tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264294062012-01-20T14:38:56.986-08:00edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.comBlogger1561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-67368881432172744952011-12-29T10:43:00.000-08:002011-12-29T10:45:21.404-08:00

Got in some sketch time this morning before my workout. Here are some warm-up sketches inspired by Deco Goddess.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-77884127082087113412011-12-26T18:05:00.000-08:002011-12-26T18:08:52.052-08:00

Colored up the Christmas card which I initially abandoned until a buddy of mine convinced me to just finish it up. So here it is :)

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-19447700742937669142011-10-11T22:45:00.000-07:002011-10-11T22:45:02.789-07:00

Got a chance to do another sketch in Photoshop during lunch. Originally started out a sketch which took about an hour or so but there were things that were annoying me so I went back and noodled it a bit for another hour.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-42638916561266168662011-10-08T13:48:00.000-07:002011-10-11T22:45:30.532-07:00

Messing around in Photoshop for a little bit. I had to force myself to stop after about an hour and a half so I didn't overwork the thing since I only intended it to be a sketch. Pretty fun to do and definitely channeling a touch of Berkey in there.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-91269266011762757082011-10-08T10:37:00.000-07:002011-10-08T10:37:03.118-07:00

Some warm-up sketches I did over the week. For the bottom one I felt compelled to do some expression sketches after seeing this site. They're pictures taken of people walking through a haunted house. Their facial expressions are priceless! Come to think of it some of the body language is hilarious too :D

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-72121589526805555072011-10-03T15:11:00.000-07:002011-10-11T22:45:59.110-07:00

I realized that I've watched just about every episode of Naruto and yet I've never attempted to draw him. Well here is a feeble first time stab at the dude.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-60244454506918607202011-06-15T19:06:00.000-07:002011-07-12T09:29:15.150-07:00

A piece I just did as a favor to an old co-worker. He gathered a bunch of artists together to do a black and white piece for a sketchbook that will be available to buy during this year's Comic-Con. Proceeds from the sketchbook will be donated to a charity to benefit autism. Update: Here is the link to the FB page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Drawing-Hope-A-Sketchbook-For-Autism/243954195617364?

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-82013087471684181832011-05-04T07:44:00.000-07:002011-05-04T07:45:17.262-07:00

Nothing much to say really...just some morning sketches to try and get muh brain going...

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Just some early morning sketches to shake off the rust. I must be running a fever..that's two consecutive posts in a row! Say whuuuut?!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-19876975492711811022011-05-01T16:58:00.000-07:002011-05-01T19:01:23.325-07:00

These were mood studies I did off of a CSI:Miami episode...I can't remember which one it was. It was something I did to try and get into the mindset of the game. The game by SOE, was an object-finding game with a murder/mystery theme...besides all that, its been a while since I've posted anything ;)

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-38170262559742721182011-02-10T08:37:00.000-08:002011-02-10T08:37:23.104-08:00

This week's sketch topic was Hungry Hungry Hippos. I didn't really know what to do for this topic and I wasn't really that into it to tell the truth. I'm glad I did it though since it forced me to do some quick studying on Hippos since I never really draw them. Who knew these animals were so crazy? According to the wikipage, hippos are responsible for more human deaths than any of the large

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-15099206917523729242011-02-08T20:09:00.000-08:002011-02-08T20:19:09.505-08:00

I've been lagging big time on our studio weekly sketch dealio and I'm having to play catch up. This is my contribution for He-Man week. I decided to do a younger version of He-Man (He-Boy?) and Cringer as a kitten being a thorn on the side of Skeletor, who was even ugly as a kid.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-77721743911174562332011-01-29T13:33:00.000-08:002011-01-29T13:33:03.208-08:00

I'm still trying to get used to writing out "2011"... These sketches were done around the La Jolla area. The top sketch was the view from La Jolla Shores while the one below that is the view from the Birch Aquarium. Managed to get in some sketches for this month! Yes!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-86634366677935513122010-12-14T21:56:00.000-08:002010-12-14T21:58:48.905-08:00

A group of us at work are trying to do a weekly drawing challenge. The theme is 80's cartoon characters..its not even a challenge really but more of an excuse to draw fun sh* The theme for this week was Silverhawks and this was my take on the character of Col. Bluegrass. He was the pilot for the team's ship. You can just hear that killer intro now...

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-79936137527810785192010-09-19T16:17:00.000-07:002010-09-19T16:29:51.919-07:00

My last post inspired me to try my hand at some more watercolor sketches. Watercolors are proving to be a tough medium to get the hang of...ah well, just have to do more I guess. These were done over at La Jolla Shores yesterday. I got a chance to meet and chat with some really nice people there. A plein air painter's two best friends are sunblock and a hat with a large brim. I had neither

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-46861330645622782002010-09-11T13:43:00.000-07:002010-09-11T13:43:52.600-07:00

Some old pieces done during a trip to the Philippines in November of 2008. I wanted to dabble with watercolors and I brought a small kit along. I can't remember if I've posted these already...:D I wanted to post something new and haven't had time to crank anything out.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-90969135551713227552010-08-31T18:22:00.000-07:002010-09-02T09:33:11.346-07:00

Just a quick sketch update. I was able to find a slot of time this morning and did some sketches inspired by Minon. More to come... Update: Here are a couple of other sketches I was able to clean up:

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-16464681966116396242010-08-07T19:55:00.000-07:002010-08-07T19:56:36.488-07:00

These were some color keys I created for one of the areas in FreeRealms.I can't really remember exactly which area it belongs to. I was just gathering some stuff together in the hopes of maybe doing a portfolio refresh. I really dig doing these...lots of fun!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-12288553613860077892010-07-28T14:22:00.000-07:002010-07-28T14:22:16.847-07:00

Well, well, well...how about this, huh?! An actual update... I've been in a serious creative slump lately...so in order to bust out of it, I thought I'd buy me a brand spanking new sketch book! I did a little sketching in front of the TV last night. I had it on Vs. channel and some MMA action was on. The character just came about after doing the studies you see there in the background. Those are

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-4310798044123372922010-02-04T15:03:00.000-08:002010-07-28T14:27:17.052-07:00

I was watching Zombieland the other day and I had to get this out. Cool movie so far though I haven't seen the whole thing yet. Zombies = Fun

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-46065204349629682772010-01-14T21:18:00.000-08:002010-01-14T21:32:20.107-08:00

Woohoo! Its my first post for 2010! This was supposed to be a simple entry for a drawing jam over at the Drawingboard but I ended up taking it further than what I originally planned on doing. I couldn't help it since I was having so much fun with it. I referenced the pose from a photo of Jaime Koeppe and I finished it off as Blair from Soul Eater. If you dig anime or manga definitely check out

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-54899058738028972652009-12-23T09:51:00.000-08:002009-12-23T09:51:59.843-08:00

Merry Christmas everybody or Happy Whatever-it-is-you-are-celebrating! May your path be clear of yellow snow. Things have been busy on my end lately, apologies for the lack of updates around here.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-4291074496185526412009-09-28T21:45:00.000-07:002009-09-28T21:48:31.009-07:00

A quickie piece I just finished for the drawing jam over at The Drawing Board.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-24570247874493260102009-09-17T17:45:00.000-07:002009-09-17T17:50:01.626-07:00

This was done for a drawing jam over at Drawing Board that I ended up repurposing to submit for this week's art topic (Emo) over at Art Jumble. It also gave me a chance to practice some more character foreshortening.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-52704968675806810422009-09-12T20:53:00.001-07:002009-09-12T21:01:43.801-07:00

I happened to catch a little bit of Afro Samurai last night on SpikeTV and was blown away by the extreme angles they were able to pull off. This morning I thought I would try my hand at a deep foreshortening exercise. What I need to remember though is not to try at at 8 in the morning...yeesh. My brain hurt afterwards...I had a lot of fun with this one.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-13090811106999349992009-09-11T18:00:00.000-07:002009-09-11T18:30:15.325-07:00

Gurly girls! A couple of quick sketches I decided to throw some color on. Fun subject matter to draw and you can never get tired of doing these!These usually happen during meetings hehehe :)Update: MOAR!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-52189553707492937262009-09-10T18:17:00.000-07:002009-09-10T18:21:08.886-07:00

This week's topic over at Art Jumble is Disney/Marvel merger. I took the Wolverine drawing I just finished and added some more elements and it fit right in!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-9648057553525910122009-09-10T00:36:00.001-07:002009-09-10T07:48:15.794-07:00

My favorite version of Wolverine was the brown and tan version. There was much more mystery to the character and he wasn't overly concerned with being pretty or offending someone.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-9983814144855985032009-09-03T18:26:00.001-07:002009-09-03T18:29:51.874-07:00

A couple of quick composition and lighting studies before I called it quits for today.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-87367247983209263312009-09-01T22:48:00.000-07:002009-09-02T23:07:58.213-07:00

Here is my take on Panthro, as I continue to try and draw the whole Thundercats team. In my rush to get him done I put covering on his feet but I think he's supposed to be barefoot. Urgh, too lazy to go back and change it :DUpdate: I couldn't stand it so I added feet:

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-42599403916577923592009-08-28T11:10:00.000-07:002009-08-28T11:13:10.981-07:00

This week's topic over at Art Jumble is Thundercats! I had a lot of fun drawing Cheetara. If my attention holds, I'm gonna try and draw the whole team.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-45121587015057641212009-08-22T23:40:00.000-07:002009-08-22T23:43:52.789-07:00

Some sketches I did tonight while flipping through the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-62539694907306994042009-08-21T17:48:00.001-07:002009-08-21T20:56:59.760-07:00

Here is a piece I just whipped up for Art Jumble. The theme for this week was Magical Mustache.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-65768074577284663052009-08-18T07:46:00.000-07:002009-08-18T07:53:54.666-07:00

Its trash day today and I thought I'd take advantage of being up early. I decided to do a quick paint sketch to try and capture the morning light from the living room. Just a quick one before heading in to work.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-59004709468581982322009-08-17T22:10:00.001-07:002009-08-17T23:28:16.864-07:00

I found this really cool and really convenient way to do screen caps. You can give it a try at: Screen ToasterI highly recommend it and since its browser-based, its compatible with Macs, PCs and even Linux.This paint sketch was a result of my little test run. I'll post the vid as soon as I finish the clean up and edit.UPDATE: Here is the video for the above paint sketch using Screen Toaster to

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-55311902161710013922009-07-31T11:02:00.000-07:002009-07-31T11:09:16.427-07:00

This was a triptych that I finished recently. It was for a group show I was in entitled Mind-Machine and this was my contribution.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-44567513432696755252009-06-26T16:50:00.000-07:002009-06-26T17:59:45.197-07:00

Wow, its been a while since I've updated! I thought I'd post this bit of awesome.SOE Fan Faire is going on in Las Vegas right now and a fan was spotted wearing a Bixie Queen costume! I also posted the Bixie Queen character concept I did for the game (...need to paint). Pretty cool that someone liked it enough to put in their valuable time to make a full-fledged costume! The costume came out quite

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-6652786224199250232009-04-30T10:53:00.000-07:002009-04-30T11:18:31.969-07:00

The game that I have been working on for the past three years has finally opened to the public! Head on over to the FreeRealms site to check it out. Once I get approval, I'll post the work I've done so far for the game on my main site...which needs an overhaul. Ugh.Did I mention, its free to farkin' play?!? What more can you ask for heheheOh and my in-game avatar's name is Egg Shen. Come find me

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-68260217130857878392009-04-18T20:15:00.001-07:002009-04-18T20:20:49.536-07:00

Watching the Houston Rockets play against the Portland Trailblazers. I dont't necessarily care who wins as long they beat each other up a little bit. Actually, I think the Lakers match up better with the Rockets, so okay, maybe I'll root for the Rockets.I did this quick sketch while watching the game. Ahhhh....can't believe its time for the playoffs again.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-64736478416939589872009-04-06T21:29:00.000-07:002009-04-06T23:04:21.344-07:00

This was my entry for the week over at Art Jumble. This week's topic was "Love". Head on over there to see the full version.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-90864739183936861082009-04-03T19:05:00.000-07:002009-04-04T07:19:00.769-07:00

Should you ever run into Alex Trebek of Jeopardy fame and he starts hasslin' you about who is the record holder for the tallest man, you can step to him with confidence and say "That would be Robert Wadlow, Trebek." In yo face, Alex!This was a piece I did for Illustration Friday and the topic was "Talisman". To me it sounded like "tallest man" so I crowbarred Sir Wadlow in there. If you're

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-84666796205623908472009-04-01T23:01:00.000-07:002009-04-01T23:10:46.025-07:00

This one took 15 minutes. That was a good bit of advice I got today. I'm enjoying these a lot more now that I'm not concerning myself too much with details which I have a tendency to do and I think these studies have more energy in them.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-89130696415241710822009-04-01T20:56:00.000-07:002009-04-01T23:10:35.265-07:00

On a friend's advice, I'm trying to get even faster with these studies. This was a 12 minute color study of an outcropping of rock facing the sunset.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-10389670479803704582009-03-31T21:12:00.001-07:002009-03-31T21:24:22.474-07:00

Here are two canyon color studies I just finished. I think I'll try some urban type stuff next...or figures....GAAAH! I wish we didn't have to sleep if we didn't want to. Both of these were done in Art Rage although I took the top one into Photoshop and added a bit of atmosphere using the airbrush. The free version of AR doesn't have the airbrush tool activated. I guess I'll have to buy the full

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-66000997934721494742009-03-28T22:17:00.000-07:002009-03-31T21:24:54.460-07:00

Yet another sketch. Just trying to figure out the optimum software settings. I didn't want to take too long on the actual color study. Total time was around 25 minutes compressed to about 41/2 minutes.Audio: Shake It Baby by John Lee Hooker

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-13404544277078494152009-03-28T19:36:00.000-07:002009-03-28T19:40:46.002-07:00

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-68590158065565508872009-03-27T17:56:00.000-07:002009-03-27T18:03:45.833-07:00

Just a couple of quick sketches to break up the day. The dude on the left looks like he was taking a survey.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-78120323722207785632009-03-26T22:05:00.001-07:002009-03-26T22:21:37.278-07:00

I decided to throw some color on the video guy sketch.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-78110727103904056302009-03-26T13:31:00.000-07:002009-03-26T13:37:17.625-07:00

Here is a quick lunchtime sketch. SOE sprung for lunch and I was able to stay in and crank this out and catch up on my Colbert watching. Pizza anyone?

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-60299879656033717942009-03-24T23:59:00.001-07:002009-03-25T00:00:54.906-07:00

Managed to squeeze one in before I crashed out. I'm off to catch some zees. Zzzzzzz...

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-91666792447851162712009-03-24T22:22:00.001-07:002009-03-24T22:31:33.308-07:00

I managed to get in and out of this one pretty quickly. Gonna see if I can slob out another one...

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-77568216871400967522009-03-22T11:49:00.000-07:002009-03-22T11:54:55.450-07:00

Meh. This took a little too long and I feel its a bit too overworked but I'm just happy to get some time in to do a study.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-40946000533551920112009-03-19T21:49:00.000-07:002009-03-19T21:59:23.276-07:00

Got a chance to fire up Art Rage tonight. Here is a quick landscape study from a random photo off the intertubes during half-time of the Lakers vs Warriors game. Updates have been erratic around here, hopefully that'll change once the game gets released next month.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-74077090758993232792009-01-22T07:59:00.001-08:002009-01-22T08:10:38.736-08:00

Still catching up. Here are two more from the drawing pad. Argh! This month has been nutty in terms of work...this is what I get for going on vacation. Ah well it was worth it.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-67855942529211963112009-01-12T11:25:00.000-08:002009-01-12T11:48:22.619-08:00

I'm in the midst of catching up with work that has backed up in the past couple of months, so I haven't really had time to do anything new. This is a bit of a cheat just so I can update around here and give me some time to catch up. These were sketches pulled from my lifedrawing pad. Happy New Year!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-70212058689880221602008-09-20T00:11:00.000-07:002008-09-20T09:55:41.279-07:00

A brain fart character that I sketched up earlier today and decided to clean up so I would have something to post. I think I'll color him tomorrow. G'night kids.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-58148664761049986292008-09-15T14:54:00.000-07:002008-09-15T16:16:12.937-07:00

It's Bigfoot gone wild! Here's a piece I just finished for Art Jumble. The topic for the week was Bigfoot.

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Another piece I just finished for Illustration Friday. The topic this week is: MEMORIES.The idea behind the piece was to show that memories are what gives us our sense of self. The child's hand to the left along with the adult hand over to the right symbolize the passage of time and that our memories serve as the bridge between the past and the present. Paper as a medium is designed to hold

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-57393958383283657462008-08-29T23:55:00.001-07:002008-08-30T00:11:35.826-07:00

A sketch that is currently on the table, I'd really like to take it to a full painting. This was inspired by the film Raising Arizona and this is H.I. McDunnough played by Nicholas Cage, who is brilliant in the film.

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This is my first piece for Illustration Friday. The topic for this week was: ROUTINEI didn't get a chance to do everything I had hoped so I guess this piece can be considered a work in progress...but isn't all art a work in progress? :DJuuuust barely made it in time I think...

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I decided to switch up the banner yet again. See above. I was rolling along pretty quickly on this piece and it should probably have taken about an hour and a half but the main freighter/station in the foreground would not cooperate. I couldn't make up my mind on what it should look like so it ended up taking me three hours to finish this "sketch".

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-687036055831589542008-07-19T23:58:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:48:58.469-08:00

Ihad a bout of sketchitis today. The top sketch is for this week's Art Jumble topic which was Elephants. I really want to put color on it but I don't have the time to spare. The bottom piece is a re-work of the Beer Maid piece I did last week. I started out just doing a sketch study to try and work out her stance from the earlier piece. As you can see I got a little carried away.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-88759958453494262742008-07-12T20:43:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:48:58.650-08:00

Another piece I did for the Art Jumble blog. The topic for this week was blondes...I couldn't resist. I forgot to give her a bandana though, I thought it she would have looked cute with it, ah well. Just have to pay better attention next time... oh and I should have dropped her right knee lower. Grrr.

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Went to go see Indiana Jones yesterday...all I can say is WHAT WAS THAT?!?! I could go on for days about how much I disliked that movie but I won't. Yeesh! That was a bonafide steaming pile of turd. So two of some of my favorite franchises, one of which was the Transformers, have been absolutely butchered and it just so happens to involve this Shia LeDouche. Someone please stop him. One of the

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-44599354962503741772008-07-04T16:41:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:48:59.591-08:00

This is a piece I just finished as my first post for the Art Jumble site. I've been itching to participate over there but I've just had so much other work to attend to *waaah*. Glad to finally have whipped something out.

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Here are some sketches I drew up during a 2 hour meeting earlier today. I was happy I remembered to bring the sketchbook with me. I might draw some more sketches to fill up the bottom page at another meeting later today. *joy*

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It's way too hot to go outside for plein air painting so I decided to stay indoors. There was a skate competition on MTV earlier today and inspired me to do some studies. It was going to be either that or jumping back on to Spore and play around with some creatures.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-71908352962527345282008-06-20T23:14:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:00.210-08:00

I've spent the last 2 hours playing around with the Spore creature creator and my mind is blown! The creature creator alone is so entertaining I can't even begin to fathom how great the actual game is going to be! Run, do NOT walk and download it here. SIMPLY AMAZING!!This is the first creature that I made and I named it Arak.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-55551115794644065722008-06-16T12:41:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:00.427-08:00

This sketch took about 45 minutes. I was trying to test out a video screen-cap service earlier called Jing. Pretty cool service, although the bummer is that the video clips are limited to 5 minutes, but hey its free. I'll drop in the video clip as soon as I work out the bugs.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-46825187757122556742008-05-27T15:26:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:00.660-08:00

These sketches were done during our meeting this morning. I didn't think to grab my sketch pad until the meeting was almost up. I was only able to manage these ones. I'll remember to bring it along for the next sessions.

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A quick painting this morning. I wanted to change up the banner on this site.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-14560771283451582972008-04-21T09:13:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:01.078-08:00

This was a caricature piece I did for a Snoop Dogg thread over at the Drawing Board. Snoop has great features for caricaturing, I think I'll try another pass and try to push it further.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-75647289193749756192008-04-18T18:46:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:01.178-08:00

Anyone notice the Pope's ceremonial dress the other day? It looked like Trisha Biggar or Iain McCaig could've designed it. Pretty cool.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-26873336813207117042008-04-17T18:39:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:01.327-08:00

Just a drawing exercise before I cut out of work. I might have another drawing in me before the day is done.

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I was able to go out this past Saturday to Balboa Park to get in some Plein Air sketching. Really cool place with tons of choice painting spots. I didn't get in as many of these quick gouache sketches as I had hoped because I wanted to do a larger sized oil piece...which turned out disastrous by the way and no it will not get posted. heh Next time I'll be sure to get in some figure work since

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-18665112561662288622008-04-11T18:02:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:01.737-08:00

Wanted to doodle something, anything and the Hulk popped into mind. The initial pose didn't really hold too much drama so I ended up with the Hulk looking...er Hulkish while smashing...a fuzzy bunny. Well..whaddaya want I said it was a doodle.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-40916887514374846422008-04-06T14:43:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:01.965-08:00

Charlton Heston passed away today. I did this piece to commemorate his role as Taylor in the only Planet of The Apes movie that counts. While I really dug the production design in the remake with Marky Mark, the 1968 version had a charm that got lost in the newer version of the film...besides that, the original starred Chucky Heston, c'mon.Somewhere, anti-gun lobbyists are scrambling to grab

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-64529496249725858612008-04-04T14:42:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:02.253-08:00

WOOHOOO! an update! I was listening to David Bowie's Space Oddity and this image popped into my head last night. Gonna try and get some color or at least tone it up. That song is so dope...

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I've been feeling guilty for not having had time to update this blog so I thought I'd post something up. This is a piece I put together as a test. Eventually I'd like to take it further...really more of an exploration.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-21325736941136572562008-02-02T17:44:00.000-08:002008-12-10T07:49:02.847-08:00

I recently joined a plein air painting group and today was my first trip out with them. Its been quite a while since I've gone out to do a bit of landscape painting. It felt really good to be out again. I'm waaay rusty but who cares its all fun. The scenery was amazing. We went to a place called Torrey Pines State Reserve. If you're in the area I recommend checking it out!I hope everyone's year

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-43852994112149306582007-12-30T14:51:00.000-08:002007-12-30T15:08:34.577-08:00

I'm not a big fan of Microsoft and the word "garbage" usually comes to mind when I hear the company name mentioned but this site made for the Zune is pretty darn cool! Check out this sick animated clip and check out the site: Zune Arts

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A few years back I created a comic book character named Blue which was released through Image Comics. Lo and behold it showed up in last night's episode of Criminal Minds! I didn't get to see it but I got a text message from my brother to let me know they had caught it on TV. I've been trying to track down a copy of the episode but all I've got right now is this still shot of Frankie Muniz. The

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-71721689979828179142007-10-13T01:13:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:04.071-08:00

I've been itching to do a follow up sketch to the Feyd drawing I had done a few days ago. I'm really happy I got this sketch in tonight although I'm so sleepy my eyes are gonna bug right out of my skull. I also did another pass on Feyd for kicks but I don't think I can clean it up tonight. I'll probably end up posting it tomorrow. Argh! I want to throw some color on these. I can't wait to do the

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-50331399293924485932007-09-25T09:29:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:05.315-08:00

I got permission to post these now that the game is out. Woohoo! These were for the online card game Legends of Norrath. I had a great time doing these although it was difficult getting them done, having to juggle work, personal stuff yada, yada. Wait...what's that?...I think I just heard the world's smallest violin playing.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-37892333776832660652007-09-25T00:03:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:05.523-08:00

I bought the extended edition of the film Dune a couple of weeks ago. The production design on that film still blows me away. This is a sketch of the character Feyd Rautha as played by none other than the tantric guru Sting! Sketches for the Baron and The Beast Raban should be coming. All three characters rule!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-63506374840206167802007-09-17T23:09:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:05.626-08:00

So sleepy...:(I wanted to clean out an old brush pen that I have. Rather than waste ink on random markings I went ahead and inked over this sketch I did earlier tonight. I kind of regret it actually, I felt the original pencil sketch looked better :/

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Just a few more sketches before I knock out. I'm planning on dropping some color on these...soon I hope.Note to self: must draw more animals!

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I wish I could say I came up with these two straight out of my noggin but the truth is I found the inspiration for them on this site: Malingering on Flickr.She's got great sets of photos to draw inspiration from. I could never have come up with these guys on my own...:DPower ManIron Fist

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Apologies, apologies, apologies. Hoooweeee, I almost went a whole month without updating this thing.Anyhow, I was showing my buddy Jason a couple of things in Photoshop and he convinced me to post this and it seemed like a great idea seeing as I haven't posted anything in quite a while. I know its got a bunch of problems but this was a 15 minute quick-sketch so that's my excuse hehehehe.---------

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I just learned a little while ago that Mike Wieringo passed away this Sunday. You can read more about it here: newsarama.com I can't even express how shocked and saddened I am by this news. When I was mostly making my living as an inker in the comics industry, I had always wanted to ink over his pencils. I was and continue to be a huge fan of his work. I always dug his style and the fact that he

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-21643619623290001312007-07-24T08:32:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:08.030-08:00

These are a couple of color sketches I did as exploration for some exisitng layouts that I have that I want to paint....one of these days. Wow! San Diego Comic-Con starts this week!

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-5500372537121049702007-07-15T11:25:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:08.481-08:00

I was trying to work out some stuff this morning for an assignment I've got. This sketch was the result of that.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-54418626024161003812007-07-08T11:49:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:08.684-08:00

Just a warm-up quick sketch of a face I did this morning before I got started.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-32851114184409179962007-07-06T11:42:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:09.297-08:00

So it turns out I didn't have enough motivation to kick out another ArtRage doodle last night...With this piece I'm trying a different approach to coloring/painting in PS. I'm kinda fumbling around for a process that's quick and efficient...on account of I'm lazy :D

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-44322703154683928712007-07-05T22:31:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:09.676-08:00

I really had nothing specific in mind when I did this. I just wanted to open up ArtRage since I haven't in a while...might have enough motivation to do one more.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-80118539400604844342007-06-28T16:13:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:09.732-08:00

I almost fell out of my chair when I saw this picture. This is a group shot of most everybody at Wildstorm Studio back when I used to work there. I got a chance to meet, work with and make friends with some of the most incredible people and thankfully, I am still friends with quite a few of them. I think it was around '94 - '95? Yours truly is not in it...I like to think maybe I took it? If

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-81928389915708351192007-06-28T11:59:00.001-07:002008-12-10T07:49:09.922-08:00

This is a memory sketch of a guy that was standing next to me yesterday while I was waiting for my food from the roach coach. I don't know what he had but I ordered the grilled chicken sandwich.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-7569221273916303572007-06-23T17:43:00.000-07:002008-12-10T07:49:10.078-08:00

Managed to get a few gesture drawings in before I started work. These are really fun to do and really relaxing. After inking funny books all those years I have a tendency to get too attached to the idea of "clean lines". I figure these gesture excercises are a good way to teach my hand muscles some new tricks. Maybe I can get some more in later tonight.

edwin rosellhttps://profiles.google.com/109184740723838956506noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26429406.post-69192799872635030342007-06-16T20:16:00.000-07:002007-06-16T20:53:44.435-07:00

I've been bouncing back and forth between the Animation Archive site and John Kricfalusi's blog today and my head is spinning!! Just chock full of good shtuff! Go check it out NOW! These days and too often it seems a lot of people get too tech-happy and forget or overlook solid foundation principles...myself included. These sites and sites like these offer a great kick in the head and if you

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