Speaking of Animation! Chris Sanders & Dean DeBlois

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Happy Birthday Schaller!

Ok, so it's a week late, but I had to finish it. I can say that this is the proudest piece of art I've done in a while. It mixes caricature, illustration, and graphic design. I discovered graphic design because of Schaller, when I first took Visual Communications my Junior year in High School(8 years ago!!) ....I didn't know what typography, art deco, and Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop was until I took his course. 
   The reason I took it was because I saw one of his students sketching logos, so I asked for what class, and he said visual communications. The next year I took it, and took it again in ROP the following year. We designed and printed magazine spreads, stationary, packaging, books, and posters, all in his fully loaded graphic design classroom/workshop.
     His Cabrillo High School Graphics program is renowned nationally and his students have won truck loads of prize and scholarship money from the California State Fair and California College of the Arts. I had the privilege of being his student again last Fall during a community college design course and was great hanging out with him and his talented students, who are a force of nature! Check out the Official Site for his Program  
and Student Work

He's also been really getting into the Paper Toy and Vinyl Toy Scene, here's some of his creations! 

Baby.

Guess who this is? Was a birthday gift for a friend.

Recent Caricature commission I did.

Mother's Day Gifts

I'm in Wisconsin right now for about 3 more weeks. I've sketched alot and have had some interesting experiences I'd like to share. Hope to soon. But for now, I'll share some recent work.

A friend from High School(c/o '04) commissioned me to make a caricatures of her and her sisters for their Mom. I learned a few new techniques along the way. Like how making the final drawing in ink results in a much smoother finish than graphite. Duh! Everybody knows that! I guess it was really the first time I tried it.

Innagural sketch-capade of the Lompoc Sketch club! Current members: 2! Most of these were done at South Side Coffee Co. in Lompoc, Ca.

This guy was so much fun to draw. I mean, he practically looks like this in real life! So many cool shapes.

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My favorite of the night. The center scribbly one.

A Sneaky Peeky

 

A rough test for the opening my short film, "Vroom!" More to come.

This Week

Right now: Working on Portfolio for Calarts job fair.....this week: Monday, print portfolio/resume/artcards....Tueday, go to Calarts Job Fair....Wednesday, work on Freelance jobs....Thursday, Judge for Cabrillo Senior Projects....Friday, Pack/ hang out with friends and fam.....Saturday, board train to San Diego, get picked up by my aunt....Sunday, spend the night at my grandmas' house in Tijuana, Mexico....Monday, have my aunt drive me and my grandma to San Diego to board plane for Wisconsin....The Next month, be in Wisconsin. After that? Who knows.

Uuurgh.

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Caricature doodles.