With another year almost closing, like sands through the hour glass so are the days of our lives. We always have to remember as the world turns, we must be bold and beautiful, and not young and restless. Because we only have one life to live and ummm... something something General Hospital? Dang almost had it there. That was oddly poetic, and frightening that I know that many soap operas.

2011 was a crazy year for me, and if there was one thing I really took away from the year its the phrase "Stand and Fight". Whether its a problem with money, an issue with a composition in your illustration or your just feeling down. We should never run away from our problems, we should face them head on and solve them.
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Well not really cold, but I just wanted to sing that. First person to guess where the tittle is from gets 10 imaginary points! Ok so moving on, here is an illustration for Canadian Lawyer In-house. This was my first full page illustration for Canadian Lawyer, prior to this I had illustrated spots for them. The article was about in-house lawyers helping to fight global warming.

Above is the initial concept, below is the developed rough. I actually did the roughs while I was in NY visiting.
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A new illustration for Killscreen's Dance Central 2 Review. The review is more of a parody of Dance Central 2. Instead of the poses for the dances they wanted to show the dances people might do offscreen. Things like "The Breather" and my favorite "Haters gonna Hate" dances. Check out the full review HERE.

Above are some roughs and examples of the angle I was going for. I had a lot of fun making these simple characters. It was nice to keep it simple and let the body language speak for itself.

Here is a cat I drew while I live streamed. I will be doing it again on www.justin.tv/juansolon later in the week. Thank you for all those who watched and I'm always open to feedback. Also as well you can view the recorded broadcast on the same site.
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Here's another pixel animal.
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I've always had a love for pixel art. I grew up playing Super Nintendo with games like Earthbound, Chrono Trigger and FF6. I've had some free time lately to explore some personal projects of mine, and thought it would be a great opportunity to explore something I've always wanted to try out, pixelart!

I asked the advice of a fellow illustrator and friend Diego Garcia who does fantastic pixel illustrations. And with that I made the above drawing of a lion.
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Here is my brand new fall mailer. This idea spawned from reading too much Reddit Memes. It first started out as a joke then people really thought the idea was funny to make a mailer out of. By people I mean no one (just kidding). They should be sending out as soon as I receive them! which is this week I hope. If your interested in me sending you one, email me your address.
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Hello everyone and happy almost kinda sorta end of August! Above is an illustration done for Wired Magazine in Italy. The illustration is about how idleness creates creativity within the mind. Thanks to Daniela for the great project! Here are some roughs.

Initial rough.

Workup of the 4 toed dude.

Here's a new spot illustration done for Canadian Lawyer: The article explains the case of Zoriana Krawchuk who purchased a home built on a peat bog. She bought the house for dirt cheap, that she even offered to pay 10k more. Unfortunately when she bought the property they found her foundation to be subsiding, the city of Sudbury ordered her to correct the problem which almost cost double the amount of the home.
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Hey everyone, here is a illustration done last week for Financial Post! The article was about how Managed futures are becoming increasingly attractive as a way to protect yourself in a world of volatility and risk. I thought it would be a fun image to draw someone walking through a mine field in a bomb suit. Inspired by Hurt Locker which conveniently was on my desk when thinking of ideas.

When illustrating business ideas I tend to come across common themes that pop up.
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