Look At This! Look At That!

Hey all, I'm super excited to announce that I'll be participating in a very cool show in honor of the whimsical, rhythmical literary giant, Dr. Seuss! The opening is being held this Saturday by the fine folks over at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA.

It was a lot of fun diving into Seuss' visually rich worlds again. The first feature film I worked on was Horton Hears a Who back in 2005 (wow, a long time ago)... and it was cool to see what I could come up with nowadays. I dusted the paints off and went at it. After a failed attempt in gouache I resorted to acrylics =]

'faithful, one hundred percent' - 12x18 - acrylic

a close up...kept it simple (lines to a minimum) and focused on shapes

framed and ready to go

bread

sooo... this piece was started last year =] it was the last drawforce blog topic before everyone went their own way and/or lost interest etc etc. it never made the light of day. until now. it's still a wip but i kinda like where it's going and i promised more posts (hope you dont mind if they're a little rough) anywho, it's about a bread shop... with some mysterious happenings. but the pigeons don't care =]

life sketching at work

more vehicles... boats!

sketching/riding bikes w los on sunday (amazinglyclearday)

bikes.2012

happy new year everyone! hope your 2012 gets off to a swell start =] here are some bikes i drew in my sketchbook just before the holidays.

Happy Holidays!

New favorite vehicles to draw...

... laundry carts! =]

APE 2011

APE 2011 @ The Concourse

Hey Guys. Just wanted to say I had a lot of fun at ape this past weekend. I got to meet some pretty cool folks, meet up with old classmates, and spend a few pennies on some cool books =] Kristin sold a bunch of her cards and a lot of 'Sad Monster' prints sold along with 3 original drawings from the book! So thanks for stopping by and saying hi and thanks for all the support!

Prints & Originals

Inking a drawing of ...

... an octopus barber!?

my ape tag team partner ;)

Sad Monsters n Apes n stuff

Hey! Look what came in the mail the other day =] It's the 'Sad Monsters' book I worked on a while back with super funny writer, Mr. Frank Lesser. I had a lot of fun illustrating some of the hilarious characters in this book... and it's my first cover! You can come by APE on Oct 1-2 in San Francisco where I'll have some of the originals on display at table #701. I'll also have a few copies you can check out (maybe even some for sale?). You can pre-order some right now via amazon, powell's (yup, that awesome store in portland) or other fine retailers at the bottom of the Sad Monsters website.

steven colbert!!! whaaat!!?? ...that's just bananas.

here's the inked drawing next to the final

...a chupacabra who's good at ballroom dancing.

godzilla feeling under the weather (sorry, i couldn't help myself ;)

a stay at home genie

and a couple of details from other illustrations in the book.

got caught!

So yeah, come by table #701 at APE and say hi. I'll be there sharing a table with my tag team partner who makes these adorable little cards you just want to eat up. I hear the google doodlers are in the house as well... a super crew of artists I have the lucky chance to work with. Anywho thats plenty of chatter from this box! Hope to see you guys there! -willie

Chocolate Milk. It's Good For You

One more quick post before I'm off to dream land. Chocolate Milk was the topic over at drawforce this month-ish =] What better way to enjoy your chocolate milk than in your tighty whities. Pure happiness.

Rio art and development

Oh man, apologies for such a long time without posting anything. A new job and a new home can take a lot out of you... but alas that's no excuse... I'll try and be better. By now you might've seen 'Rio' which was the last released film I worked on at BlueSky. Well I visited some friends who are still there last week and it reminded me of how much fun that place was. So many talented folks and soo much inspiration oozing out everywhere. Just wanted to share some of my favorite assignments on that project... Hope you enjoy =]

Happy Birthday Lisbon Tram!

Celebrating Lisbon Tram's 110th =]

If you missed it you can find all the doodles here.

stupid cloud, stupid kid

just had an idea for a cool short...

Man...

Thanks for all the spoon love everyone. I'm super happy everything sold =] In other news I'm also happy of a little doodle I did for work. It was a quick deadline but nonetheless a fun one. Hurry before it comes down!

http://www.google.com.br/

(if you missed it or any of the doodles you can always check 'em out here)

The Spoon Show

sold out

Hey everyone, thanks so much for your patience. I know some of you were interested in buying the spoons I worked on so here they are... an art opening of sorts. Without the snacks and the beverages of course... although, I am having a glass of wine tonight if you'd like to join me in honor of 'The Spoon Show' =]

If you'd like to purchase a spoon (or a drawing below) e-mail me at williereal@gmail.com. I will respond (on a first come, first served basis) with a confirmation e-mail where we can get pay-pal started. Once the funds are accepted I'll ship the work to you. Pretty simple.

Enjoy the show and again thank you for your interest and support!

1. Clark - 10.5 x 2.5 $200 sold

2. Sam - 2 x 8.75 $125 sold

3. Alek - 2 x 8.75 $125 sold

4. Franklin - 4 x 9 $180 sold

5. Harry - 5 x 9.5 $200 sold

6. Gustav - 4 x 9 $180 sold

7. Anne - 2.25 x 8.5 $125 sold

8. Joy - 2.5 x 6 $125 sold

9. Megs - 6 x 9.5 $200 sold

10. Mustache Man - 8 x 8 $200 sold

11. Space Man - 8 x 8 $200 sold

12. Figure 3 - 5 x 7 $125 sold

13. New Kicks - 8 x 8 $200 sold

Thanks again! I look forward to doing more of these spoons very soon so stay tuned =]

all artwork on this blog unless otherwise stated is copyrighted by willie real 2011

Art Thief

Here's an 'art thief' piece I did tonight while sitting in a cafe on fillmore. It felt good to use the brush pen again... it's been way too long. Wanted to keep the colors simple bringing the line work front and center. It's the latest topic over at the DrawForce blog... which is still kicking I promise.

The big move

Bloggers!... apologies for my major hole in posting. A lot has been happening in these parts the past couple of months. In brief, I moved from NYC to San Francisco (where I'm originally from) to start a new gig with Google! I'll be illustrating the logo you guys see every day along side some very cool cats who can 'doodle' their pants off. I'm super happy to be home =]

I've received some inquiries and a lot of great feedback on the spoons I recently worked on... I'll be posting those up for sale shortly so stay tuned. Thanks for your guys patience! See ya soon! =]

-willie

a spoon man named enrique

brush pen and gouche

bush+leavenworth show update

I had a chance to visit d-structure (a very cool venue) this past week and was glad to see all the awesome work on the walls... AND apparently one of my pieces sold! whoohoo =] stay tuned because I might try to sell the ones I'm getting back on here...

drawings and spoons

the gang

what'er you lookin' at?