sQetches

2012-02-09T22:01:00.005-05:00

Yet another

2012-02-09T01:19:00.001-05:00

Yet another photo referenced drawing. I'm having a lot of fun doing these.

Another photograph drawing

2012-02-07T23:31:00.000-05:00

quick and dirty because I am sick and tired today :)

Drawn from Photograph party

2012-02-06T22:34:00.000-05:00

2012-02-05T01:26:00.002-05:00

Tie

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Zoey

2012-01-12T23:27:00.002-05:00

Asset

2012-01-12T22:44:00.001-05:00

Pour Andrew Murray

Trio sleep

2012-01-07T00:13:00.002-05:00

sleeeep

3

2012-01-06T21:25:00.001-05:00

Drawn from photograph.

Doodle

2012-01-05T23:23:00.002-05:00

hood

2012-01-05T21:45:00.002-05:00

Been watching Harry Partridge's stuff on youtube all day. Time to animate.

Drink up

2012-01-04T22:10:00.001-05:00

It appears that I am in desperate need of life drawing sessions.

2012

2012-01-03T23:31:00.003-05:00

First doodle of the year.
There is a lot to learn. Lets get to it.

Something Something Darkside

2011-12-19T22:45:00.000-05:00

Star Wars The Old Republic is under maintenance. I had to entertain myself somehow.

Skate

2011-12-16T22:04:00.003-05:00

Slice of life

2011-12-15T20:58:00.004-05:00

A slice that is perhaps little too big to chew.

I got a puppy about 3 weeks ago. She's handful. I'm so tired...

free yourself

2011-12-10T22:00:00.001-05:00

There is something instantly charming about having no lines.

Reference used.

2011-12-09T23:38:00.000-05:00

Art for Water

2011-12-06T23:27:00.016-05:00

Art for Water is a non-profit campaign for those in need of clean and safe drinking water.

I got to be part of this wonderful charity event thanks to Jacqueline Yeung.

Click on the image above to go to the website and support the cause by buying arts made by talented artists.

Below is a snippet of my piece for the cause. Please visit the website for the full view.

2011-12-06T23:12:00.002-05:00

Hmm hmm. The hat could'be been drawn better.
Also, I guess I got little lazy with her clothes.

Reject art

2011-12-04T15:10:00.003-05:00

Hey all, it's been awhile. I'll resume updating very soon.
For now, here is something I was working on then I rejected it for a different idea.

2011-09-15T21:46:00.002-04:00

2011-09-14T22:19:00.001-04:00

Doodle 1

2011-09-02T22:14:00.000-04:00

Hey, pencil tool is pre-tty cool.

Flow

2011-09-01T23:50:00.002-04:00

Been animating lots of dudes for work. Blog is a nice break from rigid body shapes.

2011-08-31T18:08:00.002-04:00

Wow. It's already been two whole weeks since I uploaded anything. I haven't been too well. Things are getting back to way they were now that the workload is picking up and and require much studying on my part.

Here is a sketch with some gradients thrown in for some random flare.

Suddenly, calendar promotion

2011-08-25T01:36:00.003-04:00

Eleven friends and I got together and made a 2012 calendar!

They are being sold at the FanExpo Toronto this weekend at table [A84] and [A155]
For more details, visit Ben Thomas' blog HERE

Anniversary

2011-08-17T01:40:00.004-04:00

Girl sketch video 1

2011-08-16T10:27:00.004-04:00

Actual time taken 66 min.

The final image can be seen here

I always wanted to try this because I love reliving my mistakes.
But seriously, I love watching other people's sketching or painting videos. I tend to learn a lot from just watching their brush strokes and colouring process. Lately, I've been watching Penny Arcade TV's new series Gabe Art and enjoying every second of it. So I also wanted to give it a shot.

This video is basically how I'd go about doing my daily sketches. Usually, I look at other art and references to study styles but for this particular one, none was used. Recording and drawing is like someone looking over your shoulder the entire time. I felt so nervous, my first 2 sketches were scrapped. you are seeing my third attempt.

Let me know what you think. I can certainly do more and I enjoyed making it. It's just matter of me getting used to the feeling of being watched the whole time.

Man. this has gotten wordy. Thanks.

Girl 10

2011-08-16T02:37:00.003-04:00

It's unfinished but final. It's getting late.
I'll post something tomorrow I have never done before. I was going to post it tonight but rendering takes forever.

Zen

2011-08-15T01:27:00.002-04:00

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Beat

2011-08-08T21:20:00.003-04:00

Hiya!

2011-08-07T02:20:00.000-04:00

None of the sketches on photoshop was working right so I decided to animate instead.
Adobe Flash, 3 hrs.

Test Sisters

2011-08-05T01:18:00.010-04:00

Update: quick and dirty colour with the lasso tool

2011-08-03T00:12:00.001-04:00

doodle

2011-07-30T12:11:00.000-04:00

Moderate length doodle to warm up.

B

2011-07-28T19:18:00.000-04:00

Still bit busy with work and things. Two cups of coffee kind of days.

I'm back

2011-07-26T23:38:00.003-04:00

Hey blog, it's been a while. Been little busy with work, side project and camping.
I got a Redline Fan Book the other day so here's an inspirational sketch from it.
Feels like I haven't kept loose in a while. I really enjoyed the 5 minutes I spent on this.

Room

2011-07-20T23:20:00.003-04:00

Oh yeah.. this isn't entirely a happy story idea.

Adora

2011-07-18T10:43:00.001-04:00

This is my first commission piece which I worked on last Tuesday.

It was for Hanan who has set up a project called 'Adora 200' in which he collects variety of styles of illustration of his daughter.

I had a lot of fun working on it.

Rhaego

2011-07-16T16:55:00.003-04:00

Preliminary character design 2

2011-07-15T01:22:00.006-04:00

I promised myself to go to bed early and get my sleeping hours back on track but on the way home from life drawing, a new story idea popped up in my head. I had to draw the characters out at least. I will play around with poses and expressions next.

Steam Punk Moon

2011-07-13T20:14:00.009-04:00

Amanda Stocker said she was going to draw a Sailor Moon fan art. So I joined in on the idea.

I had forgotten how incredibly girly Sailor Moon shows are.
In attempt to make it more masculine, I made her all steam punk.

Dream

2011-07-11T00:33:00.005-04:00

Minotaur

2011-07-10T19:49:00.002-04:00

Tonal sketch

2011-07-10T14:45:00.001-04:00

Weekend

2011-07-09T00:42:00.009-04:00

Meet Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Now, in order for me to actually relax and prevent my eyeballs from falling out, I'm not going to even tone this one. But I present you with my process scribbles.

Have a great weekend.

Thursday Night

2011-07-08T01:02:00.008-04:00

There was an unusual number of people hanging out and drinking tonight.

Is there some kind of holiday on Friday I'm not aware of?

Color and Light

2011-07-07T00:21:00.006-04:00

This is me reading Color and Light: A Guide for the Realist Painter By James Gurney.

Just replace the girl with a fat asian man in a messy room.

Artillery

2011-07-05T00:39:00.003-04:00

Twin Hug

2011-07-03T23:42:00.001-04:00

Mermaid hunt

2011-07-03T01:47:00.008-04:00

Purdy Fishy..

update: I was playing with my phone's photo enhancing app and the glow effect gave me this.

I kind of like it.

Happy Canada Day

2011-07-01T01:54:00.002-04:00

Bettyteer

2011-06-30T01:38:00.003-04:00

Wake up

2011-06-28T23:49:00.001-04:00

Okay Wayne, I'll draw something. Just stop shaking me.

Look ma, no hands!

2011-06-28T00:18:00.002-04:00

I totally did this today.

...except it was with my beer gut.

Past blog headers

2011-06-27T01:06:00.009-04:00

Here are my blog header images of the past. The first one is still my favourite.

MV study girl part DONE

2011-06-25T03:18:00.010-04:00

I didn't know how far I was going to take this when I started.

Cleaning up was bit tough but it really made me think about volume and arc.

When animation is in rough, it's too easy to make things smooth with moving lines, but when it's cleaned up, everything needs to be spot on. With this piece, I ran into some trouble with her right arm and took me awhile to get it passable.

Overall, it was a good learning experience. Will definitely do another short, cleaned up animation again.

Maybe with Toon Boom next time.

Now, time for sleep.

MV study girl part 2.5

2011-06-24T00:37:00.006-04:00

Chugging away at clean up.

MV study girl part 2

2011-06-22T01:03:00.011-04:00

MV study girl

2011-06-21T01:19:00.008-04:00

I should be sleeping but I had to sketch this out once I saw it on a Music Video.

The rough is done. Youtube made it little choppier than it actually is.
I'll clean it up like below image bit by bit.

update: Here is a link to the said video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ1hvB_L30o&feature

Perhaps I've exaggerated the head movement too much. It distracts from the hip. which is the real focus.

Alice Madness Returns

2011-06-20T23:11:00.005-04:00

I played Alice Madness Returns over the weekend.

It had the best art direction I have seen in a video game in a while.

Life Drawing dump

2011-06-16T23:47:00.002-04:00

Some life drawings from last week and today

Panty & Stocking

2011-06-15T23:28:00.007-04:00

2011-06-14T23:10:00.002-04:00

Things gotten little blotchy and muddy with shading on the hair.

Super 8

2011-06-13T23:06:00.002-04:00

This was going to be in colour but since I am so terrible at caricatures, the drawing part took forever. I'll finish it up with colour tomorrow.

DBL archive

2011-06-12T10:31:00.000-04:00

This is something I wanted to do for time for the anniversary of the film and put it to rest.

I mainly made it so I can keep track of which festivals I submitted it to.

There isn't much on there yet, I might expand upon it.

I'll definitely fill out the FAQ section to answer questions some people were having.

It won't have any depth to be a tutorial since there are plenty of great resources out there.

Click on the banner on the right to visit.

2011-06-10T21:45:00.010-04:00

Not sure if I used the black correctly. I just went with gut feeling.

Update: Process shots for future reference.

2011-06-08T00:07:00.002-04:00

2011-06-02T21:16:00.001-04:00

2011-06-02T18:44:00.000-04:00

T-shirts maybe? Haha.

2011-06-02T13:24:00.002-04:00

2011-06-02T03:46:00.001-04:00

Kelli Garner

2011-06-02T00:05:00.002-04:00

2011-05-24T22:13:00.001-04:00

2011-05-23T21:44:00.000-04:00

Bossa Nova throwback

2011-05-21T15:56:00.003-04:00

Taking a break from digital medium today.

Good weather today reminded me of Bossa Nova.

http://sqetches.blogspot.com/2007/07/bossa-nova.html

2011-05-20T00:54:00.000-04:00

Guys with Pencils Podcast

2011-05-09T22:08:00.006-04:00

Guys with Pencils PODCAST

Fellow artist in crime Andrew Murray and Adam Hines have started their own animation podcast while back. They talk about all thing animation, comic book, games and their own experiences as well as experiences of other fellow artist professionals alike.

Check em out. It'll definitely be informative for prospective animation students.

Guys with Pencils PODCAST

Cellular

2011-05-09T20:53:00.003-04:00

If you hold ALT and click on layer visibility icon, only that layer becomes visible.

A Photoshop shortcut I just found out today.

2011-04-29T00:49:00.000-04:00

Found me a bride

2011-04-08T23:31:00.002-04:00

more... curves?

Dress up

2011-04-08T00:39:00.000-04:00

More curves

Helpin' each other relax

2011-04-06T23:51:00.002-04:00

Curves.

Sidekick

2011-04-03T19:16:00.002-04:00

I found couple of episodes of Sidekick on Youtube.

Henchmen challenge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYXldPXVd4&feature=related

Family Fun day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUt1PoCJGXg&feature=related

These are some episodes I animated in my early professional career. :)

Check 'em out before they're gone.

Persona 3 Portable

2011-04-03T13:40:00.001-04:00

Quick Persona 3 Portable fanart before working.

2011-04-02T00:19:00.001-04:00

2011-03-31T23:28:00.001-04:00

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2011-03-24T23:46:00.001-04:00

Stealn' stylez

2011-03-23T22:09:00.002-04:00

Persona + Detentionaire

Plug suit

2011-03-20T13:04:00.001-04:00

In case anyone is curious, I've posted the rough and line just for kicks.

2011-03-20T11:36:00.001-04:00

Life again

2011-03-10T23:39:00.002-05:00

Went to Brian Hladin's life drawing session today with my good bud Mark Stanleigh.

It felt good to work with traditional medium again. Needless to say, needs work but it's a start.

Perhaps in an alternate reality..

2011-03-09T22:31:00.000-05:00

I. H. Winter.

2011-03-09T20:28:00.001-05:00