Daily-Doodle-Dose

Wilshire mark #14

2012-02-22T11:22:00.001-08:00

Rainy day on Wilshire. Our 14th mark had a unique way of holding his umbrella. It was held really high up. Perhaps he was blocking the rain for an imaginary little friend.

Wilshire mark #13

2012-02-10T11:13:00.001-08:00

A windy moment on Wilshire Blvd. Here's a quick sketch of our 13th mark.

Wilshire mark#12

2012-02-06T13:02:00.001-08:00

Our 12th mark is a cool dude walking his pit bull. I wonder if his dog's name is Spike.

Wilshire mark #11

2012-01-25T14:26:00.001-08:00

We had a great turnout today! I think there was about a dozen of us. It was really cool to meet new people and sketch. This week's mark was having Chipotle for lunch (according to his brown bag) Here's my take on him.

Wilshire mark #3

2011-12-01T08:52:00.001-08:00

Lunchtime doodles

2011-11-18T09:23:00.001-08:00

I am batman

2011-11-16T20:12:00.001-08:00

Daft Panda

2011-11-16T20:09:00.001-08:00

Starbucks napkin doodle

2011-11-16T14:32:00.001-08:00

Scarf Girl

2011-11-16T14:31:00.001-08:00

11-09-11 Wilshire mark

2011-11-16T14:30:00.001-08:00

I'm part of a weekly sketch group that goes out and sketches during lunch. At the end of the session, we pick a mark. We all have to do a sketch of that same person from memory once we get back to the office.

word of the day doodles

2011-04-19T11:31:00.001-07:00

"screen"

"mirror"

"back pedal"

"How About Today?"

2011-04-13T12:58:00.000-07:00

My buddies and I are trying to do drawings based on a word or phrase. Our goal is to do three of these a week. Our first challenge was the phrase "How About Today?"

sketchcrawl #30 - Natural History Museum

2011-01-23T11:20:00.001-08:00

Wow, I cant believe there's been 30 sketchcrawls already. We met up at The Natural Hisory Museum in Los Angeles. There was a big turn out and it was really fun!!! Here are some of my doodles.

true grit inspired illio

2011-01-16T16:12:00.001-08:00

I got inspired from the drawing club last night, so I decided to take one of my drawings and do a more stylized illio.

drawing club - true grit

2011-01-14T23:01:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!! It's been way too long since I've posted. Went to the drawing club last Thursday. The theme was "True Grit" and the model we had was awesome!!! Here are some doodles from the session. I think I need bigger paper... all my drawings are cropped. I improvised on a few and just drew the missing feet on a separate piece of paper.

Sketchcrawl #27 - Redondo Beach

2010-05-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I've been to Redondo Beach and not much has changed. Sketchcrawl #27 was held there and it was a great location. It was super cold and windy, but still lots of fun!!! Here are some doodles I did with my frozen fingers.

THIS IS CHRIS - wedding video animation

2010-05-10T01:08:00.000-07:00

I made this animated slideshow for my buddy's wedding. He was just married this weekend and I had the honor of being his best man. Drawn in Storyboard Pro and edited with iMovie. Hope you like it.

hanging with mr. cooper

2009-10-13T09:03:00.000-07:00

Here's a little doodle of me spending some r&r with my little pup Cooper. I do a lot of line drawings, so it was fun and challenging adding colors.

sketchcrawl #24

2009-09-22T13:30:00.000-07:00

Had a great time this weekend at Sketch Crawl #24. We met up at the Grand Central Market in downtown Los Angeles. It was great to see everyone again and meet new crawlers. Looking forward to the next one!!! Here are some of my doodles from the session.

costumed figure drawings

2009-07-20T11:06:00.000-07:00

Here are couple of drawings from a costumed figure drawing session in Burbank. Great models!!!

NINJA decal designs

2009-07-20T10:55:00.000-07:00

I've been working on some vinyl decal designs for my robot friend Otto over at decal robot. Here are a couple of NINJA decals designs I did. If you get one, be sure to email me a photo of where you place it, so I can share it on my NINJA sightings photostream.

drawing club : gangster's girlfriend

2009-05-01T11:39:00.000-07:00

Went to the drawing club last night. It was lots of fun!!! Here are a couple of drawings from the session.

Pink Post-it Girl

2009-02-05T11:00:00.000-08:00

Above is a little sketch I did on a post-it note. I think this the first time I've used pink, but we had a lot of pink post-its at work (not as popular as yellow). Below is from a figure drawing session we have every other week at work. I wish we had it more often. I liked the model's pose. I was imagining her touching water.

SketchCrawl - Americana

2009-01-11T17:26:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year!!! 1st entry for 2009. I participated in the 21st World Wide SketchCrawl. We met up at the Americana in Glendale. It was great weather for sketching and the turn out was pretty good. Here are some of my drawings from the session.

APE 2008

2008-11-06T14:11:00.000-08:00

Just got back from APE. It was my first time doing a convention and I had a blast. San Francisco is a really cool place. Chris & I shared a table and next to us were Andy, Liz & Alex. I had my new sketchbook for sale, along with some prints & t-shirts. Be sure to check out my etsy shop. www.decalrobot.com

Here's a little sketch from lundy lane.

ooh la la postcards

2008-09-13T13:24:00.000-07:00

Yay. Just received my postcards from overnightprints.com. I am very happy with the quality. Especially the spot UV treatment. I'll be using these as promos when I go to APE this year.

Lunchtime

2008-08-23T09:51:00.001-07:00

Yay its Friday!!! I had a really good chicken burger. Raul had the same thing, but with a special hot sauce concoction. Dom had a pizza, which probably wasn't that good for his cold.

Detail schematic of my burger.

French Maid

2008-08-23T09:46:00.000-07:00

Had a blast at the drawing club last Thursday night. The theme was French Maid. OOO LA LA

Comic-Con & Dr. Sketchy

2008-07-28T12:16:00.000-07:00

Just got back from the San Diego Comic-Con. I picked up some sweet books and prints. The coolist thing I did there was to attend Dr. Sketchy. Its figure drawing in a bar!!! The models were awesome, the DJ was great and the atmosphere was inspiring. Wish we had one here in LA. These sketches were done on a tiny 3x5 sketchbook with a brush pen.

We stayed at the Sheraton Marina. Here's a little doodle from the view of our room balcony.

Wampa Womb at 1-inch gallery

2008-06-27T17:21:00.000-07:00

"wampa womb"
size: 1.5" x 1.5"
media: post-it & brush pen

mini-bar to compliment mini gallery

Today we had our ~~weekly~~ art gallery show. This cool event was created by my co-worker Raul and resides in front of his cubicle. Rules are simple. All artwork must be less than 1.5"

lunch-time doodles

2008-06-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

Sketches of my co-workers. The top one is my director OJ.

cintiq stuffs

2008-06-06T11:03:00.000-07:00

These doodles were done on the Cintiq. I'm using an awesome application called Art Rage. Its super easy to learn and does a great job at emulating paint & pencil mediums. Five Star program and its only $25.

Cintiq

2008-05-29T20:50:00.000-07:00

I've just received my Cintiq at work and now the switch to digital storyboarding has begun. Don't get me wrong. I love technology, but I will miss the tactile feel and subtlety of pencil & paper. Here is a doodle I did on the Cintiq for my dear office supplies that are now out of work.

space dude

2008-04-24T10:15:00.001-07:00

This space dude was drawn with the awesome PITT brush pens. I xeroxed the original and colored it with watercolors. I guess cheap copy paper doesn't hold watercolors well, because the paper got all warped. Kind of a nice effect though.

beatnik & go-go dancer

2008-04-01T23:10:00.000-07:00

Its been a while since I've posted. Thanks for the reminder Joe. The go-go dancer was done a few weeks ago at the drawing club in Glendale and the beatnik was just a little painting I did inspired while listening to my Bella Luna cd.

I also just finished shooting an 80's music video with some buddies from work. We shot it in all in one day and spent the next half day editing. It was premiered at TitMouse studios along with 5 other cool music video remakes.

Check it out HERE

jury duty

2008-03-13T09:10:00.001-07:00

I just finished serving 2 weeks of jury duty. It was great. I made $15 a day. In all honesty, it was a really positive experience.

The courthouse is across from the Disney Concert Music Hall, so I was able to do a tour during lunch. Also, being on jury duty entitles you to a free pass to MOCA, which is just a block away. I don't understand modern art.

drawing club - 1920's

2008-02-22T12:35:00.000-08:00

Whats better than being inside on a wet rainy cold night? Being inside doodling at the drawing club in Glendale. The place was the cat's meow. Here are some of my doodles from the session.

girl head painting

2008-01-30T21:36:00.000-08:00

I've been doing a lot of digital stuff, so I decided to try out some real paint. This was done on a piece of wood (5"x7") with Cartoon Color paints. It was lots of fun, but I sure need some more practice.

SketchCrawl 17

2008-01-20T21:23:00.000-08:00

Okay, first new post for the New Year. Had a great time sketching in Chinatown with fellow sketchcrawlers. We met up at 10 and sketched until noonish. Its been a while, so I felt rusty.

To join us or find out more about sketchcrawl, please visit here

art show

2007-10-23T20:47:00.001-07:00

I had a great time at our company art show. The theme was movie posters and there were a lot of awesome pieces. I chose to do one of my favortie films, The Professional.

alphabets

2007-09-04T11:34:00.001-07:00

Hope you all had a great Labor Day. Here's my Illustration Friday post.

missing

2007-08-04T14:29:00.001-07:00

Illustration Friday post.

NEW sketchbook

2007-07-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've posted, but I have excuses. I've been busy putting together a sketchbook. Its finally done! I only made 100 copies, so get yours today.

If you are in the Los Angeles area, you can pick one up at Meltdown or Stuart Ng Books

Signs

2007-05-21T00:42:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday post. I came up with this gag a while back. Thank goodness someone suggested "signs" for this week's topic.

sketchcrawl 14

2007-05-20T22:44:00.000-07:00

Had a fun time at sketchcrawl 14. It took place on the pier in Santa Monica and all over the world. To see other drawings from the event, check out

drawing club - luchador

2007-05-14T23:23:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday's theme at The Drawing Club was los luchadores. There was a big turnout and it was lots of fun. Here are some sketches from the session.

polar

2007-04-21T22:49:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday post.

drawing club - the avengers

2007-04-21T22:34:00.000-07:00

Went to the drawing club. This weeks theme was the Avengers.

travels - Paris

2007-04-20T18:22:00.000-07:00

Here are some sketches I did while traveling.

This one was drawn at the Square du Vert-Galant overlooking the west bank and Pont Neuf (pont=bridge)

I stayed at my aunt's apartment in Metz, which is about 3 hours east of Paris. The room had a huge window that overlooked the city center.

This was drawn from a little cafe across the street from the Louvre on a rainy day.

And of course the famous Eiffel Tower.

You can see these and more doodles from my Paris trip in my limited edition sketchbook

travels - New York

2007-02-24T18:54:00.000-08:00

Walking through central park after it snowed. Absolutely beautiful.

I enjoyed the talented subway performers.

crash

2007-02-11T22:30:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday post. I thought it would be fun to do a PSA for birds.

new website ....again

2007-02-10T10:50:00.000-08:00

Well, its another new year and once again I've decided to redo my website. I know the last one was still beta but here's to starting over. Cheers.

wrestle pictaps

2007-02-08T21:23:00.000-08:00

Here's a little fun thing to do.

moby remix

2007-02-06T13:17:00.000-08:00

Apart from doodling, I enjoy making music. I entered the Moby Go Remix contest last week. First time remixing someone else's song. I had lots of fun and learned a lot about the software I was using (Ableton LIVE).

zen fountain

2007-02-06T12:52:00.000-08:00

Went to a cool cafe in los feliz. Did some doodling and enjoyed the sounds of the water feature.

Peace

2006-12-23T12:43:00.000-08:00

Peace during the holidays. Illustration Friday post. Hope you all have a great christmas.

sketchcrawl #12

2006-12-09T14:22:00.000-08:00

Had another great time participating in sketchcrawl 12. This time it was held in the heart of LA, Olvera St. It was a cloudy day, but very pleasant. I was fighting a cold, so i didn't get to stay as long as I would have liked to. Here are some sketches I did.

the drawing club

2006-12-08T10:49:00.000-08:00

Its been over a year since I've done figure drawing!!! These drawings were done at The Drawing Club. The theme was colonial soldier. Drawing workshops are Thursday nights from 7-10. Poses range from 5-15 minutes. Super cool place. For more info check out: www.thedrawingclub.com

sketchcrawl #11

2006-09-23T21:26:00.000-07:00

Participated in sketchcrawl today. It was held in old town pasadena (actually all over the world too!).

The day began at Johnny Rockets in old town pasadena

Then we walked down to city hall

My last stop was the paseo colorado outdoor mall.
I had lots of fun and met some really great artist. Can't wait til the next one !

flickr photos: flickr

To find out more about sketchcrawl check out:
www.sketchcrawl.com/blog/

change

2006-09-18T23:32:00.000-07:00

illustration friday post. i usually color digitally, but this time i'm trying out watercolors. can't wait 'til i get better at it.

happy birthday daily doodle dose

2006-09-17T23:59:00.000-07:00

Well its true. I only posted 19 times last year. Time goes by way too fast. I guess I'm just getting old or too busy with work. Anyways, I hope I can post more often.

clean

2006-07-30T10:05:00.000-07:00

Illustration Friday post. "Clean your plate!" I wish I had a dog growing up. Peas are evil.

sacrifice

2006-07-15T01:03:00.000-07:00

Thanks for visiting my blog. Its been a while since I've posted. Here is my doodle for Illustration Friday. Created digitally on a Motion 1600LE tablet PC.

fat

2006-05-06T23:46:00.000-07:00

illustration friday post.

insect

2006-03-04T23:02:00.000-08:00

illustration friday post.

tea

2006-02-27T20:40:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday Post.

sea

2006-01-08T00:09:00.000-08:00

happy new year everyone! illustration friday post.

surprise

2005-12-14T21:23:00.000-08:00

illustration friday post.

small

2005-11-27T16:27:00.000-08:00

Illustration Friday post.

remote

2005-10-24T22:32:00.000-07:00

illustration friday post.

cold

2005-10-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

illustration friday post. has anyone ever tried this?

lost

2005-10-10T20:21:00.000-07:00

This is my first Illustration Friday post.

storyboard deadline/pocket bike

2005-10-03T20:34:00.000-07:00

today i turned in my storyboard for Eloise. i ended up working the whole weekend and slept for only three hours last night. i was done at midnight, but all the tea and coffee i drank kept me wired 'til 4 am.

my friend ken got a cool pocket bike. i tried it out and almost crashed... what was i thinking, i could barely ride a bike.

2 o'clock shadow

2005-09-29T22:09:00.000-07:00

having a busy week at work. my storyboard is due next monday and it looks like i'm gonna have to work the weekend to get it done. however, i managed to do another wacom doodle. it was inspired by looking through my sister's mc mag.

dog rail

2005-09-23T22:08:00.000-07:00

this dog made me laugh. it stood like that for 15 minutes as his owner came in to get a cup of coffee.

spare change

2005-09-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

wacom sketches

2005-09-19T21:12:00.000-07:00

I recently got a wacom intous 3. This tablet rocks!

moon festival

2005-09-18T18:21:00.000-07:00

Happy Moon Festival. I have a stomach ache tonight, so no moon cake for me. At least the moon is happy.

new blog & website

2005-09-17T10:14:00.000-07:00

Today I got a new domain name. My last one was called voix-cafe.com. I was having trouble telling people how to spell it. My old site was never completed and it needed an update, so I decided to start anew. I also created this new sketch blog. Hopefully I'll finish the site and post regularly before I come up with another name.