juevos V 3.0

Here’s my third draft of this character, but I still get the feeling that I should pump out a couple more. Either way, I’m SO much happier with this version. The one major upgrade is the face, now he has one. But now I’m left with other decisions to make.

I’m not committed to this color scheme in any way. But it's growing on me. I think I’m going to try and work out some real thick texture for the vest.


And I’m on the fence with the gun going between the legs. I like it and I don't. I think it's an improvement from just straight up and down, but like I said, I’m back and forth on it.


Also, I’m going to work some more detail into the gun.

Here are some ideas I’m playing with. Simple but I feel like they add a certain quality. I added a shoulder holster and two pouches on his belt. The pouches are place holders really, for when I figure out how he carries bullets for his pistol. And I guess that mostly depends on the time period. Because I automatically assumed he didn't have clips. So I says, a pouch!




And from a silhouette stand point... I don't think the pouch on the left will read well...

tienes juevos?

so, here's my progress with this guy. started painting it today. it's going well. and other than totally getting my ass handed to me by other students work, it's going well. but seriously, there's a lot of talented people in this class doing out of this world work.

but future plans for this guy, re-design the face. it's my major weak point and it SHOULD be one of my selling points....

todays class

in todays class i learned that i freaking love umbrellas. the shape is just perfect for story telling. i love how ominous it can be, and how it can represent safety and protection. anyway, here's the best one's of the day.

It's a tough life in Mexico

this is my first character design and im pretty excited about it. here's some sletches i did, and the refined, inked drawing.

this week we're going to toss them in photoshop and start painting them. very exciting. i still feel like i could have pushed the details a lot more, but i kept telling my self i can do it in photoshop. we'll see what kind of feed back i get.

status reports to come!

working out the kinks

so here's this composite i'm working on. luckily im pretty much done, all that's left is the hard part, and that's making all the values work together. i know i need to brightest and darkest in the foreground. muted for the middle ground and really wash it out for the background. but somethings off. can't put my finger on it. maybe i pushed it to much. i usually tend to not push enough.

in addition i feel like it's totally static. mostly cause there's no action. it's really just an environment study. which is ok. i guess you don't always have to go for the glory shots.

going to get the class feed back in like two second...

will report

but in the mean time

take a look.

oh yea, i can paint...

i just did this in class. and it makes me happy. cause im learning how to paint digitally which im quickly becoming addicted to. and i post this cause i have no good work from Clothed Figure... so...yea :(

clothed figure two: week two

here's round two of this class. i feel like i did pretty good this week. what im most happy about is that i know that i've seen a progression with my work.

in clothed figure 1, i felt like i was stuck in my habits and wasn't learning much, especially towards the end of the semester. but for some reason when i walked into clothed figure 2, i was like, " whoa, who is this?" and suddenly i had jumped that hurtle. but i think it's just an artist phase thing. sometimes you progress every day you practice, and others you just have to keep working through all the crap that you produce.

but anyway, no more crap for now, and i'll try to keep it that way

this last one i'm particularly proud of, even though that hat looks really funny and the light patterns are not what they should be. but after this drawing the instructor took a second to say that he really enjoys my style, and that i'm doing very well. 

and he spit in my face the whole time... cause he's from new york.