Gonna be at Comic Con San Diego?

Hey All! Wanted to let you all know I'll be heading down to San Diego for the Comic Con this coming Wednesday. I hope many of you can make it? I'll be at booth #5557 under Essential Sequential...I'll be sharing space there with 5 other great artists...please stop by to say, "Hi" I'll also will be at the Artist Alley covering for my bud, Eric at DD-10. I'll be selling copies of my latest sketchbook, Japon....plus prints! I'll also will be taking on commissions as well. It will be great to get a chance to walk around the floor...even though it's going to be packed to the gills with Con goers...stop by other artist booths and hopefully pick up some great sketchbooks and art books from those creative talent. I will be there for the whole thing from Preview night till 5pm on Sunday. I've been taking my vitamins and hitting the gym to prepare. :P Well, I'll catch you all later. Cheers, Axel

Draw Bitch 4 this Sat!!!

Hey all...you should swing on by at the Petra Gallerie this coming Saturday and do some doodles with me. I promise to keep my hands to myself. :P

Late,
Axel

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Snack Time!

A doodle outta my sketchbook.

Cowborg's SPACEPORT Event

Hey all! How's everyone? Got your Halloween outfit all picked out I hope? Well, I wanted to let you all know about an upcoming event at the Petra Gallerie in Los Angeles...called Cowborg's Spaceport. It's a while idea from gallery owner John P. Felix. A number of artist including myself will be showing pieces for this wonderful show.
I uploaded as you can see below the image that I have produced....it's done in straight pencils. I will be adding more details and colors to this piece digitally. I believe this piece this piece will be on sale as a print...so feel free to order for yourself.

So if any of you have a bit of time Saturday night feel free to stop and chill for a bit. I'll be there hanging out. I'll even do a sketch for you...if you ask nicely. :P

For more info on the event go here, Spaceport

I'll catch you all later...have a great work week.

Cheers,
Axel

Creepy Little Critters

Hey all, wanted to share some old creepy critter sketches that I have done sometime ago. Hoping to do more in the near future. Got so much going on at the moment, I really do need to manage my time well...plus get some sleep.
I'm still debating with myself about heading up to San Francisco for A.P.E....I need to make sure to get some stuff finished up before doing so. It's a very cool show to go...not to big...only Comic Con where you can drink (alcohol) on the floor. Well, Wizard Con does it in Anaheim. :P
Well, let me know what you think of my doodles that I uploaded. I'll catch you all later.

Cheers,
Axel

More Draw Bitch doodles...

hey all, wanted to upload two more doodles from the Draw Bitch event for all to check out. Pieces are done in ink and in pencils as you can see. I need to make more time on doodling on these strips of bristol paper....which were fun to draw on.
This weekend is gonna be one where I;ll be locked up and doodling and trying to play catch up with some of my stuff....hopefully. :P
Wishing you all a great weekend and all should go out and draw draw draw!!!

Cheers,
Axel

Sketch it here and there.

Hey all, hope everyone enjoyed their long July 4th weekend. I enjoyed myself...did bit of work on top of my chilling with family and friends.

Well, I uploaded a new image from my new sketchbook I have....the inside cover plus page #1.
Let me know what you all think of these piece?

Ok...catch you later,
axel

Even more Critter Doodles

Hey all, even more critter doodles from that iPhone game app that I worked on.
Hopefully, everyone is doing well out there and kicking ass!

Later,
axel

more Critter Doodles

Hello, just wanted to upload some critter doodles for all to view. These were done for a iPhone app game for a client of mine earlier this year.

Hope all are having a wonderful day.

Cheers,
axel

Bedtime Doodles...

Hey all,

Just wanted to upload an image here from my sketchbook titled, "Bedtime Doodles"
From the title you can guess that these sketches that I'm doing in this sketchbook are done in bed...before I go to sleep. I figure it's a cool thing to do before going to sleepy land.
This sketch is done in straight mechanical pencils....sizes .3 and .7 . Then I scanned into my computer and added a bit of color tone by using Sketchbook Pro. Let me know what you all think? Well, I'm almost packed...so I'll be heading out to San Francisco late Wednesday morning. I catch anyone there that happens to make it.

Cheers,
Axel

Just thinking about life...

Hey All!

Here's a straight pencil doodle of an alien thinking about life...

How's everyone doing out there?

Catch you later,
Axel

A sketch out of my sketchbook.

Here's a sketch done in straight pencils...let me know what you think?
I was wondering to calling him...or her? A friend of mine wants to call...her....Jane.
Uuuuuh, I don't know about that? heh.

Catch you all later,
Axel

Doodle on a Barf Bag

Hey All! Here's a close up of a scan of sketches I did on a China Eastern Barf Bag....in the airline's term a...CLEAN Bag. The doodles are of my character Delgado for Backspace. Let me know what you thing? I thing one can do doodles on anything that would make sense.

This piece was done with straight pencils; blue Col-erase pencils and HB lead from my mechanical pencils.

I would like to Thank for all the folks for coming by this blog and checking it out! :)

Cheers,
Axel

Happy New Year!!!

Hey All,

Wanted to wish everyone of you a wonderful 2011...so let's kick some ass!
Draw draw draw!!!

Below is a character sketch for a client for a possible new project...let see how it goes in the next few weeks?

I'll catch you all later.

Cheers,
Axel

Buzz Off!!!

Hey all, here's a page form my SF sketchbook. Let me know what you all think?
Time to get ready for Christmas this weekend. Want to wish everyone a wonderful Holidays!
And a kick ass new year!

Keep doodling 24/7!

Later,
Axel

I'm not here to dance...

Here’s a piece I did of the Sky Capt for my students for class. Done in straight pencils and using a pose of another drawing as a guide. Let me know what you all think?

I have to say that I’m really proud with my students last night they’re all doing a wonderful job on the Sky Capt project.
Now, let's see how they handle the new project that I threw in their way? I’ll catch you all later.

Cheers,
Axel

HHHart the Root Monster

Here's a doodle of HHHart one of my creatures. I wanted to show you all my process from pencils to inks to colors in doing a design like this.
1. start off with rough pencils.
2. ink the piece traditionally like HHHart but I also ink digitally.
3. use Photoshop for colors. From time to time I'll use Painter, Sketchbook Pro to color my pieces. That said...Photoshop is the main software that I use.

Well, catch you all later.

-Axel

Carlos the Creepy Creature

Just finished watching the Lakers lose against the Celtics in the Finals...oh well...there's Tuesday.

Here's the inks and pencils of Carlos the Creepy Creature. I penciled this piece with a blue Col-erase pencil. The inked piece I dipped my water color brush into a bottle of Sennelier-Wlanut Stain ink. I totally dig the feel of the paper and the flow of the ink. Let me know what you think?

I'll like to use this piece for my Gallery show that I will be in late next month.

Cheers,
Axel

Rock N Comic Con

I went over to Pasadena earlier today to man my own table at the Rock N Comic Con...I do have to thank Eugene Booker for getting me in the con and getting me a booth. I sat next to two wonderful couple, Alex and Jules. Jules was selling some of her art and comics and her husband Alex was there for support. We had a cool time there...even thought the Con itself wasn't the greatest...but hey...got a free table out of it plus met some cool people there.
The image above is one of the sketches I did at the table. I have this idea that involves war and pigs...don't know why. This piece was done in straight inks and markers. Hope you all will like it? Have a great three day weekend!

Cheers,
Axel

Child and Dragon

Hey all, these pieces were done as demos for my students. It's Olaaf and Jorge the Dragon. Olaaf is into Black Metal and Jorge is....not. Jorge is a water dragon from somewhere in Spain...whom made his way into Scandinavia...because he likes the cold weather.
These pieces were drawen onto thin chipboard with a graphic pencil. I used a dark brown ink for the washes and use gouche and a white Prisma color pencil for the high lights. Let me know what you think? These pieces were fun to do.
There will be a comic book convention in Pasadena this weekend. Don't know if I'll be attending? Gotta see if I'll have time to go. Here's a link to the convention site, Rock N Comic Con

Well, I'll catch you later.

-Axel