The City

Ah the city.

I love everything about it, I wish I could afford it, so I could move in.

But alas these are drawings from the city.

The piano man from Church.

Sketches from Battery Park

This is a long story but lest just say he can't find a cab.

Work Ahead ?

So I love work right?
And the people are great? No? so I decided to draw them :)

I was learning a new technique so in order of appearance.

"If you want to keep your friends, never draw their portraits "
Chuck Jones
Bryan

Tridip

Jake

Me

Ike

Inna

And so no one feels left out, Mel and Gareth.

Hope you enjoyed the show :)

Life is for the birds

I started to paint in photoshop,

I guess mainly because the Big Boys here do it.

It is not very active but I guess I was learning technique :)

I like it.

Learning to Paint

SHHHHHH!!!
This one is a secret :)There was a charm in the fallowing sketch that I lost once I did a water color version of it.

But I believe I learned something.

The sketch on the left is from the laundry mat.

The Confessional (sketchbook)

There is not much to report,
been doing a lot of drawing , here are a few drawings from the train, laundry mat,
Church and park.


I was doing monkey studies from google images, char design inspiration.
I apologize to those that feel drawing from pictures is not pure art.

That is all until next time.

Horton Hears A Who

The preview for the movie we are currently working on (Horton Hears A Who), is finally here.

I am excited about it because it plays in front of all the screenings of The Simpsons Movie, and because I did the set dressing for the last 5 jungle shots, after the Jim Carrey tittle card. Oh and not to mention that the project rocks :)

The HD trailer can be found at
http://movies.aol.com/movie/horton-hears-a-who/24695/main

Here are also are some images for the film, released earlier this year.

If you are a color connoisseur

I hope you enjoy it :)

TC_ Capitan Corriente

I wish there were toys of these characters,
they are so fun.


I keep talking about my stay in El Salvador, so you are probably are tired of me mentitoning it. Anyway just a month ago, the Thomas Corriente commercials we where working on there, got released.

http://www.dpixelfactory.com/

There are 13 1 min educational shorts, for the local electric company, based on a series of characters and the mischiefs that lead them to be in danger with elctricity.

These are the original stills with which I left.

Thomas Corriente transformation
to Capitan Corriente.

CC slightly before forming a protective ray.

El Chamus flying toward kids.

El Chamus after being Hit with the CC protective ray.

I loved working on this project. All the work seemed organic
and because it was only two off us I worked in the whole pipeline.
I modeled, rigged, animated, did the efxs rendered and composited .

Although it was very hard work, I wish someday you may
have the same fortune as I did, to work with a friend in a magical project.

Here is a link to all the shorts as they are now . El Chamus model has changed drastically.

Here is the company Site

http://www.dpixelfactory.com/Animaciones.html


Las Aventuras de Tomas Corriente

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