UP Book Signing

What up, my good peeps. So the past weekend was AWESOME. Lakers closed out the series on Friday, woohoo!!! On Saturday, I went to the book signing of UP. Ronnie Del Carmen, one of my favorite story artists and the Story Supervisor and Lead Story Artist on UP, was there to sign books and release new ones of his own. I went with my cousin and saw some of my friends there. I nabbed The Art of Up, And There You Are by Ronnie, and Paper Biscuit 2 also by Ronnie. I got a chance to meet him and get all my books signed. He's super cool, and I got him to sign my UP book in Tagalog! The following day, my cousin and I went to go see the movie. It was AMAZING. Highly recommend it. See it. I give it, two thumbs UP!



Here are some pics of my weekend:


Walking to Nucleus.



Waiting in Line.



Checking out my books.

Me

My cousin, Reggie.


Meeting Ronnie.






Stephen

Friend O' Mine

Hey, again. Just found out one of my co-workers has a blog as well. Cool guy, good work. Check him out if you get the chance.

http://edwardjchua.blogspot.com/

Expect a jam from he and I soon enough. Til' here!


Stephen


PS

GO LAKERS!!!

Meanwhile, while rendering...

Yo yo. I know it's been some time again. Haven't really had the time to actually post anything. Things have been busy at work. GOOD busy. Anyhow, here's a piece that I did while rendering some things. My co-worker has this awesome Hellboy toy on his desk next to mine so I thought, why not. Done with the usual traditional materials I use: red col-erase, copic blacks, copic french greys, and white charcoal. I hope it is satisfactory. Til' next time!



Stephen

Ahoy-hoy!

Greetings, once again. It hasn't been too long this time I don't think. Although, plenty has happened during the time between posts. I mean PLENTY. No need to elaborate though. Those who know me, know what's happened. Those who don't, thanks for showing up heheh. Anyhow, on to the post. This one's been lying in an old sketchbook for quite some time. I've been wanting to run it though and clean and color so here it is. Enjoy!



Stephen

PS

GO LAKERS!!!

More Marker Sketches and a Laker Game

Hello, again. Here are more marker pieces from my sketchbook. Same mediums as last time. I'm running out of ink in my copics, have to remember to pick up some new ones. Did these while on break during Jury Duty which I'll be tied up in until March. Booooo...Anyhow, I'm also posting some pictures of my cousins and I at the previous Laker game (Lakers vs. Hornets). We won in overtime. AWESOME game. Enjoy!


My AWESOME Family and I



Left to Right: Cousins Terence, Eric, Reggie, and Myself


Left to Right: Cousins Eric, Terence, Myself, and Reggie


Lakers win in OT!!!

Reggie and I, Lakers for life

Eric and Reggie, Lakers for life

Eric and Terence, Eric: "Ariza for life!", Terence: "Sasha for life!"



Stephen

PS

GO LAKERS!!!

Marker Sketch Dump

Hello, hello, hello. I know it's been a while, but here are some marker pieces from my sketchbook. This time and from now on I will be adding a watermark to my work because a lot of artists I follow and know have been ripped off a lot for their work lately. Can't imagine anyone that would want to steal my artwork when there's so much better out there but hey, safety first! Anyhow, I did the Wolvie and Ang with Prisma tonals, but the Warrior dude I did with Copic tonals which I like using better. I also used white charcoal for the highlights. I tried to make these ones rather quick. 15-20 minutes a piece give or take. I'll be dumping some more soon from my sketchbook. I have jury duty (blah) like this whole month so I have A LOT of time to sketch. Things are great. And how about them Lakers huh?!?!? =D Woohoo! Just came off of beating Boston for the second time and today we beat the Cavaliers for the second time, snapping their at home winning streak for the season! Both without Bynum (hope he gets well VERY soon) and the latter without a 100% Kobe (get well soon Mamba)! It is GOOD to be a Laker fan. Til' here, Peace.




Stephen

Watch the birdie!

Hello all! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I haven't posted in a while, I know. But, good news. Things are better than they were since I've last posted. Anyhow, here's a bird that I did in Photoshop. Sketched and painted with my Wacom Bamboo. I'm going to keep this short...yeah... Aight, peace out.

PS

GO LAKERS!!!


Stephen

Thoughts and Rorschach

Hello, again. So before I launch into explaining this piece I would like to shed some light on what I've been up to and what's been happening lately.

I recently graduated college. Woohoo! It felt that way for about the first two weeks then I began to find myself being extremely bored very often regardless of all the art I was producing. At one point, I wanted to make a phone call using the house phone, so I walked around my house for about thirty minutes to discover that we didn't have a house phone anymore! Makes sense though, who needs one with all these cell-phones nowadays? Then after many profound things going on in my brain, I started to doubt my value as an artist.

BUT! Good news. There are things in the works and they are beginning to look up. I'll be posting up soon, hopefully, on how things turn out. But for now, on to the post!

Very cool character from Watchmen. Reading it again lately. Trying to refresh memory for the movie soon to be released. Lying in sketchbook for a while. Thought it time to post. Materials used: HB Graphite Pencil, Tombow Brush Pen, Prisma Color Markers, White Charcoal. Must take note of charcoal smearing if left in sketchbook for too long.

Peace (haha)

Stephen