Orphan Works Act.

Guys,

today I'll just recommend to please read the last posts by Marcelo Vignali in his blog.
http://vignalistudio.blogspot.com/
I would write something about the issue here, but I just don't think I could do such a great job at it as he has.
It sure is a matter to be taken extremely seriously.

Thank you.


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Renaissance faire, one more year!

So time for the Renaissance Faire it was again. Sketchpads ready and there we went. Nice weather (not too hot not too cold) drawable stuff in almost every corner... we couldn't ask for a lot more!

Sketchclub times

This is an old sketch from the days I was regularly out there with the 'Sketchclub guys'.
This young lady was holding a menu in her hand while looking at the specials for the day.
It's great to know that we still get together from time to time to put marker on paper again.

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.

2

Just lookin' cool and hairy

3

One mean looking fella.

& 4

I guess I'll just never know.

And... posting with a bit more time.

Image from 2003. "Bad guy - worse guy" situation. Now I need to figure out which one is which!

Posting quick...

... because it's nearly 9:00 p.m. and I gotta get out.
So, guys in armour, horse taking a break, and two people not knowing what to do with a gun (thank God)

Sweet Nostalgia (Updated!)

-Scouting around in the 'drawers' of my computer I run into these three.
I thought it would be cool to compose them together as they are the three stages (not stooges) of page 19 of old Mrs youknowwhat's adventures.

-By the way, around the time I was publishing my graphic novel in this blog we went one day on a sketchclub session, and guess who was there eating at the restaurant. That young lady looked so much like the character in the comic I couldn't believe it.

-YES. Even nostalgia can be updated.
As Shuku was mentioning in her comment about 'El Diablo's" italian shoes, here is another key moment in what happened 'that night in and around Hollywood' (©) to our young and daring friend... entering the "Palm Reading" shop.

Trains, trains and automobiles

Automotive sketchclub we had yesterday with Marcelo, Noelle and Craig (Grace and Gloria too as guest stars!!).
It was a beautiful day outside so we headed for 'Travel Town' at Griffith's Park and I have to say it's been one of my most exciting sketchlubs to date!

Time for a 'new' one

I was particularly interested in achieving a mysterious atmosphere on this one.
I quite liked the two characters since the beginning and had fun with the study of their hands.
Once the illustration was 'finished' I played a bit with the color saturation and contrast (wonders of the digital age!) until I got the desired effect.

Dos dibuixos mes (or 'two more drawings'!)

Two more pieces from 2003/4.
The Sci-Fi one was just a personal one, I hadn't been using 'painter' long by then and that was part of my 'gotta get to know this tool' period.
The other is a character design I did for an animation series idea of my own. I'll just say it's been in a drawer ever since!