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  Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 10:39 pm
1+1

1+1
(marker,pen and digital stuff)

And here's yet another illo submitted to the Custom 52 website.Of course,I just had to include Little Red Riding Hood in the set
And yeah,this can also be seen as an alternative version of Beauty & The Beast.

This was fun illo to do because it shows one of the things I firmly believe in:in this world,if you haven't kissed a dog —or a Big Bad Wolf in this case— at least once you have never lived.When I was younger and brattier,I did it at least twice and trust me,it was really good...but then again I always have been what they call a dog-person so I'm partial in my point of view.

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  Soundtrack: Santa Lucia - Connie Francis  

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  Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 09:56 pm
Perhapanauts "Perfect Cover" Pin-Up Contest

Perhapanauts Perfect Cover
(brush —The Perhapanauts © Todd Dezago & Craig Rousseau)

ENGLISH.- The story goes like this:some weeks ago,Todd Dezago made a post on his blog about Carmine Infantino's 7 Covers That Always Sell —a series of elements said to be the most effective for selling more copies.Then he mentioned that said elements should be used in a cover of The Perhapnauts comic book.As a fan of the series I thought it sounded like fun so I drew the image you see here (↑).
More people liked the idea and in a matter of hours a pin-up contest was born! A few days later I colored the illo.
Well,the results of the contest were announced last Sunday night,and don't tell anyone but I won.
Cool,ain't it?

ESPAÑOL.- La historia va así:hace unas semanas,Todd Dezago hizo un post en su blog sobre las 7 Portadas Que Siempre Venden Según Carmine Infantino —una serie de elementos que supuestamente son los más efectivos para vender más copias.Luego mencionó que dichos elementos deberían usarse en una portada del comic de The Perhapnauts.Como soy fan de la serie,pensé que sonaba divertido así que hice la imagen aquí adjunta (↑).
A más gente le gustó la idea y en cuestión de horas ¡Surgió un concurso de pin-ups! Unos días más tarde le metí color a la ilustración.
Y bueno,los resultados del concurso se anunciaron la noche del domingo pasado,y no le digan a nadie pero yo gané.
Chido,¿no?


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  Soundtrack: Supernova Goes Pop - Powerman 5000  

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  Thursday, June 18th, 2009 10:31 pm
Piggies!

Piggies
(marker & digital color)

This is a new design made for the Custom 52 project.If you want to see how the image looks like as a playing card,just go to said website.

As I mentioned some posts ago I decided to play with the titles of gothic fairy tales,so,yeah,this illo is about the 3 Little Pigs.But if you look closely,you can see that in the image there're 4 pigs —or rather 3 pigs and a boar.
By the by,it is said that it's posible to analyze the personality of a person by the way one draw a pig.In fact,if you google «draw a pig personality test» you can find many online tests that let you draw pigs and then analize your personality.Some years ago I made one of said tests and originally made a post about it on my personal blog.If you don't want to click from one place to another,here's what I drew back then (I'll let you choose which one of all the pigs shows my personality more accurately):
Pig

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  Soundtrack: La Paquita Disco - La Lupita  

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  Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 11:09 pm
Original & Copy

Sin City Redux
(brush & digital media —Sin City ™ & © Frank Miller)


Sin City
Well,there's this blog known as Covered ([info]coveredblog) which is about artists taking old comic book covers and redoing them on their own styles.
As you can see and guess,I submitted my version of the cover of issue #5 of Sin City:A Dame To Kill For (seen right there →).
And I got rejected.But that's okay,since I finally have the chance of posting the image here —I drew it weeks ago,but the guy on charge of Covered asks you to not publish your images until he does first,or in this case,until he tells you he won't be posting the image.

Anyways,I'll leave up to you to judge if I improved Frank Miller's cover or if I destroyed it.

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  Soundtrack: God Save Madonna - Smash-Up Derby  

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  Monday, May 18th, 2009 10:06 pm
Blanche Neige et Les 7 Crânes

Blanche Neige et les 7 Crânes
(brush & digital color)

I made this illo for the online project Custom 52.
If you don't understand French,the title of the piece means 'Snow White and the 7 Skulls'.I've been thinking about submiting a few more designs using the concept of playing with titles of gothic fairy tales...I know,I can be very predictable sometimes but I think that could be a fun concept for illustrating some playing cards.
Then again,I'm open to suggestions if you got them.

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  Soundtrack: The Hardest Button To Button - The White Stripes  

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  Wednesday, May 13th, 2009 10:58 pm
You said I look like who...?

It is said that graphic artists can't help drawing one or many characters like themselves.And then,some people have been telling me that indeed some of my characters look like me —or that I look like them.

???


In order of rows:
Doriancito.- Many people think that he is a self-portrait of me as a child,and in fact I've been associated with his image so many times that I use him as an userpic on many social networks.But I can tell you that he was never meant to be a self-portrait.

Susan.- The female protagonist of Fatalysia.Personally I think the only similar characteristics I share with her are dark hair and sleepwalking now and then.Still a girl recently told me that she thought Susan was me if I were female ( )

Chivo.-If I were not an artist,surely I would be a guitar player,so probably I projected that part of myself on him.But besides that I don't think that he's me in comic book form as some people keep telling me.

Abril.-I created her back in college as kind of a spokesperson for my stuff (my degree is in marketing and graphic design,y'know).But many people seem to think that she's me in drag ( )

The O'Lanterns.-The same girl that said that I was like Susan also said that these living pumpkins look like me,or at least as if they were my sons ( )

Me.-No,that's not a creature from a lost horror film,that's me,just for your reference

Any opinions? Do the characters I draw look like me? Or is it me the one that looks like a cartoon?

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  Soundtrack: Roadhouse Blues - Ministry  

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  Friday, May 8th, 2009 09:37 pm
Choose A Cat,Draw A Girl

Art Meme Time!
The rules,as announced by [info]harveyjames were these:
1) look at these cats

2) Pick one!

3) Draw it as a REAL GIRL. A human being! Do it on a white background, like the cats you see above.

I will photoshop all the entries into one image, so it'll be a truly collaborative work of art!

See larger versions of the images on my site, or click the cats wearing hats tag. Happy drawing! You have until Saturday!


I choose these ones:
harveyjames' catgirls


And here behind the cut is what I drew: )

UPDATE 13/May/2009 11:09 am.- The final image is up.

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  Soundtrack: I Am The Walrus - Oingo Boingo  

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  Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 10:54 pm
A Mad Tea Party

A Mad Tea Party
(brush & digital post-production)

I drew this illo some weeks ago but forgot to post it before.Nevermind,I'm doing it now.
These characters are from the webcomic series A Mad Tea Party,currently featured at Jonathon Dalton's website.It's a pretty cool sci-fi story about Japan in the future,two sisters with altered genes,social issues,and a flying car.I could tell you more about it but you really should go read it along with all the other stories that Jonathon has made.Wonderful and highly recommended.

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  Soundtrack: Happy Birthday You - Jay Jay Pistolet  

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  Tuesday, March 31st, 2009 09:01 am
Side B Preorder

Side B

ENGLISH.- Some months ago I posted some random panels of a short story I made.Now,here are a couple more along with the official announcement that said story is going to show up this June in the pages of Side B:The Music Lover's Comic Anthology.
That book is now available for preorder with the Diamond Order Code APR090973.If you buy your comic books in a comic store,please go and preorder your copy so you can be sure to get one...or maybe two,as there're lotsa talent in project.You can get the full list of collaborators,more info,more previews and a downloadable order form at the Side B's official website.

ESPAÑOL.- Hace unos meses atrás puse algunos páneles sueltos de una historia corta que hice.Ahora,acó va un par más junto con el anuncio oficial de que dicha historia saldrá este junio en las páginas de Side B:The Music Lover's Comic Anthology.
Dicho libro está ya disponible para pre-ordenar con el código de la distribuidora Diamond APR090973.Si compran sus comics en una tienda especializada,por fa's vayan y preordenen su copia para asegurarse de que obtengan una...o quizá dos,pues hay harto talento metido en el proyecto.Pueden checar la lista completa de colaboradores,más info,más avances y una forma de pedido descargable en el sitio web oficial de Side B


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  Soundtrack: The Promise - When In Rome  

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  Friday, March 27th, 2009 09:50 pm
The Promised Land,Perhaps..?

Terra Incognita
(paperless image)

This illo was made for a contest but in the end it didn't win anything.The topic was Europe seen from a foreign point of view,so I decided to do a map because you know,you never must go to an unknown land without one.
And yeah,I'm such a folklore nerd that I took care of putting every creature in the region where their legends are originally from (except for the crashed UFO that should be in Tunguska but took a little creative license since Siberia is actually in the Asia side of the world) .

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  Soundtrack: Lost Like This - Oingo Boingo  

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