Not From Concentrate

Here it is, all done! Truthfully, I'm not totally sure what it means and if it has to do anything with Los Angeles myth. I think it's going to be one of those paintings that I look at again months later and finally figure out what it mean to me. But if anyone has any idea what it means to them (especially in regards to Los Angeles!), I'll gladly use your story to explain this to anyone that asks!

L.A. Myth digi-painting, "work in progress"...

Hey gang, it's been a while! Anyways, I'm busting out a digi-painting for the upcoming "L.A. Myth" show, which opens Friday, February 6th at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood! I didn't have the time to do a full on traditional, "blood sweat and tears" painting, so I decided to stick with good ol' Photoshop this time around. I should have this done by tonight / early tomorrow morning.

Mega Man 9 is OUT!!!!

Well, out in cyberspace, that is! You can download it on the Wii this week, or the Playstation 3 next week, or Xbox Live the week after that! Jon Gibson mass produced these awesome Mega Man 9 press kits for Capcom a couple of weeks ago... you cannot imagine the hundreds of old NES carts that gave up their innards for his triumphant return. So if you are lucky enough to get one of these rare press kits, be sure to appreciate the blood, sweat and other bodily fluids that went into them.



Also here is a waaaay better looking version of the actual Mega Man 9 "cover".... see, it looks slightly better than the one that's been floating around that was taken off a t-shirt!

Unicorn of Death

Here's the tribute painting I did for the Gary Gygax show that's being held at Titmouse Studios this coming Saturday! For those who don't know, Gary Gygax was the father of "Dungeons & Dragons", and without him, I wouldn't have created so much horrible fantasy art in high school. REALLY HORRIBLE fantasy art. Maybe I'll post some samples later... I was laughing at a lot of it when I was at my parents' house this past weekend. Anyways, one of my favorite monsters from D&D were Beholders, floating sphere monsters with eyes all over the place which shoot out death rays and freeze rays and all kinds of rays to screw up your party. Okay!!!

Super Mario Armageddon

Here's a piece I did for the 2008 i am 8-bit retro video game art show! This was done using acrylics on masonite board. It's been a little over two years since I've used acrylics (digital painting has really spoiled me), but I was guiltedto go traditional by show curator Jon Gibson. After hitting a couple of brick walls, I think it turned out pretty okay!

Mega Man 9 "Unofficial" Offical Box Art

So here's the leaked image of the "Mega Man 9" box art I did for Capcom! The image was taken by 1Up.com's Jeremy Parish at E3. Capcom printed the painting I made on T-shirts and handed them to the staff to help promote the game. Yes, the original image looks waaaay better than this, but I'm not supposed to post anything up until the Capcom marketing department "officially" releases this image. I'll be sure to update this post with a better quality image once this happens. Special thanks to Jon Gibson for recommending me for the job!

Patsy Cline

This is another digi-painting I did a couple of months ago for the "depARTed" group art show... the show was dedicated to those famous individuals that left our world a bit too early. I chose Patsy Cline because of the interesting imagery that is associated with country music, plus I haven't done a country type painting for years. She died in a plane crash, btw.

Old School: Roman Zombie

I did this in October of last year as a "goodbye" gift to my co-worker Roman who was leaving El Tigre to move up to San Francisco. He really likes zombies. And he chews pens.... a lot.

Yoga Flame

Hey, long time, no blog. Things are slowing to a crawl here at work and hopefully I'll have time to post some stuff on a regular basis. Anyways, here's a piece I submitted for the Udon "Street Fighter: 25th Anniversary" book. Make sure to check out the book when it comes out this summer!

El Tigre: The End

Adios.

Bird of Paradise

Here's a painting I just finished up in Photoshop for the L.A. Myth show happening at Meltdown Comics on Sunset this Saturday. I was really trying to do a traditional painting, but I'm so short on time nowadays I started choking and wasn't happy with what I was turning out. So I went digital, yay! I try as hard as possible to go through similar steps as if I was painting traditionally, it's just that it's A LOT faster doing it on the computer. It's no wonder why I only do 1-2 traditional paintings a year!

Mi gusto El Tigre

Yay another post. As some of you might know (or not), I've been doing Background designs and paints for the Nickelodeon cartoon "El Tigre" for the past year, hence me being busy with other freelance projects on top of that. I kind of got an offbeat assignment for the show where I was to paint a romance novel cover using my style. It's a sorta realistic version of El Tigre's mom (Maria) and dad (White Pantera) getting ready for some lovin'. Below is a quick step by step. All this was done on a Mac with a gorgeous 21" Cintiq (mi gusta!!!) and Photoshop CS2.



Here's my "pencil" rough. I found some neat pencil / graphite / charcoal brushes for Photoshop and I thought they did a pretty good job of looking like something I'd put in my sketchbook.



Here's the color rough. Nothing too fancy... had to show this to Art Director Roman Laney and show creator Jorge Gutierrez to make sure they were happy with the colors.



...and here's the final painting! I basically just painted on top of the color comp and that took me about 7 hours or so. The End.

Ghouls 'N' Ghosts Calaca

Yeah yeah, so it's been over a year since my last update. Let's just say it's been really... BUSY. Anyways, I had a chance to participate in this year's "i am 8-bit" show and decided to join forces with fellow GWAR fan Eric Pringle. Pringle sculpted out all the 3-D elements of the calaca while I added some spit and shine with my paints. Pretty neato.

La Dolorosa

Hey gang...sorry I've been quiet the past couple of weeks. I had a really good excuse though! Finishing this painting! It's been a looooong time since I've painted something in my "old school" style, but I really loved how it turned out. I used to say to myself, "When things get rough in life, that's when my best paintings would come out." Well here's the fruit of one those times! I also included the sketch I worked off of as well as the detail of the face (which took FOREVER to do. I think about at least 10-12 hours of work alone, including screw ups). The photo doesn't really do it justice because it totally obliterated a lot of the subtle, transparent overlays. Sooo...if you want to see it in person, you can check it out at the following exhibit: Tigers & Jaguars: LA's Asian-Latino Art Phenomenon .

Potpourri

Hey gang, it's been a while. Busy busy busy! Anyways, I've been doing background painting for various studios for a little over a year now and it's been great fun! I've learned an assload and hope to keep on improving. Anyways, here's a sampling of some of the backgrounds i've had the opportunity to paint up this past year.











And yeah, don't worry, ORIGINAL Jerry artwork is coming sooner than you think...it's about that time for my yearly traditional painting! When I start this painting, I'll actually go through the step by step of how I start from sketch to final paint. The painting part will start next week and will have to be done before the end of june since it's going into a show. More on that later! So I'll put up pictures of my process for those who are curious.

Cutting Room Floor

Yeah yeah, billion years since the last update. Things have been quite CRAZY on my end so hopefully i'll have more crap to post. Until then, here's some commercial break cards that I did at Six Point for the show we're doing on MTV. I'm kind of relieved that the commercial break card concept got cut 'cause we're on such a crazy schedule as is! Anyways, I digi-painted these over layouts by Matt Danner and Sah...enjoy!

The Little Mermaid

Yay, first painting of 2006! OH YEAH! HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Katamari Damacy Tribute

Here is a tribute painting I made of Katamari Damacy for my friend's birthday gift. Isn't he squishable?

Coconut Fred Title Cards: Part 3...THE FINAL CHAPTER

Here are some of my personal faves from the last batch of Coconut Fred title cards I painted up...thanks Coconut Fred! I'll be seeing you in the big Pina Colada in the sky...

Coconut Fred Title Cards: Part Deux

Here are some more from an upcoming episode...enjoy!