gnome

gnome for mike d

Space Man

'fist pound'

Draw Force isn't dead!...it just took a long nap =] Add it to your faves and check back often. Hope everyone is doing good and thanks soo much for all the comments on the blog! I'm terrible at replying but I truly appreciate each and everyone of them...so thanks again to you all. Here's a little process to the piece above...

1. rough on the cintiq

2. pen & ink on paper

3. best of both worlds (detail of final)

fernando & his imaginary friend

here's some work for a short i'm developing about a boy and his imaginary friend. the story is very, very loose and it's been in and out of my head for years but i thought of starting off the new year with a decent post. the first is a moment where the imaginary friend is helping fernando with a 'midnight snack' and the second one is a page of character studies.

happy new year! i hope yours is filled with inspiration and creativity.

-willie

fernando & his imaginary friend - copyright 2010 willie real

Happy Holidays!

vampire baseball!

or a food coma is more like it...

Polska

polska . copyright willie real 2009

Polska, which means Poland in Polish, is the name of a little old lady whom lives in a little old town that's a little out of the way. Polska is very determined! She's determined to cook with the freshest most essential ingredients and will accept no substitutes whatsoever. She'll travel to the ends of the earth on her trusty little mo-ped for the freshest food. One summer day she was planning a very special little dinner and that's how far I've gotten in developing this character =]

I love getting into the story and the environment when drawing characters. You can really find your answers when you want to know what to draw...

I hope to have the oppurtunity to make this some day.

-willie

wooden postcards

pen and ink - 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" thin birch wood

here are three postcards i'm doing for a benefit auction that's coming up. they're works in progress... i still want to add some mouths and varnish them up to punch the black ink. i'll post more info about it when its closer to the date. it was very pleasing to tune everything out and use the brush pen again.

-willie

new sketches

Merci

New Header!

You might notice the new header above along with my blog's new name... 'Dibujos, The Art of Willie'. Dibujo's means drawings in spanish and the little delivery truck is bouncing along delivering (or littering) my drawings all over this blog for you to see =]

I've been a busy bee lately and promise to post more as my schedule allows. I'll start off with some figure drawings from the workshop that's held at the studio. Figure drawing is soo good for you...I highly encourage it. Until the next post! -willie

Jelly McGoo

Jelly McGoo - copyright 2009 Willie Real, Betsy Stoner

So I've finally managed to finish a page of the picture book a friend and I are working on. I had posted a test a while ago and decided that desaturating the colors a bit would help showcase the line work I am so fond of. I've also added hand written text, which in my opinion is always the way to go... it allows you to play with certain letters and words and their relation to each other. Any who, our main man, Jelly McGoo, is a jelly fish who isn't to happy with his...jellyness. In his travels deep under the ocean Jelly encounters other fishy's who are dissatisfied with themselves.

Poor Fishies

-willie

sketches

This is only a test...

...If this had been an actual picture book spread it would have hand written text telling a story, a better composition (with the text) and the page layout. Stay tuned for the finished version. I want to push some of the shapes a bit more and figure out the color in photoshop. I also want to finish most of it in pen and ink and find that middle ground of simple graphic shapes with form in there as well. Thanks for all the comments on the previous post!

-willie

Where The Wild Things Are

I was very pleased to contribute to Corey Godbey's wonderful project, Terrible Yellow Eyes. A collection of work in honor of Maurice Sendak's beloved classic, Where The Wild Things Are! Such a cool idea...

My idea was a simple 'what if'...like what if a wild thing was sitting in max's room when he arrived from his trip, eating max's hot dinner? I hope you enjoy!

where the wild things are - tradigital - 11x11

The Suspect

I've had a nice double sided frame sitting on my desk for over a year now and finally decided to do something with it...

'The Suspect' Pen & Ink 4x6

los monstros mariachi

'los monstros mariachi' - 16x20 mixed media

Here's a piece I did for an upcoming show in Santa Monica. A few friends threw out the invite and I couldn't pass up on Monsters. I'll post more info as it comes to me but if you're in the area and want to check out an awesome show, go. I believe the opening is on July the 11th, 7:30pm at the Copro Gallery, 2525 Michigan Avenue, T5 Santa Monica, CA 90404. It looks prettier in person...3 coats of varnish prettier =]

-willie

Digital sketch/painting

I was trying to paint with oils the other night and I learned a few important lessons, one of them being there is no undo. I succumbed to the cintiq and got this...

Hopefully I will get the chance to post an oil someday.....someday.

sketchbook pages uno y dos

boy bat/bat boy

boy bat/bat boy...which ever you prefer - willie

Picture Book Project!

Chesch! (Hello!) I've just returned from my first Polish wedding which was pretty amazing...I've never consumed so much good Vodka and meat in my life. My Polish bro was getting married and I promised him I wouldn't miss it. Before I left for my big trip I managed to squeeze in a piece for a really cool charity called "The Picture Book Project." A designer at work filled me in about it and I couldn't pass up the oppurtunity to contribute to this wonderful Picture Book. Here's a little about who's behind it.

Rachel Tiep-Daniels and Margaret Wuller have spent time volunteering, teaching, and getting to know the children of Ghana and Tijuana. Rachel spent a month working with the Save Widows and Orphans Development Center (SWODC) in Ghana. Margaret volunteered with the Corazon de Vida Foundation, which supports 13 orphanages in Tijuana, Mexico. Both organizations help to provide, educate, and empower women, orphans and destitute children. Your support will feed, cloth, educate and provide a family to children who would otherwise be left to the streets.

So the artist was asked to submit two versions. A black and white version which children will be able to color and have fun with...and a colored version which we (bigger children) had a chance to color and have fun with =]

Thanks Rachel!

b&w line drawing

final