a few too short..

I dunno what this means, but this year might be the first time I don't break 100 posts within a 12 month period.. Perhaps, my work flow has changed a bit with my current situation. However, I've got some sketches and odds and ends laying about that I'll probably send out here in the following days. To be honest I've got lots of other stuff to do right now, but I think that little additional challenges make me more productive...

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Panda Bear...

I've not drawn bears here lately. Figured I'd knock out a quick panda while loosening up this morning...

Here it be.
Hope you dig..

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Morestache Kids

Yep. I'm still growing my very charitable mustache to raise money for underfunded public schools. I had a few sketches of kids with mustaches doing fun stuff So, here's another.

Hope you dig...

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ANother Ol' Sketch..

I'm sitting on a small stockpile of old things I've not posted in the last month. Due to my relocation here in the city, I just didn't have time to share much. This little lady was drawn using some web reference of a woman with a rather abstract looking nose. I enjoyed painting it, though I can't be certain that the photo I was working from wasn't already manipulated.

Still I thought it turned out well and wanted to get feedback..

Hope you dig..

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Getting Back in Tune..

I'm looking at a very very busy month of December, But I hope that I'll get some more posts up then I did in November. I'm still rocking a mustache, and raising money for Underfunded Public schools. You can donate HERE, if you wanna help the kids.

I hope you all had an awesome thanksgiving and am looking forward to cranking out some new artwork.

As always, Hope you dig...

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Thanks...and GIVING!!

I'm getting ready to head out here for a few days... Lots on my plate aside from the turkey related holiday. I'm Raising money for underfunded public school programs by growing an absurd Mustache. Check it out HERE! If you feel like you have some extra giving power this weekend, and are thankful for all you have. I warmly invite you to donate to teachers, schools, and students that need help.

I'm wishing you all a very happy turkey day, and eat an extra slice of pumpkin pie on my behalf if you can.. Also, If your not in the U.S. or celebrating Thanksgiving. I invite you to drink a nice beer or mixed drink of your choosing.

Take care everyone...

Hope you dig...

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400!?!

Wow, I though I'd have gotten to this faster. But things continue to be pretty chaotic for me of late...But, I'm seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, and hope that my life gets back to a more regular flow in the coming weeks...

Its funny that I've knocked out about 400 posts in the last three years or so.... I wonder what the next year holds...Maybe I'll try to post four hundred times in one year?

Who knows..

But I wanna thank you all for following along, telling your friends, and leaving me all kinds of great comments..
I appreciate it so very much.

Here are some

Things get better, then they get worse....

I'm in a tight spot at the moment...I drew this little guy a few weeks back when I got some bad news... I moved past it, sorted things out, and felt like I was almost out of the hard spot. But, sadly today I was hit with a new bit of bad news...
So here is the expression that was most likely on my face...with some color, Though I don't look like this guy...the feelings are what were running through my mind at the time...

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Old stuff, made New...

I'm just throwing up this old sketch for Friday. Thinks are sorta busy for me at the moment and I'm sketching stuff for one project, while trying to ramp into another rush project...while trying to find new living arrangements...

the sketch is of nobody in particular... I just kind compilation of shapes... for fun
Hope you Dig..

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SUICIDE Blondie...

Here Be another image from an ol' sketch file...
She went heavy on the Bleach...

Hope you dig,
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Something Wild-ish..

Here's yet another lady from an old cache of digital tomfoolery...

I've got a lot going on here in the coming weeks, In fact I had to stay in this evening and miss my weekly figure drawing (GROAN). But, I'll get my affairs in order I hope so that I can start making more regular posts...

As always, I hope you dig..
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Shame on me...

I've not posted in almost a MONTH...
I wish I could say that I'm gonna tear right back into this stuff... But sadly I'm juggling some pretty clumsy chainsaws on my end...

I've got some old sketches I'll probably be posting up here in the meantime to Revive the Ol' blog...

Please keep checking in and tell your friends, I am not Dead.. If you wanna you can even leave me some little words of encouragement in the comments box....
Or you could just chide me for not making tons of work, and tell me to Haul ass...

Whatever's clever...
Hope you dig....She wants to take you to her leader...

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RAZIEL of NoSGoTH...

Let me start by saying that I love this game franchise... SOULREAVER WAS AWESOME!
It was a rare couple of video games where the voice acting, story, and overall mood of the content was harmoniously engaging for me....

These chapters of the game centered around RAZIEL, a vampire who is cast down from a seat of high power only to be reborn into a fit of vengeful retribution against his former brothers. The dialog of the game is rich; littered with subtext and a dizzying vocabulary, features the astounding voice talents of.. Michael Bell, Simon Templeman, Rene Auberjonois (if your a star trekkie) and the late great Tony Jay (who's voiced some notable villains in his long career, such as Shere Khan, Megabyte...

I'm not sure I did the game justice, But I tried...It was dark, errie, foreboding at times, and showed vampires as ghoulish monsters grown wise and physically altered by the passing eons..NO SPARKLY VAMPIRES HERE..

So I rendered Raziel, Consuming some SOULS, and holding the glowing energy blade (REAVER) which is his primary weapon in the gameplay...
I'm thinking of doing some more images in this style to show my love for this game...but those will have to wait...
As for this image...its on display for the month of October at BRAVE NEW WORLDS in Philadelphia... The whole show is focused around gory video games, and will have some very impressive work on display.

But, if your not in Philly, just scope out this post here, and lemme know what you think...

I hope you dig...

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GLOWING SKULLS!!...

Here's a snippet from an image that I'll have up at Brave New Worlds in Philly this Friday night. The show will be about VIDEO GAME GORE, and other creepy halloweeny type videogame fare....

I'll put up the final image after the show goes public on Friday....But I really love the game I referenced...In fact I'd like to do some more illustrations based on it and its characters in the future...
Will see...if I can get that going...

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M.O.D.O.K. with open arms...

I put together some M.O.D.O.K. fan art for a show at GreenBrainComics in Dearborn MI.
The work was just pencils. So, the gray scale image is the one I submitted....I slapped some colors on it for fun. Drop me a comment if your down with this image, and MODOK in general...

Hope you dig...

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ROSADO del ELEFANTE...

I don't speak very much spanish... Which is astoundingly sad, considering my ethnic background...and the fact that my name is PEDRO.
I read I little, and write a little, and have a few words in my vocab...But I really should be fluent...
Perhaps I should start making images like this that will teach me stuff...
Who Knows Maybe I'll learn more...

Hope you dig...
Feedback and Critique is welcome as always...

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Skull Studies

I sketched some skulls out during the past few days, I kinda caricatured the proportions but did work from reference images for these three skulls. I imagine that I'll be doing more in the coming posts because I'm in the process of ramping into some autumn type Halloween imagery...Plus It'd been a long long time since I sketched and studied the skeleton....So I figured...no time like the present.... Had fun doing the paints...

I'm also thinking about getting one of those skull figures that artists have handy to draw from....its been such a long time since college anatomy....I really have to get cracking again with the pencils and paper..

For now though I've gotta get back to some show pieces...Wish me luck...

Hope you dig...Lemme know what you think.

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Sharp Dresser

I sketched another one out today...
He's wearing his finest duds...

Hope you dig..
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Businessman...

Just a little digital scribble with some colors, Fun head shape of some ol' business dude...

Hope you dig...

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John SINGER SARGETN STUDY

More of a study here, not feeling the anatomy enough. But, analyzing old images is presenting lots of great challenges... I've loved Sargents work since college, when I saw this particular image of his at the D.I.A. in Detroit...
I'd heard lectures that the anatomy is all wonky...but, heck, maybe her neck was really long...I can't say. But, what I can say is John Singer Sargent is indeed a pleasure to study...I might revisit this one...Here's the REF..
comments and feedback are DEFINITELY WELCOME...Need fresh eyes on this...

Will paint more later
Tired now...
Thanks for stopping by...taker easy everyone, Hope you dig..

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