Character Assasination 2 Artshow

The finished pieces for the show (better pictures coming soon)

 

I was asked recently by Somos Gallery owner Will Devoe if I would like to submit some artwork for his First Friday show that he puts on every month.  I of course accepted and the theme that he chose for this months show is "Character Assasination - Original Character Artwork from Comic to Surreal".  So here are the two pieces that I did for the show.

I decided to take a new approach to these pieces to switch it up and see what else I could do artistically.  I do a lot of cut vinyl work in my graphic designer job and also for my side business, so I decided to take that and create some cool layered vinyl artwork.

I chose these characters based off of some old thumbnail sketches that I had in my sketchbooks.  I then scanned them in and reworked them all digitally in Photoshop and then finished the artwork in Adobe Illustrator to create the vector artwork for cutting the vinyl.  I am pretty happy with the way that they turned out, but I did learn a lot while creating these.  So the next time  I make something like this it will definitely make it easier to do.  Click on the image below to see an animated GIF of my process on one of these pieces I titled "Spike". 

Animated GIF of my process for "Spike"

A cool flyer for the art show at Somos Gallery

The Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con

I had an awesome time drawing yesterday at the Maximum Comics booth at the Amazing Las Vegas Comic Con.  I did some free sketches for people and even sold some prints of my "All Hail the King" piece.  It was a really good turnout all around and I had a blast.

Below are a couple of the drawing that I did for the con.  The rough pencil sketches were the free ones I did for people at the con, and the fully colored and inked ones I did the nights before the con for sale at the booth.  I think my most favorite free sketch that I did at the con was one of the weirdest requests.  The guy wanted a fighting panda for some reason, because he couldn't think of a hero that he wanted.  At first I was little hesitant, but it turned out to be one of the funnest ones that I did.

Wonder Woman Sketch that I did for a cute little girl

Aquaman Sketch

Venom Sketch for a little boy in a Minecraft costume

Michonne sketch done the night before the Con.  Sold for $6

First sketch of the day Spider-Man!

"Fighting Panda" the guy asked for.

Venom Sketch

Batman Sketch

Hulk Sketch

Iron Man Sketch - Sold for $5 to a little boy named Christian.  Also gave him a free Spidey sketch

Colossus Sketch

Superman Sketch

All Hail the King!

Here is something that I've been working on lately.  I've been wanting to do a Star Wars and Disney mash up for a while now but never really had the time.  This will hopefully be the first in a series that I will be working on.  I hope you all like it.  Oh yeah, my wife told me to state that she does not approve of depicting these Disney Princesses in a sexual way.  Ha ha.

Disney Princess / Slave Leia Mash Up - Done in Photoshop - Wacom Intous 3

Here's my process in GIF form

Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art School Las Vegas 5/16/2013

Here are a few sketches from last nights Dr. Sketchy's Anti-Art at the Artifice here in Las Vegas.  The theme was "Zombies vs. Cheerleaders".  I even won some free comics for a couple of my drawings!   One of them was for the challenge of drawing with your opposite hand.  Great challenge and good practice in case I ever injure myself or something.  All in all good times!

Challenge drawing with your opposite hand. 25 minute pose.

12 minute pose.  Blue Pencil / Copic Marker / Pitt Pens

15 minute pose.  Blue Pencil / Copic Marker / Pitt Pens

The Ultimate Battle

Here's another Coloring Test of Batman versus Superman, based on the Dark Knight Returns storyline.  I found this awesome image that I have never seen before penciled by Jim Cheung and inked by Mark Morales yesterday on deviantart.com, and I knew I just had to color it.

Pencils: Jim Cheung
Inks: Mark Morales
Colors: Christian Lozada

Pencils: Jim Cheung
Inks: Mark Morales
Colors: Christian Lozada

Animated GIF of my process

SNIKT!

I just came across this amazing line art by the great Leinil Yu that he posted recently.  It's of the Variant Cover for the Age of Ultron 7.  I wondered what it would look like colored so I thought that I might as well practice my coloring on it.  Still trying to find my niche, but I had a lot of fun on this one.  Painted in Photoshop.  Below is my process as usual in an animated GIF form.  Enjoy!

Pencils by: Leinil Yu  Colors by: Christian Lozada

Animated GIF of my process in Photoshop

Iron Connor!

Here is a quick Iron Man HUD (Heads Up Display if you're not a nerd like me) that I did for fun using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.  Mostly Illustrator though.  Took about 2 to 3 hours.  Below is a sample of my process.

Mochi Monster!

Here is a piece that I just worked on for my Mother-in-law.  It's going to be her birthday in a couple of weeks, and since she liked my Gizmo canvas that I did for my house so much I thought that it would be a good idea to give her one as a surprise gift.  It also just so happens that her dog, Mochi's birthday is the exact same day as hers so it's actually a gift to the both of them.

This piece took about 3-4 hours to paint using Photoshop and Wacom Intuos 3 tablet.

Here's my process.  About 3-4 hours.

Free Comic Book Day 2012 Sketches

Here are some of the free sketches that I did over at Maximum Comics for Free Comic Book Day.  I had so much fun as usual.  I wish that I could have stayed a bit longer though.  Maybe next time I'll get to do a full day.  Surprisingly I had a lot of requests for  Catwoman.  I would have bet money that everyone would have wanted some Avengers themed sketches.  Anyways, enjoy!

My Best Friend

Hey everyone it's been way too long since I've done a challenge, but I've been really busy lately.  I should really be on like day 10 or something maybe I'll catch up some day.  Luckily our group doesn't count the weekends so it gives me some time to catch up.

So the day 5 drawing is Best Friend and my best friend is my beautiful wife and mother of my child, Christabel.  It took about 3 hours or so.  Probably would have been less but Connor was being really fussy and wouldn't let me work.  Oh well enjoy.  Also for some reason Blogger is being really dumb and won't let me upload my usual animated GIF of my process so I'll just upload it later. 

Painted in Photoshop about 3 hours

The Store

Day 4 of the Challenge and the topic is Favorite Place.  For me it's got to be "The Store", and if you don't know now you know!  This is a place of many great memories that I will never forget. 

Done in Adobe Illustrator about an hour

 

BRAINSSSS!

Day 3 of the 30 Day Drawing Challenge is Favorite Food.  Anyone who truly knows me knows that if I ever go to a new restaurant, and they have chicken fried steak on the menu, I'm going to order it.  I don't care if I only came in to order a glass of water I have to get it.  Don't ask me why I just do.  Well since me drawing a piece of breaded, deep fried steak drenched in country gravy isn't very artistic or creative I decided to draw my favorite food if were part of the cast of "Walking Dead".  Enjoy! 

Me in Zombie Mode.  Done in Photoshop.  About 2 hours.

My process

Day 2 - Favorite Animal

 Okay here's the 2nd sketch of the 30 day challenge.  Favorite Animal is the theme and even though my favorite animal is my dog Gizmo I decided to draw this bad boy instead.  I saw this rhinoceros looking thing when I went to NYC at the Natural History Museum.  I think he looks so cool and I love all the ridges and skin texture that he has so I decided to take a stab at it.  Enjoy!

Day 2 - Favorite Animal - Painted in Photoshop about 2-3 hrs

My Process of the above image

Picture of Connor and I working hard.

Picture of Gizmo and Connor on my lap as I work (I need a bigger chair)

Enter the 30 Day Challenge!

One of my good friends, Jon Ventura, recently just started a 30 day drawing challenge with a couple of his co-workers, and that really inspired me to get in on the action.  Every day there is a different topic/category that we have to draw.  I really hope that I can keep up with this thing.  If I miss a day I'll have to make it up by doing two drawings the next day.  I'm already a day behind but I hope to catch up by tomorrow.   So here is the first sketch of the 30 Day Challenge!  Good luck to me


Day 1 = Self Portrait

Drawn in Photoshop with a Wacom Intous 3.  About 2 hours.

My process in an animated GIF