Piece for Kwestone!

Big hugs to my dear friend Kwestone, who celebrated his birthday this past weekend!

For those who don't already know, Kwestone is not just an amazing artist – he's also a wonderful, inspiring person with an infectious sense of humor and an enormous heart.  I still feel like that was an understatement.  Anyhoo...he means a great deal to me, as well as to many of his countless friends.

Below is a watercolor/pencil drawing for his birthday.  Kwestone is incredibly supportive & loving to all of his family & friends...so this is just a small way of telling him how much we love him back.

"We Got Your Back! ('cause you've always got ours)"

Okay, you get the idea about Kwestone...so enough mushiness!  Kwestone would tell this post to stop crying!  But before you go, here's his blog so you can check it out:  www.kwestone.blogspot.com

The Drawing Club (3/8/12) - I Love Lucy

Below are my sketches from the 3/8/12 session of The Drawing Club.  Vikki Paschetto posed for the "I Love Lucy" theme...and she was fantastic.

For more information on The Drawing Club and to see results by other artists, please visit:  www.thedrawingclub.com
Thanks!

The Drawing Club (2/23/12) - Tank Girl

Below are my sketches from the 2/23 session of The Drawing Club.  Tiffany Chin Sim posed for the "Tank Girl" theme.

For more information on The Drawing Club and to see results by other artists, please visit:  www.thedrawingclub.com
Thanks for visiting!

Pieces for "Street Fighter X Tekken" Fight Club /Launch Party

While I'm admittedly no good at the popular Street Fighter games, my good friend Kwestone kindly invited me to exhibit pieces in the upcoming "Street Fighter X Tekken" Fight Club / Launch Party, alongside him & many other very talented artist friends.

I decided to use the same general approach as my previous interpretation of DC Heroes, depicting little kids idolizing their favorite characters.  Each piece is a framed 9" x 12" watercolor/pencil original.  They'll be up for sale at the event.  Here they are below:

"Ha-Broken!"

"Spinning Plush Kick!"

"Rawr!"

The event takes place tomorrow (Thursday, March 1) at the Majestic Halls in downtown Los Angeles from 8pm-12am.  More details on this event & other artist bios can be found here.  Click here to RSVP.

Huge thanks to Eric Phan for organizing the art portion in this event – and of course, to Kwestone for inviting me to participate & for always being incredibly supportive.  Please be sure to check out his amazing pieces for the show on his blog at:
www.kwestone.blogspot.com

The Drawing Club (2/16/12) - Arabian Nights

Here are some of my sketches from last week's session at The Drawing Club.  John Tucker posed for the Arabian Nights theme:

For more information on The Drawing Club and to see results by other artists, please visit:  www.thedrawingclub.com
Thanks for visiting!

Happy Hearts Day :)

Here's a quick little sketch for today :)

Hope everyone is having a good one :)

Drawing for Linda Panda

This is a drawing for my friend Linda Hong - aka Linda Panda - who had her birthday last month.

Linda is an amazing friend & she's like a little sis to me.  Pretty much everything you see above is true :P  She's also a great designer and illustrator.  You can check out her blog here:  www.lindapanda.blogspot.com

Also...the second caption is in reference to one of our favorite blogs:  "My Milk Toof" by Inhae Lee.  Go check it out...it will bring a toofy smile to your face :)

The Drawing Club Sketches (1/26/12) - Steampunk

Below are my sketches from this past week's The Drawing Club session.  Jonathon Cripple posed for the "Steampunk II" theme.

For more information on The Drawing Club and to see results by other artists, please visit:  www.thedrawingclub.com

Thanks for visiting!

New Year...New Sketches

Hope everyone is having a great 2012 so far!

I've been joining a group of friends for weekly sketching sessions...so here are some sketches from the last couple outings:

Thanks for stopping by & best wishes for a happy new year! :)

"Little Do They Know" (12/2011)...Happy Holidays!

Please click below to view a special Little Do They Know holiday strip, which is also featured on this year's holiday card.  (You may have to enlarge the window to view the whole strip.)

Thank you for all the support & inspiration this year. Cheers & happy holidays to my family & friends!

"Little Do They Know" (12/11/11)

I thought I'd try a new technical approach to my Little Do They Know comic for the holidays...this one was digitally painted (very loosely and quickly) in Photoshop.  I figure it might be a quicker way to produce these strips...but it is a slight departure from the previous look.  Hmm....well, I'm just experimenting, so I'm open to any feedback :)

You may have to click on the original image to zoom in further...

Hope the holidays are happy so far :)  Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Thanksgiving :)

Food-induced-nap-doodles aside, I'm feeling very thankful for so much in my life.  Speaking of...thanks for visiting my blog & for the continued support!  Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving & a nice start to a happy holiday season :)

The Drawing Club Sketches (11/10/11)

Below are my sketches from last week's The Drawing Club session.  Steve Jacobsen posed as the Circus Ringmaster.

Thanks for visiting! :)

For more information on The Drawing Club and to see results by other artists, please visit:  www.thedrawingclub.com

New Sketches

As I get back into the swing of things, I've been trying out a couple new sketchbooks lately.  I'm actually growing fond of a particular one with toned paper...it has a sorta brown-baggy kind of texture, which makes it fun to experiment a bit with watercolors.  Anyway, here are some recent sketches:

Thanks for the support!  I shall leave you with this final thought :)

Sketches I meant to post a while ago...

I've been really bad at staying on top of this blog, so I'm trying to catch up with this larger post.  Below are compilations of sketches from the past few months and SketchCrawls:

Random people sketches...

The sketches below are from a pocket sketchbook...it suffered from a mishap involving water and cough drops, but I thought I'd still post these...so please pardon the red splotches and water stains :P...

These couple sketches (respectively done in pencil/watercolor and water-based oils) took place on a recent trip to Eaton Canyon...

SketchCrawl #31 (April 16, 2011)...at the Los Angeles Zoo...

SketchCrawl #32 (July 23, 2011)...in San Diego during Comic-Con weekend...(same stained pocket sketchbook as above)

SketchCrawl #33 (October 15, 2011)...at Descanso Gardens...

I admit I haven't been sketching as often as I should (booooo)...so definitely trying to change that.  That said...I do plan on attending Designer Con this Saturday (11/5) in Pasadena, CA to support my amazingly talented friends Squid Kids, Hyperactive Monkey, Kwestone & Edgar Antonio, and Paul Wilson.  There will also be live figure drawing sessions hosted by Dr. Sketchy's LA, so I look forward to posting some sketches from this event soon.  Please join if you can!

Thanks for the support!