EL Terrifiko

Decided to go Mexican but mostly in tribute to my Burrito guys. Although most, if not all, of my MEXICAN WRESTLING reference is in the spirit of Nacho Libre, cool movie but mostly because of Jack Black-poor and lame-I know. Well, there’s also the Intel I get from the guys who work at my favourite burrito place. They’re hardcore Mexican wrestling fanzines and sometimes will play the circuit fights on TV while I’m eating my Pollo Loco.

I do know that good Drama and parlor tricks are key to Mexican wrestlers and really cool outfits. 

EL TERRIFIKO is all upper body and looks like he can handle himself in the ring. I failed to mention that healthy dose of narcissistic arrogance really goes a long way too. Went digital on this one but relied on the original sketchbook sketch to keep the proportions accurate, than went straight to ink-digital ink that is. Thanks Guys. Until next time…

Some more sketches of Mexican wrestlers…

Brave Boy...

The Daily Sketch has taken a hit. Amen to that. I almost feel like changing the category to the Whenever Sketch or the Sometimes Sketch.  I won't do anything drastic yet.  It would be nice to blog daily but I do have a day job and the family at the end of the day.  Work is busy and I get to blogging when I can.  It's always exciting to get a post out there and even more exciting to be able to work on more stuff to post.  

Although I like the pencil version of this one, I make every attempt to use Sketchbook Pro to ink and colour.  It's my favourite digital drawing tool right now. I enjoy the process and try to use different tools to experiment with.  It can be frustrating at times when it's not working or I can't seem to get it to do what I want with it, but I'm told we learn through frustration-haha. 

Tabs and Pages are coming Ohh My

UNDER CONSTRUCTION WARNING

Trying to get sophisticated with tabs and pages in blogger. Didn't realize how time consuming this stuff is, so bear with me when you click on the tabs and nothing happens.  It's supposed to do that cause nothing is there yet. Ciao everyone and see you on the flip side.

Leaf Chores

This is what comes of asking my kids, Rowin and Atticus, to help pick up leaves.  My wife and I improvised with the headstones.

Plato, The Reluctant Soul

Came up with a few sketches of the Greek Philosopher, PLATO.  The early sketches led to more drawings, and I became so involved that he began to have his own personality take shape.  It's really awesome when this happens.  It reminds me of how so many characters we've come to know have influenced us: CALVIN AND HOBBES, PEANUTS, GARFIELD, FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE, and so many others.  Most times my drawings don't take on any expression or personality but this guy did for some reason and I just went with it.

The Shag Mobile

The Shag mobile has arrived at the LEGO store under much anticipation from fans of the television series, Scooby Doo. I ran out (actually I drove) to the nearest lego store and grabbed the Mystery Machine right off the shelf.

I was hoping it came with the whole gang, only Shaggy, Fred and Scooby come with the mystery machine. Still cool nonetheless. It ROCKS!!! Next I have to save for the Spooky Mansion and the Lighthouse to get my Velma and Daphne to join with Fred, Shaggy, and Scooby or things just don't feel right, haha.

Loook at what pure joy looks like...

Just A Thought

This site has been seriously NEGLECTED, man.! :(  Realizing my last post was in March, now's the time to reflect on my online behaviour. It seems reality can be both physical and virtual as is the case for me. It's quite cool and exciting to live in two different worlds.

Since blogger I opened up several other sites and I realized a valuable lesson in social media futility: the more sites I have the less posting I do. So I decided to revamp my sites and purging the FAT, the dead wood, as seems fit.

I will be cancelling my tumbler site as it doesn't serve my needs. I know lots of artists who love tumbler and it really is a useful social media site. Also thinking of cancelling my old website and transferring some of the content to WORDPRESS. I also want to focus more on my DEVIANT ART page and keep PINTEREST going. See how that works for me. Three might be a charm or freakin' social media nightmare. Got to get into the flow...the vibe...the NOW.

The Last of Us

Played the Last of Us on my PS3 and loved it!!! The character rendering and storyline was incredible.  I actually became more involved in reading up on spores and fungal species which can be lethal in some cases. Thanks to the designers at Naughty Dog for putting together an awesome game for an old kid like me. Although my favourite weapon of choice for Joel was the modified pipe, I wanted him holding the axe in my pic since it really captures the gore factor. I went straight to ink with this one as you can see from an earlier sketch.