muscle-y bike man!

weekly sketchbook exchange - this week I had a "mechanism"-themed book - so i thought of a biker and how his legs AND the bike were both mechanisms....deep, no? and its pretty cool how the moleskin elastic worked its way into the image too.

thesis piece 2 + BEASTS2!!!!!!

here is the second piece for my thesis project - this one came a bit easier than the first, probably because i knew how i was going to approach it. colors may change - i'm not sure yet.
and the second piece is my submission for Beasts 2! I chose to the beast of gevaudan, from France - he was a giant dog/wolf/beast who terrorized people on the countryside - usually woman and children who worked on farm fields.
apparently he killed several hundred people! read more on wikipedia if you like.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast_of_gevaudan

two sketches for indiana jones 08!

two pencil sketches for an upcoming fashion illustration project - basically, I need to create an illustration that will convey the mood of the upcoming Indiana Jones movie with one female model in modern clothing. Since there is no preview out yet - i'm limited to some screen shots and all the previous indy movies (which i love). finals will be up once its done!

bpm hipster illustrations

i had a very exciting job to do for BPM magazine - they asked me to do a three page illustration/layout for an article about hipsters and the current state of "cool". The article itself was pretty interesting and well-written, so I had a good time making these illustrations. I ended up doing a lot of research on hipster-clothing/parties...which was enlightening. hahaha.

3 mongolian fashion illustrations and MORE

so, basically the assignment was to choose a time and location - then find current fashions that would be appropriate or inspired by this time/location - and make illustrations! I chose Mongolia during Ghenghis Khan's time.
The other illustration is the first in a series of illustrations I am doing for one of my mom's poems "Weeping Beech Park".

cat cat cat cat cat cat

My brother's girlfriend asked me to design a flyer for her junior piano recital and gave me complete freedom to draw what i pleased! it was pretty enjoyable...she loves cats - so i came up with this simple idea. I wanted to keep the contrast high so it would be easily noticed on a wall full of flyers.

levis 501

project runway and one of my teachers pointed out this competition that levi's is hosting....unfortunately it seems to be chosen by sheer viewer popularity - not actual levi employees!
oh well, it was fun designing anyway! not something i usually do.

doobie doobie dooo

so, this is another t-shirt design i did for Nvsble down in Miami - his concept, my drawing. it was fun because its something i usually wouldn't draw!

besides that, i'm keeping myself busy with some fashion illustrations -which i will post once everything is finished! they're pretty intense...so wish me luck.

its a little old roman head from pasadena!

so i bought an excellent book at the library on friday - its on roman art and architecture and has numerous pictures! how lovely. and the best part was it was only $2. thats right, only TWO MEASLY DOLLARS!?!?! can you get a better deal than that, folks? I think not.

anyhow, this is inspired by pictures from that book.

Two other books i bought for cheap this weekend that I would recommend:
1) The Pushpin Graphic by Seymour Chwast
2) The Hasting Hours (small illuminated manuscript!)

last poster for thesis!!!

so this poster is near finish - and i'm looking for any advice on type, color, or anything! i always love drawing guys with a nice head of hair - especially red hair.