tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37125201841263623222024-02-19T14:18:58.954-08:00blog is fun to say, isnt it?danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-14520856732499941222013-02-16T17:32:00.002-08:002013-02-16T17:32:27.081-08:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-35498680048209867462013-01-14T11:58:00.000-08:002013-01-14T12:00:38.105-08:00ReelMy animation reel from Team Toon<br />
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Just a sneak peak at a new project in the works, based on an old stuffed toy of mine.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-61327305462164778472012-08-10T16:27:00.000-07:002012-08-10T16:27:08.336-07:00Not Without My MoustacheHere is the film I helped design and color the backgrounds for<br />
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<br /></div><div>Finished this last month, for client www.bar1nyc.com
<br />It was originally a radio ad. They decided, along with many of their other ads, that they wanted an animated version to put on their website, and contacted me.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">
<br /></span></div><div>I tried to do a storyboard first to get an idea down, but it wasn't working. I needed to create the characters first. The dialogue in the audio moves the story along, I thought, so I needed to put faces to the voices first before doing anything else. I had to get past many ideas before settling on the final design, and I had to please my client.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">
<br /></span></div><div>The biggest hurdle was getting past myself. At the beginning I was just thinking too hard about it, I was putting too much of my own biases in it. (I just kinda detested the mayor character. I wanted to make him as ugly as possible, or as stupid as possible.) In the end I am pleased with his design. He's not ugly, per se, but he's sumg. And a little dumb. (left vs. right hand). He's looks like a mix between Nixon and a Kennedy. He was certainly fun to animate, I loved drawing his facial expressions.</div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFvymRPZWts6IIW1cSmvXENNKtdpg_n3AWRLJPCunbrHAfxkQGZQdEGCesWnX1EEbwBdkIow2layMXQP1uDBPM7I_Yx6QUHmWHrivWjvPcQcb-ZsKG2LOm5P72bgVwNzMxUnGDwOwiFjqB/s200/mayortear.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641923283095334434" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px; " /></span></div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "></span><div>Early in the design phase, I had a hand-puppet motif going on, which is why it's mostly heads. The animation would have looked pretty much the same except the characters would have arms sticking out of their bums. I decided it was just simpler to have them as people. Again, I was thinking too hard about it.</div><div>The female character was a bit easier to design. I figured her purpose (visually) was to make the mayor look bad. The rhino is probably my favorite unused design. I just love the idea of an adorable little rhino reporter with a sawed-off horn. The oxpecker (bird) on her back would have fulfilled the mic's duty in the animation.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbYkH8i05ddjL_k4i34rdsmraKQ7R6IJC9fRrGzKWxsaS4JGYw2cbglYmy7v-sDgHaL_pQlvqlVUko_YALss7YHQWqIE106KHBbuMlB-lJxihfN9eWaSy1ejYY19JnFI0Nf87HDeGr1UAu/s200/aidetear.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641926780903884866" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 154px; height: 200px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); ">
<br /></span></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-76178423898142151792011-06-01T17:34:00.000-07:002011-06-01T17:52:21.077-07:00Another school project<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJreg7HL3w3AOPx7IHyfgkmuyOutSgnnQ076AriTtHzToJDOlmXsZfljtdaG31RQcaqgNFT3wlJgqa1FiSUvQs98CrjF-X0ghEewBbOieB32QeOwH_PtiokrWe4oJAAICS5yaWMvtdP6Y/s1600/manbird.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJJreg7HL3w3AOPx7IHyfgkmuyOutSgnnQ076AriTtHzToJDOlmXsZfljtdaG31RQcaqgNFT3wlJgqa1FiSUvQs98CrjF-X0ghEewBbOieB32QeOwH_PtiokrWe4oJAAICS5yaWMvtdP6Y/s200/manbird.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613417823323866546" /></a><br />THis one in particular was an open ended assignment, so i decided to create a model sheet of sorts for this one charcter I've been kicking around for a year or so. It's not much of a character yet, but I love his/her design. It's a half man, half bird thing which excels in the creepy department. I have some other sketches of him in some sketchbook, I would have to dig it out. Included are also scenes he/she could reside in. I had fun designing those, trying to leave little details like bones and crap. Birds of prey don't just toss their left over bones over the side of the nest, they pretty much just eat them and wait for them to come out, or they just leave them there and it becomes another part of the nest. However, I do feel this creature is more vulture like than anything else, so it may not kill too much prey. But i did create a terrible (It's not that bad, just not enough time was put into it) animated film about it feeding a baby, which was fun to do in less than a month of class time (about twelve to thirteen hours total, i think).<div><br /><div>Here is the aforementioned animation. I posted months ago, but I'll repost it again for the sake of the convenience.</div><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9CK1j2yOYI">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9CK1j2yOYI</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I really need to get back into animating. It's fun and cathartic to do sometimes. I've been just so focused on drawing drawing and painting, lately, I haven't been able to do it. Buth this summer, I will animate!!</div></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-14599201973269533862011-06-01T17:09:00.001-07:002011-06-01T17:26:11.103-07:00It's that time again, is it?<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 17px; ">I've reached and surpassed a school year's end, to find myself a graduate from the Fashion Institute of Technology. Hooray!! I will now post my some of my favorite pieces and sketches. I've always been fond of sketching, and my dream job is to just fill a moleskin sketchbook a day. I would love that more than anything.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 17px; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size: 17px; "><div>Mentor Project</div><div>This was a fun project. I had to choose an illustrator as a mentor, and I chose the talented Allan Norico. This semester we helped flesh out this non-existent cartoon featuring space cowboys, desert planets, and other cool nonsense. This particular project I had to design a scene with a bartender, some bottles, and other props.</div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Im2CYs-Dp9QzB-Xb4v4wGZGMqn6BndjqV5zptBMuLreV0ItVXDWsULFtQHvckpApGPbZQKKgglXwkq9okH29909FZcCnbwr6QLnzQNE-rbRHVlED2WX8ionjNfJ7evLORKp23Wxp1qVd/s1600/bartender.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 148px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Im2CYs-Dp9QzB-Xb4v4wGZGMqn6BndjqV5zptBMuLreV0ItVXDWsULFtQHvckpApGPbZQKKgglXwkq9okH29909FZcCnbwr6QLnzQNE-rbRHVlED2WX8ionjNfJ7evLORKp23Wxp1qVd/s200/bartender.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613410677987169842" /></a>I truly had the most fun designing everything for it. The characters, the bottles, even other types of props that I did not end up using. I like the final product, but I still feel it's missing something, I just don't know what. Maybe some little extra details to set it into that particular type of universe. I was going for a "wild west" feel, with some sense of hodge-podge technology. I think that comes out better in another project I did for my mentor, which was designing guns for the characters in this universe, but that will be for another post. Enjoy the concept sketches for this illustration below.<br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qlJd5D-x1duR_8jdnGmFJM6C6e6yKlTQJTZse_uR1JG0eVHxMJI8UFnzs-mOMZC29B29_-0UX02sd-kr7S6TUeYyam2qcnq2O-2qD7sRUp9jsGonEWlgUIdRNkCOrnVkUXXZFKTaw_2y/s1600/bartenderscene+0052.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_qlJd5D-x1duR_8jdnGmFJM6C6e6yKlTQJTZse_uR1JG0eVHxMJI8UFnzs-mOMZC29B29_-0UX02sd-kr7S6TUeYyam2qcnq2O-2qD7sRUp9jsGonEWlgUIdRNkCOrnVkUXXZFKTaw_2y/s200/bartenderscene+0052.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613408302795138530" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCi1jYaiXF7IPv4P5yiq21Z_xia373J9-BlJ9juw2cA4ePiFhfrikc49fHtmcrKf2LyhjuWlX2XCdAXwKMUnF5LA09gJ0XC2iFHM5w07lM6M8pLBqUVjHgGhKmB-gF8LjAzW5Ixth6KJ4/s1600/bartenderscene+0032.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRCi1jYaiXF7IPv4P5yiq21Z_xia373J9-BlJ9juw2cA4ePiFhfrikc49fHtmcrKf2LyhjuWlX2XCdAXwKMUnF5LA09gJ0XC2iFHM5w07lM6M8pLBqUVjHgGhKmB-gF8LjAzW5Ixth6KJ4/s200/bartenderscene+0032.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613408304139316082" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S8qyiEaXGtjC6hV0jOLLJeH4diNIsE_JwtuxE10-HloXdWnv4LMBLmEg3S5g1tZgnqpIEFv1i03lDC5q9vYSy2ShIbKFCaElyhO1HsAQgtq1HCkMnkyVCdVkoGR3KCk4QvEQGfuTdX9M/s1600/bartenderscene+0062.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7S8qyiEaXGtjC6hV0jOLLJeH4diNIsE_JwtuxE10-HloXdWnv4LMBLmEg3S5g1tZgnqpIEFv1i03lDC5q9vYSy2ShIbKFCaElyhO1HsAQgtq1HCkMnkyVCdVkoGR3KCk4QvEQGfuTdX9M/s200/bartenderscene+0062.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613407181654515282" /></a></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQUtp-CEPhkPXR7i6aWNy4oaqCpw1nhk-d0dPZcbOwZwEbt28iNLel86bLS6fL3vz5gKsSJiXmL3zvy8VQMMgnVhkO6j8dUeR5Bclp1IKSt8_o03ht6bZLijBYcAei2v4CJvsNVKKmPrLu/s200/tearsheet04.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613406152628528930" /><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWwb0gT18yVGsqWu3e_I6W9UaU4B4Ec2y-FI50RnsdTDeahDJt094RxtpVBMRYUrcRnKH7SKINdNTUoS3m2SBBvi2pUiIFwHZ7O8qet4nDAGDwChYp6iNLOyPQl2FD3sXBSQmBnA1uwrh/s200/bartenderscene+0072.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 163px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613408299337611378" /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHrhA37H69DPocRZs5Uxnkg58QrYk5gny4wC7vAlgbxSkaiR6n8P1zu9QDad6nYkINXeD491vAqas5_kGWzPnq3S1GIyq8uUze14WUrooxwgjf2fx_us-olpl5Q0omRopU8SYFPYxKlc3/s1600/bartenderscene+0042.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 156px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBHrhA37H69DPocRZs5Uxnkg58QrYk5gny4wC7vAlgbxSkaiR6n8P1zu9QDad6nYkINXeD491vAqas5_kGWzPnq3S1GIyq8uUze14WUrooxwgjf2fx_us-olpl5Q0omRopU8SYFPYxKlc3/s200/bartenderscene+0042.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5613402571848907330" /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-77507852797609829552010-07-27T09:00:00.000-07:002010-07-27T09:19:48.765-07:00Finals from last semester<img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg4sNaCyYM8cQlbQ_rv-OlpgzxxCg_KkOdTsQ2zf_dx-RCj1aYgG5CghmmBj4CcrF-VtkVCDNsHhXfVo0-fXqAuCjwxT1tOGVfZ0X0XGRAoFewHUbtHqqkjJULc7UarQmzTzLc18oyNspm/s200/IMG_1139.JPG" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 154px; height: 200px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498618710383806130" /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRC65adcxtixoQg7ABBnv_e2-aanXuqcQJRl6H87T9LoBgd-4CeasM0EY_ZJ6yqeigwEObh32ZhBD_5f4YgXvBuJFsOBhpfxLei-qnBsiBcbBiG9cNk0bxrBy1VC2MX6bJLOumPr8zntoE/s1600/IMG_1137.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRC65adcxtixoQg7ABBnv_e2-aanXuqcQJRl6H87T9LoBgd-4CeasM0EY_ZJ6yqeigwEObh32ZhBD_5f4YgXvBuJFsOBhpfxLei-qnBsiBcbBiG9cNk0bxrBy1VC2MX6bJLOumPr8zntoE/s200/IMG_1137.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498618142918797906" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div>Here are some finals i finished from last semester. One was supposed to be a surrealist painting, inspired by Fuseli's "The Nightmare" (go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nightmare to find out more). The woman on the bed is not the best she could be, had I reference of any sort for her It would have porbably looked a lot better. I don't think I managed my time very well for this particular piece, I should have at least used some sort of reference for her. But, this was one of my favorite paintings I've done. It took me many sketches to get to it, perhaps I will post those sketches some other time. For this one I did a rudimentary underpainting using oils and liquin; the under-painting was of the basic shapes of the characters and objects. It was finished with a thicker application of oils, but I have too keep in mind that perharps liquin should NOT be used under thicker coatings of oil, it might cause cracking in the future<br /><br />The other painting was supposed to focus on the play of light and shadow. This particular piece took a long time, as I had to take my own pictures of my references. I did a grisaille for it (a finished b&w under-painting) to help with my values since it tend to lose them when I paint. The second painting pretty much took all semester from conception to completion. Again, I used oils and 3 mediums to complete, two ofwhich were created in class using bought supplies.</div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-92123711143291848052010-05-21T16:56:00.001-07:002010-05-21T16:58:17.251-07:00newest animation everyeah<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9CK1j2yOYI&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/o9CK1j2yOYI&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-48978153157565952372010-05-03T19:54:00.000-07:002010-05-03T20:11:27.655-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFl0U_EUogyHwDBK7UDj_Dz8MgbB0ziC7vFfd3f07YOtTLQkVteksuhiQATFuUpKhRvBUjgbI4KEygCBKrajW-5fKZWmv4cxX9uSRwIyTsavW2KLGdx7qniQ3uI1tvRF3imltVTLwNYIo/s1600/dan_vasquezproject2.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFl0U_EUogyHwDBK7UDj_Dz8MgbB0ziC7vFfd3f07YOtTLQkVteksuhiQATFuUpKhRvBUjgbI4KEygCBKrajW-5fKZWmv4cxX9uSRwIyTsavW2KLGdx7qniQ3uI1tvRF3imltVTLwNYIo/s320/dan_vasquezproject2.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />Another dan vasquez smash hit! My digital painting class's project. The background definitely needs more work, but this piece is done. I shall touch it no more<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-28203399888377302562010-03-31T17:06:00.000-07:002010-03-31T17:11:05.248-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwmoy4thuhxfhKg1U5AMPZ_8hXka-0S7u39H2cioA1I0wEmLvYkq27GSl7aL603blQWF1EcKaXiuYC3ZLm29LegFTjBSXiQvgq92cqYNfHPFy3M11S1TgIKENfYTblQRYycyKfvNFWRXL/s1600/blckhead.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXwmoy4thuhxfhKg1U5AMPZ_8hXka-0S7u39H2cioA1I0wEmLvYkq27GSl7aL603blQWF1EcKaXiuYC3ZLm29LegFTjBSXiQvgq92cqYNfHPFy3M11S1TgIKENfYTblQRYycyKfvNFWRXL/s320/blckhead.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJuK4Gs8ocXpCoJqPOQCbJYIoTYYU6Vs2cgG5VXbmRreTpQFt5Wl0oHErOa5GvKoKVlqh63eHrxtwmZE54_L4VXFsaVeidpzaGadSAS7RyjDAs9rmLx7krlIfd9WqTn4htQhLvZDwCWOZ/s1600/ameoba.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJuK4Gs8ocXpCoJqPOQCbJYIoTYYU6Vs2cgG5VXbmRreTpQFt5Wl0oHErOa5GvKoKVlqh63eHrxtwmZE54_L4VXFsaVeidpzaGadSAS7RyjDAs9rmLx7krlIfd9WqTn4htQhLvZDwCWOZ/s320/ameoba.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0ytbAPCIJDryzWZgZerubk-24T7ZB9ITyZBjuakzCOA6sLj7Gux_Zs-2157sFl9ucAs8DOOJR-3wamBBhEAXYlOoYJThBZZhueLcdadKblANeQOZHqT6v4MrJBMogEXP5_WPVODcbBR9/s1600/crystalworld.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj0ytbAPCIJDryzWZgZerubk-24T7ZB9ITyZBjuakzCOA6sLj7Gux_Zs-2157sFl9ucAs8DOOJR-3wamBBhEAXYlOoYJThBZZhueLcdadKblANeQOZHqT6v4MrJBMogEXP5_WPVODcbBR9/s320/crystalworld.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />These were some of the distortion projects I did for one of my classes last semester. I really do love distorting the faces of models and fellow students. Ah, but the last one, with the crystals, was my independent project for the same class. It was pretty free in terms of subject and media, but it was based on J.G. Ballard's "The Crystal World", a novel about a jungle in deep Africa slowly crystallizing, turning any object, thing, person, or plant into a beautiful display of jeweled facets and lattices.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-56722328101855642942010-03-31T17:02:00.000-07:002010-03-31T17:02:52.729-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18D7mylbXZi7yr5aSQhZQRR6lO4r-rwubihmIkCklpRQx46jwYoqqE0OlqJQtqjbw785W8t8dKZCw-HCxh8n7brhRZQOo5yWOLFa4IQze2dA6hrxffvsrQ9Viv7rxMN9xoSIG8n9CO2ui/s1600/dunedunes.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh18D7mylbXZi7yr5aSQhZQRR6lO4r-rwubihmIkCklpRQx46jwYoqqE0OlqJQtqjbw785W8t8dKZCw-HCxh8n7brhRZQOo5yWOLFa4IQze2dA6hrxffvsrQ9Viv7rxMN9xoSIG8n9CO2ui/s320/dunedunes.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />This is the actually Dune desert scene finished. i realize now that I poseted the older version. I like the contrast better in this one, you can really feel the jagged, harshness of the Arrakis landscape.<br /><br />Which brings me over to the next image, which is the actual project I had to hand in. It was a four-page brochure based arounda theme. My theme was drawing concepts for Frank Herbert's Dune, a great sci-fi novel (I love it, but it can be pretty cheesey at times). I decided to do two illustrations, with two concept sketches. sadly, the latter illustration, while a scene from the story, lacks in style or completion the first illustration has. But it was a defintely fun project, glad i went with it.<br /><br /><div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQ3LG9QjNF724m9DHLUK4HKlJF1axIFBH2opda20DTJhZlBXt7aPimI0V3wyPLJFFwWHo2m1IQ9JkfoQPUZmIXqBiZNaLKdxL54W17NkZuwT0uZ5ojh9Z8Fs4DXx2VRlIMgYWbbAnLwgg/s1600/Dune_Vasquez.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIQ3LG9QjNF724m9DHLUK4HKlJF1axIFBH2opda20DTJhZlBXt7aPimI0V3wyPLJFFwWHo2m1IQ9JkfoQPUZmIXqBiZNaLKdxL54W17NkZuwT0uZ5ojh9Z8Fs4DXx2VRlIMgYWbbAnLwgg/s320/Dune_Vasquez.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-77334911560350340572010-03-29T21:16:00.000-07:002010-03-29T21:16:59.247-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoODYE9pH7fqYAwkWUU3ZvaZx9susImjllfeQefQKrU2YjlYfjZ-QS3goTXHpfV0kuyPClp6DxNJB8qF5cvOvMRZVMYPEo1U6MAkNP989OhnuWA2d7kd2AhvnBc7HjiEy__aCZ6zqg5aj/s1600/dunedunes.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUoODYE9pH7fqYAwkWUU3ZvaZx9susImjllfeQefQKrU2YjlYfjZ-QS3goTXHpfV0kuyPClp6DxNJB8qF5cvOvMRZVMYPEo1U6MAkNP989OhnuWA2d7kd2AhvnBc7HjiEy__aCZ6zqg5aj/s320/dunedunes.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />This was one of my favorite projects from last semester. I see some small errors now, but i was incredibly proud of what i used in this project. I had a basic illustration in Photoshop, imported it, the used the pen tool, gradient mesh, layer opacity, the works. Really loved the end result<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-2852566267018682112010-03-29T16:47:00.000-07:002010-03-29T16:48:08.683-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8pCAeZd7fwAvftVS2vwd36PeVDmF0-PxgW9PpryPdOk1ser0OUQpGAFq0mKadp_CLmWTP-V0JTqVIKjVy6v66r7p6dHOf04VG_KkqnyTFU2tYfprGEufYDxWB3L6_j2D2FRIdp0hRAHH/s1600/robotstompfinish.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA8pCAeZd7fwAvftVS2vwd36PeVDmF0-PxgW9PpryPdOk1ser0OUQpGAFq0mKadp_CLmWTP-V0JTqVIKjVy6v66r7p6dHOf04VG_KkqnyTFU2tYfprGEufYDxWB3L6_j2D2FRIdp0hRAHH/s320/robotstompfinish.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />By the time i got to this one, I was rushing to complete it. It's the weakest of the three spreads I feel, but defintely one of my favorites. There's a lof of detalis to the robot I'm not sure show too much in this image. Again, there are problems with the edges of shadows and highlights.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-31642506898932988512010-03-29T16:44:00.000-07:002010-03-29T16:44:32.777-07:00<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGsQXZ7A6ozBEjCcE_3b8tBh6yEiWLLPPmqhcE3tdJH601KZj37s9HWwamq07sW6zfsNv7kAcM2__OfqR9YRh99fxm4yN-L_c5LQKIoaVt3c1FtKM2BcCukpaB04j12-OD6ieOdM3IybX/s1600/munchspreadfinish.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHGsQXZ7A6ozBEjCcE_3b8tBh6yEiWLLPPmqhcE3tdJH601KZj37s9HWwamq07sW6zfsNv7kAcM2__OfqR9YRh99fxm4yN-L_c5LQKIoaVt3c1FtKM2BcCukpaB04j12-OD6ieOdM3IybX/s320/munchspreadfinish.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br /><br />This was my two page spread. All these illustrations were done using Adobe Illustrator. Not too sure how I feel for the end product, but I'm still pretty proud of it. There are some little problems here and there, mostly with the edges of shadows and higlights<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-21611486903235134972010-03-29T16:41:00.000-07:002010-03-29T16:41:16.262-07:00spread 3<div style='text-align:center;margin:0px auto 10px;'><a href='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PbiBU_Mc8INLebMflC9vuXSTXsnnQwOOGnp4fYebaiYv0FAs7_ndTCE97MWepeBdrfW-hWOhziE6InZGeyN-WbYzX1tXywrV4Yz5IvGRjjnfe3hyPkZiiJXrTxGmWVf_A4ndPw5zN8_N/s1600/farmercryingfinish.jpg'><img src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PbiBU_Mc8INLebMflC9vuXSTXsnnQwOOGnp4fYebaiYv0FAs7_ndTCE97MWepeBdrfW-hWOhziE6InZGeyN-WbYzX1tXywrV4Yz5IvGRjjnfe3hyPkZiiJXrTxGmWVf_A4ndPw5zN8_N/s320/farmercryingfinish.jpg' border='0' alt='' /></a> </div><br /><br />This was a project I did for school last semester, in my Book Illustration class. The story was about a farmer and some pesky rabbits, though I took some liberties with the story. Overall I quite enjoyed this project, and may consider book illustrationas a career option.<div style='clear:both; text-align:CENTER'><a href='http://picasa.google.com/blogger/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' style='border: 0px none ; padding: 0px; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 50%; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial;' align='middle' border='0' /></a></div>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-37403679489669344962008-07-22T14:29:00.001-07:002008-12-09T20:57:44.966-08:00New CharactersI started these guys just as simple shapes, and man, they grew into something I really liked. I dont know if there will be a story revolving around them, but I do have some ideas. All images Copyright 2008 by Daniel Vasquez. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislnDVUUHvVasGrWH23xrqrAk13SyRLuwekrqVcmvUPEvqJoetaVIobUOoKV3QoKL3RZ-MKZqXXdB4Z9ezvlnHxW1iUVqL7KhOGSSdI-88qmysJwlS1Y55J-63xv4Omcrka6S4k3X1zcSS/s1600-h/bully.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEislnDVUUHvVasGrWH23xrqrAk13SyRLuwekrqVcmvUPEvqJoetaVIobUOoKV3QoKL3RZ-MKZqXXdB4Z9ezvlnHxW1iUVqL7KhOGSSdI-88qmysJwlS1Y55J-63xv4Omcrka6S4k3X1zcSS/s200/bully.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225955011547440386" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48JApeVa-oTzZIzgppoIxB8m6vHo9STfUzDzqqAs_ZeKwv6Nw87sYcFowMZNLBYKcbSEBQKPPIHnEtEUBzvLBAxvA1rp6CTFr3vPgsGD_oMVpuLBdq7u3oaIS5CjCuAsRERtx9rXsQ-yf/s1600-h/littleboy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48JApeVa-oTzZIzgppoIxB8m6vHo9STfUzDzqqAs_ZeKwv6Nw87sYcFowMZNLBYKcbSEBQKPPIHnEtEUBzvLBAxvA1rp6CTFr3vPgsGD_oMVpuLBdq7u3oaIS5CjCuAsRERtx9rXsQ-yf/s200/littleboy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225955015728664130" /></a><br />Spongebob (C) viacom, not me.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpKL6p2HBOKupGrH_3t4sv1gb4Tm8NDrQ6mBj_Hen0nSAhqevjaemVMeQh-eDalRmp8gF19lZWvFL1mnD1ynNBfMYCdgX5DhncBp8pCqOyUuGGNCC6k0s4uSxhDEJCp6a_h9t-x7bLkeY/s1600-h/Trapberg1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpKL6p2HBOKupGrH_3t4sv1gb4Tm8NDrQ6mBj_Hen0nSAhqevjaemVMeQh-eDalRmp8gF19lZWvFL1mnD1ynNBfMYCdgX5DhncBp8pCqOyUuGGNCC6k0s4uSxhDEJCp6a_h9t-x7bLkeY/s200/Trapberg1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225955019991240530" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJrMQYaynCSqkhB14V6O1VfR76Mxp5lo_UzRFKiSUPB6uWKy5a4qOD76gisJmzRdP9NIYziwXplKvJDPYIZlqs3sAt_crv-YeVVfNwawvQw9pQpFcWhT3naMl4qF3z5YXATkJT05MQTD4/s1600-h/Trapberg2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAJrMQYaynCSqkhB14V6O1VfR76Mxp5lo_UzRFKiSUPB6uWKy5a4qOD76gisJmzRdP9NIYziwXplKvJDPYIZlqs3sAt_crv-YeVVfNwawvQw9pQpFcWhT3naMl4qF3z5YXATkJT05MQTD4/s200/Trapberg2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225955022774297570" /></a><br />Mario (C) Nintendo, not me.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-54159813906811950892008-06-16T13:09:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:57:45.095-08:00oh yeah..<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qvToX9uMh-JyJTFgiq1u3NwOqxGGiE77FmgJ-m35OXCFuYDOf3sXOfxZ8fiPxWQF9y88b2fgvZAuJ8UzpyX830QKWY-zlqtsP3ogtv92d5w4X2KMTYo2c8GeA2ChyLVY7meNOP-CSDQM/s1600-h/weirdo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5qvToX9uMh-JyJTFgiq1u3NwOqxGGiE77FmgJ-m35OXCFuYDOf3sXOfxZ8fiPxWQF9y88b2fgvZAuJ8UzpyX830QKWY-zlqtsP3ogtv92d5w4X2KMTYo2c8GeA2ChyLVY7meNOP-CSDQM/s320/weirdo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212574951924387522" /></a><br /><br />i had this drawing here i did in school i never finished. Not the best thing in the world, but it was fun to draw.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-26207489702387225552008-06-16T11:26:00.000-07:002008-06-16T13:09:20.675-07:00a little something...i had been making for a special someone. It's not finished of course, but it is proof that I'm animating this summer.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-fvkDb6LQVc&hl=en"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-fvkDb6LQVc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-48375079263671220902008-06-07T07:47:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:57:45.497-08:00new stuffsome new stuff on my computer i had started working on. the first two are related, one came before the other, the first being a sort of layout/color comp, the latter being a more finalized vision. The last is an idea i had in a sletchbook that i decided to recreate in color<br /><br />(C) Dan Vasquez 2008<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4cq5h_o1iU9xBJbDugTWOlGCARXU5QFXD95Pc9zcNtvx5t-Dt-_jMBHaZi8KMPiqiT4MztJHcWG9pRhXYO6mAMDgUMk6hFkcIyQrSKW-MSWXnlIukU0esqTMDV88Xqf1T6snMJ5VkTJe/s1600-h/nighttime1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-4cq5h_o1iU9xBJbDugTWOlGCARXU5QFXD95Pc9zcNtvx5t-Dt-_jMBHaZi8KMPiqiT4MztJHcWG9pRhXYO6mAMDgUMk6hFkcIyQrSKW-MSWXnlIukU0esqTMDV88Xqf1T6snMJ5VkTJe/s320/nighttime1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209152702779822130" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXS0Twy_p0r5zMdqN5pQ6r8BkRK-_weZForsrGvlz4pi0h8q84_cwkwovoMJWcd2HLUulZ9ooLqd9-QTcC0PNJO7GUHKRH7TH7Ncy1wpbt3fteVX2CYQhUQ82SqCiyFLl31lb3YOheB6ct/s1600-h/nighttime2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXS0Twy_p0r5zMdqN5pQ6r8BkRK-_weZForsrGvlz4pi0h8q84_cwkwovoMJWcd2HLUulZ9ooLqd9-QTcC0PNJO7GUHKRH7TH7Ncy1wpbt3fteVX2CYQhUQ82SqCiyFLl31lb3YOheB6ct/s320/nighttime2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209152713130891106" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisq9Yi-9KwNwbEI9IM08ZXKXPTfeH1VwX7s5L6vgiyN35hM51BbrMY_z_Ug363hdZO0LoLe_Wnn4Kozvyel_D0JP40GsGTG4on6nF7xlGD55_xLPYC1BieKsJOFZSSc_6Ut805aVUVn_FU/s1600-h/eyeball.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisq9Yi-9KwNwbEI9IM08ZXKXPTfeH1VwX7s5L6vgiyN35hM51BbrMY_z_Ug363hdZO0LoLe_Wnn4Kozvyel_D0JP40GsGTG4on6nF7xlGD55_xLPYC1BieKsJOFZSSc_6Ut805aVUVn_FU/s320/eyeball.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5209152725298650450" /></a>danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-86981119981414315602008-04-10T14:34:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:57:45.796-08:00More Photoshop Phun<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5rUHE4wNeh9HUb3JZdlFQnKXgAPt5HkS-LYCmFRj8__PavkH_JWKkdCwLmNUMT9wV_lGuBRa1Vaen3NKEYgtkIGUZAa-pTpL9xRQTVY2n0uOzSveRsC4cxpTzOYxzci7Gh3QYgaWnZ1h/s1600-h/cyberchick.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjm5rUHE4wNeh9HUb3JZdlFQnKXgAPt5HkS-LYCmFRj8__PavkH_JWKkdCwLmNUMT9wV_lGuBRa1Vaen3NKEYgtkIGUZAa-pTpL9xRQTVY2n0uOzSveRsC4cxpTzOYxzci7Gh3QYgaWnZ1h/s200/cyberchick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187733392372253842" /></a><br />Drawn and colored in Photoshop. It's about existentialism or something.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AtuLoDio3D4OR3eyKktW6G4j6wSV5bgIypueTvekeU5ZVwfyhvobrueqOT5zxYD46_KQPmYyM5ql8OmHaEPTREvN6LMYw-3dcsqv_J3Mgb-aTya1fGl5QSAYk5IbpZp-pjmJ4VGNXt1E/s1600-h/Lovrecraft.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4AtuLoDio3D4OR3eyKktW6G4j6wSV5bgIypueTvekeU5ZVwfyhvobrueqOT5zxYD46_KQPmYyM5ql8OmHaEPTREvN6LMYw-3dcsqv_J3Mgb-aTya1fGl5QSAYk5IbpZp-pjmJ4VGNXt1E/s200/Lovrecraft.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5187733400962188450" /></a><br />Making a lovecraftian creature with photoshop took a few hours, first to find resources and about 2 hours to make the image. I used an actual octopus picture to make the tentacles underwater, a shark (obviously), a spider's head for the eyes, and an image of an octupus done in cgi. I found all of these using google, and all rights are reserved to the proper owners.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-3824912724293802312008-03-11T08:04:00.000-07:002008-12-09T20:57:45.862-08:00tentacle chick<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-dmNEl692180-qG84nbr_jmS545NmVp3cJ126UvsIp7zV32hIwQVI2_9TpCGLiulUx9ORRmQOh6rlcEx4vVfAQnEfMPGBYGDXcRd9OgMKMTDjY8INBnpPZwsygJsVSOYX7N8wHiYn0Cy/s1600-h/chick.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP-dmNEl692180-qG84nbr_jmS545NmVp3cJ126UvsIp7zV32hIwQVI2_9TpCGLiulUx9ORRmQOh6rlcEx4vVfAQnEfMPGBYGDXcRd9OgMKMTDjY8INBnpPZwsygJsVSOYX7N8wHiYn0Cy/s200/chick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5176500813327162210" /></a><br />Another project from Photoshop class, mastering some of the simpler things like layers, clonestamping, and just using the freaking paintbrush. I doubt i'm gonna learn any real new techniques in this class, but we'll see. Still got another half of a semester left.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-41748578824390416882008-02-28T14:39:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:57:46.964-08:00PhotoshopSo now in FIT i have to take a photoshop class with the biggest tool as the teacher. He gives us one lesson, and then tells us to play around with for 3 hours. Anyways here's some of the work:<br />(C) Dan Vasquez 2007-2008<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIOnpSnhbH6G1kNKD4YTU9QfzuXH7cBMjdftzvtv4u7EUaDbhvszZhgqYU07eXmRcn5f3Egn9kmnAlvOSk69oDfwLY9hWc9d-bjZa-rthqAm7Mc1QZFVrLRn26XpMhwC5NxeohZCYywRI/s1600-h/chancy2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIOnpSnhbH6G1kNKD4YTU9QfzuXH7cBMjdftzvtv4u7EUaDbhvszZhgqYU07eXmRcn5f3Egn9kmnAlvOSk69oDfwLY9hWc9d-bjZa-rthqAm7Mc1QZFVrLRn26XpMhwC5NxeohZCYywRI/s200/chancy2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172166825004399362" /></a><br />Learning how to color in photoshop! How astute! I mean, who would have thought? Anyways, at least it helped me refresh my painting skills. As simple as they are, they get the job done for cartoony things.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyYEbmTc82TBpLLBkq9tHlHBSb9uHAQCzdAVFrFQ9njppn8_ZwxYQm1wfVaUPFuOsyd2JyVzGWzVfyabqC9HyySJts-SxSc1lfDpw8AqzvTdmT4fhrH2GVqSrmG7mEITS5OZroo44lM71/s1600-h/danmouse.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQyYEbmTc82TBpLLBkq9tHlHBSb9uHAQCzdAVFrFQ9njppn8_ZwxYQm1wfVaUPFuOsyd2JyVzGWzVfyabqC9HyySJts-SxSc1lfDpw8AqzvTdmT4fhrH2GVqSrmG7mEITS5OZroo44lM71/s200/danmouse.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172166833594333970" /></a><br />The first coloring excercise, coloring a black and white drawing of a mouse. the thumbnail for some reason has strange colors<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpE31mYABKj_l9B4l30Gv5Y07eDw9Rzhf9nBnpSztKuLnvn9iVPIzidgJ06XGq7vn4PYpqj7Hy1su1h6v3SNZVtg_YWauROslp9T1arbza21s2I2-vnqBnUqmhza4SPlhmiNfUsiP3NQV/s1600-h/dan.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPpE31mYABKj_l9B4l30Gv5Y07eDw9Rzhf9nBnpSztKuLnvn9iVPIzidgJ06XGq7vn4PYpqj7Hy1su1h6v3SNZVtg_YWauROslp9T1arbza21s2I2-vnqBnUqmhza4SPlhmiNfUsiP3NQV/s200/dan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172166842184268578" /></a><br />After I got bored with the project below, i started making this using the cut-out filter and then drawing in the rest. Whee! Still working on it<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9ESV8J84Np4yWrwMxcVv3vooO_Vyw3FrEl5gNJ-ux29B2OmyEMrWGqpfsqjdB-l1GKHI5pGzZPi49vhZdHwJ0sQ7UGKKNufG5yvqBBwmI3vl6hu8FHf3WPAa2vWdRWkdPSJJjjGDtd1Q/s1600-h/DSC_0016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib9ESV8J84Np4yWrwMxcVv3vooO_Vyw3FrEl5gNJ-ux29B2OmyEMrWGqpfsqjdB-l1GKHI5pGzZPi49vhZdHwJ0sQ7UGKKNufG5yvqBBwmI3vl6hu8FHf3WPAa2vWdRWkdPSJJjjGDtd1Q/s200/DSC_0016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5172166850774203186" /></a><br />Oooh! Playing with colors, levels, and the curve tool! Oh, and a filter as well, for effect.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712520184126362322.post-79126239493769240332007-12-09T17:27:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:57:47.086-08:00christmas card<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTlUAqvdOeL4-P_7efZfTFpofVzlqM0SDuzqxDr-gRV43wsBEIby529fZU2HqaANjo2ZfgO6Z2rNmqxxKy0GCk34WdAoKR5w8fqb-xNdzX10xlXY2UUs3T5sl8sto45z5NLE-R_eWxXiw/s1600-h/final1.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTlUAqvdOeL4-P_7efZfTFpofVzlqM0SDuzqxDr-gRV43wsBEIby529fZU2HqaANjo2ZfgO6Z2rNmqxxKy0GCk34WdAoKR5w8fqb-xNdzX10xlXY2UUs3T5sl8sto45z5NLE-R_eWxXiw/s200/final1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5142151935973482610" /></a><br />An image i did for my drawing the fashion image. It was a fun class, the teacher defintely knew his stuff. He offered great critiques. It took me a while to realize what the class was about, because im so used to just drawing what i see instead of exaggerating (sp?).<br /><br />Anyway, here's the final project. It was an xmas card that had a hole in the center, revealing part of the picture, and when you open it, you see the rest.danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09172190648187906314noreply@blogger.com4