Tirades, Trades 'n Babes

Monday was definitely one of those days. But even bad days can harbor good things. Monday I completed a trade with my friend and fellow artist, Luis Mario Sarmiento. He agreed to give his rendition of Rodney and I was asked to illustrate my interpenetration of his own original character, Lucy. I'm very happy with how it came out.





If you're a fan of Luis' work like I am, his DeviantArt page is full of fantastic original characters, illustrations, and comics. He also updates a weekly webcomic featuring his two original characters, Seth and Poncho. Check it out.

As for me, I've been busy working my life away as usual. My friend from work mentioned to me a few weeks ago that we should get a design together and try to make some vinyl figures. I of course jumped at the opportunity.




Behold the Bunnapuss! Half bunny and half Octopuss brought together by pure love...and a staple gun! He's currently being sculpted in 3D by yours truly. And who knows...if I can get the hang of molding and casting you all might see some more vinyl figures down the way...

Maybe ;).

Think of Me as a Friend.

I've got Nintendo on the brain and I can't quit it. Maybe I'll try some Conker fan art before I run outta steam.



Oh skull kid. You're like a mischievous little monkey...who's made of wood...8|

While I add a few more Zelda characters to my collection, I'll keep plugging away at this monster of a piece.

The Haunting of Donut Plains

I feel like it's been forever since I posted some process images. So in honor of the 3DS being released just last week, I decided to sketch something Mario related. I came up with this:



A little messy, I'll admit, but I'm incredibly happy with how this piece is turning out. Check back later for more progress shots while I finish it.

On a side note, you may have noticed I've FINALLY gotten around to posting a few buttons linking to my Facebook and my Deviant Art page. So if any of you creeps feel like connecting with me on another site...well...now's your chance!

Fun Sketch Wednesday

Kooloo-Limpah!

Well that creative funk didn't last as long as I thought it would, thankfully.

Thanks to the Wii, I've been able to play through a lot of my old GameCube games and relive a lot of memories from the mid-2000's. In doing so, I was inspired to create some fan art for one of my favorite GC titles:



The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker was such a fantastic addition to the LoZ series. Good story telling, colorful characters, and challenging game play all blended together perfectly in this new cell shaded water-filled world of Hyrule. Best of all, it continued the Zelda Universe's storyline and even brought back some of my favorite characters from previous LoZ titles.



No, not him.

Das Funk

I've been in a funk now (as far as 2D work goes) since about the middle of January and it's really getting to me. I'll draw more once I'm less pissed off.


And now for some good news! I'm going to post every Wednesday now try really really hard to post something new every Wednesday. Hopefully that will break me out of this rut.

And all I have is my work

These past few months have been full of work. Most importantly of all that work, is this 3D model right here:







And with that 3D information, a rapid prototyped figure was printed:



Maybe someday if I ever get the money I'll get that casted and maybe have some vinyls made. Until then, that 5" figure is on it's way to Toy Fair in New York. Ideology has a booth again this year :O