Our Corgi Loves Hills

Should be handling freelance , but have been enjoying the more bright side of environments. Me Stef and our imaginary corgi chillin in the hills : )

For Stefanie

So Goro Fujita is my new favorite artist at the moment , should definitely check out his work (http://chapter-56.blogspot.com/) its friggin pimp !! ne ways his color inspired me to paint something for stef. She is the best!!!

Ninja Corgi EAGLE!!!

don't ask , its just a warm up painting lolol

armor study

doodles , thanks for lookin

Mech Studies

lots of new things happening . still studying , working on my craft. A lot of new challenges to overcome . I look forward to what the journey has in store for me

HARRRROOOOOO

trying out some new flat brushes

And Another 1

Another test I did trying to study mechanical stuff , was looking at John Park stuff . Really like the way he handles material indication. definitely picking up little bits information from lots of different artists and seeing how I can incorporate it into my own style. Thanx for looking

Mech Study 3

Here is a mech study I started this morning at work and finished tonight at concept club . Referenced Maciej Kuciara stuff . He is too epic lol check out his ish at http://maciejkuciara.blogspot.com/

thanx for looking

Mech Warm Up Practice

Here is a mech warm up I did before work started, this is my second attempt. I am starting to get more comfortable with it! Hopefully the next one will be better! Been pulling crazy hours at work , but our game is finally looking cool! So its hard work well spent. Gotta get to work , thanx for looking!

Alchemy Test Speed Paint

Trying out alchemy to see if there is anything that I can bring into my current process of painting if anything at all. Very interesting program , I will be trying more of these in the future.

Environment Tutorial

My friend Dan wanted me to do a quick tutorial about how I go about environments and this what I came up with , I will post the process with all layers in the near future , never really done any demos before so it was a fun experience. Thanx for looking

Mech Study

Trying study how to draw mechs , this one sucks lol , but I learned a good deal about edge control , hopefully my second try will be better! thanx for looking

Enviro Test

trying to explore some new ways of painting , starting with photographic plate then painting on top of that with some custom brushes here and there and exploring new approaches. Any ways on to the next one

Plein Air

Referenced from the nice mountains in Irvine behind my work . Recently took some pictures at the new great O.C Park opening up just down the street from my studio, its pretty cool to take pictures and what not. They even have chess tables set-up . This was a simple painting based off my experience there! Thanx for looking

Lunch Break

Had a huge artist block of recent , definitely stressing me out and making think about things . Thanx to all who take time out to listen and give me advice. Here is a warmup painting I start before work and finished up afterward.

not really a character guy but id like to think so in my head lol
thanx for looking

k

Path to Transformation

Been trying to approach painting and life from a new perspective. Not sure what it all means yet , but I am doing what I can. In the meantime here is a warm up painting I started yesterday . I am trying to enjoy the journey more than the end product, and practicing having more confidence in my abilities.

thanx for looking

Desert Spaceship

Still studying how to paint vehicles and what not , and taking images to a rendered finish , luckily i sketched most of this out so it made it easier while painting it , look at tatooine in terms of colors. Thanx for looking!

I will post my process one of these days for those who are curious!

Meetin Sketches

So I am not the best at paying attention during meetings so I usually draw :) . The top page on the left side are studies from Manchu's sketchbook ( which is an awesome book if you wanna get into spaceships) . Right side is me trying to deviant into my own designs. Middle page is just random spaceship sketches . I started to slowly develop my own voice while doing these . Vehicles is a weakness of mine so I am trying to study up on it. Last page is just random doodles here and there. Anyways enjoy!!

Warm Up pt 3

Another painting I started before I began my day at work. I kind of liked where it was going so I took it home to and painted it up a little bit more . I'd 2 hours plus of time was spent on it , not that it matters , any ways thanx for looking!

Warm Up_Painting pt2

This was another warm up painting I started before I start working. I started it for like 20 mins , then painted on it during lunch break for like 45 mins , then I liked where it was so I took it to school and put another hour and half into it.

I was fun messing with new styles , very relaxing for me at this point

ne ways comments critiques all that good stuff , thanx to everyone who comes to look!

First Contact

Been trying to paint images at a higher res. It is actually rather nice since I can kind of splurge on detail. For now i like the process of painting at a low res , then upres-ing it. Anyways I have like a 6000 pixel version of it. If you want it just ask me . Anyways enjoy!

Warm Up

Starting doing some random sketches before work. I worked on these in the morning before for a little bit at a time. While I doing them I usually do some artist studies. I was looking at Joao Ruas at the time. Crazy Artist. Anyways Lots of interesting things have been happening. I'll be sure to keep yall updated!

A little bit

So I was recently inspired by a dance video I saw. It is called "Visions of a Love Unknown" by shaun (http://www.youtube.com/user/shaunevaristo?blend=1&ob=4&rclk=cti#p/a/u/1/JQZQYD06J-M) I really like the artistry of the film. I always find it interesting when dancers can tell a story out of their dancing. ( Not to mention the lighting and production quality is amazing for a dance vid) . I hope more dancers will do these kinds of vids.

So I took a screenshot from the vid and decided to paint it. It was easy the lighting was so good it wasn't that hard to paint from scratch. I took a more painterly approach, I wanted it to be something that you could hang on your wall ; ) . Ne ways I will probably post a high res version on my deviant art.

Its Morphin Time

So I suck at characters so this was some more practice. I just used 1 brush for this piece and focused on rendering techniques.

People have been giving me positive responses on my idea of a Dark Themed Power Rangers. So I will be doing more design drawings instead of illustrations soon!

Stay Tuned!

Uncharted Waters

I had a lot of fun working on this , work has been super hectic , so it was nice to sit down and paint again. I have been playing wayy too much call of duty. So its good to get back to perfecting my craft

So this year I hope to really grow and push myself!

Lava Pond

This was a piece I did for Chaotic awhile back. I never knew how popular the TV show was , so it was cool to be a part of it . Unfortunately all the art was put on hold because I think the show will be done soon. But anyways here it is. I actually collabed with :icondarkartist3: for beginning parts and then I took it most of the way with his feedback along the way.

It is always fun to work with your homies on stuff like this . I hope it is not the last!

CDA Environemnts

This was some more high concept ish from my class. I will upload more of it later!

Dark Siders Contest

So this is my entry for the contest . I was hoping to win this one since I never won a contest before but too many badass artist are entering. Hopefully I can place!!

Something Happy

So I know I haven't been posting as much as I'd like to. Been super busy at work. However, it is cool to see our game coming along. I have to learn to do sprite animations. Though it is challenging I am starting to kind of enjoy it.

Anyways this painting was started on live stream then I finished it up on my off time. This is as far as I want to take it for now. I think it might make a good present for some family members possibly :)

Also I am thankful my girlfriend Stefanie is ok. She was in a car accident yesterday. Though the car is totaled she is fine so I am definitely thankful for the simply things we can take for granted sometimes.

Too much rambling! enjoy

-k-

It has been awhile

So been super busy at work. Kind of stressful at times. I went to CTN Animation Expo last week. It was super fun and met a lot of cool people.

This painting was an idea I had for inside of my castle thingy for Caladan. I would consider it a failed painting for the idea I had in my head was a lot better. So there a lot of execution problems. Going straight to color has always been a problem of mine. So it was good to practice it. Though i do not like it. I evaluated a lot of my mistakes and will bring what I learned into the next painting. No fear!

Quick Speed Paint

Been so busy with work and other things , I just needed to sit down and paint something random for myself

Caladan Close Up

So here is my close up shot of Caladan. One thing I learn from Jackson was keeping things in mind in terms of shooting a film. Though the big shape reads nicely as a first read , I would have to think of putting things that would be visually interesting so when I shoot from ground level I don't just see a big white wall.

So I am learning a good deal from cda class , friggin badass people in there! Peter Lee is in there!!!! dude is sooo good. Ne ways its halloween I should be doing something lol

Caladan Est. Shot

Here is my iteration on the establishing shot. I did a bunch of crappy sketches and paintings and this was the one I came to . Again sorry for the crappy post last week :) . I will try to redesign my far out shot along with my up-close shot

NOM NOM???

So yeah keeping with the whole monster type theme , I never do creatures so it is always fun to try to explore different ways of paintings. Just started Jackson Sze and Cecil Kim's class and its friggin awesome. So many talented people in there its kind of intimidating so I hope I do well there along many other things that have been going on so I am very lucky and blessed so. Expect lots of environments in the near future!

Thanks to Jason for letting me sit in his class. I definitely learned different ways about being creative and stepping out of my comfort zone so major props to him. Definitely lots of exciting things to come I hope.

thanx for critique edgar!!

NOM NOM?

this picture is hilarious to me iono why lol. Ne ways i was doing sketches for a friends possible iphone game idea. It didn't fall through but I remember liking some of the sketches I did. So I ended up taking one and just started painting on it.

lolol.................

Beast of 9

This is my submission for the beast of 9 contest . I collaborated a lot with edgar cardona on this one, he brought a lot of good ideas on this and traded off painting on top of it towards the end , so major props to him. I couldn't have done it without him. Same with AJ for giving me some initial tips as well.

I got the chance to go to the making of 9 at gnomon and got a little inside of how the movie was made, Definitely inspiring to see as an artist. Took a lot of notes so I could incorporate it into my own design

Did this one rather quickly since I lost my wacom pen this week so it had to be done during my spare time at work. Overall I think me and my friends are happy of how it came out.

Shout out to Epic Juice

Makoto!

So I am a big fan of 3rd strike and Makoto has always been my fav character. 100% stuns always made me gravitate towards her. Plus everyone plays Ken, Yun, Chun and she is high enough tier where she can compete, and I love using 3rd super.

No one really draws her I noticed so I decided to do a little sketch of her. I figured I would draw her after she just got done training. So if there are any Makoto fans represent!!

Environment Demo

Here is a little demo I did at the concept club for somebody. I tried to show my process and how I tend to handle things . It took me about an hour I believe to get it to a point I liked and then I took it home and refined it a little. It was kind of on the spot, I normally would have done sketches thumbnails etc but it's all good. I saved a psd so people could keep track of how I paint. Its pretty messy anyways enjoy!

Edgar Payne Studies

Been studying a lot of his work and reading his book . Learning a good deal . I will try to keep up with these studies : ) . Took me about an hour , trying to become more comfortable with my color choices

The Arrival

Haven't painted as much as I'd like due to work. So I am trying to get back into the groove of things. Gotta re-inspired by peeps like Charest , Steambot, and Chadeisson . Also that shadow of the Colossus game. Any ways it took me about two days on and off. Starting to get a better grasp of my process.

Other than that I am trying to get into the cda environment class since Jackson Sze is teaching he is like one of my favorite artist so hopefully I can get in there as well. Other than that just trying to get better at art and being disciplined in all aspects of my life (ie praticing, listening, physical and mental stability all that fun stuff)

Well I have rambled too much. OFF TO SKETCH GROUP!!!

Taking things further

So painting started off as a simple edgar payne type study. Totally did not that end that way . What started out as a horizontal shot turned into a vertical shot . Jason told me to make it vertical then Dan kept telling me to take it all the way into space lol . So what was supposed to be small became this large ass painting. I took screenshots of all the detail lol.

On a side note I took Nathan Fowkes workshop this saturday. It was amazing. I am going to buy paints today so I can start practicing my painting and composition skills every night!

Speed Paint_The Vault

haven't done speed paints in a long time . I forgot much fun they can be. Trying to make it a habit to post more . Work keeps me busy . It is probably a good thing

The Love Below

this was kind of random , but it was fun. I was looking through Stefanie's sketchbook(which apparently is a goldmine of ideas lol) and saw a cool drawing and I decided to redraw it, and somehow this came out. She is going to color it later . I think this could be a cool series of chicks that are like love robots women. What yall think? lol

Live Stream Fail

So I tried to start this on live stream and failed. Sorry to all who tried to watch . I orginally tried to make it a traditional style painting but ended up going back to old habits lol with my sci-fi building clouds nonsense. Sorry : )

Mirror's Edge

Some stuff I did awhile ago at Work. Our Company was doing a pitch to try to get the rights to do a Mirrors Edge i-phone game. We never got it, but I remember it was first time someone relied on me to do a character illustration. It was kind of scary , but it came out rather well. Did some quick thumbnails and jumped right in. Granted I learned a great deal since then so I don't like it. Then again I am never Really satisfied haha


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