Alice on SUPER PUNCH! & Imaginefx

Ah what a cool feeling finding out you've been given a shout out on one of your favorite blogs, in this case it's SUPER-PUNCH check it out right now!



Also keep an eye out for the latest issue of ImagineFX where my artwork accompanies an article on the Artorder blog. I got say thank you to Jon for going with one of my images for the article!

I promise new posts soon...

Wizards of the Coast and Alice

Wow who knew that getting back into the swing of blogging after an extdended absence would be so friggin hard? I've been working on a variety of things lately, so I'll share a few of the latest:


This was done for the CGHUB Sketch Jam challenge : Alice in Wonderland. I had the idea of punking her out a bit, you don't often get to see a modern twist on these fairytale characters so with this idea I threw my hat in the ring.

The tattoos are based on Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel, he illustrated the first edition of Alice in Wonderland in 1865.




The folowing Illustrations were done for Dragon Magazine, the official D&D magazine. These were a lot of fun to do, it was awesome to work with Jon Schindehette, Senior Art Director Dungeons & Dragons® Wizards of the Coast. You can find all of that issues Illos. here. Keep an eye out for my friend, co-worker, and all around Illustration badass Chad King's great work (fourth row down)






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C.H.U.D.

Sketch-O-Rama Post from last week, based on the 80's flick C.H.U.D.

Concept Wednesday lives!

A bit of a tease this week, trying to get back into the swing of things post wedding, some fun stuff to share soon enough...

Start running...

ArtOrder: B&W Vampires

This was a real quickie, done in a few hours last night.


Its for this weeks ArtOrder challenge and it was a lot of fun working in black and white, I'm a huge nerd for old school B&W Illustrations, check out one of the all time masters, Bernie Wrightson here.

I loved working this fast and loose, I think I'll try doing one of these a week...

Newsarama Interview

Hey everyone!

I'm going to make this post a brief one since I have a busy week ahead of me (i'm getting married on Saturday!) :

Newsarama ( a website dedicated to comic, film, games etc.) recently conducted an interview with me, check it out and let me know what you think!

Up and Coming: Jorge Lacera interview

Special thanks to Chris Arrant for hooking me up!

PS: I know they misspelled my name in the article, the editor is on it :)

ArtOrder: Variations on a Theme

This week's Artorder challenge:

"Pick a character, put them into a pose, and give me three variations on a theme. The character you choose, and the pose you choose are up to you."


Let me know what you guys think in the comments section!

Thanks,

JL

Concept Wednesday: Cowboy Zombies and a Young Vulcan

This week is pretty self explanatory...





These two are character designs for an untitled collaboration with the ghastly Von Kreep these were a lot of fun to do, I'm a huge western/horror fan and really want to explore doing more designs in these two genres.






This is my take on Paul Pope's awesome Spock comic in the J. J. Abrams edited issue of Wired, you can read it online here. I love Spock's design in this and thought it would make a GREAT CG animated series ala Clone Wars, but following the adventures of a teenage Spock with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove.

As always comments/critiques are soooooo appreciated and don't forget to check in nest Wednesday for some more visual stimuli!


JL

ArtOrder :Usual Suspects Silhouettes

This week's Artorder challenge was to depict a line up of characters only in silhouette. This was a bigger challenge than I expected but had a lot of fun figuring out how to tackle it. Silhouettes are a common technique that concept artists use to explore unique shapes and form quickly, I personally don't practice this step but after this art challenge I'm definitley going to incorporate it into my process.

JL

Concept Wednesday: Meet the Speqtors

The Speqtors are copyrighted Jorge Lacera and Megan Newcomer © 2009

Thanks for checking back in on a late Weds. edition of concept Wednesdays!

This is the final Speqtors post ( for now) and the cover for our one sheet. As you can see it depicts our ghost busting family in a quiet moment before the proverbial storm.

From left to right: Edwin: Dad skeptic and scholar. Sydney: Mom worlds most powerful pshycic. Ben: fashionista. Claire: heart of the family, also her sweater is possessed with the soul of a 1000 year old kungfu master.

Got any questions or comments? Feel free to write back int he comments section below or shoot me an email at jorge@jlacera.com

Check in next week for more art and concepts!

JL

Concept Wednesday: Meet the Speqtors Part 2!

The Speqtors are copyrighted Jorge Lacera and Megan Newcomer © 2009

It's Wednesday and you know what that means!

Here is another concept showing the youngest member of the Speqtor family, Claire, meeting up for a play date with a ghost friend of hers... you know, like kids do.

The Speqtors takes place in the historic town of Miskatonic, Mass. I knew from the get go that I did not want it to look like other shows on tv (saturated colors, no variation in tone, heavy black outlines etc.) so I opted to go with a richer color palette, with limited bright colors acting as accents. I wanted the Speqtors to literally bring color and life to the dreary dead township.

Hope you dig it, and as always comments are REALLY appreciated. I'll be posting more Speq stuff next Weds.


Cheers!

JL

Concept Wednesday: Meet the Speqtors

The Speqtors are copyrighted Jorge Lacera and Megan Newcomer © 2009

Starting today Wednesdays on Random Bits will be known as "Concept Wednesdays" Where I'll be posting bits and pieces of artwork done for the various comic/television/film pitch ideas I've developed over the past few years.

I'm kicking it off with a piece I did for an animated television show concept I'm developing with my fiancee, Megan Newcomer, known as The Speqtors!

The Speqtors are a family of ghost hunters, in Hollywood-ese I'd describe it as the Royal Tenenbaums meets Ghostbusters with a dash of Incredibles for good measure.

This shot shows one of the Kids, Ben, riding his bike home, completely oblivious to his deceased neighbors.

I'll be posting more images of the Speqtors soon as well as some other goodies so stay tuned!


JL

Boll Deevil

UPDATE:

Wow what an honor to have been chosen as one of the winners of the Boll Deevil contest!! I definitely recommend you go over to Artorder and check out the rest of the entries (53 total!!) Congrats to Jasper Ng and Kiriko Moth as well!


This weeks Artorder challenge is a big one!

"The "Boll Deevil", a large and imposing critter - at least 15 feet in length. The attacks it can have I will leave up to you, but I want to see them. In other words, if it has a claw attack, I want to see claws that look like they can do real damage. If it has a breath weapon - show it's effect. " Jon Schindehette.

The winner of this weeks challenge wins a commission from either Dungeon or Dragon magazine!

So make sure to check the Jon's blog and wish me luck!

JL

Studies for the head

Little sillhouette study for my own benefit, I ended up going for a more grotesque, aged look.

Shock and Awe

Updated: Scale reference

This weeks Artorder challenge. Here's the description:

Challenge #1
Concept Name: 'Shock and Awe' weapon
Due Date: April 26, 2009, Noon PST
Concept Description: In my D&D game last week, we had a moment that called for a 'shock and awe' moment. It was my job to run in with my Goliath Warden and set up that "Shock and Awe" moment. I kept wishing I had a weapon that would have helped with that task. Help me out please. Design a weapon that just screams death and destruction, or makes monsters pause before going up against someone wielding it. The only constraints, it has to be a fantasy based martial implement (swords, hammers, axes, etc.) and has to be wieldable by a 8 foot tall, 300 pound juggernaught of destruction. See what the D&D Goliath looks like here.

I've been playing some Soul calibur 4 and I think a little bit of the Soul Edge snuck in there. Hehe...the soul lives on...

I haven't designed a prop in a long while and I have to admit that this was a bit challenge. But i ended up having a blast: the research alone was worth it.

Bromides Continued

DRAGON-BORN:Evolved

This weeks ArtOrder entry, got carried away but it was also alot of fun.

Feedback, as always, is welcome.

Ptera-Gloth!!!!

Pteradactyl + Demon + Undead = Ptera-Gloth!!!

Check out the rest of the submissions on Tuesday at the Artorder blog.

ArtOrder Sketch 2:Bromide

My take on this weeks Artorder challenge.

I imagine the Bromide race as humanoid tribes that use Plants and fungus as a primary material. As they began to expand the use of the plants, a symbiotic relationship began to evolve. Now the Bromides ritualistically remove a limb as sacrifice and symbol and regrow a symbiotic replacement.

The breathing "graft" is also Symbiotic as the Bromide exhales the plant instantly converts the Co2 into oxygen, giving the wearer the ability to enter low Oxygen environments.

Construct

When is an image truly finished? I couldn't help myslef. These were done for the Artorder weekly themed sketch session.

Dragon! Run!!!!