Sunday, September 30, 2007

Origins + Cookie monster

Hello everybody! I really don't know how to start this very first post so I guess I'll talk about me and the relationship I have with the graphic ambient a bit. I can tell you I have been drawing and doodling stuff since I was around 3 years old. I don't even remember what I used to do, but my parents have a wonderful (a.k.a. horrid) drawing of a dinosaur I did as a toddler. As I have grown up, my influences, and of course my style, have changed; from dinosaurs to a painting-looking comic style, passing through cartoons, comic strips, manga and anime, gothic and various others I wouldn't know how to define. I have to say I'm not very happy with the style I currently have, and I can't claim it as my own. That's why I'm always willing to take every advice and help others might offer, with the purpose of learning and evolving as an illustrator.
I'm currently working with a small editing house called Librooks, which specialy publishes children's books. I've illustrated just one book for them, but I'm currently working on the second and I hope I will be working on a lot more in the future.
I opened this blog in search for a place where I could share anything I drew without worrying too much about wether it's finished or sketchy, and I'm willing to recieve any kind of critic (preferably constructive, haha) that may help me unravel for the better.

Well now for today's image...since I was a kid, I remember watching one very special show I can assure every kid (at least in America) has seen at least once: Sesame street. I always remember that show with joy, and those memories bring smiles to my face. As this is my first post, I thought it would be good to have something finished (or apparently finished), so I'm uploading this wallpaper of the adorable cookie monster I did some minutes ago for a friend of mine. I did it with Photoshop CS and a Genius 8x6 tablet. How could one forget the mischieves of this memorable furry character?


I hope you like it. Tell me what you think about it.

So I guess that's all for today. Drop by for a visit regulary, I'll try to be posting a sketch every 3 days or something like that. I hope you enjoy seeing them as much as I enjoy drawing them.

Cheers!