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daily draw day 09

2012-02-10T00:55:00.001-08:00

daily draw day 08

2012-02-09T14:44:00.000-08:00

Skipped day 7. lol I dunno, I'm slippin.

daily draw day 06

2012-02-09T14:42:00.001-08:00

daily draw day 05

2012-02-06T00:41:00.000-08:00

No day 4 due to Photoshop crashing on me while I was working. So here's day 5.

daily draw day 03

2012-02-03T22:04:00.000-08:00

daily draw day 02

2012-02-02T22:38:00.000-08:00

daily draw day 01

2012-02-02T22:34:00.000-08:00

heavy hearts

2012-01-23T22:42:00.000-08:00

An insignia for particular characters in the Thrones series.

CCXII

2012-01-03T19:16:00.000-08:00

First drawing of 2012. Not much, but it's something.

11.22.11

2011-11-22T16:59:00.001-08:00

11.17.11

2011-11-17T16:50:00.001-08:00

hatchet

2011-11-03T18:42:00.000-07:00

Character idea for some illustration(s), The top is actually an earlier version of him.

The bottom is a more recent revision, accompanied by lady friend.

untitled

2011-11-01T20:08:00.000-07:00

Paint + Inks.

More experimental than the usual, so I'm not completely in with love it, just observing it.

thrones V incomplete + sketches

2011-10-24T16:35:00.000-07:00

Working out the character concept for Thrones series V. The other doodles are ideas for illustrations I have in mind to do eventually.

sketch session 9.25.11

2011-09-25T20:13:00.000-07:00

sketch session 8.13.11

2011-09-04T12:28:00.000-07:00

No web connection really slows down updates, but I'll try to keep it going at a decent pace.

golden friend

2011-07-06T15:25:00.000-07:00

Took a part of the Thrones II drawing and experimented with some brushes and layers, just for kicks. I like how it came out all colorful and surreal.

thrones II preview

2011-07-06T00:22:00.000-07:00

Finally getting around to finishing this piece. It's apart of the ongoing "Thrones" series. Mostly a series of drawings sharing similar themes & aesthetics.

The entire drawing for this is much larger, and features more details and all that good stuff. Done primarily in traditional mediums, with some digital touch ups.

sketch session 6.30.11

2011-06-29T22:32:00.000-07:00

sketch session 6.2.18

2011-06-17T22:33:00.000-07:00

Cuspis + Leebo

sketch session 6.2.11

2011-06-02T09:29:00.000-07:00

heads

2011-04-24T18:59:00.000-07:00

Nothing special, just playing around with some ideas for my next drawing.

4.24.11

2011-04-24T18:49:00.000-07:00

Been quite awhile since I updated with anything regarding Ultima Novella. So here are 2 older concept sketches. The man with glasses (Marcellus) is the very same character I posted before, reworked.

flow

2011-04-08T06:03:00.000-07:00

An illustration designed for a poster for a local event. Not 100% happy with the outcome, but I don't like to dwell on one particular drawing. So I'll just have to do much better come next time.

Of course as usual, practice makes ~~perfect~~ you better.

thrones I

2011-03-31T20:34:00.000-07:00

A drawing that's attached to a series of themed drawings. The MONO illustration was also meant to be apart of it. Just mostly playing around with themes. I also might revisit this character down the road.

back to basics III

2011-03-18T21:16:00.000-07:00

Yep, bout that time again. Some good ol' plain anatomy studies. I'm in my own head for far too long, but I am working on some prime illustrations atm.

sketch session 3.16.11

2011-03-15T22:32:00.000-07:00

I just recently managed to get back my web connection at home, which means updates ought to be more consistent from here on till whenever.

the night returns

2011-02-25T13:31:00.000-08:00

I featured Caliga on here a few times before. This is a concept painting of him I did from last year. The painting itself is pretty large, so I only managed to get a proper scan of it until recently.

Until I feel more confident in what I have for this project, things regarding it will cook slower, which in the end is for the better I suppose.

mono

2011-02-21T18:18:00.000-08:00

I may revisit this character again, I like what she becoming in my mind. Done with paint & inks on paper.

more amano

2011-02-03T15:05:00.000-08:00

Once again another Amano study I did not to long ago, tho this time featuring my character Lupus.

sketch session 12.29.10

2011-01-21T12:13:00.001-08:00

sketch session 12.30.10 & 1.2.11

2011-01-13T14:12:00.000-08:00

Been awhile.

New year, same business. Only more ambitious than the last.

Here are some sketch sessions I had since my last update. Been doing some Yoshitaka Amano studies with my style, Enjoy

till next time...

old art redux pt.1

2010-12-14T04:04:00.000-08:00

REDUX ORIGINAL

Decided to undertake a new activity of revisiting my much older drawings, and redrawing them to see how much I managed to improve since then. Got the idea after digging through old work. Had quite the laugh in the process :D

This first one was one of my favorite drawings. I think I drew it in late 2006 maybe.
The character himself was intentionality made to imitate the likeness of Sora from Kingdom Hearts (hence the Mickey skull & key chain). It was drawn with a good 'ol biro pen, and (half) colored with prismacolor markers.

This was pretty cool to do, will definitely be doing it again in the future.

tron X marvel

2010-12-13T20:26:00.000-08:00

This was for yet another contest over at the Satellite Soda forums. The theme this time was Marvel characters in Tron apparel. I decided not to actually compete this time, but I still managed to get a decent concept down.

I was gonna do a Ghost Rider piece, made sense with the light cycle and whatnot. Regardless, here's the concept for him. I do like the holographic skull idea tho.

sketch session 12.5.10

2010-12-05T08:39:00.000-08:00

Lu

2010-11-23T01:38:00.000-08:00

Another Lupus drawing. Figured I'd share an Ultima update (albeit a rather small one).

Lupus tends to be called 'Lu' by his closest friends. Although he doesn't typically mind, 'Luie' he's not so fond of.

Just a bit of insight on some of the characters personalities. More to come, no doubt.

Also, the design of him you see here isn't the final.

nightvision

2010-11-09T01:07:00.000-08:00

Another quick painting exercise.
Kinda went in wanting to do a much more detailed illustration, but ended up playing around with it more.

Eh guess I'm content with the outcome...I think.

commission for Diamond Ivy

2010-11-03T05:00:00.000-07:00

A Long over due commission for Diamond Ivy on deviant art, of her character Farrell.

sketch session 10.22.10

2010-10-22T21:50:00.000-07:00

sketch session 10.17.10

2010-10-17T02:37:00.000-07:00

I'll be trying to post daily from now on. Which means much more sketches and warm-ups, and what have you. Overlapping an illustration or two every now and then.
Should be fun.

These were from a sketch session today, nothing too fancy.

caliga the guilty part.II

2010-10-15T01:02:00.000-07:00

Another concept illustration of Caliga, a bit more abstract this time. This was done traditionally in paint & inks on paper (with some touch-ups in photoshop.)

That being said, this was more or less an attempt to get a good vibe of the mysterious Caliga from the Efflixi story.There was more to the painting itself actually, but I decided to go with this composition in the end.

Next time you see him he'll be in a more presentable fashion, and he wont be alone :)

pocket doodles cont'd

2010-10-10T16:44:00.001-07:00

Gonna try to post daily from now on :)

some more old work

2010-09-25T18:26:00.000-07:00

Managed to dig up some unfinished illustration from a while ago. This was going to be for Alame Rentei, the previous collab that I was apart of. These unfortunately aren't on hard drive anymore, reason why the quality of these suck.

pocket full of doodles

2010-09-24T22:46:00.000-07:00

*scribble scribble scribble* :)

a preview of my past

2010-09-02T13:41:00.000-07:00

As I mentioned before, I wanted to post something that I honestly thought would never see the light of day. That is my old pet project/comic, as well a rightful precursor to my current fledgling one: Ultima Novella.

The 'cleverly' (ha, not really) titled 'Ultima Child' comic, was without a doubt a cornerstone in my making as an artist up to now. Like any artist that looks back on their past works, I feel amused at how far I've come, but in this case how much I was growing in that period of time. In a way, I feel blessed.

So before I move on to try and accomplish bigger and better things, I'll let those interested enough take a look into into my past. For now I leave you a preview of one of my favorite pages from the comic, as I try to sort out the pages.

Cheers!

for he is the reclaimer

2010-08-28T07:40:00.000-07:00

Back again with another Ultima update. Featuring Lupus from the Ultima Efflixi tale. This was a interesting piece to do.

This was actually painted traditionally, then altered and finished in Photoshop.

The illustration itself is sorta symbolic for the narrative. With Lupus (and his companions) playing a major role in the transpiring 'series' of events that take place.

blacklight

2010-08-19T00:49:00.000-07:00

Another day, another drawing. Sort of experimented with a few techniques here and there.

More to come, naturally.

cuspis update

2010-08-10T01:01:00.000-07:00

I present to you, the final design for the young Cuspis. I managed to tweak him a few details farther since when I last shown him.

Now he seems more appropriate to his classy (albeit shady) background. Cuspis was the first of the main characters in Ultima Novella to have a popped into my head. This sketch is still missing a few final details tho.

Of course this is but one of his appearances,
as the characters will change clothing throughout the narrative. I'm holding off giving descriptive back stories until I feel more confident.

More to come, slowly but sure surely anyways.

Below is an earlier drawing of him...

makin tee-shirts

2010-08-06T17:32:00.000-07:00

One of the tee-shirt designs I'm workin at the moment.
I've been wanting to draw a Medusa t-shirt for a while now, so yea.
Medusa Monroe, my little creative take on Medusa using Marylin Monroe's iconic face. Got some other neat designs I'll show eventually.

On a side note, Lately I'm having a bit of trouble gettin some intricate ideas/concepts out of my head and onto paper.
(specifically ideas for Ultima Novella). Guess'll I'll have to experiment with a new work flow, who knows.

Ultima Novella detailed

2010-08-01T11:16:00.000-07:00

Well here we are, this is my personal project, and this is my long term experiment. Hell I'd go as far as calling this my magnus opus
(but let's not jump the gun.)

Ultima Novella in a sense is quite a lot of things. Tho essentially it's a reboot of an old comic that I worked on when I was younger. Unfortunately, I never managed to truly see it through...until now.
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『Ultima Novella: Permissi Inhaero Una is the collective name of a series of stories made under the "Ultima" label. Permissi Inhaero Una

(which means "Let Us Cling Together" in Latin) is nevertheless a project consisted of several individual tales set within one world.

Many of these tales will take place at different time periods, with each having its own genuine plot and characters respectively.
In general these tales share a common underlining mythos, but individually will echo their own themes and ideals.

Many of these tales will vary in presentation and concept. Some will be one shot stories, while others may expand over several volumes.

Even so, these stories work off one another both directly and indirectly, or in some cases not at all.

I call this my 'long term experiment' for a good reason. As I plan to have these tales told across multiple mediums. Utilizing the graphic novel, animation, the written novel format, and with due time even the video game medium.

Kicking off this project are 2 interwoven tales, one of which is called
Ultima EFFLIXI (with Lupus severing as its protagonist.)』

『Ulitma EFFLIXI is the second tale to be featured from the project. Set in a contemporary Jorde, circa 1588 MR.

A pseudo-modern setting, where in which the many nations of Jorde are undergoing a huge cultural shift. An era where where Magic and Science have coalesced as one into a prominent religion.
These are the chronicles of a new era, the Magie Renaissance.』

(Efflixi is Latin for: 'to tear apart, to dismantle, or destroy')

More updates to come, as things progress.

ink n' pixels

2010-07-27T23:04:00.000-07:00

Just a ink drawing I touched up in photoshop. Bottom's the raw scan.

even more ink

2010-07-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

More sketches, Some earlier concepts of Lupus, his final design isn't too far off from these.

And some random shaded one just for the hell of it...

rated R

2010-07-19T00:41:00.000-07:00

Another painting I did today for practice. Didn't feel like finishing it, so don't mind the half-assed hand & shirt. Women seem to be the favored subjects for my practice sessions, This is good.

Gotta keep movin...

ink for blood

2010-07-17T10:43:00.000-07:00

Some recent ink illustrations for my personal project, Ultima Novella. Featuring Caliga, the Guilty from one of the tales in the project.
More to come

need a new sketchbook...

2010-07-17T10:37:00.000-07:00

It feels good to jump back into using analog mediums again...

2010-06-17T23:19:00.000-07:00

Update again, this time with some character concepts for Ultima as well as some random doodling. More to come...

back to basics part II

2010-06-17T19:43:00.000-07:00

A little practice session of much needed anatomy study.
And as always, 'practice makes ~~perfect~~ you better.

Bonus, here's a character design request I did awhile ago...

still undecided...

2010-05-26T16:45:00.000-07:00

A character design that I'm not content with just yet. I plan on redoing this guy's design from the ground up. Though his outfit will stay somewhat the same, the finalized concept will be quite the contrast. By then I'll be sure to reveal his whole identity (full name & all.)

Here's an earlier sketch of his initial design that I posted not to long ago...

sword & shield of the night

2010-05-11T02:12:00.000-07:00

Here again with yet another character I'm designing for my personal project dubbed "Rebuild Ultima Project". The character in question plays a vital role in one of the stories and is one of my current favs, for several reasons. One of them being that he somewhat serves as a homage to two of my most favorite artists: Yoshitaka Amano & Yoji Shinkawa.

His name has yet to be decided, but for the time being I gave him the nick name "Caliga"(Latin for Darkness.) The unit code name pertains to him and his comrade companion, who I will show shortly.

The bottom pic is how he looked before he adopted the full body prosthetic armour. His design is not by any means final, neither is the scenario for the story he's in.

pale character from Ultima

2010-04-26T20:20:00.000-07:00

Another character I'm working out for my project. This one in particular is important and will have certain ties (in more ways than one.)
This is not the final concept of course.

badfunk for satellite soda

2010-04-18T15:08:00.000-07:00

There was a art book contest over at Satellite Soda, so I decide to jump in and give it a shot after Blu reminded me. This took about 2 and half days to finish. Had to keep focus and give it my all since the deadline was just around the corner. Lotta of great entires over there too.

I even manged to work on it for an entire day straight through (from 12pm Sat- to 6am Sun...yea)

Was worth it tho, had fun, but I'm friggin exhausted right about now haha.

Here's some detailed close ups. Gettin the hang of implementing texture into my paintings.

009

2010-04-15T01:10:00.000-07:00

A fan art I'm finishing up about now from a anime I friggin adore, Cyborg 009. Almost done, but not there just yet.

more concept work from Ultima

2010-04-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

Still coming up with some neat ideas for this little project of mine.I plan to Let this one cook nice and slowly.The character sketch on the top has yet to be given a proper. He's also from the same story as Lupus.

The blurred picture at the bottom is a bit more special to me, planning to revive an old hero :)

portrait of a lovely lady

2010-03-25T21:59:00.000-07:00

Some thing I started yesterday and finished tonight. A simple portrait of a supposed cute gal. Lately I been needing to draw more women, and so I start with this. It looks a tad rushed since I didn't decide to finish it.

Maybe next time...

2010-03-19T20:46:00.000-07:00

One of my current works, this is a commission for someone on DA.

Hope to get this done and polished by Monday or Tuesday.

Got a few other illustrations goin on at the moment along with this one.

It's challenging, but gets more fun as things start coming together.

sketch!

2010-03-16T18:40:00.000-07:00

Made a new avatar for the deviant art group Sketch Hub, since the page became an official DA group thing.

It's a crew of different artists (including myself) posting up daily, weekly, or bi-weekly sketches, doodles, and whatnot.

Meh...

2010-03-14T13:59:00.000-07:00

Made another banner, yep.

wolf guard of the King

2010-03-11T16:56:00.000-08:00

I think I'm finally getting closer to a final design for this guy.
He is Lupus Tego Regali, the etymology of his whole name is Latin for (the wolf that guards the King).

He is a protagonist for one of the stories from my personal project, "Project Ultima". I still have yet to workout the details in his prosthetic armour, but I'm pretty fond on his entire design thus far.

some expected & unexpected fresh starts

2010-03-08T23:06:00.000-08:00

Well looks like and unexpected predicament happened to me recently, My entire Hard-drive on my computer crashed or somethin. Apparently it became corrupt after some program I unfortunately installed (wont be doin that again...)

Had to get it repaired, and I just got it back today. And pretty much everything I ever owned (art work, music, movies, brushes, the whole nine, were all erased since windows had to be reinstalled again. Tho to be perfectly honest I'm not at all upset or regretful. It's like a proper clean slate that I've been lookin to get lately. So with that, I guess I'll have to round up all my previous content again and be more organized this time around and get a portable HD just to be safe. Lesson learned ha ha.

Not to mention, this random fresh start is more than appealing for my personal project under the working title "Project Ultima". Should be fun.

winter lane

2010-02-25T09:15:00.000-08:00

Still challenging myself, and with that I figured I should seriously get back into background art. I used to always draw backgrounds and buildings just as much as characters, but somewhere along the way,
I seemed to have lost some of that fondness (which made me a little sad ha ha).

On a related side note, it's snowing again for some reason, so a winter speed paint was the result of that I guess.

it's a wonderful world...almost

2010-02-22T18:39:00.000-08:00

Trying my best to make the final stretch for my comic "A.K.A: It's A Wonderful World" for the zine M&D on GBX. And man am I rusty! Haven't done proper line art for far too long, not mention this is my first time implementing halftones into anything comic related ha ha.

Well anyways, I'll post the first 4 pages once I finish them.

back to basics part I

2010-02-22T14:39:00.000-08:00

Some recent anatomy studies. Hmm...needs more practice.

back in the day...

2010-02-20T13:49:00.000-08:00

Continuing to work out more concepts for the characters and the world. I can see the story starting to shape itself more. This is a running concept of "one" of the protagonists in his youth, when he was a rookie soldier in the military. It's the blonde character from before made new, but during this point he is a teenager.

concept art for ultima

2010-02-17T11:39:00.000-08:00

Second update of the day (well that's a new record).

Anywho, I don't necessarily feel like withholding much artwork from this project, unlike before. This is a character I'm working out at the moment for a part of the project. So some changes are most likely expected.

His name is Cuspis (if only for the moment)

old character render revealed for new project...

2010-02-16T23:08:00.000-08:00

Well since I've already begun drawing up the concepts for my new project under the working title
"project ULTIMA", I figured it would be okay to show an unfinished character render that's no longer going to be used.

It was originally going to be in my previous collab, but since that's been canceled for now, I decided to go on and revamp this one character all together. The final rendition of said new character is underway at the moment.

Hope to share more on this new project soon enough.

some weird & cool mugs

2010-02-15T17:06:00.000-08:00

Had a little challenge session today from the DevinatArt group D-A-C (design-a-character).
The challenge was to interpret character designs from given shapes. It was a definite challenge indeed, regardless I had fun doing it. Probably will do more eventually.

wolf speed paint + news update!

2010-02-09T18:59:00.000-08:00

Been practicing heavy as of late, it's a must really.

I'm feelin more and more like my ambitious old self lately, and it feels damn good.

This dire emphasis on practice and experimentation pans into something even bigger and more ambitious I have working at the moment. The old comic project The Alame' Rentei I was previously apart of is put on hold indefinitely (not sure for how long to be honest).

This new long term graphic novel project will showcase the return of old favorite characters of mine as well as many other concepts long gone in my earlier days.

Look for for the (semi) announcement soon.

Pixel Bastard of Old School Street

2010-02-02T20:08:00.000-08:00

Finally managed to update on my other little comic, mentioned it from a previous post.

Well the deadline for the zine entries is finally closing in, and I'll be finishing up my story for it.

This lovely odd-ball character is featured in the comic. A Yakuza from a rival gang,
His name is The Pixel Bastard. I'll be showing the first 4 pages in no time.

(Also changed the title back to my first choice for it, "A.K.A: It's A Wonderful World")

some banner fun

2010-01-26T18:08:00.000-08:00

Test drove some new pencil textured photoshop brushes today, got a neat little sketch out of it. Resulted in a Army Gal or...something.

Figured I'd spruce it up and make another banner out of it. Also, the graphic designer in me is really gettin better & better,

oodles & doodles

2010-01-25T23:12:00.000-08:00

Drew some quick style character sketches for a kid friend today. He was trying to make a neat little shonen style story. Reminded me of my younger days, good times ha ha.

the man in white...

2010-01-17T16:13:00.000-08:00

Introducing some concept art for an unrevealed stranger for "The Alamé Rentei"
Keeping lips sealed on this one ;)

2010-01-08T00:06:00.000-08:00

Just a result of recent practicing in photoshop, that and boredom I guess.

Made it a PNG as well, check it out here to see it better...

http://SketchHub.deviantart.com/art/2010-1-8-cool-cat-149634480

I'm cooI cuz I gots scars...

2010-01-04T22:03:00.000-08:00

Dropping another lame teaser for AR. This time featuring one of the main characters "Zeminoru" at a very drastic point in the story. Will unveil the whole thing when the time is more than right.

Also, Turned 19, ate pizza.

Happy New Year!

2010-01-01T15:22:00.000-08:00

A.K.A: THE WORLD IS YOURZ

2009 was a pretty dull and non-progressive year for me actually.
So 2010 is going to be one special year this time around, gotta lot of plans.
And this little banner is from one of said plans.

A mini comic series featured in the soon to be GBX:Missilez & Diamonds zine anthology.

Got some humps to clear this year and I definitely dont plan to sit this one out.

step by step by step

2009-12-12T23:45:00.000-08:00

Just dropping the first of a series of AR teasers. This one showcasing the official Title design, only without the logo illustration as of now (y'know, FF style).

The sub header "PROLOGUE" is exclusive to the name of the

soon-to-be preview book.

This was just a reminder, next ones will be more than promising.

A bit of a Hiatus for now...

2009-11-30T21:33:00.000-08:00

Though I haven't been updating much. I will be hoping to do so during the holidays & the beginning of next year. Till then take care...

Missiles & Diamondz???

2009-11-17T23:07:00.000-08:00

A Zine/Comics anthology coming soon...

Ceci est notre histoire...

2009-10-18T21:34:00.000-07:00

Most of this blog is going to consist of concept & promo work for The Alamé Rentei.
Well, at least until we get enough pages done to show case to the public.
So for now enjoy these tidbits.

Here's a quick teaser of a render I'm doing of the protagonist Tazinku Derkesthai

This here is Zeminoru, another one of the main characters of the story

anatomy studies...

2009-10-18T20:49:00.000-07:00

You know what they say, "practice makes you perfect better"

AR sketchbook

2009-10-17T22:44:00.000-07:00

A batch of concept art for a graphic novel I'm working on named The Alamé Rentei

salutations

2009-10-17T22:04:00.000-07:00

Hello web world,
I finally managed to put together a fake temp website for myself.
So for the time being as of now, I shall post arts for all to see from sketches to epic illustrations.
so tune in every week or so...