I was born in San Francisco a few weeks before the Cuban Missile Crisis. (I wasn't yet a month old and already in a world of trouble!) I was the second child of four kids and thought of by most of my family as the strange but quiet one. After a lackluster career in High School, I went off to Junior College and later enrolled in the Academy of Art College. There at the Academy, I earned a BFA degree in Illustration.
I'm currently an Adobe Certified Expert in Adobe Illustrator 10. Though since leaving school I've used many different graphic programs for the computer;. I've recently decided to focus on creating artwork in Illustrator. Vector based art allows for the widest range of final options and usage for my work. I can create artwork without worrying that it may be too big or too small for whatever print usage I may want to do with it later. Also the smaller file sizes vector art allows for easier transfer of my work over the Internet to vendors and clients.
"Thanks For All The Fish"
Description I kind of fallen behind schedule due to a photo shoot I did last weekend. I noticed that I haven't posted anything new here in a couple of weeks. So I decided to post up one of my older illustrations for you guys.
This piece is important since it was one of the first where I started to move away from just flat color in Illustrator and try for a more rendered look. I wanted to keep the comic book look but wanted my stuff to have more volume. Around this time I was working on this I started using blur effect and transparent gradients to get the appearence of light hitting a soft surface. That proved to be an important tool for working with the figure since you don't want to give a beautiful woman's face too many hard lines. By creating a gradient shape that blends from one color to nothing (by using either multiply, lighten, darken or just the color underneth it) and applying a blur. That way, I can get the effect of light hitting skin, which tends to absorb some of the light when light on it, thus giving the soft edge.
Application Illustrator
Labels Fantasy, Pop Art
Times Viewed 985
Approved By Huan
8 May 2008 - 14:27
Comment From
Dirk Murset (voodoodog)
Awesome! I just love your work. Great detail and thanks for the insight into your method. It really stands out.
8 May 2008 - 20:22
Comment From
Junior Chacón (juniorfco)
