The Return to Traditional Media

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  • March 13, 2009
To be honest, back when I regularly used colored pencil and markers, (some 8 years ago,) I really envied people who could color digitally. Now, digital coloring is pretty much all I do. Recently however, I’ve been offered the chance to participate in a group art show, where originals will be sold at a set price. Being that most of my work is digital, I kinda don’t have originals. I keep the files and just print them out whenever I want to show them or sell them as prints. So how was I going to get myself some originals…?


Anthony Gonzales put me up to the challenge. He basically said that I’ve been using the computer too much and that it’ll be good to show that I still CAN work in traditional media. So I dusted off the ol’ colored pencils and markers, got a pad of brown paper (because stuff just looks so much more arty and bohemian on brown paper,) and got to work!


Basically I just reworked some of my sketches from the figure drawing workshop I go to. Right now though, I feel like I am at a crossroads with where to go with my art. I really like what I’ve done with the colored pencil and marker here, and I definitely want to keep exploring this style of color. But I also want to get much better at digital coloring. I’ve even been thinking of taking a class (I’m looking into this online course by this amazing dude I see at comicon.)


So I don’t know what the future really holds for this stuff. I want to say that I’ll continue to explore different types of media and have a wide variety of different styles for you guys. But who knows– maybe I’m just hitting the tip of the iceberg and 2 years from now you’ll be seeing nothing but giant oil paintings on this site…. HAHA (yeah that’ll happen -_-)

4 Comments

  • Michael says:

    Love the guy on the green “throne”. Worship material.

  • Patrick says:

    Oh my God I love these four illustrations — especially the last two. Not just because they are full nudes, but because you really capture a very strong erotic essence in them. They are stunning.

    Yeah, digital is really great, but there’s something very “real” about traditional media that still totally gets me every time.

    GORGEOUS pieces, dear friend. Really GORGEOUS!!! 🙂

    Hugz + kisses to ya!
    Patrick XOXO

  • Fabrissou says:

    To have seen these pieces for real, I just can say they are amazing and I so wante to steal them ^^

  • JC says:

    Thanks guys! ^___^

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