TenGuKu's Mountain Hideout

It's been a while...

2010-02-21T04:52:00.000-08:00

Photoshop...DOOM!

Le Resistance!

2009-11-07T21:01:00.000-08:00

Here's a little dude I did today...for an old buddy! enjoy.
Photoshop.

Self portrait...yeah, thats me..

2009-10-23T11:42:00.000-07:00

Photoshop...with reference of course.

Digital Dump!

2009-07-22T04:03:00.001-07:00

Here are 3 digital pieces I did a couple of months back...in order of appearance:
1. Monochrome "Destiny" fanart from Neil Gaiman's Sandman books. My personal spin on the character done in Photoshop.
2. The Aging Outlaw. Done in Painter and Photoshop.
3. Erica the Zombie Slayer. Done in photoshop.

Enjoy! :P

La Pucelle 2132

2009-04-26T10:09:00.001-07:00

Following the 38 year war of attrition between the European nations after the collapse of the EU in 2086, the Schengen Treaty of 2124 was signed to cease all hostilities. The war had left the western European countries unable to sustain themselves on their depleted natural resources. With impenetrable Russia to one side and the Atlantic on the other, the New European Council passed the emergency Act of 2126. This Act allowed for all of western European nations to individually invade or occupy the African continent in an effort to obtain the necessary resources to rebuild.
Unable to sustain a prolonged naval campaign circling the Iberian Peninsula to reach Africa, England requested permission from the French Government to cross to the Mediterranean by land with the promise of a large percentage of their new colonies' wealth. French Prime Minister Riberrie opposed this idea fervently and was subsequently overruled and exiled by the French Parliament. While the French armed forces were occupied with securing land in Africa, the British troops of the supply train which ran from Northern France to the southwestern coast, became more and more brazen in their treatment of the locals. Towns were sacked and French citizens executed without trial for alleged crimes against the British troops. The French government turned a blind eye to these atrocities as it found itself without the man power to react, and because it feared that if the truce with England was broken, France would have easily fallen given that it was effectively already invaded.
However, in a small town of the province of Lorraine, after witnessing the death of her family at the hands of a small British patrol, a young French girl named Joan took up arms in self defense and fought back killing the English attackers. Fed up by the state of affairs and inspired by this young girl's courage the townsfolk joined their beloved La Pucelle in her campaign against the British supply train. Steadily gaining popularity and support from neighboring towns and provinces, Joan began her quest to drive out the British troops and to restore PM Riberrie to the head of the Parliament.

Photoshop - 1 day ;D

Johnny boy...

2009-03-29T13:24:00.000-07:00

Just some more John Constantine character studies. Im having way too much fun inking with brushes.
Peace!!!

HellBlazin'

2009-03-20T13:53:00.000-07:00

Just threw together a John Constantine illustration to practice my black spotting and brush-inking skills.
Not much else to say other than enjoy....

X-MEN pages...from my sister's couch :S

2009-03-13T13:21:00.001-07:00

These are two X-MEN pages I did based on the Uncanny X-Men 500 script. They are unrelated to each other in that they are not both part of the same sequence. It's just a dialogue page and an Action page.
Im not entirely satisfied with them, but in my defense I drew them mostly sitting on my sister's couch with no real table to work on. 3 point perspective can be tricky even under better conditions. At any rate here they are. Enjoy.

The song of Jiao-Long

2008-12-16T05:35:00.000-08:00

Yet another piece of concept art. This time it is of the Chinese emperor's pet velociraptor, mistakenly believed to be a dragon, and named Jiao-Long. It was said that the emperor would consult Jiao-Long on matters concerning the state, and the "dragon's" response would come in the form of a bellowing cry. The key to determining it's meaning was closely related to the time of day at which Jiao-Long decided to sing. The hour of the dragon was the most auspicious time, the hour of the Rooster however, forbode bad tidings.
Seen here with one of "The Eight Dragon Masters", personal guards and handlers assigned by the emperor himslef, Jiao-Long wails to the valley below.

The image was done in Photoshop, start to finish. I only did grayscaling due to my other commitments having precedence time wise, but I think it came out nicely. Ill color it one day when I have the time.

Ask not for whom Jiao-Long sings....He sings for you.

Goblin Big Boss

2008-12-01T16:28:00.000-08:00

I saw this topic over at C.A. and couldn't resist having a go at it. It's supposed to be the big bad-guy from a goblin gun-slinger world...so I came up with this guy: armed with two 16-gauge automatic pistols that are belt-fed from twin 100-round drums mounted on a harness. The harness also has a back part which acts like a pistol magazine, but instead of single bullets it dispences fresh 100-round drums. When the Goblin Big Boss runs out of ammo from the current drums, he pulls them off, reaches back and grabs two more over his shoulders from the loader and clips them to the front of his harness feeding the belts into his guns to continue firing.
Here's the pic..I went analog on this cuz I knew if I started a digital painting it would have taken me a lot longer to do, and Im busy...very busy with other projects...but all work and no play makes Claudio a dull boy......ergo... :D
See y'all later.

Here, take my card...

2008-11-16T16:57:00.001-08:00

So here it is, finally finished, my business card. Or one of them anyways ^_^ The action sequence has no particular meaning, it's pretty straight forward so I wont bother going into it :)
I did the whole thing on Photoshop and I hope to bring it to the printer's tomorrow! :D
My info will go in the white smoke area that the girl is blowing out on the "front" of the card which I had posted a while back..I just added the blood trickle to tie it in to the story.
Hope ya likes!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!

2008-10-20T13:52:00.000-07:00

Ok so I've been away for a spell (pun intended) but now Im back to ye olde drawing borad and here are, not one, but TWO new GALLERY sections!!! Excited? no? well nuts to you!!! Anyhow here's a little b/w illo to celebrate old hallow's eve.
Trick or treat?!?

Whatchoo lookin' at G?!?

2008-07-25T12:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a concept design painting of a "Herbivoric Dragon". The idea is from the DSG of the CA boards. It took me a bit of time to do this (in photoshop) but it's because I learned something with every "brush" stroke. I hope to get a few of these creatures together and open a new section of my art gallery.
Concept design is more about creativity than skill, but obviously those with high skill get the job done faster, and better :P I hope to improve both on speed and ability, but in the mean time all you get is this pic.
The idea is that this dragon evolved as a herbivorous creature. So I took away it's talons and gave him hooves, also he has no sharp teeth and has a soft set of lips with whcih to strip folliage from shrubbery and trees. His wings no longer help him fly, as everything he needs grows on the ground. his eyes are not set in the front as a predator's are, but rather far apart to keep an open eye on his surroundings. Blah blah blah...anyhow I hope you like it XD

A little Dab of Color...

2008-06-12T14:49:00.000-07:00

Here's another attempt at coloring another one of my pages...I like desaturated colors..what can I say, and Im trying to make them work. What I love is the contrast between the atmospheric tones with the saturated and bright colors of the FX/SFX since it lets them pop out while maintaining some sort of chromatic coherence...ooooOOOOoooh fancy 25cent terminology XD
Owari!

Girls with guns...

2008-06-04T16:01:00.000-07:00

So, I skipped ahead a bit in the story line to work on an action sequence...Didn't bother posting the pencils again, but I think you get the idea that usually I ink right over the lines i put down originally...So there shouldn't be much difference..Anyhow here it is..not much more to say...^_^

Update: Here's the colored version...didnt want to do a new post for every step of the process so here it is...Im happy with the result, tho it could always be better...enjoy! ^_^

2 More and Switch Gears...

2008-05-08T04:57:00.000-07:00

Two more pages from the story I am working on. I skipped putting the pencils online because it seemed pointless. About "switching gears", I am hoping to change the style of the comic so Im going to continue to work on the same story but trying a few new things..really I just want to spot balcks into it. In the meantime I may color a couple of these pages and post the results..thanks for visitng.
Ejoy ^_^

3 by 3 Inks...

2008-05-03T10:54:00.000-07:00

Here are the inked versions of the pages below..Soon I will post the next 3 penciled pages which are just sitting there on my desk..as far as these are concerned, Im not happy at all with how they came out..I went for a linea-chiara for digital color, but for right now, Im not too happy...lesson learned! hope you like them more than I do, and if not...well, join the club.

The art of presentation...I hope.

2008-04-21T13:14:00.000-07:00

Here are some designs for my business card..I haven't put the text on them yet, but you get the idea. I drew them directly in Photoshop and had a grand olde time doing it...very simple, I know, but I trying to come up with a narrative image, this is what I got -_- ...might try a web comic in this style...nothing else to say, hope you like 'em.

Skeletons in the...cyber-closet!

2008-04-11T03:46:00.000-07:00

Ok..so here are the first three pages of my current project. It's slow going as Im trying to work out a lot of issues regarding how much detail to include and omit. So far, I think Im not doing a very good job at discriminating, but life's a learning process. Now, I still have to make corrections on these pages, but Ill post the pencils as they are, and I will then post the inks with the corrections, then you all can see the difference...as if you care =_=... Ok, here goes...hope you like them.

Chicken Legs...

2008-03-26T08:13:00.000-07:00

So over at Digital webbing they have these great contests to re-imagine current comic book characters....this week it's the Falcon's turn. I dont know what possessed me to do it, but I had to participate. Here's my re-imaging of the Falcon character...an Aztech (tech for technology...Im teh sm4rt) version with chicken legs!! XD
Hope this buys me some time on the blog...you know what Im talking about...
Enjoy.

New Post, Old Crap...

2008-03-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

This is ye olde Songes Coraline page I had to hand color. I only now got around to scanning it..tried the whole monochromatic sepia thing...I'll leave judgement up to you, my esteemed visitors....Do try and enjoy it. ^_^

My Mignolesque Self Portrait...

2008-03-03T15:38:00.000-08:00

Umm..so I did a quick portrait for a friend of mine attempting Mike Mignola's style, and I had so much fun doing it, that I decided to do a little self portrait in the same style...The background is a bit of an afterthought...Thanks Photoshop! Hope you guys like it.

One a Day?!? No Way!!!

2008-01-26T04:28:00.000-08:00

That's right folks, Im uploading another image today. Nothing big, just a character study of the beastie-guy featured in the last panel of the previous page. wonky pose I know, he's supposed to be squat-sliding sideways after avoiding an explosion...yeah, I know...anyhow, colors were done with warm grey markers and then slightly re-touched in PS. hope you guys like it..Im out! Mee-ow!

"Behind you!!!"

2008-01-24T01:43:00.000-08:00

Here's the previous page, inked and quickly lettered, with the worst dialogue I could have done...just to give an idea of the finished product..I had the most fun drawing the last panel. Particularly searching for the right poses, tho I know they're not perfect, but for having done it without reference...Im pretty happy..Anyhow, to elaborate on the previous post, Im trying to improve my nature drawing, and that's where Cho's work has been the most help..well, hope you like it, if not.....Tough titty, said the kitty, but the milk's still good! (the milk, mind you...not necessarily the page ^_^ )

Improving My Jungle-Kung-Fu!

2008-01-23T04:09:00.000-08:00

This is the test page for a project I hope to submit to some editors in the near future...Drawing guns is both fun and frustrating, particularly in small panels like the second one..Im hoping to fix it before/while inking...anyhow, Im off to ink it, so Ill be posting the next step, hopefully soon.
Cheers!

The not so good, bad and ugly page.

2007-12-19T03:34:00.000-08:00

This is my second attempt at coloring by hand with Ecoline. A sort of liquid watercolor..I must say that I'm not too ashamed of this page, it sure beats the crap out of my first attempt at coloring. That first page is now buried deep into the "do not open under any circumstance" folder of shame, and it shall never again see the light of day...or night..yeah.
There are plenty of mistakes that I made, but its all part of the learning process. What's worse tho, is the fact that after the scan it looks washed out..less vibrant. I tried a couple of adjustment layers in PS but nothing brought it back to its former glory (you'll just have to take my word for it)
Anyhow, thanks for stopping by, and, y'all come back now, y'hear?

All's well that ends...in a jungle temple...

2007-12-17T02:37:00.000-08:00

So this wraps up the 4 pages of Shanna: The She Devil. This page was entirely my own and I have to say that there are a few things that I am quite pleased with (tho there's plenty of room for improvement) and, of course, many mistakes that I have learned from. All in all, I am satisfied with having finished the project, it was a great learning experience. Hope you guys like it!

Inking damages my cool...

2007-12-13T03:58:00.000-08:00

So here are 3 of the Shanna pages inked, plus the Songes-Coraline page, also inked. Obviously for manual color. Anyhow I have one more of the Shanna ones to go and then it's on to other things! As you can see, I made some small changes during the inking.
Enjoy!

CLAC is French for SLAP!

2007-12-03T10:27:00.000-08:00

Hahaha, funny french SFX...Anyhow, this is another re-working of a comic page from Terry Dodson's French comic book: Songes - Coraline. I took the script of the page and tried to (mind you, tried to) stick to his style. I toned down the adult content but I think you still get the idea of the situation. The "CLAC" sfx struck me as being so funny I just had to include it on my version.
Hope you guys like it...

Take my hand if you want to live!

2007-12-02T03:14:00.000-08:00

Ok so the quote isnt exactly right..so what?!? This is the only panel I inked as a test of the previous 4 pages..I like the overall look of it, but while inking it I noticed a lot of mistakes in my pencils...fixed what I could..anyhow, enjoy!

Removing the training wheels...

2007-12-02T02:49:00.000-08:00

This excercise was a lot of fun..Start off with a copy of a 4 page action sequence and then slowly move away from the original story until you added a bit of your own. In this case I took a look at Marvel's Shanna the She Devil by Frank Cho and COPIED the first page you see below..Apologies to Cho. The second page is meant to have the same number of panels, same actions within each panel, but changing the camera angles (very difficult to do when you have something in front of you as incredible as what Cho did). Also the Layout could be changed. Page three was only supposed to retain the basic jist of the original page's plot (the T-rex presumably bites it) but could be changed any way we wanted to. And fnially page 4 was a free-for-all-do-whatever-you-want page, so long as it continued the story from the previous pages.

These scans show some mistakes that I have already corrected..for example the last panel on page 3, I fixed the bottom view of the mons pubis to be more..."girl-like"

Like I said, I had a lot of fun doing these so I hope you like them!

Humpy the lion...

2007-10-22T03:30:00.000-07:00

So after a summer that was characterized by Foxes and Fires and Bears..oh my...I have something new to post. Nothing too impressive, I seem to keep doing these little segments of stories, I need to come up with something...uh I dunno...longer?
Humpy the lion is trying to kill the wilderbeast (it seems I have to make that clearer somehow...) ^_^

At any rate, here's my first page after the summer break..cheers!

A bridge to ashes.

2007-07-14T04:04:00.001-07:00

someone once said: Love is war...I would like to add that, in retrospect, I should have fought harder...
This six-page comic was my attempt at a sober metaphor for the ending of a romantic relationship...it is full of symbolism and is very relevant to my life. the use of heavy blacks is meant to darken the mood, and create that sense of balance (yin and yang) that we all strive for but can't hardly ever achieve...

Beware the Mayan women!

2007-07-14T03:59:00.000-07:00

A short 2-page comic set in mayan times (they're all the rage now)...had a lot of fun doing this, particularly inventing the mayan language...can you guys tell what they're saying?

Disregard the text!!!!

2007-07-14T03:47:00.000-07:00

This two-page comic was an excercise in photo-reference. I had to create a sequentially viable story based only on photos found in print or on the web. Most of these pictures were found online, and some were collaged together for the sake of the story..which is pretty weak, but hey...YOU try it ^_^

To everyone who's not reading this:

2007-07-14T03:39:00.000-07:00

Hello...It's hard enough for me to write anything, let alone something that might eventually be read by someone else...but the Deus Ex Bloggus demands it and I cannot but comply.

Welcome to my Blog...I will, from time to time, upload images of my work to share with the world...even though the world doesn't really care ^_^ .

Well, once again, welcome to my little slice of heaven. I hope you enjoy your visit.