Prototype

This is a quick peek of what I am going to make for this coming Easter. I bought the plastic gift bag from Ichiban-Kan, and put some chocolate eggs, and a sketch of Zipper. Now I have to finish the illustration in color, and find a perfect ribbon for this.

Pastel

I just found a bunch of pastel drawings I did a couple years ago.
This last one is done in pastel and the photoshop.



Pastel makes a lot of mess, and makes me sneeze a lot, but creates very soft and warm effects which I like a lot!

I think Gary Kelly and Mark English are the two true masters in pastel. THEY ARE JUST AMAZING! I was very fortunate to meet them in person and pick their brains.

http://www.illustrationacademy.com/GaryKelley.htm
http://www.illustrationacademy.com/MarkEnglish.htm

I also like what Gordon Silveria, my former instructor does in pastel. He does wonderful pastel life drawings! Unfortunately, I couldn't find the site to show his works...

Textile - Flowers

This is the latest assignment I did for my textile class.



Technique : Pro Reactive Dyes

...and then, I used a technique called Photographic Silkscreen to do an overlay, by using opaque white+ a tiny bit of yellow paint.


Painting directly onto the fabric was a lot of fun! :)
Now I need to iron it, and then crop it to make a textile swatch.

Textile - Eggs

Technique: Silkscreen
Printed : 02/27/09

Sketch from an artist friend (Ben Seto)

Such a great hat!!! :D
He draws very cute Anime/Manga style girls.
Thank you very much! > Ben

You can check his other stuff at http://www.blacksheepcomics.com/ and
http://benseto.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-master-peice-prime.html

Self Portrait

Painted in 2008.
Instructor : Kazu Sano

I had lots of fun creating this piece.

Looks very different from this water color piece, right?

Poodle Girl

I haven't decided how to color this yet, but I'll probably use Illustrator and Photoshop, just like the "Egg Girl" I did for Easter.