Playing with Color

Howdy folks!
In this study, I tried to capture the mood of the pose as well as the likeness of the model.
...and I forced myself to do it entirely with Painter.
It turned out good, I think, even after a long hiatus from painting digitally.
Hope you'll enjoy it.
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...Funny...

Glad my sense of humor is back. That's a good thing :)
Happy 2011 folks!
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Hospital Sketches

My 3-month old daughter spent a week at the hospital, we came back home a couple of days ago. She was diagosed with a virus that attacks the lungs and interferes with the baby's breathing. When she was admitted, she was pale, sleepy and with shortage of breath.
There was nothing I could do other than hope she was gonna be allright. Thankfully, she did.
Shown here are some of the many sketches I did while waiting for her to get better.
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Last Update of 2010

Hello folks!
Raising two kids is not an easy task (especially when one of them is a newborn), that's why I haven't been able to update the blog recently.
Anyway, here goes one last update before 2010 is gone.
As you might have noticed, I've been practicing some footwear design lately.
I started attending another graduate program, this time in footwear design.
This is one of the assignments I developed for Design class. Quick, done in a full day's work.
I'll still keep posting some figure sketches, conceptual stuff and some illustrations, don't worry about it.
Thanks for stopping by and a Happy New Year to you!

Back after a While

Hello!
This has been a crazy hectic year... My daughter was born last month and since then I haven't had time to update the blog. Thanks for your patience and for sticking with me.
Here are some product sketches.
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A Classic is a Classic

Pen on Sketchbook.
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Kevin

Howdy!
This is Kevin, my son, sleeping comfortably on the couch.
Colored pencil and technical pen on sketchbook.
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Figure Sketching

Hello everyone!
Some sketches done this past week.
All from life.
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Figure Studies from Life

Howdy!
A couple of sketches done last friday. 10 minutes each.
Green colored pencil on paper.
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A bit more from life...

Howdy!
Quick sketches from a live model.
Ballpoint pen on sketchbook.
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From Life...

Ballpoint pen on sketchbook.
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Genetic Engineering

Hello!
A quick sketch done this evening.
A little joke about gene manipulation.
Colored pencil on sketchbook.
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Colored Pencil on Black Paper

Howdy! This is a quick sketch done this afternoon.
Sketched from a photograph by Steven Meisel.
I can easily spot the mistakes, but I thought it would be worth posting it anyway.
It's not 100% but as we all know "Practice makes perfect".
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Homage to Bouguereau

Hello everyone.
I had some time to spare between classes this evening, and decided to try some colored pencils I got as a gift (one of those 12 pencil kits).
Trying to copy the mastery of Adolphe-William Bouguereau is a hard enough challenge by itself, let alone with a limited palette.
About seven colored pencils were used in this sketch.
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Veronica

A quick sketch of one of my students busy with her drawing assignment.
Feels good to sketch from life again.
Pencil on sketchbook.
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Still Busy

Howdy!
I sketched this one this afternoon, at work.
I know I need to sketch more from life but I need to get all the rust out of my system first.
Ballpoint pen on sketchbook.
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Really Busy...

Hello folks! These past weeks have been really hectic.
I just wanted to keep the Blog updated for you guys.
Hope you like the sketches. Ballpoint pen on sketchbook.
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Samurai

Howdy!
Just a little something I sketched last night. The gray background was added digitally.
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Just 4 Fun

The title says it all.
The newspaper texture was added digitally.
I wanted to cut some newspaper and paste it over the sketch but I was just so darn lazy today...
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Back home

Hello folks! It's been a while.
I decided to take a vacation for a couple of weeks, I really needed the break.
Anyway, I'm back home and I felt the need to update something.
It's not much, but it's the funniest one among my vacation sketches.
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