I need a job.

Have a sneek-peek of what I'm currently working on.

I'll post the entire piece soon.

Sketch-o

When I get a new sketchbook I have this weird tendency to start doodling on the last page to test it out...This is one of those doodles. Inspired by a line in a movie...whose title I don't remember right now.

Moleskine love

I bought my very first moleskine and I have just one thing to say to you....
I LOVE IT!
This thing is great! You can watercolor, gouache, ink and the paper hardly wrinkles. And did you notice it looks kinda big for a moleskine? Well that's 'cause they have a new line called "Folio". Now you can have a Moleskine up to 16.5 inches long. (This one is 11.5)
Isn't it great? Yeah...

So that's it.

I have a few illos in the making... but I'm horrible at updating.
Yes, I know. Save it.

Later, peeps.

Skyscrapers

Well, this was a fun one to color. Lotsa green...
Green makes my heart all warm and fuzzy. So. Yeah.


Next Up!:
Portraits.

Cool ones.

I hope.

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Happy happy Joy joy

Well I just found out that a very professional publishing house in Vietnam stole my "Sitting" piece to make it the cover of the book VỢ CHỒNG (Husband and wife) by Zeruya Shalev. Joy!

See with your own eyes the beautiful filter they applied, the subtle way in which they made my signature disappear, the amazing craft they used to add that piece of cra-- ahem!-- I mean soil, to the lower part of the picture...Oh! Oh! and to top it all off...they flipped it. Beautiful.
Beautiful work I must say.


Congratulations Bach Viet Books on a job well-done.

See it here :D!!

Doesn't it look great?

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A quickie just so you know I'm still around. A close up of the new illo I'm cooking :)

Untold story

We've all got one.

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Most of the coloring was done in OpenCanvas, tweaked a little bit the colors in PS and added the textures also there.

This one was a particular challenge. First, because, even if it looks kinda lousy, it has scenery :O!! I know. Scenery in an illo from ericka! omg. Second, because I had a partial coloring block. I simply had no idea how to color it. So, I closed the file and waited for the next day because I was going nuts. Opened it again. Examined the possibilities, decided on an atmosphere, started playing around and there you go.

I'm pretty pleased with how it came out. I have to practice more scenery, though!

Also, I'll have you all know I recently bought my first gouache set soooooo...you know what that means. Mwahaha.

Anyway, hope you guys like and hope you are all doing fine :)

An untitled excuse to color. That's what this is.

Hope you are all doing good : )

Here. Have a sneek-peek and know that I'm alive.

Abuelo

He died today at 2:55 AM. So I am re-posting this image I did of him last year to honor him in some kind of way. Not many people have the privilege of having such a great grandfather. And although I said good-bye to him a long time ago (he had alzhimer's and didn't remember any of us) I can't deny his physical departure is a great loss, even if he was not himself anymore. He will be truly truly missed. I have nothing but great memories with him. But I know that he is way better than all of us put together. He is with our Lord, at his side, with his memory fully recovered and just having a blast up there, waiting to welcome us when our time comes.
I love you grandpa.

Al fin eres más alto que yo, ya no estás creciendo como el ñame. Te amo mucho, Ricardito.

Some practice from life.
Hooray for the quotidian.

Vanity Fair

Everything is vanity.

People today are so caught up in appearances. And when you come to think about it beauty and youthfulness lasts nothing. A tiny speck in the line of time.

What are we cultivating? What will really last? Is it looks? Money? Power? What?

Fall into the rythm

Fresh from the oven! Is he dancing? Is he falling? What the heck is the deal with this guy? Would we ever know? (xfiles music)

Generation

Some steps for the latest illustration.
I think the theme is quite obvious.
Inspired by my grandmother's death this past june 26.

She won't let go

Early step. Final piece.



Photoshop+ Open Canvas + texure

Back from VA

Yes, I am back from my friend Cali's wedding and hopefully new art will be coming soon.

PS: Lynchburg is so beautiful.
Oh, and I LOVED the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International airport. It was so busy and full of interesting people. <3<3

Sitting

Something that came out of nowhere.

So you walk

Part of the illustrations I'm doing for my book/portfolio due tuesday.
I like ink too much now.

Calle San Francisco, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico.