Evil Step Mother

Or something like that, this was classroom demo on lighting and setting up your value patterns. I will probably add color to it next but I just wanted to make sure my values work first. I do not always do a black and white render first, but this approach helps me to resolve my design before I add the finishing touches of color.

In case you were wondering, so far I have spent about of 2-3 hours on this. That includes the lineart phase of it as well.

I will try and post more soon, however, I have been really busy with a lot of freelance as of late. As they say when it rains it pours. Takes away time from posting but its good so I can pay bills and have internet!

Tito Batman

When I was a kid I always wondered why there was a lack of Pilipino superheros. Watching my favorite shows after school and waking up at 7am for the Saturday morning cartoons were always the highlights of my week--huddled underneath my blanket while waiting for the new Super Friends to start followed by Mr T. and Shirt Tales--it didn't get any better than that!

Thinking back to those days it would have been cool if I had a relative who was a superhero. I would bring him or her to show & tell day and brag to all my friends. But when I really think about it and factor in how my relatives are...reality smacks me on the face. If I did have an uncle who was a superhero, he would probably be the epitome of a true Pilipino uncle. Below is my interpretation of this realization. If Batman were my uncle, he would probably be something like this:

Sketches and Stuff

Been sketching a bunch lately, below are a few pages.


1) Meet up with some old and new friends in L.A. for a sketch group. Just drawing whatever came to my head and some of the locals.



2) Recently had to attend jury duty, so to pass time I documented some of the interesting characters that were on scene.

THE PILIPINO HITMAN

The Philippines is known for many things, jeepneys, lumpia, the infamous barrel man, entertainment singers, and Manny Pacquiao. Well I always wondered why we never had any notable hit man. This post seeks to find the reason behind this fact. Below is a typical Pilipino hit man.

HERE ARE SOME FACTS THAT ARE BASED ON DOCUMENTED RECORDS

1) Weaponry--Pilipino hit men are usually armed to the teeth; a lot of 80's Rambo movies and all of the missing in action films has glorified the M60, which has become a favorite weapon of choice for most. Although very imposing, the draw back is that it makes the hit man easy to spot from afar leading to their untimely demise by security and police forces.

2) Flip-flops--Unfortunately theses make a lot of noise so stealth missions are out of the picture.

3) Cigarette smoking--Although he does a very good Chow Yun Fat, the cigarette is a dead give away to his position especially if he's trying to stay hidden in the shadows.

4) Bright red shirt supporting Manny--Again not at all very inconspicuous especially because red is one of those colors that catches the eye; the cover of darkness would not help at all.

These are some of the facts I have collected and I still have to sort through more but I hope these help to shed some light on the subject.