Phillippine Independence Day!

Finally finished my "Captain" painting.  And coincidently, today happens to be Philippine Independence day!  Anyways, there were a few minor things that were changed since the last update, but overall, I had a lot of fun with this one!  Enjoy.

"Oh Captain, my Captain!"

SubZERO Festival

Every first Friday of the month, there is an art walk that takes place in downtown San Jose.  Today, was a bit different in that it was the opening night of the 7th annual SubZERO Festival. It was an evening of art, music, and culture, as a street stretching 3-blocks, was filled with vendor booths, food trucks and live music.  

There was one booth, in particular, promoting an upcoming Chalk Art Festival and encouraged people to grab some pastels and go nuts, right on the street!  Being in that type of environment, completely surrounded in art and creativity, I couldn't resist the urge to get down on the ground and participate.

out of all the open space, I chose a tight spot
in between an alien creature, and spiderman head.
photo by: Sheila Angeles

  

my small chalk art contribution
(I tried working around the spiderman head)

it's no fun unless you wear it!

"Captain" Update!

So I've been slowly plugging away at the "Captain" concept.  It seems to be coming along well.  I showed my sister the concept along with my progress thus far, and she got a good laugh from it! So I know I'm in the right direction.  Anyway, I'm starting to flesh out the concept to a where I have it "inked" or line drawn, and have the armor painted.  More to come soon!

Captain Ame....Wait, Who?!

So lately, I've been on somewhat of a superhero trend/theme as my girlfriend and I have been watching a lot of superhero movies.  One of those movies we saw when it was released was Captain America 2: The Winter Soldier.  A short while after watching the film, my girlfriend cracked a joke, and mentions something about a "Captain Philippines."  Then, it suddenly occurred to me that, along with Captain America, the Marvel Universe also has a Captain Britain.  Then I thought, "What if there were other superheroes like Captain America & Britain, but from other countries?  Captain (fill in the blank)."  I soon realized that my girlfriend's initial joke would make for an interesting/amusing concept.

"Captain Philippines" Concept

So this is the concept sketch I came up with.  The costuming was based mostly off of Captain America.  I had a few other costume design ideas as I was sketching it out, but decided to keep the simple design, as I thought it worked best.  The shield is still up-in-the-air.  I haven't decided on how the shield will look at this point, or if it will even be circular in shape.  I'm definitely looking forward to how this eventually turns out.  I'll keep updates with my progress.  Thanks, enjoy! 

THE Fair Lady

May 4th marked what would have been the 85th birthday of Audrey Hepburn.  So I thought I'd do my own little (belated) birthday tribute to the beautiful Academy Award-winning actress. Although I'm not a huge fan, I've always wanted to do some type of portrait of the film icon.

Fan Art

It's been a while since the last post, but the inspiration and motivation has been a bit inadequate.  The other day, I was just browsing around on deviantArt and got a random spark of inspiration from a portrait/pinup.  I decided to do a speed painting just to get into the painting motion.  Later, I eventually decided to turn my speed painting into a superhero portrait.  This was due to the small superhero kick that my girlfriend and I have been on.  Recently, we watched (not in one night) the new "Captain America 2" film in the theater, as well as "The Wolverine" and "Pacific Rim" on dvd.  So as a result, I ended up with a painting of X-Men's, Rogue.  Enjoy!

Remembering Nelson Mandela

"Everyone can rise above their own circumstances and achieve success if they are dedicated to and passionate about what they do."

 --Nelson Mandela

1918-2013