TWO FROGS

Here are some sample pages from a children's book illustration class. The assignment was to take any story ( existing or one we can make up ) and create a children's book; we could choose any medium we liked ( I used watercolours and pencil ) but it had to be a minimum of 24 pages.

You can see from my previous posts that I can draw superheroes easily enough but to draw something cute for little kiddies was more of a challenge; I think I did all right.

I found an old Japanese story about two frogs who live in different towns but want to see more of the world so, at the same time and unbeknownst to each other, leave to visit the other frog's town. There's a moral in there somewhere ... but I'll leave that to you to figure out.

The taller frog on page 13 is looking less frog-like and more Jar Jar Binks-like ( yeah, it kinda got away from me ).

Filipino Heroes

This past Sunday I was invited by Spent Pencils Studios to attend Filipino Fiesta Day in Brampton. The theme for prints was Filipino heroes, past and present.

Here's my version of superhero Darna: she's a warrior from outer space manifesting herself through a girl from Earth. Darna's powers include flight, super strength, super speed and near-invulnerability.

The awesome inks and colours are by Adam Metcalfe. In typical procrastinating artist fashion, I got the pencils to him way late and he still worked his robot unicorn magic!

My pencils of Manny Pacquiao, a Filipino professional boxer, currently the WBO World Welterweight Champion.

Again, inks and colours by Adam Metcalfe. Here he weaves the colours of the Philippines flag into the design... clever boy!

BACK FROM NYC

Ok, I have ignored this space for way too long and that is just unforgivable... and it looks like I'm going to add one more night to that negligence; procrastination is a cruel and wicked mistress!

To ease my mind and create some sense of accomplishment in the update department, here are some scribbles in my sketchbook from a recent trip to New York...

*everybody sing*: concrete jungle where dreams are made, there's nothing you can't do, these streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you...

THE WRAITH

Our graduating class was given the opportunity by our school to showcase our talents in an anthology. Basically the deal was they would foot the bill for printing as long as we came up with the content. I know what my strengths are and it's definitely not on the writing side of comics ( sitting in my Cinematic Storytelling class trying to come up with the million dollar pitch in 10 minutes was akin to me trying to give spontaneous birth to kittens. Four words: Im. Pos. Si. Ble. ). Thankfully, my classmate Anthony has tons of tantalizing tales swimming in his noggin for me to put my graphite spin on. A simple premise: villianous No-Face is thwarted in his plans to steal the staff of Anubis and rule the world by our hero The Wraith.

JEDI TO-DO LIST: KICK SOME ROBOT @$$

A two page assignment for my Advanced Pencilling class. The scenario: a Jedi finds him/herself up against two robots. The parameters: the Jedi's hair is tied up but during the battle comes loose, at one point the action must take place ascending or descending a set of stairs. Man, those stairs I drew are just pitiful!

Please, just look away!

COLOUR MY WORLD

Just to add some colour to this goulash that is my blog here are some paintings that I don't grimace or cringe at when I look at them. I want to be a better painter

( yes, I know, it's all about practice! practice! practice! but in this world of instant gratification I want to be great NOW! ) ... someday.

LIFE DRAWING

Assorted work from life drawing classes throughout our last year of school -- that's right; it's official! I am now a professional starving artist!

SILVIA SUICIDE

A little taste of colour to cleanse the palate.

I'm still very apprehensive of my colour skills; I know it's all about practice but just bringing myself to do it is the real chore.

Here's my entry into a contest on another site. No one won because it was all a fake!

As Stephanie Tanner (from ABC's FULL HOUSE) would say: "How rude!"

Sketchbook

Here are some pages from my sketchbook. I've always been more comfortable putting pencil to paper and now, after three years of sketching with a ball point pen in my sketchbooks, I'm more accepting of the unforgiving nature of the pen.

If it looks like a lot of these people are sleeping or looking down like they're reading it's because they're passing the time while the GO train makes its way into Toronto. Someone once commented to me that it's kind of creepy that I'm watching and drawing someone unawares -- never really thought about it in that respect and I try not to whenever I open my sketchbook. The thought would only jinx me and nothing but crap would show up on the page ... at least that's my theory.

THE AVENGERS vs. MAGNETO

These are pencilled pages for an assignment in my Advanced Pencilling class. The script involved the Avengers going up against Magneto -- I know what you're saying:

"Iron Man vs. Magneto? Does Tony Stark even stand a chance?"

Hey, I didn't write the thing! I just draw the pretty pictures.