from sketches to Name Slate

Been doing a lot of sketching lately. A lot of the time in different styles to get out of my comfort zone. Earlier today i drew a character I made when i was younger, and the way i drew it blew my mind, considering it was so different from the way i usually draw. Later on in the night, I'm at Jack Astors with a couple of my buddies, thinking of some old characters I had from when i was little. Decided to draw one on the paper table cloth with crayons..In that same style I mentioned earlier ... I LOVED IT!! After that the concept just snowballed and now a couple of them are gonna be the stars of my Name Slate for my digital tools class. I think theres a lot of potential here.

comments are appreciated! :D

1st day of ANIMATION

So i had my first character design class today, We were told to draw a character, simple enough to animate for our next class, I did a couple sketches, but this is my favorite one, i think this is the one I'm going with.

I shall name him Gekk-OH!

Comments are very much appreciated.

Last day of summer...

Okay its 1:14am...technically not summer anymore anyways, but hey got some nice sketches done! I'm taking a short break off my comic "Divine Rebirth" and going back to work on my comic about the superhero angel *The White Phantom" <-- working name

Here's a concept sketch of the main character in superhero form, I'm trying a more DC comic style approach on it.

Enjoy! :D

Sketching...good timess

The past couple days seem to be pretty eventful, got some post-able sketches to display. A notable sketch of Leo's rival Virgil is shown, and some refinement of my character Lord Aleron Magnus for my comic Divine Rebirth.

Good direction?

To me this painting is done, kinda don't know what else to do with it. It is only a test, and forced me to learn a lot.

Feedback is appreciated, please tell me if I'm going in the right direction with this piece.

Thank you

Leo colour testing

Been working on a simpler version of the character model so its easier to animate later. to I decided to try to do a cell shaded colour test. Although its still not finished, it was a good opportunity to log my progress. Feedback is definitely appreciated on this one.

LEO

Character sheet for Leonardo Belmonte, better refined

Evelyn - refined a bit

My character Evelyn Arkwright in my comic "Divine Rebirth"

refined her a little bit in the last couple of days, heres the two costumes i designed for her.

Character refined

This is a more refined concept of my character,

Syntherian General - Ossian Renaldus,

One of twenty generals under Lord Aleron's command.

upcoming work

I've been trying to work on concepts for "Divine Rebirth" but I've also been working. Having a job at a moving company is very time consuming. Any-who, new stuff is in the works, from more refined versions of the main characters, to some speed/matte paintings of environments in their world.

You guys can expect a couple drawings tonight at the soonest.

Leo revamped

So I decided to change a couple things I didn't like about Leonardo Belmonte's costume and weapon. This will probably not be the final concept, but I liked what came out of it, enjoy.

Update - Divine Rebirth

More character concept sketches for my new comic "Divine Rebirth". A breif summary is included with this update.

A regular student named Leonardo Belmonte, is just about to graduate from high school. He is then faced with traumatically losing his closest friend (Evelyn Arkwright) and also his life to a mysterious figure while walking home from school one day. Leo is severely hurt and loses consciousness in the attack.

When he awakes, he finds himself taken into a world behind our seemingly ordinary one and is forced to learn how to live in it, with newly found abilities given to him by an ethereal lord, all while trying to find his beloved friend Eve.

Here are some of the characters in the comic

These are not final designs, but they are going in the right direction :) enjoy

Done-ski

So I just finished second sem of art fundementals, two weeks of vacation then back to school to finish my english credit.

Time to get an update on my blog :D

White Phantom costume design revised

This was done one almost a month ago. I needed a more updated look on the White Phantom's costume so I looked at some reference pictures. Looking over ancient roman armor and old painting of St. Micheal I found what I was looking for then did some quick concept sketches. Here's the final product of that thought process, hope you enjoy.

Update soon

I am working on another comic now which i dubbed "Divine Blood" I have a team set up helping me out with it so yea, the going is good, non-stop drawing, THAT's ANIMATION.

In the past week I've gotten a good amount of drawings in a docket, and they will be posted either today, tomorrow or in the next week, be sure to check it out.

Awesome

So, I found out earlier this week I have a conditional offer to get into Sheridan's BBA Animation course. So i need my english course and painting course to take in to summer. Other then that I am in.

Oh btw, I got a score of 3.31 out of 4 on my portfolio, honestly I'm not impressed with my score all that much i was hoping for something a lot higher. Considering the stuff I worked really hard on didn't get very good scores, and the stuff I slacked big time on got all 4's...kinda weird because that happend to a lot of people. But I'm not complaining too much, I'm just happy i made it in this year.

Immortalis Prologue revised

Immortalis

Sired by an archangel and thrust into a world of darkness and chaos, Nathaniel is a sixteen year old facing the burden of a man. With no memory of his divine past and no knowledge of his super human abilities he must single-handedly divert the world from it’s doomed path.

Nathan emerges on the outskirts of the large city New Zion, his nigh impossible journey through worlds leaving him drained. An Old Martial Arts teacher finds him injured with burns and lacerations all over his body. The teacher rushes the boy to his dojo intending to revive him, but once they arrive, he finds no trace of Nathan’s wounds. Upon regaining consciousness, the old martial arts teacher comes to the conclusion that the boy is an amnesiac, knowing only his own name.

After seeing Nathan’s regenerative abilities, the teacher finds himself eager to test the boy for other unique traits, and in time hone those abilities. Nathan, having no where else to go, decides to accept the old man’s training and shelter. The martial arts teacher insists Nathan receive a proper education, and arrangements are made. Over the weeks, the old teacher grows to trust the young man as well as admire his abilities and they fall into a routine.

One evening Nathan is heading to a convenience store to pick up a bag of milk. As he walks up the ally he spots a girl caught in a brawl with fifteen mobsters. Now, seeing people in fights is normal in this city, but the completely unnecessary number of mobsters fighting one teenage girl throws him off a bit. Before he even thinks to step in he does a quick survey of the ally, looking for cars trying to figure out how these big guys even got here in the first place.

Due to his logistical conundrum he fails to notice the girl losing her battle, sound of guns brings his attention back. Who are these men and how dare they treat this girl with such needless brutality? He remembers his master’s teachings of chivalry, and steps in to help- just as the mobsters form a firing squad before the girl.

Nathan is the sort of boy who would sacrifice the world for a pretty face.

He runs in front of the guns, thinking only of the girl’s safety, his body taking in round after round of bullets. The girl and men look at the seemingly insane young man, their expressions ranging from shock to mild annoyance. A moment of stillness passes, and then the metallic sound of raining pellets fill the ally. The bullets fall out of Nathan, leaving him bloody and torn- but alive.

He remains still like nothing has happened, the hardened mobsters reload their guns and cock them back again. They continue to attack him, using fists, guns, and any manner of weapon they could improvise. Calmly, Nathan puts his teachings to practice, and through a combination of discipline, and what appears to be divine intervention, he survives and protects his charge. As another round of bullets is fired at him, the atmosphere in the alley shifts drastically.

Nathan stares down his opponents, his eyes white, ethereal smoke radiating from them. Nathan raises his hand and every bullet that is flying at him shatters. He grins and disappears from sight. One by one the mobsters get thrown back and wrapped around streetlights and cars.

Hana stands there betwixt the incredulous sight and she begins to wonder who and what Nathan is. The last mobster lands on the hood of a car as Nathan appears in front of Hana; she mumbles, "Who are you?" and then slowly collapses. With a serene expression Nathan looks at her face and carries her off into the city’s smoggy night- searching for a hospital.

Whichever mobsters were left with their minds intact return to their boss, Lorenzo. They report that they were attacked on the mission. Lorenzo grabs hold of one, picks him up by the neck and yells, "Do I have to kill this girl myself? We are losing business because of a kid!" The hulking mass of a man quivers in Lorenzo’s grasp. The boss continues, "Find this kid! I want him dead! Done! DEAD YOU HEAR ME!" The other mobsters are riled up, they morph and make strange animal-like war cries; growing wings that tear at the seems of their fine suits. These inhuman creatures are disguised demons, sent to destroy human civilizations with the modern vices of gang violence and crime.

After this debacle, Nathan begins his path to a high school diploma. Traversing the hallways he sees a familiar face- the girl from the ally. He learns her name is Hana. She doesn't recognize him at first; her eyes were badly bruised at their first encounter. He decides to take advantage of this and keep his identity as her rescuer a secret. Never the less, she is suspicious of him.

As the son of an archangel, Nathan is earthbound with a sacred duty to protect the earth. He will become a man through the trials and tribulations of a life dedicated to the protection of others. He will find few moments of peace and happiness, the hardships in his life piling up on eachother. Despite all this, he will survive and perform his duty.

Story Written by : Marc Pinheiro

Edited by: Michelle Pinochet, Sonya Thorton

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