tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-144829902024-03-23T13:18:17.390-05:00Random Bitswww.studiolacera.comJorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.comBlogger177125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-17460188644557141422014-02-17T10:20:00.000-05:002014-02-17T16:27:35.135-05:00On writing and drawing stuff that matters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My wife Megan is a writer. A damn good one at that. Last year we decided that we have been foolish to not collaborate on something together, pooling our efforts. It became obvious that we were both passionate about picture books and the story telling possibilities that we could tap into; the merger of visual storytelling and words is really thrilling to a couple of book nerds like us (moving is a pain in the ass in this family).<br />
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At the very inception of this collaboration i've had to do some serious soul searching about the kind of work I want to commit to. Having a baby will do that to you, it casts a harsh light onto your actions, framing them into the context of some future narrative that will take on it's own life in the mind of your child. You don't want to fuck around with that narrative. Your actions take on a lot more meaning and doing things because they are "cool" just doesn't seem like a very good reason to do anything.<br />
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So then theres our picture book. Megan and I agree that we are writing a book about the outsiders, the kids that want more out of life but aren't quite sure how to get it.<br />
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That description applies to the majority of the hispanic kids in this country right now. Kids that like me, are immigrants to this country who look to this culture to provide markers and cues as to how they fit in, cues that are not present in the tv shows, movies and, more importantly, the books they love. These kids are in a lot of ways left on their own to figure out and navigate an often actively hostile world.<br />
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But here is the thing: it also applies to little girls in Ohio who are not seeing strong female characters who are good at math and like Transformers.<br />
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It probably applies to you.<br />
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Diversity is a really loaded word, conjuring up shrill left /right political posturing. But the truth is that an increase in diversity only helps us to see deeper into ourselves as a people, acknowledging the similarities and differences that we all share.<br />
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I am really honored to have been awarded the <a href="http://www.childrensbookacademy.com/yuyi-morales-scholarship-information.html" target="_blank">Yuyi Morales Merit Scholarship</a> by <a href="https://www.blogger.com/"><span id="goog_313329845"></span>Hummingbird Literary<span id="goog_313329846"></span></a> thats allowing me to participate in an online workshop on writing picture books. They are really committed to increasing diversity in the field of children's publishing, which as it stands is in <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/06/25/193174358/as-demographics-shift-kids-books-stay-stubbornly-white" target="_blank">bad shape</a>.<br />
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The more specific your story gets the more universal it gets. It's some sort of alchemical rule. Proven over and over.<br />
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Megan and I are working on getting this story really specific.<br />
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<br />Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-2702797363691864452013-07-14T18:39:00.000-05:002013-07-15T20:17:08.468-05:00The Next Big Thing blog tour<br />
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I was invited to participate in "The Next Big Thing Blog Tour" by my fellow crit group member Gaia Cornwall! The tour is designed to bring awareness to authors and illustrators and the projects they are working on. They asked ten questions, so here are ten answers:<br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But I Don't Want to Be a Zombie!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It seemed to appear fully formed one day out of the brains of my dear wife Megan, who happens to be totally afraid of Zombies herself!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">3) What genre does your book fall under?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I'd say the little nerdy kid from Jerry McGuire except that he's probably 40 or something. Instead I'll say Asa Butterfield, because I just saw the trailer for Ender's Game.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Zane is afraid to tell his parents that he just wasn't cut out for this whole zombie business. How will they react when they find out that he prefers whole grains to brains? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Since it's a work-in-progress, were are still in the R&D phase where I'm exploring the design of the characters and setting--this will in turn determine how long the illos will take me.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is hard to say since there aren't a lot of zombie kid books out there, but it would sit nicely somewhere between Creepy Carrots by Peter Brown and Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex.</span></div>
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Well it's got zombies! And brains! Also, whole grains!<br />
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After neglecting the awesome <a href="http://fanartica.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Fanartica Tumblr </a>fo far too long I decided i'd jump into their Joss Whedon theme for June and do some drawings for an Imaginary Firefly Animated movie. I'd watch the hell out of that btw just in case if anybody out there can make that happen...</div>
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Random Skeletor Challenge with my colleagues <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Carlos V</a>. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/djdarnault/" target="_blank">Dustin D</a>. And <a href="http://criminalmastermind.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Clayton S.</a></div>
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As soon as I read <a href="http://scottmfischerevolvingeasel.blogspot.com/2012/04/welcome-21-experiment.html">Scott Fischer's Tutorial on mimicing watercolor through Photoshop</a> I could feel my fingers itching to give it a try. </div>
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I started off much the same as Scott, scanning a piece of Watercolor paper and doing a sketch in blue ballpoint pen. I scanned and multiplied my drawing onto the watercolor texture and soon after that things got rapidly out of control. </div>
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<br />Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-6201820798058516322012-02-01T17:00:00.005-05:002012-02-06T11:56:39.515-05:00So This Is A New Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XW1Bzzheb0RRTLMdL5umHUTDK0neF7FurnkjyQ_FYdV6BLcFDUN1OaXKgK-yQBIUnM602DlRGR23c7lfe4F2IHZkQoFvyxx2O-S29wjlxHQGdxReaMi0NM3VSKhsRjxdaA5M/s1600/BARCKAFLOCKA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="568" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-XW1Bzzheb0RRTLMdL5umHUTDK0neF7FurnkjyQ_FYdV6BLcFDUN1OaXKgK-yQBIUnM602DlRGR23c7lfe4F2IHZkQoFvyxx2O-S29wjlxHQGdxReaMi0NM3VSKhsRjxdaA5M/s640/BARCKAFLOCKA.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Baraka done for a quickie challenge with the ever talented posse of <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/">Carlos V</a>. &<a href="http://www.gavingoulden.blogspot.com/"> Gavin G. </a></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;">Whoa it's already the 2nd month of 2012, an appropriate time for a mini art <i>dump</i>. Most of these were done in between assignments, or when i just felt like doodling on the ol' Cintiq or ipad.<br />
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Lots has been going on in Casa Lacera, I can't wait to talk about it here on the blog in the near future. But first there are going to be be some changes to the blog format, in an effort to keep me blogging more regularly about the many art related things I love. I'm going to shift the focus a bit to highlighting artwork and artists that have influenced me and my sense of aesthetic over the years. I want to also focus more on technique and art tips. Feel free to email me with wither questions or suggestions for articles! jorge@jlacera.com<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another mashup via <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/2011/08/avengers-max-captain-america.html">Carlos Villagra</a>...The Avengers MAX! </div><br />
Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-3077811733513715272011-08-19T15:49:00.002-05:002011-08-23T10:57:52.169-05:00Rogue: 90's Xmen Challenge<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2USb768uSwUkt1n6jC0hCXsUFWRQT7hUVsF4bnqkHdmSyc08UPbW_dOWEVsxg-z8Oyo2x-NODg6wO6PsS1DTyCLR69XFRBZo6PxxOrWM6G2-spVJZ3yBqx_CKKIf-Cg-1nM7q/s1600/rouge-3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2USb768uSwUkt1n6jC0hCXsUFWRQT7hUVsF4bnqkHdmSyc08UPbW_dOWEVsxg-z8Oyo2x-NODg6wO6PsS1DTyCLR69XFRBZo6PxxOrWM6G2-spVJZ3yBqx_CKKIf-Cg-1nM7q/s640/rouge-3.jpg" width="412" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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UPDATE: Phoenix for Diego<br />
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Thanks to Netflix I can now watch any episode of <a href="http://www.netflix.com/Movie/X-Men-Vol.-1/70114798">X-men the animated series</a>. This combined with Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 should give you a good sense of what I wasted my time watching/playing in my misspent youth. I tried channeling a little of that into this piece, an imaginary X-men game where they simply updated those eyepoping 90's costume designs. <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/2011/08/gambit-90s-stylin.html">Carlos V.</a> did a fantastic, sleazy, Gambit that you should totally check out.<br />
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Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-57021723139398160842011-07-15T13:17:00.001-05:002011-07-15T13:18:13.587-05:00John Carter of Mars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ehgByxs8WWTUPRW4EMa1X_zdiWiTVcEEjjetLNDHyMuYgrmDK-BFwzNGYajOdvAYFM73INqHUF8-zgYLDmRohLyzXVkOUDArGHiSyJ87rGuWdoJMw_W6H-MhvhPPzlhoTiEW/s1600/Thark1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ehgByxs8WWTUPRW4EMa1X_zdiWiTVcEEjjetLNDHyMuYgrmDK-BFwzNGYajOdvAYFM73INqHUF8-zgYLDmRohLyzXVkOUDArGHiSyJ87rGuWdoJMw_W6H-MhvhPPzlhoTiEW/s400/Thark1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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Back in 2007 I was working at American Greetings alongside some extraordinary illustrators and creative thinkers. Back then the Sketch-o-rama blog was a way to vent the creative steam that builds up when your working on say...Care Bears or some such.<br />
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We had just heard of the Disney/Pixar John Carter of Mars deal and were psyched at the prospect, so much so that we all did our take on the fearsome Tars Tarkas ( <a href="http://sketch-o-rama.blogspot.com/2007/04/color-thark_07.html">James Groman</a> and <a href="http://sketch-o-rama.blogspot.com/2007/04/tark-alish.html">Carlos Villagra</a> )<br />
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I opted for a longer leaner look for the Thark, less muscle bound than the iconic Frazetta <br />
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It seemed to make sense that a 15 foot tall alien will be intimidating regardless of how ripped they were and it helped reinforce a sort of tribal theme I felt tied in well nicely with Burroughs description of the Tharks in "A Princess of Mars". <br />
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It was so much fun that I did a few MORE drawings to get the designs out of my system.<br />
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Variations on a theme. I moved the tusks from inside the mouth to the outside of the mandible and gave him a ridgy spinal protrusion to balance out the larger, engraved tusks.<br />
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I remember trying to find an approach that was true to my vision of the character at the time.<br />
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And this is the important part: While that vision might change, it's important to infuse as much of your art with your personal spirit and vision. In the end it's all that matters and will make your art stronger and vastly more appealing than anything conjured up to please someone else. <br />
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I spotted this image in a sneak peak article on <a href="http://io9.com/5819836/everything-you-need-to-know-about-disneys-john-carter-movie">io9</a>:<br />
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And then this screengrab of the very excellent <a href="http://io9.com/5821222/first-john-carter-trailer-rips-you-open-with-the-sword-of-martian-awesomeness/">trailer</a> released yesterday:<br />
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I was lucky enough to meet<a href="http://iainmccaig.blogspot.com/"> Iain McCaig</a>, Concept Artist, Master Storyteller and all around Force of Nature at this years' Illustration Master Class. During his presentation he talked about working the John Carter of Mars movies. THREE times with THREE different directors. <br />
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Ultimately he and his uber talented daughter, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2016912/">Mishi</a>, also worked on this Disney Pixar version.<br />
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Can't wait to see it and congrats to all those involved in <i>finally </i>bringing this story to life.<br />
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<a href="http://disney.go.com/johncarter/">Teaser Trailer</a>Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-56392019232255421162011-06-23T14:17:00.000-05:002011-06-23T14:17:35.003-05:00Robopocalypse/Venom sketches<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-uN_mvr8wpVTm6DBAX5lyJD0D9GFXcirk8x-GN9pU4L3IxRFfNXqE1ZiJdCw7GOCNsVrXIsaTmI4FKdjDg88ruklWFmKR6JbdzIOhTcu9vLpyxhiCzeQ_wuQXR7xlzDxM3Gk/s1600/Blogpost-01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7-uN_mvr8wpVTm6DBAX5lyJD0D9GFXcirk8x-GN9pU4L3IxRFfNXqE1ZiJdCw7GOCNsVrXIsaTmI4FKdjDg88ruklWFmKR6JbdzIOhTcu9vLpyxhiCzeQ_wuQXR7xlzDxM3Gk/s640/Blogpost-01.jpg" width="620" /></a></div>A few bits and bobs. Both of these are sketch jams with <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/">Carlos V.</a> Anyone else reading <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Robopocalypse-Novel-Daniel-H-Wilson/dp/0385533853">Robopocalypse</a>? I'm loving everything about it so far.Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-163926446288289132011-04-20T08:44:00.004-05:002011-04-25T16:57:11.411-05:00Alien Guy: UPDATE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx66pNy-o20QQeLsZpMCu9HwNLwy68BLMPKV3cli-zy0LfHTMJK905xvqm9CsQ7MXE0mx-yXR0gcf2wXHADdG4XR_vIEhUH1sgWkGSv_SjpihDSHV0NNqlnMDfI4v52i7nucQT/s1600/alien-sketch-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx66pNy-o20QQeLsZpMCu9HwNLwy68BLMPKV3cli-zy0LfHTMJK905xvqm9CsQ7MXE0mx-yXR0gcf2wXHADdG4XR_vIEhUH1sgWkGSv_SjpihDSHV0NNqlnMDfI4v52i7nucQT/s640/alien-sketch-2.jpg" width="600" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Quick lunch type sketch. Started off as a doodle and expanded into a quick Sculptris sculpt, then finally colored in Photoshop.</div>Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-81243351751677147252011-04-04T10:14:00.002-05:002011-04-04T10:15:58.246-05:00Mecaf, Monster, Lobster!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivB_mUvHZuTpt1XqRyGU34_P0g3n-5ZwnZwjCinHgMpASTeqdtOoAiEFfhJYaCDvx0R3af9xPrEzAMyMhHerIdDC3mr-P4u7k_vTaY35MUt0R1IA0QL1aDQjLru4T-PPl48mcm/s1600/mecaf-process-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivB_mUvHZuTpt1XqRyGU34_P0g3n-5ZwnZwjCinHgMpASTeqdtOoAiEFfhJYaCDvx0R3af9xPrEzAMyMhHerIdDC3mr-P4u7k_vTaY35MUt0R1IA0QL1aDQjLru4T-PPl48mcm/s640/mecaf-process-1.jpg" width="620" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Spring/ Summer is slowly starting to claw and bite its way back here in New England, and it looks like this is going to be a busy couple of months for me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In May I'll be attending the <a href="http://mainecomicsfestival.com/Home_Page.html">Maine Comic Arts Festiva</a>l, where I'll be sharing a table with fellow Illustration Ninjas, <a href="http://www.etcillustration.com/">Ellen Crenshaw</a> and <a href="http://www.chadking.sleepingoni.com/">Chad King</a>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I wanted to paint an original illustration for the con and so it became excuse to draw a lobster monster and pirates! Keep checking in for progress pics.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then in June I'll be attending the <a href="http://www.illustrationmasterclass.com/">Illustration Master Class</a>. I can't properly describe how psyched I am to attend this star studded workshop so I'll simply whisper <a href="http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7izpz4yfG1qa39umo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1302015988&Signature=wVYZxYzXixUtX6SZ1GaI3SpavNw%3D">Boris <i>freaking </i>Vallejo</a>....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Finally, August = The International SCBWI conference in Los Angeles. Megan and I have been busy working on a picture book that is very dear to us, and we can't wait to talk to and be inspired by fellow Illustrators and writers. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check out some MORE killer Assholes by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">Karg, Ford, and Chris [a.k.a. KFC]</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://joekarg.blogspot.com/2011/03/astonishing-assholes.html">Here</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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</span>Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-86066894530079498382011-03-17T06:01:00.001-05:002011-03-17T06:04:05.889-05:00NausicaƤ Earthquake Charity Drawing<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0LKpy_aCns_Mi6r8CLjByq1U3EkfnKdAgbjk1MjYrfVi5GMknVMkKIPlv1uOeTwQ2z1LPoKuqxrBoWc5GiQaIEqAq6-vRcz4OBKSYhpviZIpzR7x_ek0mqdcfUtgn9e6cM-H/s1600/IMG_0020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv0LKpy_aCns_Mi6r8CLjByq1U3EkfnKdAgbjk1MjYrfVi5GMknVMkKIPlv1uOeTwQ2z1LPoKuqxrBoWc5GiQaIEqAq6-vRcz4OBKSYhpviZIpzR7x_ek0mqdcfUtgn9e6cM-H/s320/IMG_0020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Hey everyone,<br />
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So I'm sure if your like me, you've been overwhelmed by all the gut wrenching news coming out of Japan.<br />
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I finally got tired of feeling helpless/hopeless. I'm auctioning off an original drawing with 100% of proceeds going towards the Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">If you're more inclined to donate directly here are a few verified charities:<br />
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Artists Help Japan via Dice Tsutsumi:<br />
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Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief Fund via </span></span></span></span><br />
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American Red Cross:<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 14px;">Anime and Manga Bloggers for Japan:</span><br />
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Fired up the ol' Alchemy during lunch today and this dude emerged all angry and stuff.<br />
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Yet another one of these challenge deals between <a href="http://gavingoulden.blogspot.com/2011/01/female-c-3po.html">Gavin Goulden</a>, <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/">Carlos V</a>. and myself. This was a lot harder than I expected. The idea was to take a Star Wars character and gender bend them. This is one of those instances where an idea popped into my head and I couldn't quite nail it down to my satisfaction.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As seen on: <a href="http://kotaku.com/5711902/nintendos-heroes-of-the-second-world-war/gallery/">Kotaku</a>, <a href="http://g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/709223/Irrational-Games-Artists-Reimagine-Two-Iconic-Nintendo-Characters.html">G4tv</a>, and <a href="http://irrationalgames.com/insider/showcase-irrational-artists-in-their-free-time/">Irrational Games!</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Once again we opted to do a redesign of some of our favorite characters, I somehow ended up in a world where <b><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samus_Aran">Samus Aran</a>, from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid">Metroid</a>, fought in WW2 for the allies.</b> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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The twist: choose a Pixar character and make em into a warrior. I remember reading somewhere that the working title for Wall-E was "Trash Planet" and thought it would be cool to make an 80's B-movie poster of that. <br /><br />It's Wall- E meets Mad Max!<br /><br />Happy Turkey Day!<br /><br /><br />-----jlJorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-70925470439597912422010-10-26T12:23:00.005-05:002010-11-01T15:11:17.247-05:00Scupltris Experiments in 3Dimensions<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1394/5117742545_79cd403db1_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 471px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1394/5117742545_79cd403db1_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />So I'm obsessed with <a href="http://www.sculptris.com/">Sculptris</a>. Its the first 3d program that truly feels intuitive and easy to use for non 3d artists. Seconds from opening the program I was making things that <span style="font-weight:bold;">looked</span> like things. All too often I find myself fumbling with commands and learning how to simply rotate the object in 3d, with Sculptris it feels natural and easy to "get" It doesn't seem like a full blown 3d solution but its fun as hell.<br /><br />This guy took about an afternoon from Sculptris to Photoshop.<br /><br /><br />-----jlJorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-34173980288922440702010-09-21T15:45:00.003-05:002010-09-21T16:42:49.373-05:00In Soviet Russia, Robot Lenin wears YOU!Check out my Threadless submission and take some time to vote for it:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/297919/In_Soviet_Russia_Robot_Lenin_Shirt_wears_YOU?streetteam=CTM" title="In Soviet Russia, Robot Lenin Shirt wears YOU!!! - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More"><img src="http://www.threadless.com/subbanner/297919/banner1.png" width="220" height="119" border="0" alt="In Soviet Russia, Robot Lenin Shirt wears YOU!!! - Threadless T-shirts, Nude No More"/></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://media.threadless.com/subs/big/297919.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 640px; height: 418px;" src="http://media.threadless.com/subs/big/297919.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />=<br />=<br />=<br />=Jorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-21942969228798698862010-08-29T19:51:00.005-05:002010-08-31T11:49:32.445-05:00Gouken<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4939473493_9f8933f0e0_z.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 427px; height: 640px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4095/4939473493_9f8933f0e0_z.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />So for once I poked <a href="http://carlosillustration.blogspot.com/">Carlos</a> about doing a random drawing for our blogs. I thought a Street Fighter theme is as good as any. Carlos chose Gouken for me to draw, I'm still waiting on his Cammy.<br /><br />I might do more of these, I have a Blanka kicking around my sketch book...<br />=<br />=<br />=<br />=<br />=<br />=<br />JLJorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14482990.post-22540044492052042292010-08-23T23:46:00.007-05:002010-08-24T10:46:19.247-05:00Harmony<a href="http://mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/">Harmony</a> is a browser based drawing program developed by "<a href="http://mrdoob.com/">mrdoob</a>" and I'm kind of addicted. <br /><br />Here are a few doodles:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4922071691_c20191ece1_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 602px; height: 1024px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4120/4922071691_c20191ece1_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4922672754_80ae7d5032_b.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 602px; height: 1024px;" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4139/4922672754_80ae7d5032_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />If you check it out make sure to link me your results!<br /><br />Via <a href="http://one1more2time3.wordpress.com">Hans Bacher</a><br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />-<br />JLJorge@jlacera.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01979684780746240688noreply@blogger.com5