Capture

This is a fast illustration I did for myself. Was trying out new things. (Done in: photoshop CS) I;m still looking for a job, hope to find one soon.

Dyno Might

This was a fast illustration painting I did as an experiment. I was trying to get it done in 2 days or less. Spent most of my day on it. There's stuff id really like to fix, but I gave myself a time limit, so here it is! (Done in : Acrylic Paint, 16X20)     Feed back appreciated.

Rise Drawing

This was an illustration done for my junior college class. They wanted me to hide my signature,a bar code, and finger print somewhere in the drawing. :D  See if you can find them! (Done in: Charcoal pencil, 18X24)  Check out my stories page. I have an archive, been looking to add more of them from there.

Rocky Demon Mountain Sauce

A really fast illustration. Photo aided. messing around with different textures and the effect they make. Black and White goody goodness. (Done in: Photoshop CS)  Enrique Plazola 

Character Design Shapes

 

A warm up to figure out what I want to do for my character design. Just for idea purposes. woot!

Done in:Photoshop cs.

Peppy Monster

A pepppy monster design I did for class. Almost as if he's saying "come and get me world, Im fabulous." I ended up using a different technique that I learned from class. A large portion of it was made from using photos for texture!!! woot! Gots to love those textures. (done in: photoshop CS4)

Broke Back Mountain Robot

An extremely fast illustration I did for my Digital illustration class.  I was thinking of the terrible Transformers movies. I used a method taught to me in class. Where you collage different fotos, then zoom WAY in and pick a blurry mess, and make THAT your composition to begin with. :D (Done in: photoshop CS4)

Homework for Class

This is homework for my illustration class. I'm currently attending Concept Design Academy in Los Angeles. These are 2 Value studies I did from movie screen shots. (Done in: Photoshop CS)

Soldier-Demon Illustration

A semi-fast illustration I did on my own time. (done in: Photoshop cs)

Sarah Jessica Parker

A very "out of the box" caricature I did of Sarah Jessica Parker. Took me 3 hours. She's a creepy old lady. HA! (Done in Photoshop CS)

Digg It

This is a fast illustration I did for fun. I'm mildly satisfied with it. Did it in (Photoshop CS) Kinda reminds me of the green goblin, ha!

Shadow Profiles

Some profiles I did pretty quickly of character designs. Just practice. Been a while since I updated.
(Done in: Photoshop CS)

Rod Stewart Portrait

This is a portrait of Rod Stewart I did for my Dads Music room.  That's Right, my father has a "Music Room." Im currently sick!! So its rough having to be indoors 24 hours a day, I feel like Im in a P.O.W. camp. (Done in: Acrylic)

Random Background

A random background I did for practice. I'm currently addicted to photoshop. I have a ton of things I;m just not posting. (Done in: Photoshop CS)

Battle Axe

This is one of MANY different weapons that I've been working on. Mostly working on general weapons for my concept design portfolio. Just trying to pad the portfolio. I want my portfolio fat enough choke a great white. :D (Done in: Photoshop CS)
 

Krang ReDesign

This is a fast Redisgn From the Ninja Turtles character "Krang".  He was that brain thingy with the big suit. Done in: (Photoshop CS)

Piggy Bank

A commission I did this illustration for a client on Deviant Art. Its basically a Piggy Bank loosing Cash to a Crow. HA! I was doing this while watching Season 1 of Smallvile on DVD. Ah memories! (Done in: Photoshop CS)

Golden Lord

This is a fast digital concept,(done in : Photoshop CS) I did from the line art. He's some medieval troll dude. The name "Golden Lord" came from a crappy movie in the 90s called "Meteor man". The movie was so bad, it was good. HA!

Blue Dragon

This is an acrylic painting I did for the San Diego Comic Convention 2010. Its 16X20. Was alot of fun messing around. Stil trying to get a hand of this acrylic thing. ha!  This painting is actually for sale. You can message me, if you are interested.

Sci-Fi Series

Wacky Sketching! I kind of did
these quick,out of my head. I'm
probably going to color one of them.
Done in (Photoshop CS)

Evil Care Bear

Messing Around and Realized i haven't even thought about care bears in like 14 years. So I did a quicky of one here. :D

Genie in a Bottle

I was watching Aladdin and wanted to make my own spin on the "genie in the bottle" imagery. On a personal note, I'm putting serious thought into going to Art Center in Pasadena. It gonna require that I give up alot of time and money and effort. We'll see what the coming weeks bring to me work wise.
(Done in : Photoshop CS)

Bearded Dragon

I took requests of what to draw a few weeks ago. One of my friends had a "wild squirrel up her butt" and suggested I draw a Bearded Dragon. I have a bad habit of not getting to peoples drawings. but here ya go, finally.    ( Done in:  Photoshop CS )

BackGround Home Work

I've been going to CDA up in Pasadena for the last few weeks. I am trying to attack my biggest weekness, which is the dreaded "environmental design".  Its great being surrounded by so many great artists up there. more of my things at www.art-strike.com

Meteor Crater-Arizona

 

(meryl looking at the crater)

( example of size of meteor)

(me: going meteor-tastic :D)

                                                      (heads up! the sky is falling!)

Whats better than driving through a freezing desert? Driving through a freezing desert to see a hole in the ground! Kidding of course. I had a friggin awesome time. I went to see the site of a meteor crater that was formed over 50,000 years ago. Its almost a mile across an took only a few seconds to make. The meteorite left behind debris, a crater, and a small museum to which you can buy trinkets from. :D One of the coolest things I have seen in a long time. I recommend it.

                                    (the old early 90s meteor man movie, look this up,hilarious)

Aussie Friend

This isa charcoal portrait of my aussie friend claire. We been good buddies for 4 years or so.

Its the Bear!

Acrylic 6X8. Forgot where the phto reference came from.

New To Acrylic

Here's an acrylic painting I worked on for a few hours. I;m still getting used to the medium, I forget where I got the reference for this.

"The Squirrel Post"

Pasadena City College is a complete and utter waste of space! There's only one reason I say that. And that's because through most of the campus there is very...VERY limited outlets to plug my laptop into. For some strange reason they have outlets occasionally sticking out from the grass. I nab one and st with my laptop. But its hard to draw with my wacom tablet when you are sitting in dirty moldy grass.

I spot a squirrel just roaming the scene. He's so close I can hardly believe it. Then he comes too close... I try to "shoo" him away, but he doesn't move an inch. He is actually somewhat angered and motivated, like Robert DeNiro in that movie "taxi driver." He began to circle and taunt me! It went on til I was waving my coat like a moron, while people in the distance watched and laughed. The squirrel was on a mission. The incident seemed to last forever. F that squirrel! 

Sea World Story (Repost)

Went to draw at sea world yesterday. I'm one of the caricaturists there. Seems like
a rarity lately because of all the hours being cut. The place was PACKED, from the moment I sat down, I was drawing non-stop. My wrist was moving faster and harder than when I was 12 discovering my body. Was a good day overall, got mad tips from foreign girls, and made good commission.


As the night was winding down, I was standing there as my partner was drawing this bizarre couple. What was bizarre you ask? It was this 50 year old guy sporting a Spongebob Squarepants hat, he was accompanied by a 20 year old goth gal. I ALWAYS feel like makin chit-chat, but this was NOT one of those times, I was tired and hungry enough to eat the gum from under the seats.


Without any hesitation,the 50 year old douche began telling me about his life story and how many celebrities he's met in LA. His talk went on and on....... The most I got was that he has had small roles in movies and is currently doing childrens parties. I NORMALLY would have been totally happy and possibly intrigued in his ramblings. But the WAY he said these things,( like in a bragging manner), made the whole thing as comfortable as a rectal exam at the doctors office. It intuitively made me want to get away from this douche. But not without him slipping me his computer printed business card featuring himself with a smile that says " Shhhh, little girl, don't tell your parents about this..""

Don't brag about your accomplishments.., we'll find them out eventually.

This is the real card he gave me.....