Spirit

Old Geezers!

These were exploratory sketches I was doing for film ideas a couple years back at school. I knew I wanted to do a short with an old man in it and for awhile I was torn between two films : a "Grumpy old men" type film and another which I ended up making called "The Heist" which had a burglar who is caught by a wily old security guard which you can see on the middle bottom picture.

My First Winter

Having been born in the Philippines where the weather was nice and tropical, I never experienced snow until I moved to the United States in 1988 when I was 10. This painting was done as an assignment a few years ago at CalArts in Don Hall's story class where the objective was to pick a moment from my life and do a beat board illustration of it.

Well, one of my best memories as a kid was experiencing snow for the first time. I remember it started to snow at about 1 p.m. during English class and I was looking outside the window for another 2 hours watching the snow, barely able to contain my excitement. As you can see, when the bell rang, I was first out the door! To this day, when I am lucky enough to be home in New Jersey and it snows, this is the memory that enters my mind.

P.s. special thanks to my friend and artist extraordinairre Devin Crane for help with this scan. Also to Willy Harber , Brianne Drouhard, and Yoshi Tamura for their links!

Cafe Sketches

One of the things I find most relaxing when I am not working is going to a coffee shop or a bookstore cafe and sketching different sorts of people. I usually bring a black pen, a water brush, and my trusty Ipod. Especially at Starbucks, there is usually a steady stream of all kinds of people walking through. Some are leisurely, some in a hurry, some are either studying or deep in conversation. I also tend to bring a book and read for awhile if there's nothing to draw. This is a great way to exercise the drawing muscles, especially in these hectic computer days!

Watercolor sketch and portrait

These are drawings that were done over the weekend. The one on the top is of my girlfriend, Joy. It's done with pencil and watercolors.

Then she decided she would draw me and asked me to pose for her....She's pretty good!

Inspiring Quote of the Week: Sketching

During my freshman year at CalArts, our animation teacher Dan Boulos used to come in every week and write a quote on the board to inpire us . He usually got his quotes from "The Art Spirit" by Robert Henri. Here's one on sketching:

People say ,"It is only a sketch." It takes the genius of a real artist to make a good sketch-to express the most important things in life-the fairness of a face-to represent air and light and to do it all with such simple shorthand means. One must have wit to make a sketch. Pictures that have had months of labor expended on them may be more incomplete than a sketch.

Skater

Done on Jan 17, 2006. Pen and gouache.

The Blog Bandwagon....

Yes,

I have jumped on...Yes, I will have lots of pics for your enjoyment. This first one was done here at work with our paint program called GIMP.