Primordial Noodles

Dragonfire: Sketch Mob

2012-01-21T20:41:00.000-08:00

Dr. Sketchy Philippines and Sketchwalk Philippines join forces for the first time to welcome the Chinese New Year with a sexy sketch mob at Bonifacio High Street.

My warm-up page with watercolors.

5 min sketches. I added the stylized ones when I got home.

Once again, I whip out my Lil' Hands pens and scribble against the clock.

I hope this won't be the last time Dr. Sketchy and Sketchwalk Ph collaborates ;D

mugshots part 2

2012-01-14T21:43:00.000-08:00

Boracay tiki

2011-12-31T05:23:00.000-08:00

last post for the new year

gestures from the year

2011-12-16T21:07:00.000-08:00

at least the ones I have digital copies of

this guy below is Dreamworks animator, Alex Heboyan during his masterclass at my school last month:

Dr. Sketchy's "Curse of the Black Widow"

2011-12-10T01:19:00.000-08:00

Last night I got to attend my first Dr. Sketchy event during the lovely art exhibit of Spidersilk Productions. The artworks of the Spidersilk trio, the set-up of the place and the costumes provided a nice ambience for a night of figure-drawing and drinking.

Some warm-up sketches. Top right is the model, Ms. Prudence, before she got on the couch in her burlesque outfit.

I had sketched things hurriedly so I can add in the colors before time was up.

Some of the audience and the caterers (who were all wearing steampunk or goth) volunteered to model.

Ms Prudence in her second, more risque, outfit. Last sketch before the night ended.

Big thanks to Spidersilk Productions for hosting the exhibit. Along with Dr. Sketchy, the Technoteapot exhibit brought together artists and enthusiasts to appreciate art and draw for themselves.

Here's some postcard prints from each of the three ladies of Spidersilk.

orange and black trees

2011-11-25T23:41:00.000-08:00

Colored doodle from my previous jotterpad.

Doodled with Lil' Hands marker pens

portrait commissions for Cerisse

2011-11-05T20:59:00.000-07:00

commissioned by my friend from highschool based on her photography

self portraits

2011-10-23T11:30:00.000-07:00

These are months old. I haven't been sharing much in this blog because I spend more time maintaining my 365 Tumblr. That blog gets updated almost daily with my art and sketches. It feels redundant to post things here but I still wanna use this place as the more organized sketchblog.

mugshots

2011-10-06T21:29:00.000-07:00

figure painting

2011-06-04T22:00:00.000-07:00

One-layer in Photoshop

Edwardian fashion

2011-06-03T19:06:00.000-07:00

crocodile studies

2011-05-16T01:33:00.000-07:00

Princess Bubblegum

2011-05-08T22:01:00.000-07:00

in her ceremonial tart dress

Oh Marceline

2011-05-05T04:34:00.000-07:00

Why are you so mean?

"I'm not mean, I'm a thousand years old

and I just lost track of my moral code"

faun warrior

2011-04-23T04:03:00.000-07:00

Random brush and ink practice :D

my room in ink

2011-04-18T11:42:00.000-07:00

sepia drive

2011-04-16T05:45:00.000-07:00

steampunk cyborgs

2011-04-09T00:05:00.000-07:00

spacestation

2011-03-27T08:08:00.000-07:00

background layouts for my animation class

the songmaker, the dreammaker and spaceman

2011-03-21T10:37:00.000-07:00

animated character turn-arounds for my animation class:

the songmaker says it ain't so bad

the dreammaker's gonna make you mad

spaceman says everybody look down

it's all in your mind

Dead Leaves

2011-03-08T09:58:00.000-08:00

on the run

2011-02-26T03:55:00.001-08:00

sloppy running idiots:
Locust, Baroness, Dr. Boils, Gnat and Frog Princess

silly doctor faces

2011-02-23T10:48:00.000-08:00

click to full view and read the captions (if it's still possible)

the poor doctor and the plague doctor

2011-02-04T07:53:00.000-08:00

Studies on how these two will contrast each other. I need more work on that.

Dia De Muerte-inspired doodles

2011-02-02T07:51:00.000-08:00

Looking for Group: Richard

2011-02-01T05:21:00.000-08:00

Read every page of the webcomic "Looking for Group" in one day.
Guess who's my favorite character.

Here's a hint:

inFamous

2011-01-17T08:08:00.000-08:00

Love this game. All the superpowered parkour, the motion comic cutscenes, the attention to architecture, Cole's sexy gravelly voice @_@
Can't wait for inFamous 2!

Here's Sasha and Kessler too

stab binding trial

2011-01-16T05:19:00.000-08:00

The spine is 1 iinch which is quite a chunk. I'm gonna lower that standard for future stab binding projects. Consider this a prototype. There are lots of stab binding styles I wanna try.

4x5" Blank Journals

2011-01-11T03:42:00.000-08:00

I will probably sell these if anyone's interested of buying. They have 50 leaves of cheap index cards (maybe 170 gsm). The cover is made of illustration board, paper mache and crepe paper; and sprayed with lacquer.

progress shots:

the hunter

2011-01-03T20:15:00.000-08:00

He ripped the arms out of that bear himself.
Those painted on eyebrows mean business.

frog baby

2011-01-02T19:51:00.000-08:00

Adobe Flash doodle when I should be coding Actionscript

fruit collector

2011-01-01T23:39:00.000-08:00

Inspired by Kenny Tai's colors and style

crap, it's 2011

2011-01-01T00:00:00.000-08:00

mushroom field

2010-12-23T21:11:00.000-08:00

Last of the surreal scenery for now. Maybe I could rush something to greet the holidays.

autumn trees

2010-12-22T07:30:00.000-08:00

This painting is out of season but whatevs, dude. Whatevs.

vines

2010-12-21T00:31:00.000-08:00

I wanted to stick to my current theme of sceneries and refrained from adding a character in it. Though I kept it empty as a watercolor painting, the blank space is open for any other character to be slapped on to.

I added a monkey.

Click here to download the background and add your own subject.
_{(Just don't remove my the watermark pls)}

I'll just leave this here

pinwheel hills

2010-12-20T07:30:00.000-08:00

pollen

2010-12-10T21:00:00.000-08:00

Fairy Baby

2010-12-09T09:02:00.000-08:00

The last of my four-armed baby series until I think up of a new batch.

PS: I use my camera to take pics of my paintings instead of scanning them. Scanning makes some of the colors look like crap. At least with taking a photo, the shadows give them some lomo look. Hehe...

Jester Baby

2010-11-30T03:18:00.000-08:00

Ain't too young for the circus.

four-armed baby jester from Arianne Pascual on Vimeo.

Baby Bug

2010-11-07T04:09:00.000-08:00

a baby with four arms

Baby Bug from Arianne Pascual on Vimeo.

A Gentleman Such as Me - Painting

2010-11-07T02:34:00.000-08:00

A Gentleman - Painting from Arianne Pascual on Vimeo.

guns and lizards

2010-10-27T01:40:00.000-07:00

A Gentleman Like Me

2010-09-28T16:35:00.000-07:00

Aaaaand here's a video of myself while inking this

A Gentleman - Inking from Arianne Pascual on Vimeo.

Aside from wanting to share I how I draw stuff, recording myself makes me conscious about speed and technique. As if someone is looking over my shoulder and I have to make this look interesting.

Sorry if you get dizzy with how I turn the paper around like a DJ. Haha

Mrs. Bunny

2010-09-16T16:42:00.000-07:00

Baroness

2010-09-14T04:18:00.000-07:00

the factory

2010-08-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

Colored thumbnail sketch

Lineart, base colors and a silhouette

Gnat

2010-08-21T11:16:00.000-07:00

Not a good pose but feh

DeerTree

2010-08-20T11:11:00.000-07:00

Last of the same-faced nature girls for now.

Corals

2010-08-18T00:00:00.000-07:00

BirdHouse

2010-08-17T01:09:00.000-07:00

sassy space ballet girl

2010-08-11T15:34:00.000-07:00

Drawing girls with the same kind of face lately. Not that it's a bad thing for me. I get to decorate them like silly and they'd look back like they're serious.

Last of the American Girls

2010-08-08T00:00:00.000-07:00

The dancers from Green Day's latest music video.

backgrounds

2010-08-07T10:40:00.000-07:00

If it's too dark for your monitor, please comment.

character turn-arounds

2010-07-31T07:25:00.000-07:00

for my thesis!

even my computer's tired of Locust

2010-07-26T03:21:00.000-07:00

My pc crashed and deleted the already saved file. Ffff...

Doctor Boils

2010-07-05T08:07:00.000-07:00

Most of my plagued freaks try to look their best despite their poor living conditions.

Done in 1 layer but including the frame, 3 layers.

state of the spork

2010-07-03T07:22:00.000-07:00

Dress-Up Dolls

2010-07-03T03:53:00.000-07:00

Some dress-up combos for an AUTHOR2 (interactive design) homework.
Featuring a familiar little mushroom.

plague doc

2010-06-11T06:29:00.000-07:00

Dr. Boils

Wow Locust, You're So Cool

2010-06-10T05:40:00.000-07:00

Developing a more identifying comic style for my plague freaks in terms of line art and coloring.
My worries are it'll look like Skottie Young's (color palette) or Ben Templesmith's (inks) style but I'm just drawing it the way it feels right for me.

carousel sketch

2010-05-30T23:50:00.000-07:00

Getting the poses ready and finding a good balance between believable anatomy and taffy-like anatomy.

As you can see, my soda is gone.

Planning the background sketch. Nothing too fancy and overwhelming that it takes the eyes away from the character but still gives an illusion of motion. I had to look up a lot of different details on carousels and tried to adapt them to my style.

Close up on the finished sketch. My next worry is what media I'll be using. Most likely pencils and pastels.

Broadway Star

2010-05-14T09:19:00.000-07:00

Been listening to Chicago over and over again during vacation.

This sketch took several hours because I had kept changing my mind about the composition. I want it to be a wallpaper but also make it easy to convert into a portrait print.

The background elements are art deco while the costumes are inspired by burlesque. I hope it won't look like there's a disconnection because of the different genres. Then again, meh on the possible anachronism, this was fun to draw.

a Mushroom's Story Begins

2010-04-25T11:09:00.000-07:00

Starting next term, I'll be busy working on my thesis animation. I'm very nervous 'cos I want it to look good, scared 'cos I'll be working on my own, excited 'cos I'm a masochist but very thankful 'cos I get to do what I want to do as a final project.

I'll be recording the blood and sweat of production on this blog. While the tears I will be shedding will be Plurked.

To start off, aside from the teaser poster, here's the first character study I drew half a year ago. When I was doodling some glowing mushrooms, I gave one of them a pair of eyes then thought of what else it could be doing. I came up with a story idea potential for thesis.

Most of the story had been ready in my mind but just proposing it was bloody complicated. There are certain formalities to go through first especially 'cos I'm in Multimedia Arts and not Animation. My adviser didn't get where my idea was going. Maybe it's from my poor communication skills. I was proposing the story until I realized I should be proposing the message first.

Soul Eater: Maka

2010-04-08T23:25:00.000-07:00

While I can't decide which of my characters I should draw next, here's Maka from Soul Eater so I can still practice coloring.

I feel like going on a fanart spree but I'm afraid that they'd look better than my original art.

Pins and Needle

2010-03-20T09:08:00.000-07:00

Most of the small details where added after I was pretty done with the line art and base color. I'm so unprepared.

I created Needle last month. She first had stitches on her joints but I thought it would suggest a scary background story - which I don't want for her. I replaced those with stitches on her skirt so it'd look like she made it from scraps of cloth.

Birthday Cake

2010-03-11T09:43:00.000-08:00

I was hoping to finish this for my birthday a few hours ago. The inking finished before the day's end. Coloring is gonna take forever.

Jackalope

2010-03-05T13:11:00.000-08:00

feels nice to draw for myself again

mountains

2010-02-22T00:10:00.001-08:00

1 layer in Photoshop again
reference pic

forest

2010-02-20T11:52:00.000-08:00

1 layer in Photoshop
composition is inspired by stevemorrisphotography.com

commission: Dusk & Dawn

2010-02-12T19:30:00.000-08:00

gift art commissioned by a friend
characters are tomokii's

characters that aren't mine

2010-02-05T11:17:00.000-08:00

Rini's character, Thought

Monster Allergy

NekoTeddy

2010-02-01T06:25:00.000-08:00

building blocks sketch

2010-01-24T03:51:00.000-08:00

Mr. Owl

2010-01-12T06:33:00.000-08:00

Gnat

2010-01-10T06:03:00.000-08:00

My character Gnat and his manly manly apron

Seasonal Monster Kids Fashion

2009-12-29T12:18:00.000-08:00

Started out with a doodle of the yeti coat. The rest don't look monster enough. Har...

Monsters Under My Bed

2009-12-17T18:52:00.000-08:00

The sketch was done last October. It's really meant for Halloween but that is how much time and brain power I don't have this term.

I finished the inking today now that I have time to breathe between finals. I changed the kid's head completely to make him flow with the perspective and to show the look of terror on his face better.

... What a sissy...

Where am I?

2009-12-17T07:00:00.000-08:00

I admit, I joined the Blogger wagon because there are so much illustrators and animators (that I want to follow) using this site. I thought I'd move my sketchblog here to go along with my new DeviantART account I'll be making soon.