Monday, March 31, 2008

1- For some reason...


... my laptop from hell is not allowing me to upload more than one image at a time right now so... here they come in chapters.
These are from a recent visit to the L.A. zoo, really cool place to go sketch some interesting characters indeed.

38 comments:

flaviano said...

if my sketch are great what these are?!! supergreat?!! shame come to meee, please shame come to meee....
:)
a lot to learn, thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Tremendos, el color de este y el del cocodrilo son fenómenos.
Por cierto, lo de "..from hell" es de la serie Curb your Enthusiasm?

Catalina Alvarez said...

Bueno, si esto es un sketch?....
Me encantan los trazos tan sencillos pero tan seguros...Wow!!!
Todavia queda mucho por aprender.
Un saludo,
Cata

Armand Serrano said...

Breathtaking sketches.

Shuku said...

That laptop must be really acting up for you to call it the Laptop from Hell. I've not heard such strong language in a while from you! :)

The zebra on this post? Looks exactly like what Miss Trouble might look like after being woken up too early - 'Don't Mess With Me'. Funnily enough there was a fish in the aquarium I visited on vacation that was an alligator fish, something like yours! He looks very comfortable sunning himself in that sketch...

What else can I say? Such -beautiful- ink work and the gorilla looks content, and the zebra may be the one you drew before, but hey, he's posing for you!

--Shuku
Funny how zebras don't look like the Bandit in Sketchclub...

Nathan Fowkes said...

Well, no one will ever question your drawing ability.

A. Riabovitchev said...

Really AMAZING sketches!:O)

Miguel Martín said...

Con esos trazos haces que parezca tan facil hacerlos...

Muy bonitos, gracias por subirlos
Saludos

Noelle said...

Hey Marcos,

Great drawings! I especially like your zebras. I hope to see more soon :)

PuMpKiN said...

basicamente G E N I A L E S. tienes un estilazo tio!!!

PD: a partir de ahora te posteo en castellano, jajja. saludos!!!

Marcos Mateu said...

-Thanks Flaviano, always great to visit your blog!

-Gracias Guillermo, la verdad es que la expresion la he oido repetidas veces y no podria decirte cuando la oi por primera vez...

-Cata, muchas gracias por la visita y el comentario. Bendito zoologico, pienso volver a menudo!

-Thanks a lot Armand!

-Shuku!I just don't know what happened, I tried several times to no results so finally I decided to make it a really long post.
Thanks for the visit! I like your analogy between the zebra and Ms. Trouble! makes total sense to me

-Thanks Nathan, always nice to have you around at 'comment-land'

-Thanks a bunch Andrei

-Miguel! muchas gracias por el comentario.

-Hey Noelle, thanks for the visit.
Those zebras were really something else, fun to draw them!

-Muchas gracias Pumpkin! (algo me dice que este no es tu nombre real). saludos a Madrid!

Pc man said...

GENIALES amigo Marcos!!

Saludos!

Tatevik Avakyan said...

Your animal drawings are great! I really like the zebras.

Jörn said...

Really great. How're you drawin in the zoo?

Albert Ramos said...

Hey, thanks for stopping by my blog! Your work is awesome. Por ciero, de donde eres?? porke tu nombre parece catalan, pero como pone LA, pues estoy confundido...

en fin, un abrazo y gracias de nuevo por postear!

Albert

Ryan Bullard said...

Hey there, your horse and zebra sketches are so nice! Thanks for the comment and stopping by my blog!

Unknown said...

Great zebra

Cåttberry said...

nice painting!

Daniel said...

All of your animal drawings are brilliant. They have a great sense of life about them.

SalBa Combé said...

Cuanto más veo tus trabajos más alucino. Esta cebra es espectacular. Me encanta el trazo suelto que tienes

Creo que nos harías un favor a todos si colgaras mas dibujos de animales. Son una pasada.

Juampa said...

Hola Marcos!!!

Qué buenos son también estos esbozos, cómo envidio tu soltura tio!!

Qué te voy a decir...eres un maestro!!

Lubomir said...

I love all these animal drawings!

Marcos Mateu said...

-Gracias Paco!

-Thanks a lot Tevik

-Thanks Joern.
The L.A. Zoo really is a cool place to go sketch, can't ask for a much bigger variety of animal species in a single 'civilized' place!

-Gracies Albert. Ets de Mataro? hi tenc molts bons amics jo alla. Jo mateix soc d'una mica mes al est, de Palma de Mallorca concretament.
salutacions (ido).

-Thanks a lot Ryan!

-Thanks Akina.

-Muchas gracias Alba (o Alma?)

-Thanks for your visit and comment Daniel.

-Gracias Salba. la verdad es que pienso volver al zoo en cuanto pueda.

-Juampa! muchas gracias. Encantado de tu visita!

-Thanks Lubomir

the doodlers said...

Oh man I really like this chapters format thing. These animals are soooo beautiful.

Anonymous said...

Good grief man!! You make drawing look so damn easy. Great stuff here Marcos!!! Love the Zebra at the top, really feels alive in the eyes. almost like he is sayin "Whatchu lookinat sucka?"

-Craig

Marcelo Vignali said...

This is the Zoo trip I missed out on.

Marcos, these sketches are just amazing.Yo, respeck.

alberto mielgo said...

one a time, let us have just one a time.
genial, como siempre

Federico Milella said...

AWESOME SKETCHES!!!!!!! :)

Unknown said...

No se como lo haces, ni con que lo haces :s pero el resultado es genial :s esto si que son concepts¡¡¡
By the way :( que pena que cerrasen Sony, era donde soñaba trabajar cuando fuese mayor lol ¡¡
Pero seguro que por donde esteis repartidos sacareis proyectos alucinantes tambien¡¡
Saludos¡¡¡

Paul Hamblin said...

Marco, Really inspiring stuff! I love your colors. I look forward to more

JOTA HAN BLOG said...

estan tremendos estos personajes,me gusta tu estilo personal e inconfundible

Jared Shear said...

Very nice Marcos!.....really enjoy the colors on this zebra piece.

Marcos Mateu said...

-Thanks 'doodlers'!

-Hey thanks Craig, I bet he was thinking something like this. Anyhow overall they were pretty good and professional models!

-Thanks a lot Marcelo! well, I hope next time we'll all have the chance to go together! guaranteed fun for sure.

-Muchas gracias Alberto!

-Thanks Federico!

-Gracias 'Qstom'. Por cierto Sony Animacion no ha cerrado, siguen en marcha y con grandes artistas en plantilla, o sea que aun estas a tiempo!

-Thanks Paul

-Muchas gracias Javier, un saludo

-Thanks a lot for your visit and comment Jared!

Anonymous said...

Great stuff -really like the line work on the zebra at the top .
So elegant and simple .

Cheers .

Seth Hippen said...

Hey Marcos! Great work, as usual. I think I've drawn that zebra a few times myself. I hope you're doing well.

Edouard Chevais-Deighton said...

Preparing a new opus of "Madagascar" ? ;)

Marcos Mateu said...

-Thanks Simon!

-Seth, good to hear from you! Well, maybe it is the same zebra after all

-No relation with 'Madagascar' Edouard, still a zebra though!
Thanks for the visit

David de la Mano said...

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