Lego T-Shirt & Jeans Killing Machines Movie Poster - final

And here it is - copy and all.

Render time

So after the flat colors, i move to rendering - meaning shading and tinting (shadows and highlights) the poster. I did the rendering mostly on a Mac which - contrary to popular belief, crashed on my while i was working on it. i think i am doomed. hopefully my poster wont be.

T-Shirt & Jeans Ninja Killing Machines Brigade - the leggo version

So for my final exam in storyboarding/marker rendering we had to come up with a story, then board anywhere between 6 - 20 panels and render them in marker. In addition to that, we had to create a movie poster which could be done in the computer... so i opted for that.

Not to brag or boast, but i'm way ahead of the class on this one because this sort of thing is right up my alley. Throw in the fact that i sort of recycled and condensed my TS&JNKM Brigade comic into a 20-panel "movie" version and i was all ready to go. The catch was that it had to involve Lego characters which has created a fun element to play with, story and sight-gag wise.

So because i'm paranoid my computer is gonna crash on me (for the upteenth time) here's a mostly flats-color first pass at the "movie poster".

Whiskerino 2009

Let the beard growing begin!

i created this design for my good friend Jim, otherwise known simply as RENAUD. we along with some other friends are growing beards for 4 months as "Team Renaud". hopefully we'll all get a shirt like this when it's all said and done.

Stop the Presses!

If you see this ad in the Detroit Free Press anytime soon, please let me know. (hint - it should be a full page color ad - wow!)

Render Rending Rodriguez

So i've mostly if not completely rendered the beer can as well as the eyes in this pic.
i have to let it sit a while and figure out if i'm satisfied with it. i think it looks ok, but maybe too realistic for the type of look i'm going for. anywho - you may be wondering what "rendering" means. it's a term i've never really enjoyed and i'm not sure why but it's essentially coloring and shading an object opposed to just leaving it as flat colors. anyways. here it is... the Papi can...

Art of my father

Not really but here's a pinup/cover type deal for a comic i may or may never create based on my Father's musings. he's quite the joker.

Last Name - AMBIGRAMMED!!

I don't know why i got on this ambigram kick - but maybe it's because i thought if i ever got a tattoo, it'd be something i created. and why not my name? well, i started with my first name,... then... realizing i'm more represented by my last name (sort of a family brand) i thought i'd whip up a CAMILO ambigram.

OH - and just by a bizarre twist of fate - right as i was scanning this one in, i was searching for logos online. Found this site www.goodlogos.com - and just by chance clicked the "L" link... and what should i find but none other than John Landon himself - creator of the "Angels & Demons" ambigram! WTF universe?! what are you trying to tell me??!!

John Landon