Tell me who you see...

The other day I got the urge to play a little guessing game with my roommates, so what I did was I drew some caricatures of 3 celebrities and showed them to them. One of them only got 1 out of the 3 the other got 2 1/2 out of 3. Can you get all 3? Stay Roge /;)

Traditional n digital drawing OVERLOAD

Hey everyone, sorry about the delay, things have been a bit hectic but i come bearing new tidings, a look at what I've been up to in the time I've been away from you all. Hope you like what you see.. Stay Roge! /;)

Things have been crazy

Hey everyone I'm back!!! You miss me?  Anyway it's been a real interesting couple of months. I've been getting up on my caricature game so that's great(will be posting all that work soon just compiling it) Working on visual effects animation( two are under the Animation Tab) a new Logo and I Got a NEW COMPUTER!!! So I'm back and I should be posting regularly once again, bringing you more stuff and whatever comes to me throughout the week, no specific day just something new. Good to be back Stay Roge /;)

Long time no Post..... And might be a bit longer :(

Hey All, sorry I haven't posted in a while but I've got a legit reason, I promise ;) My computer is currently visiting the mysterious land of the after life so currently I haven't been able to do any digital work :( Here's the good news, I have been reading up on my Caricature drawing stuff, so I will bring you all some of my practice stuff to look over (nothin but black marker hehe :)) it will be facial feature by feature so I'll decide and surprise ya'll next time. Also the Character Hierarchy of Design study will be put on hold for a bit for more exploration that I'm doing in the realm of Caricature which is a BROAD level of realism. So just letting you all know I still exist in the land of the living lol. Till next time ya'll Stay Roge /;)

The Good the Bad and the BROAD!

Hey everybody and welcome back to another post. I'm your host Joel. Today we are going to be covering the 3rd level in the Character hierarchy of Detail which is the "BROAD" level of design. As I went over briefly in the last post the BROAD level of designing characters is meant for Exaggerated cartoony takes. A great and widely accepted example of this design level would be roughly all of Warner Bros animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, The Animaniacs , and all the other Toons in the Warner bros animated family. As one can tell from most of these characters the BROAD character has very big/exaggerated facial features for being "very" expressive as well as unique. I found this to be true in Caricatures as well. For those of you who don't know what a Caricature is, it is an exaggerated likeness of a person or object. An example of a Caricaturist, whom I happen to be studying right now, would be Lenn Redman. Because of this similarity between the BROAD level of Character design and Caricature I've decided to, from this month and beyond, to use Caricature as a grounds to bring forth this, and the further levels in the Character design Hierarchy. I feel this is a good practice for a lot of artists because when you study Caricature it teaches you to see the details and differences that make people and objects unique. Here are a few digital "Comic Faces" practice runs that I've been instructed to do, using one of the Grids illustrated within the book "How To Draw Caricatures" by Lenn Redman, in starting to learn how to draw Caricatures. For your guy's enjoyment :), remember it's my first time, be gentle haha. Till next time gang. Stay Roge /;)

New Month New Adventure

        Hey everyone! You miss me :) So I hope you all had a Happy Halloween this past Monday or pre-Halloween weekend for most of you hehe. This month like the last we will be continuing up the Character Hierarchy of Character Detail, and for some, reflecting on what it is that we are thankful for in our lives thus far. For me I'm thankful for a lot of things, that would sound kinda cliche in writing, but I'll give you guys one thing and that's that I'm thankful for just another day to be alive in this world, regardless of how chaotic it can be. The Sunny, the rainy, and all the days in between are all a blessing and they should be savored, especially with the ones we care about. Gmm mmmm now getting back to Art. This month I will be doing all my characters on the 3rd level in the Character Hierarchy of Detail which is BROAD. In most cases the characters in this level are meant to be used for very exaggerated reaction takes and visual humor. I'll go into more detail in the next post about this level of the hierarchy but until then here's something to keep your attention. Just a trio of quickly sketched examples of my interpretation of this level of design detail. Stay Roge /;)

Here it is All!!

     Greetings to all of you this afternoon. It's been a long road but here is the final Poster for this year's Halloween. Muwahahahahahaha!!!

Happy Halloween to you all. Be Safe out there Tonight!! Stay Roge /;) HmmHmhmhmhmhmhmmmmmmm...