Sketchy McSketchington #3

Rain rain go away, here are some sketches..another day...something something... I think thats how it goes?

Sketchy McSketchington #2

Couple of doodles in my sketchbook. Hope to post them every once in awhile to change the pace a little bit!

RBC Dexia: ETF's Shifting Forward

ETF's Shifting Forward

Hi everyyybooody, Here is the latest illustration I did for RBC Dexia. The image was about ETF's, what is an ETF you ask? (or didn't ask). WELL an ETF is an Exchanged Traded Fund and is an investment fund traded in the Stock Market. Let's all thank that explanation sponsored by Google.

Proposed rough idea

I like the challenge that business articles create. Because I'm not well versed in business and financial lingo, it's always fun figuring out what words represent. I think it's an advantage learning while illustrating. Your knowledge of the subject is built from the ground up, so you don't have any preconceived notions about the topic.

Print Version

I did two other illustrations which can be seen on the site at http://360.rbcdexia.com/



Also LASTLY I have started a new web comic called Motivasean. Which can be seen here! Thanks for reading and more to come soon!

Rogue Magazine

Mayday: Rogue Magazine June 2010

Ola! Here are two new illustrations I did for Rogue magazine. You might remember that earlier in the year I was fortunate enough to be featured in their Illustrators issue. I was really pumped when they asked to actually illustrate for the magazine, which I haven't done yet. Miguel Mari was wonderful in giving me his full trust in interpreting the article any way I wanted. This allowed me to think a little more loosely and out of my comfort zone

Do you come with the car?

The article was an insight into the recent Philippine elections that took place two months ago. I won't get too in depth about the candidates because I can go on forever. But the winner of the presidential races was Benigno Aquino. In the below illustration there are all top three candidates from the top 1st place to 3rd. (top: Benigno Aquino, Joseph Estrada, Manny Villar). Behind them are the different representations on how they targeted their campaigns. I haven't done caricatures in awhile and having the free reigns to interpret the article any way I wanted, I thought it would be a great opportunity to give it a go again. I'm really happy how it turned out and I will definitely be exploring more portraits in the future.

The President Elects

The below illustration was sort of a conflict for me to illustrate. When Filipinos had their chance to vote, their fingers are dabbed with indelible ink. The inked fingernail is a reminder to all Filipinos, that through their votes their voices were heard. The conflict I had was that Canada does not use ink on the fingernail after voting. SO I wasn't sure if that would translate to North American's. I decided in the end that since this is a Filipino magazine distributed only within the Philippines. Plus wanting to use the inked fingernail because it was a powerful image. I stuck with the decision in the end to keep the idea the way it was. I'm quite pleased how they both turned out.

Getting Your Vote Heard

I'd like to thank Ricci Antonio and Kryz of Thirsty Thought blog for all their insight. It really helped put perspective on the elections.

LASTLY *gasp for breath, Hawk and Squirrel Episode 1 is out! go check it out if you haven't and ignore me if you have :D

Hawk and Squirrel: The Podcast

HAWK AND SQUIRREL: The Podcast!!
http://hawkandsquirrel.wordpress.com/

Via Nimit's Blog:

I have the great pleasure of joining the charming bad boys of illustration Chad Covino and Juan Solon (and NIMIT) as we sit down talk all things art and illustration. Our podcast will touch on all sorts of things that you might be interested to hear about from tools of the trade, to discussions about different methods and processes, and other topics you might be curious to hear about like social media in the illustration world and life as an illustrator. You can also expect a few guest appearances from some familiar names!

We're not certain about which direction the podcast will take or where we will end up, but we hope that you'll join us our way there!

The teaser trailer for our PILOT episode (yes, just like TV) is out now!!

Please head on over to the Hawk and Squirrel blog for trailers, episodes and more information about the show!
Also follow us on Twitter at @hawkandsquirrel

yeah so pretty much what Nimit said haha. More updates to come in the next couple weeks have some projects I'd love to share with you all! Make sure to watch out for the official episode one of Hawk and Squirrel this week!!!

Thanks!