Out and about in LA: Seeing the Site

 

My best friend Emil came down from Chicago to hang out a bit and we did some site seeing. We went to the wax museum and we walked around Hollywood a bit. It was good fun.

Universal Stories: Video Samples

Still pushing forward with the airbrush. I was told by some of the older artists that work here, that it could actually take months to get really good at the airbrush. I still have issues with making nice precise lines and doing any form of detail. Its actiallu pretty frustrating.

The other issue that is really important is speed. It takes me about 15-20 minutes to finish a couple. Not good in amusement park caricatures cause the faster you are the happier the customer will be and the more money you will make cause you are able to get people in and out of the chair fairly fast.

I been having a little pressure on the job to get good, as fast as possible, and to get my speed up as soon as possible. Speed and ability also seem to effect hours and location you will get to work in. The fastest and most skilled also get the best hours and get to work inside the park where there are often a lot more customer.

I guess thats how it is sometimes.

Anyway i wanted to share this video of Alex Casanova Airbrushing some customers. He just finished drawing 6 people and is now coloring them. It takes him literally 1 minute to add color to the face. He later goes back and adds shadows and details depending on how he feels. and time restraints.

My Career in Animation: Experiencing the industy

Sometimes I feel a lot like an out of work actor. I am finding the animation industry to be tricky. Everytime I look at  job application or job board I feel like I need to go back to school.   I am really determined though to make things work without having to do that.  Lets just face it, the job hunt can be a little overwhelming at time. All I can think to do is just keep drawing.

Here are a few character designs I been working on. Playing arounf with things. tried drawing a larger version of the sketch and coloring it.

I really want to add some new material to my portfolio. Some of the stuff I want to focus on is story boards, more character design, Visual development (thats a new word I learned at the CTN).  The hardest part is knowing where to start.

Pin Up of the Week: Just Sketching

So I wont be posting pinups every single day. I want to do more well thought out artwork that speaks to my own heart so I may not even draw hot girls that often. (sorry guys.) Some drawings may not even be fully realized. I might even just draw a comic strip. Regardless of what the choice is for this day I will post some form of personal creation of some sort.

Originally I had wanted to go back to my old format where I picked a character and drew them everyday for 7 days but I think I will approach things differently. I do have a few things like that are sitting around cause I wanted to do a daily pinup, but my ideas changed. So i will post those things this week and move on to something else.

I NEED A SCANNER! May need to do something about that soon. I had to photograph this sketch so sorry for the bad quality.

~Arie

Out and about in LA: Visiting the Little Tokyo

This is my second time in little Tokyo. This time i went to Kinokuniya bookstore. Originally I was supposed to meet up with 3 other artists for a little meet and greet and maybe some drawing time.  Things didn't work out that way though. Only one person showed up. One person over slept and the other was forced to sit by the phone and wait on a call for a job.

None the less it was a fun little excursion. Only stayed for about an hour then grabbed lunch and headed home. They had a nice wide selection art books, Manga, and even artist drawing materials.  I however, don't remember the Kinokuniya in NYC being this expensive. Maybe when I actually have some cash I will buy something. In the mean time check out some of the pictures.

Being there was a weird experience. I have loved and enjoyed anime a long time but I felt a bit overwhelmed by all the material they had there. I over the years have given anime a bit of a back seat cause I wasn't seeing a huge variety books that were rocking my world.  

~Arie

                                                    I like these marvel anime characters!

               One of the friends I was with turned me on to Tiger & Bunny. Gotta check out the anime.

                                                       Smallest color pencils I ever seen!!

                                                   More manga than I have seen in a while.

                           I thought this book was hella cool! I kinda wanted it but it was like $45.

                                                                  CUTE!!! So Kawaii!

Thats all folks now Go the f*ck To sleep. lol You should look youtube and check out the audio of this book read by Samuel L. Jackson.