Friday, May 7, 2010

FlapJackz

Okay so I skipped the Pokemon sketch challenge, not that I didn't try. I just wasn't happy with any of my sketches which I might upload for pokes and giggles; who knows. Either way, I jumped to the next sketch challenge: Flapjack; which I believe was last week's sketch challenge. (I'm not lazy, just preoccupied.) This is one of those shows that took me a while to get into, but it's pretty funny. This picture is actually based on one of my favorite episodes of Flapjack and if your a fan of the show you know exactly what I'm talking about. If your not initiated in the Flapjack fandom, try typing in "Gone Wishin", and trust me, you will be.

Monday, April 12, 2010

Super Teen Extraordinaire: Freakazoid, Freakazoid

Sketch challenge power go. Here's another sketch challenge of one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time. Man I'm starting to miss SCAD. I get so preoccupied back home that I can't even finish a drawing in one sitting. Do the laundry, look after grandma, pick up medicine at the pharmacy, bring sister food at work, hey, here's a week of 20 hours overtime, oh and getting about 4 to 5 hours a sleep a night kind of sucks too. Man I'm really jonesing for a new brush right now because I think this drawing could have had some awesome improvement. Once I get some more supplies I'm hoping to ink my face off. So keep in check. Hope you guys enjoy!

Holy crap! Pokemon Challenge? I think I know what my next project is.

Friday, April 9, 2010

Critters and Fun

Well I'm done with college and finally back home once again fending off the temptations of tv, friends and video games in favor of drawing as much as possible. I haven't done much lately as I lack the supplies at the moment, but I'm trying to make due. Recently I've been trying to collect inking references online. In my explorations I discovered an awesome site called comiccrazys.com which has some really old cartoon comics from the 60s and 70s. It's a great site for those who are interested in a more animated style for their artwork.

Anyways, I decided to submit my final project at SCAD. Its the story of a gerbil and a guinea pig who try to escape their cage. The inking's a little wobbly and some of the character construction is off in places, but I'm happy with the final product. Hope you guys enjoy.









Monday, March 29, 2010

Get more of your Cooliente on at Deviant Art.

Hey all, just wanted everyone to know I got a Deviant Art account now. I doubt it will be much different from my blog, but if your a deviant addict than you might as well just check my work out there. I'm slowly putting up work as we speak. Eventually I'll post some of my newer work on both here and my deviant so keep hangin' around. Here's the link below.

http://travimecooliente.deviantart.com/

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Double Whammy Viz 2/ Senior Project Maximum Impact 16 Page Two Week Deadline Stress Inducing Crazyness(aka Surviving Half a Semester of SCAD.

Alright, another quarter at SCAD. Hooray. Here's 16 pages of comics I did in two weeks. Hope you enjoy my suffering. Heh, just kidding. I had some fun with the paperboy comic, but the other one was a hectic rush to the finish line. I took alot of shortcuts using spotted blacks and graphic shapes. My inking also suffered in quality as the speed was getting to me although this is probably what making comics is like in the real world so I should probably get used to it. My professor says this kind of work builds character. I tell ya what it builds: sleep deprivation. I don't think I've pulled off so many all nighters and 4 hour sleep days in my life. Oh well, enjoyz

P.S. Sorry about the lack of word balloons. I do them in Illustrator and put them along side the artwork in Indesign. I'm not sure how to upload that format, but rest assured the stories should read for themselves. If anyone knows how to do that however please comment, I'd love to know.



I left the color out of the paperboy story and only posted my inks . The colors were rushed and chances are they probably would of blinded you. I guess you can tell which part of this business is my weakness.








This whole process is going to be done over again this quarter so you can look forward to another two stories. Goodiliciousness all around.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Avatar or...Avatar?

This is for the Temple of Cartoon Mojo's sketch challenge. This week's challenge is James Cameron's Avatar. When the movie first came out I thought it was going to be the movie based off of the cartoon series of the same name, but that's coming later this year under the moniker of "The Last Airbender". Now that's just confusing. This sketch perfectly examplifies the confusion I felt when the movie was announced. Check it out.

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Speed Sketching In Vis2

Today in Visual Storytelling we did a quick 90 minute sketch. I spent half my time doing research, which was probably not a good decision. The subject to draw was Ben 10: a show that I know of, but am not totally unfamiliar with. Kid turns into aliens, sounds 80s. Anyways here's Four Arms saving a cat from a tree.

In the class critique everybody thought Four Arms was going to kill the cat, but he is actually saving him. Sorry if that gets confusing. In essence, I spent about 50 minutes throwing this together out of the 90 minutes I had. Next time I hope to nail it.

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Visual Storytelling 2: IT BEGINS

Here are some concept sketches for my Visual Storytelling 2 class. For those in the class, this is sort of a directors cut as some of these characters and locations most likely will not be in the final draft.








School Begins

Finally, my last quarter of school. It's been a tough 3 years here at SCAD, but it's been real fun. I thought I''d hit the ground running with a little Friday morning modeling. Check it out.