So I emailed Andrew Aahn a couple weeks ago to ask for my portfolio critique and not much was said. One comment was my sketches and life drawings needed a second pass to make them stronger, and the other was that i has great life drawings to keep going and pushing myself. Not too bad, but my comments to myself are much more harsh which i think is a good thing since i know my mistakes. Then i was told about the Calarts portfolio workshop that John Mohoney teaches over an 8 week period through a calarts online program. So i emailed school and was told that i had to submit 5 drawings or painting for John to review to see if im accepted. I needed to do this quick though since the deadline was last friday. So i quickly put together 5 pieces:

Just started listening to deadmau5 and man i'm loving it. I've loved electronic music for many years and its awesome drowning out to this guys music while drawing.

Well im trying to draw more with a line rather then a messy sketch, so hopefully in time (Which i should) i'[ll get much better, but i must start somewhere. Here is a self portrait of me focusing on a single line:

I read a post andreas deja posted on his blog "Deja View" and he spoke about his concerns with animation and the direction it has gone since CG animation has pretty much shadowed 2D animation. Then i came upon "Destino" and it struck me how gorgeous 2D is, when done the right way. Its not that people dont like 2D it's, in my opinion, that no one has jumped in front of the line and brought it back to life for everyone to see. Little shorts, or half hour movies are made with it but no one i feel has been brave enough to bring it back, and really go all out with it. Cartoon network it seems is the only one that really uses it on a majority of its shows, but i miss the 2D that was captivating for its characters that were so real but so cartoony. Not all out of proportion with noodles for legs and arms, haha. The talents is clearly out there, someone just needs to know how to use it without being annoying with it.

I havent posted anything in awhile so i decided to start posting some characters i create. I plan on doing a character a day but probably wont post one everyday, instead just create a collage of characters every few days to post. Here is my first character that i enjoyed drawing, not sure what his name is but i have an idea of his story :)

I'll color these later

So i was roaming the internet when i came upon a beta version for adobe photoshop cs6. So i downloaded it and watch a couple quick tutorials.

Here's a digital piece I did earlier. I've been mainly drawing in my sketchbook doing observational studies. I'll post some of that stuff when I collect a good amount. And I also was leaving Barnes and noble after sketching earlier tonight, and saw this truck. Remind you of something?

Well it looks like its a no go for Calarts :( received my rejection letter just a short bit ago. I'm REEAAAALLLLY bummed out right now, but I had a feeling of this possibility and I just have to suck it up and soldier on. Once I have more time to absorb everything I'll write more :)

Did a drawing then traced it on my iPad here are pics of each stage ;)

Finally gave in and bought a pentel brush pen. Been thinking about it awhile and today just thought whatever. Here's what I did:)

Just did this and gotta say I think it's pretty cool;)

Here are a couple pics I've drawn in the past couple days. The first was inspired by my girlfriend when she gave me a hug and said, with my jacket on it was like hugging a cloud. The second was done at some Italian restaurant where you could draw on table cloths. My brothers had been watching a YouTube video of " the saxman" :)

Watched the movie drive the other day which I really enjoyed and was inspired to make myself the main character in drawn form. I really like this. :)

Just thought I'd post what I've practiced on earlier. Just trying out different styles and overall wanted to get a better feel for drawing arms and hands. Did all of these in 20 min:)

Just got done watching a Bruce lee movie and felt the urge to start a fight and destroy everyone. This was made possible by drawing it;)

I downloaded sketchbook pro on my iPad today, went and bought a stylus, and finally produced my first ever successful digital painting, took about an hour( I think) I was painting while learning how to use it so hopefully next time will be much quicker:) enjoy

Here is an unnamed character i've been sketching lately. I do know he is a little odd clown boy. lol. will post more info on him when i know more:)