Orange Characters

This is a character design made for Orange Dominicana. Animated shorts were made and we all needed to know them well.

Marvelous Pin-ups.

Pinup art and comics are a match made in heaven for me. So, as soon as I get a chance to put these two together I just go for it. Like this lovely She-Hulk here
Here I took one of those small sketches I keep doodling in the most inappropriate pieces of paper and developed into a full illustration for my own pleasure -Well, not really since this is the most Viewed and 'Faved' entry in my Deviant Art gallery. I even found this same image in other websites. My She-Hulk is going places. I just hope MARVEL notices.

The Process

Comic Books have become one of my main sources of inspiration. Once I read MARVEL comics mini-series Secret Invasion I felt the urge to make this image and use it as a quick example of the creative process.
I can't believe people get paid too do this. It is so much fun.

Character sketch

Roughs! I have boxes full of 'em. I think that the point of keeping them is to have the chance to share them. Like this one.
It was a character study for a Fruit drink product. The character had to be spunky, dynamic, good-looking...all those traits that merchandising people think kids relate to the most.
Me? I just let the character come alive. I draw and wonder what would 'he' do in certain situations. If I don't do that then the character lacks life and credibility.

On That Full Moon Night

This is actually quite an oldie of mine. One of my earliest experiments in combining pencil drawing and digital coloring. The client ended up not needing the final artwork but I still like it today.

Storyboard

Some T.V. ads need to make you think, laugh, feel happy, feel concerned...they have to make you react in the right way. It is only when you read the script against actual images and hear the music of it's message in your head that you actually feel the potential (or lack thereof) behind an idea.

Storyboards. Powerful tool indeed.

MORBIUS