New year New Art - Vinylmations Best Man

Hi Guys,

so it's been almost a year since I've posted anything on my blog and I need that to change. It's a new year and I'm coming back full force. Be ready for old art, new art, new medium, quick sketches, paintings you name it. I'm going to try and post as much as I can, and try to make it a daily thing. So please stay tuned. To start off this year I am going to post a bunch of VINYLMATIONS!!!! I got commissioned to do a couple of these so I want to show those to you. BUT FIRST!!! My wedding on 12-13-14 was amazing and had such a wonderful time. Will post photos as soon as I get them for anyone interested. But to finish out some wedding stuff, I made vinylmations for my best men, and my wife's maid of honors. This was the first of that series, my best friend and co best man Christian. I even made boxes for these guys but sadly I didn't take photos of this one before I presented it to him. Nice tidbit I gave this one and my brother's during a christmas party to formally ask them to be my best men. Hope they kept them mint in the box haha.

I was hoping to take photos of them with it, but didn't happen so this turnaround and picture will have to do. We're buddies!!! and we even hang out toy form!!!

Here is the photo I referenced this vinylmation off of. Good lookin guy this one.

May the 4th be with you!

HAPPY STAR WARS DAY EVERYONE!!! This one was inspired by some work I saw at Disneyland by Jason Scott Campbell. I loved the graphic quality he did so I tried to emulate it. Not a fan of Luke on this, but I like how Vader looks.

Manny Paquiao

heres the colored version....the FIGHTING PRIDE OF THE PHILIPPINES! The only 8 division world champion. Manny PACMAN Paquiao!

Black and White Inked - PAQUIAO!!!

Alright ladies and Gents, My pinoys and my pinays haha, here is a cleaned up version of mr Paquiao. Tried my best to emulate that Jim Lee inking style here. Up next, a colored version of this. The black and white looks pretty sweet though. Wonder if anyone would buy black and white prints of this, I love the graphic quality to this style.

WIP - Paquiao!!!

Alright Guys, After watching Manny Paquiao's win on Saturday i've been wanting to do a sketch. My artist friend's probably recognize the style I chose to do this piece. I decided to try and emulate one of my comic book illustrator influences, Jim Lee! So this is a work in progress, but this black and white looks pretty cool I could see it as a t-shirt. But stay tuned for a full colored version. Hopefully it turns out BA enough that I could actually hang it up somewhere.

Now if you want my opinion on Mr Paquiao keep reading, otherwise I hope you enjoyed this drawing. 

After watching the fight on Saturday, I realized not many National Pilipino days are left. Meaning Paquiao, eventhough very impressive, is aging and probably should retire within the next few years. 

With that said, there is plenty of gas left in this athletes tank. Watching him fight was great to see. No one ever talks about Paquiao as a defensive boxer because he's mostly known for his brawler in fighter abilities, but watching him turn his should to block strikes from Bradley lefts, and using his left hand to block incoming shots from Bradley's rights was so impressive, it leaves me to believe Paquiao's reflexes are as sharp as ever. He also seems to be boxing with more caution and not so reckless (which some will argue it's because of the Marquez's knockout, or it makes his fights much more boring to watch). I argue however, that his boxing skills have improved with age. Boxing isn't just about brawling there's a lot of strategy involved just like any other sport. I hope he doesnt retire soon because I'm going to miss the National Pilipino day potlucks, but he's definitely have a few good fights left. 

R.I.P. Ultimate Warrior

Well this was sad and unfortunate news this week. If i still watched WWF maybe I would be in even more shock because the Warrior was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, and made an appearance on Monday night RAW just this past weekend. Before I got into comic books these high flying muscle men, were probably the Super Heroes of my childhood. If you weren't a fan of the hulkster, then you were definitely a fan of this guy. He was one of those wrestlers that never failed to get you amped when you watched him wrestle. Well hope you're wrestling up there Warrior, the professional wrestling world isn't the same without you. Here's a painting I did today as a tribute to the ULTIMATE WARRIOR.

Captain America - Winter Soldier

Just had to post this again because I came back from seeing the new Captain America movie. Marvel/disney did not disappoint. I'm actually looking forward to Gaurdians of the Galaxy eventhough I know nothing of it. Maybe thanos will pop up.. WHO KNOWS!!! but go out and see the new CAP AM movie.