Day 18: Just a Doodle

Here's a quirky doodle i did years ago and I decided to make a digital drawing for this series. The one with the rainbow yard ball is inspired by Alice in Wonderland's Chesire Cat. I just love his huge grin, large popping eyes and crazy stripes. The rest of them are sort of variation of this character that I made. Unlike my previous drawings, I used pastel colors in this one so it looks something that can be printed in a children's story book. Well, that's it :) Hope you like it!

Day 6: Favorite Book Character

I'm not a fan of books or novels. I find it boring reading lengthy text in black and white. In high school, book reports are my least favorite assignments because I end up sleeping after reading the first few chapters. So in this day of the 30 Day Drawing Challenge, I have to draw my favorite book character.

The first thing i had in my mind is Harry Potter or Robert Langdon of "Angels and Demons". But the challenge says "must not be a movie" so I have to think of another character. There are few fictional books that I have read in my entire life and most of them I read in high

Doodle Inspiration #3: Designer Toys

One of my dreams is to have my own designer toy store. Artist, especially Character designers, create 3d representation of their characters using molding clay, ABS plastic or vinyl. These are reproduced in limited editions only (10 to 2000 pcs). Some call them action figures, vinyl toys or designer toys. Unpainted toys are also available for those who don't have the money to mold their own design. These templates can be painted to form your custom design. Kidrobot.com offers the most popular designer toys and DIY toys. TokiDoki, Nathan Jurevicius, Noferin, Doktor A, Dalek, Tara McPherson, Jon Burgerman, TADO and Takashi Murakami are just some of my favorite designers. Here are design inspirations from designer toys all over the world.

Ambao, Batang Yagit and Cactose

Just wanna share this portait reunion of my three characters united in one doodle.

On Chowder and Paisleys

Have you seen Chowder? Oh that cute stupid thing in Cartoon Network? Well, Chowder it the next cutest thing in TV. He is a squeezy toy inspired character who is an apprentice of a chef named Mung Daal. What I like about the show is the style of animation that they used. They used patterns on the characters' clothing or skin, when a character moves, their patterns do not follow, but display as a "static" background.

I also love how they used stop motion and puppets at the end of the show. Anyways, I made this character while practicing drawing in Flash. I used one type of brush and created variations of thickness by zooming in and out while drawing. I created the bold outlines first and then zoomed it to created dots and dashes for the details. The design is inspired by paisley patterns. I colored and textured it in photoshop using this amazing victorian textures [link], of course inspired by the show "Chowder". I named it "Ambao" coined by my sister's goddaughter, Mica, which means daga or mouse. (she is afraid of tiny fury creatures.) Click on the image for larger view.

Ambao the Paisley

Meet Nathan and Drix

Nathan and Drix are my fictional characters that i designed for my animation class. Nathan is my protagonist and Drix is his sidekick. Nathan is an 18 year old boy who cannot live without his headphones, pen and sneakers. He loves music and arts. He's a hiphop dancer and he loves wearing retro inspired shirts. He's a lefty, and drawing is his past time. Wherever he goes, he will always look colorful. (He love neon colors.) He is softspoken and introverted but happy-go-luck and optimistic all the time. Drix, on the other hand, is a walking record player. No one can hear his music but the one that owns him. His music changes to the tune of his master's mood. He is such a charming pet and whenever Nathan feels happy or sad, he'll always be at his side.