~!The Super Donut!~

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. My short film has been taking up my time as well as accommodating space for our new roommates in this small apt. So I have been busy with all that jazz that life entails. Not much to say this week so I will keep it short. Have a great weekend and I will have another post up soon. As always, thank you for stopping by my little area. :)

Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This is the Simpsons Donut. I had one last night and let me tell yah its should be called the SUPER DONUT!!! Why? You will know when you bite into this thing, its pure sugar!!! All I am saying is that my teeth are still tingling from bitting into this SUPER DONUT! :P




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RoB

~!Siggraph was Awesome!~

AHH!~

What a great end to my final trip. San Diego was a blast! It was an absolute pleasure to run into fellow Mentors, AMers and professionals! The exhibition area was awesome this year and so was the job fair. I was able to get a lot of great information about what will be happening in the near future for jobs on companies I was curious about and others that I did not know of; so it was all good! I am sorry I haven't posted much lately. I have been recovering from a cold I got on the way back from San Diego. Also not to mention that my time on AM is coming to end in about 6 weeks. I am busy now working on my short and trying to do other things on the side.

So I hope to post more this week once I get some time. I want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who has been dropping by their comments on my blog! Thank you so much for all the love and support. I will passing around blogs this week and I can't wait to be inspired by all your amazing work! I hope everyone is having a great week!~ :)
















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RoB

.::Mo' Sketches::.

Hey dudes and dudettes!

I am off to Siggraph!~ I can't wait to meet all of the fellow AM students and staff! I hope to find out a lot of information on companies to apply for in the future while I am there; and just enjoy the booths, sites and sounds on what the companies will be working on in the years to come. I will try to post some pics of Siggraph if I have some time. Have a great weekend!

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RoB

.::San Diego Zoo::.

I am still coming off my high from Comic Con. San Diego was such an amazing city! While I was there I had the opportunity to go to the San Diego Zoo and let me tell yah its was super cool! There were plenty of animals and people to sketch from. Well, this motivated me to draw out some animal sketches while adding some personality to them. I hope all of you bloggers are doing well! Have a great week everyone!

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RoB

.::!!!!COMIC CON WAS AWESOME!!!!:::.

WOW! What a wonderful event of art, comics and professionals under one roof! The atmosphere was so overwhelming and energetic. I had the pleasure to meet some the best artists in the biz. It was an event I will not forget and that I hope to visit many times in the future. Iron man was on everyones minds this year and I must say he looks absolutely amazing!!! Enjoy the pics and video below! Keep in mind this is only a portion of all the videos and pics that were taken during Comic Con. My roommates and I had a totally of 22.2 gigs worth of pics and videos combined!San Diego was a beautiful city!!! Enjoy!

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RoB

.::~!Comic Con!~::.

Hey dudes and dudettes! I am off to San Diego tomorrow to enjoy the sites and the sounds that the city of San Diego can offer me. Oh, yeah and I will be at this littel thing called Comic Con for the first time to see all the amazing work of all you wonderful artist out there in blog world! :)

I can't wait. I till be my first time at Comic Con and San Diego. I will try to post pics of Comic Con onces it starts for others who can not make it.


In honor of comic con I wanted to draw Wonder woman if she decided to let herself go after retiring form crime fighting.



These are just some more sketches for the week.

Miss Universe years later :P




Have a great week everyone!!!


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RoB

~The Little Elephant~

Hey you crazy talented bloggers out there!

How are you doing?

Well, here is another sketch for the AM forums. This weeks topic was an elephant. For this one, I wanted to go back to using the red pencil because I missed it so; and let me tell yah, I was happy I did. I really need to just go out and buy more red and blue pencils. I don't know what it is about them but I just enjoy drawing with them. Well I hope you like the little elephant. Have a great week peeps!




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RoB

.::Back in the Bay Area::.

Hey everyone!

Sorry for being absent from my blog; it was hard to get around to it when I was in LA. Now I am back in the Bay area to finish up my final class at Animation Mentor! I wanted to thank all the people at Rhythm and Hues for a great learning experience! It was a blast to be next to amazing animators at Rhythm and Hues. I wanted to wish the best to all the other apprentices who will be working at Rhythm and Hues, CONGRATS!!! All the apprentices whom I had the honors of working alongside them are so extremely talented and head strong that I have no doubt that they will have a wonderful future in this industry! I will definitely look for you names on the credits guys! :)

I will miss the wonderful people and beaches down there in So-Cal but all good things come to an end. I also wanted to thanks Rhythm and Hues for the wonderful opportunity/job offer to join their team but unfortunately at this time I will want to finish my studies. This leads me to my next point, Class 6!!~ Whoa, I finally made it and now I need to finish this class to graduate! I am so excited!

Below are a couple of pics of my time there in LA and some sketches along the way. People love wearing shades in LA and I don’t blame them with that sun in your face, but I saw this lady that just had the biggest shades ever and I had to caricature her. As for the rest it was just random sketches as I usually do. I will be on top of this blog more now that I am in the Bay area again and have a scanner :P

Have a wonderful 4th of July everyone!

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RoB

~!In and Out!~

Hey dudes and dudettes!!!

I hope you are all doing great. Well, I am on my third week here at R+H and it has been going AWESOME!!! I feel like my time here is just zooming by. I have two more weeks and then I am back in SF…weep weep :(

This past weekend was awesome! I got to see the special sneak preview of Ratatouille playing here in LA! All I have to say is that Brad Bird and the amazing Artists at Pixar did it again! When it comes out, RUN TO THE THEATER TO SEE IT!!! And see it at least 100 times; trust me you will want to see it more than that! It is such an amazing film with a great message that anyone can be what they want to be no matter the odds! :)

I also had another run at eating those amazing burgers at In and Out! :) If you don't know what that is, you need to come to So-Cal! They are so good! ;) Yummy!!!

Well, that is it for me. Have a wonderful week! Keep on swimming....keep on swimming~ :)



Nice! In and Out Burgers!!! Yum!




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~!Fun and Sun!~

WOW!!!

Thank you all for all the wonderful comments that you have left me on my previous post about the apprenticeship at Rhythm and Hues studios. I am here in LA now for only a month. You might be asking yourselves, “only a month?” Well, the animation apprentice program only runs for a month then I am back in San Francisco to finish up my final class on Animation Mentor. I also wanted to say thank you for all the kind words and support on my little blog area here in regards to the sketches I post, I totally appreciate it! I was given this opportunity at Rhythm and Hues for animation and not illustration, so I wanted to make that clear as well.

On to the good stuff, Rhythm and Hues is such a great and cool place to be!!! The people and the company have been so good to me here. The atmosphere is laid back yet hard working. I know that sounds a bit contradictory but they love to work and play hard here; which is great!!! The work they are doing here is top notch and just inspiring. I hope to tell you more these coming weeks through my experience as an apprentice. Which is not much because I signed an agreement saying I won't say anything, so sorry about that..hehe :P But just know that it is an unbelievable and inspiring crew of artist here at Rhythm and Hues!

In other news, I also went to visit the beaches this weekend and let me tell you that are just amazin!!!! This is California! Fun and sun!!! Santa Monica and Venice beach are just soooo beautiful!

Below is a sketch of a lady that looked like someone I remember seeing on Venice Beach. So it is my memory sketch for the week. I tell you this area has to be one of the best places to bring you sketch book or a piece of paper and draw like crazy; but unfortunately I forgot my sunblock :P So many different types of people along the board walk that are just great for sketching!

I apologize for the image quality but I have no scanner up here in LA; so I had to use my camera to take a pic of it under poor light conditions. I hope you enjoy the sunny pics below as well :)

I will have more to post next week for sure. But for now enjoy the pics, it is so beautiful here and the pictures just don’t do it justice. I should get to bed now because I have to wake up super early and that is something I am not use to yet :P But its so worth it, because I still can’t believe I am here at such an AWESOME studio that is Rhythm and Hues! And I am only two blocks away from the beach! :)

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RoB

~Apprenticeship~

~!WHOA!~
I have some crazy news this week. I got a call from one of the most amazing studios out there working on character animation, RHYTHM AND HUES STUDIOS!!! The news came to me last week. I was doing my laundry (my cell phone was not on me at the time) and to my surprise I saw a missed call from L.A. when I came back. Once I heard my voice mail I was shocked! Rhythm and Hues Studios called me! As you are reading this, you might be asking yourself; so now what?
Well, I am happy to say that I will be participating in the Animation Apprentice program. It’s been a week since the great news and I still can’t believe it. I am sorry if I haven’t been posting recently but I have been busy packing up my stuff for L.A. The Animation Apprentice program runs for about a month. I can already imagine the great advice and experience that I will learn while I am down there; I can’t wait!!! I hope to connect to the internet once I arrive to L.A. so that I can continue to post while I am out there. I hope to bring fun drawings, news and pics about my journey in So-Cal these coming weeks! :)
I also want to thank all of those who have given me and continuing to give me great feedback on both my drawings and animations. A huge shout out to all the Mentors and Students on Animation Mentor! I also want to thank the OSG, you know you are; without your support when I was feeling doubt or have troubles, you guys where always there to listen and help. I also want to thank my roommates with all the help and support; as well as others who gave me support along this journey.

Keep working hard and stay true to your dreams! They do come true sooner or later.

Maybe its just the great news but I felt like drawing a dude on stilts, go figure. :)
Have a wonderful week everyone! I hope to have the next post from L.A.




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RoB