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Under Construction… again

Mynt — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 07:11:33 +0000

My good buddy Lewis must be rubbing off on me cause, like him, I’m changing the look of my site again. So pardon the dust for the next few days. Colors will be weird, images won’t fit the frame and links won’t work… sorrrry!

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Swing WIP

Mynt — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:55:58 +0000

Before I get started I first wanna thank everyone that came out to OSS: “Relief Package” this past Saturday. It was great to see so many people come out and support, and we raised a lot of money for the families in the Philippines that have been affected by the typhoon.

If you were there, you saw me working on a painting of a girl leaping from a swing that I started the week before. Many of my paintings are done live and are finished within a span of 3-5 hours, so for the most part, I don’t really get as much time to put as much thought or detail in a piece. Don’t get me wrong, I love to paint live, but every now and then I come across an idea that deserves more time, patience and attention. This is one of those pieces. So during my free time this week, I’ve been dedicating more time to creating a more complete work of art, and it feels great. I’m still not done yet, but I’d like to share what I’ve got so far, so, here ya go! Enjoy! (The colors are a little off because of my lighting/camera )

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Jack-O-Lanterns!

Mynt — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:05:27 +0000

BOO!

Hey gang! Hope everyone had a fun-filled Halloween! On Friday I had a handful of people over to carve up some pumpkins into Jack-O-Lanterns. We also watched some scary movies including Monsters Inc., Zombie Strippers, & The Uninvited (Okay…. 2 outta 3 ain’t bad. ). I made a Zero Suit Samus, Issa made a haunted house, Ant made Jack as well as a 2nd pumpkin with one of his faces, Jen made Sally and Kris Mestizo made a big mouthed pumpkin with a mokawk that he put on his head…. Yeah… I know.

Anyways… Click the photo above, or check out my handy-dandy navigation up there and peep the photo section to see more!

Sketch Friday 02!

Mynt — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:09:00 +0000

Had to make this a seperate post since there’s sooooo many sketches from this week. I passed my book around during Bokeh and got some great stuff! Check it out! (Click pics to super-size)

This was the sketch of the piece I did for Power of the Poets

“Hope”

JToddO (Done @ Bokeh)

Raw*ul (Done @ Bokeh)

Shwin Page 1 (Done @ Bokeh)

Shwin page 2 (Done @ Bokeh)

Marielle [Almagetyoulater] (Done @ Bokeh)

.r ssej (Done @ Bokeh)

Stump being born and his size comparison

Trying to figure out how Stump walks

Sketch for my shoe crabs + a weird lizard and some guy pulling a rope

Girls on shoes (woulda took too long to paint for the event)

Narwhals, a badger AND BATTLE NARWHAL!

turcowpengoose… and platypuses (Platypi? Platpusses?)

Waterfall on shoe

BATTLE NARWHAL!!!!

Sketch Friday

Mynt — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:02:00 +0000

It’s funny how things work out sometimes. Since I’ve been busy and haven’t posted in a while, I was just gonna post sketches from my brand new sketchbook. Today though, Dyno suggested (via twitter) that we post sketches on Fridays and make it a regular thing. Sooo.. without further adieu, here’s my Friday sketches! (Click to Enlarge)

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A kinda DM part 2

Mynt — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:09:00 +0000

I Simplified the hair a bit cause I noticed that when I erased places where there were more strands, I liked the look more. Finally finished the hair (for now) and moved on to the dress… I have a pretty cool idea what I wanna do to with the composition, so I can’t wait to finally finish this. Here’s the money shots… Enjoy!

The thought bubble is just there for kicks… I might keep it I might not. Also the BG isn’t gonna be grey.. just put that in there for contrast

I zoomed in on this one to show some facial/hair detail. Using the highlights to define the hairs direction rather than drawing each strand… which I started to do….

Business Card!

Mynt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:04:00 +0000

Finished these last night so today I’ma have to make some cheapo print outs so I can have some of these done by the show at Minna. I need to hurry up and order a set from a printer already. -__-; Anyways, peep game:

Live Painting July 10th at Minna Gallery in SF

Mynt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:25:00 +0000

Title says it all… Myself and a troupe of IC members will be at 111 Minna in The City this Friday night 10PM – 2AM for the 21 and up. Come down and have some drinks with me and we can be great pals. Here’s the officials from Oh Dang! Magazine:

By now, your 4th of July hangover should have worn off. While those fingers you blew off lighting fireworks won’t grow back, it’s okay, you can still sorta wrap your hand around a drink and enjoy some dope art. Catch over a dozen live artists and a photo exhibit from Nina Parks, Karla Amaya and Kirstina Sangsahachart at 111 Minna this Friday. Check the flyer for more…

Oh Dang! always throws great events so I’m really excited to be doing this one. I’ll be brainstorming today after work, and hopefully I kick out a good idea. If you want to get on the guest list and save yourself 5 bucks, get at me by the end of the day and I can make it happen. Hope to see you there!

Marionette Concept Sketch

Mynt — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:23:00 +0000

Hey gang, here’s some sketches for a new project I’m working on with my good friend Tommy Wooten. Can’t give too many details right now, but I’ll try to throw you guys some progress stuffs when I can. Enjoy!

Human Draw In

Mynt — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:12:00 +0000

Hey all… This past weekend we went to Napa to do some live art for an event called the Human Draw In. The idea was to get 60 artists together to draw in 1 hour shifts. After you’re done, they hang your art and attendees can purchase it for $50, and all the money goes to charity to help disabled artists.

It was a fun event, really well put together and a great support for a good cause. The staff was energetic and friendly, and there were supplies if you didn’t want to bring your own. All we had to do was to show up and draw. IC’s shift started at 8:15PM-9:15PM. Myself, Shwin, Ant, Dyno, Tim G & Raw-Ul all participated, and they even had little title cards you put next to your area so people walking by could see what you were doing.

I was trying to come up with a good idea which would be easy enough to complete within an hour, because knowing me, I can spend a great deal of time on a piece trying to detail tiny things. I knew I wanted to use the colored ink bottles I had on hand and never really got to use. I also had some watercolor paper that was gathering dust. I wanted big blocks of one or two colors and then some kind of line work somewhere. While struggling with sketches Saturday afternoon, I just nixed it and decided to do another “hairrow” girl. This would ensure that I’m drawing something I already know how to do, so it wouldn’t take up too much time.

I was suprised to realize when I sat down that I was a little more nervous than doing actual live art at other events. I think it was mostly because the atmosphere of the Human Draw In was a little different than other live events, seeing as we were working individually on small pieces of work. So in order for spectators to see what you were doing, they had to be pretty much all over your shoulder. Also, my live art is almost entirely done while standing… meaning I can move around, walk back and forth, look at my piece from afar, etc., etc. At the table, I had to sit down and sit still. Add that to the fact that for some reason, I had a lot of energy that night, so my knee was moving up and down like a jackhammer. The other difficulty, which I didn’t even think about, was having other artists at the table. Trying to do fine linework when the table is shaking due to bumping, erasing, shifting etc. was hard on such a small piece, but I think I adjusted fine.

In the end, my piece was sold way before it was even finished. There were a lot of people there, so every 5 minutes there was a new person looking over my shoulder, but there was one lady in particular that was regularly checking up on my progress. Sure enough, when I was about halfway done, she asked one of the organizers if she could purchase my piece before it hit the wall. I was pretty astounded and proud at the same time, mostly because I didn’t expect anyone in Napa to really want one of these girls. I’m not trying to stereotype anyone here, but let’s just say that I know my demographic.

Anywho, here’s some snaps I took of my piece and the nice lady (sorry, I forgot your name! I’m soooo bad at names) who bought my piece. She said it reminded her of her friend who does comic art in LA. I was secretly hoping it was one of the guys I look up to in the industry, but thats just me being vain… hahaha… here’s the pix, enjoy!