Hail baby!

Another illustration I did for Mi Borinqueña for an article regarding the dangers of premature birth. Some of you will (maybe) recognize this as the March of Dimes baby.

"Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink"

This is a pair of sketches I did for practice with watercolors and ink wash. I'm still a bit rusty since I hadn't touched a real brush in over 4 years, but hopefully I'll get the grip soon enough.

Motherhood

This is an illustration I did for the first edition Mi Borinqueña magazine for an article about nutrition for pregnant women.

Puff, puff

Without leaving the recent comic book themes, in this case I was looking to emulate Frank Miller's Sin City style. You be the judge.

"No estaba muerto. Andaba de parranda."

Hey there, readers! Sorry for not giving you guys any signs of life recently. I finally started working (YEAH, FINALLY!) so I've been very busy lately. Hopefully things will settle a bit soon, so I'll have more time to post stuff. For now, here's a portrait I finished inking today after several weeks of it gathering dust in a corner. And no, that's not me.

Anyway, it's great to be back!

I Wonder How Much Longer...

Here is another piece in Roy Lichtenstein's style. This time I decided to add a thought balloon to enhance the comic book look. The quote is nothing special, I just thought of something random similar to the quotes that appear in many of Lichtenstein's pieces. In his case, many had some special meaning but, in my case, I just wanted words that went well with the facial expression. 

Pop Raf

Yeah, it's me! =D

Pop Art

Yeah, I looooooove Lichtenstein! It had been a while since I used a tool for inking other than my stylus so I gave it a shot using a brush pen. Then I cleaned it up in Photoshop and added the flat colors. The benday dots were created in Illustrator (following this tutorial) and then imported into Photoshop. 

Egg Birth

This is a cartoon I did for fun back when I was in college. Tomorrow I'll post the final version of the ukiyo-e drawing.

Mini Ink Sketches

Here are some sketches I did as an exercise on the back of index cards using only micron pens. Actual size 3" x 5".

Animals in their Environment

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