Totally Rad

:Speed Stream

2012-01-19T18:03:00.002-05:00

I've actually set a timer on this to pace myself accordingly. The experience reminds me of gesture life-drawing in that you leave "mistakes" and find ways to make it work. This'll be an effective thumb-nailing process if I can curb the time down to a comfy 15 minutes (This was an hour). Once more I implore you lovely passer-bys to speak up in the comments section if something sticks out I haven't spotted.

:VSV Bot

2012-01-16T18:20:00.003-05:00

This particular piece is a little glimpse into yet another project I've recently wrapped on. The character in question is none other than the games driving motivator. Perhaps I'll have more details for you lovely folk once the game goes live in a few weeks.

:Vi to the king

2012-01-16T17:38:00.004-05:00

Didn't realize there was a Stats tab to track traffic. Apparently people still come here...

Done this around the time I worked on the project below. Friend of mine was looking to colour his art work. Gave it a shot.

:Crashin'

2011-10-17T15:03:00.003-04:00

Roman inspired Crashed Ice warrior. It's actually an Olympic sport. Check it out.

:Brawlin'

2011-10-16T20:30:00.005-04:00

Little teaser of a project I'm illustrating. Soon as I am able, I'll post the project in it's entirety. Stay tuned.

:Safe Zone

2011-10-06T21:30:00.002-04:00

Doing some visual development for a project at work. Here's what it looks like.

:Fostering Refuge

2011-06-19T21:27:00.004-04:00

First time finishing a digital landscape painting. Hope you like it.

:Thumbson

2011-04-21T16:59:00.003-04:00

Small round of thumbs inspired by Scott Robertson. I'm watching his Gnomon lectures so I'll have a ship posted in 2 point perspective... soon.

:Creature Croc

2011-04-11T23:25:00.003-04:00

My first time trying to paint a sketch. I've been drawing inspirado from the good folks from Creature Box. Hope you enjoy :)

:Concepting

2011-01-17T23:32:00.003-05:00

Finally getting around to fleshing out an idea I've had slow cooking for years now. The ingredients are pretty standard; Action, adventure, mythology, and a pinch of grandiose. I'll pepper the page with my progress for all you faithful visitors and stumbler upons.

Cheers

:Practicé

2011-01-11T17:59:00.002-05:00

Back on the bamboooo.

:Reclined

2011-01-11T04:36:00.002-05:00

Little lifedrawing to fill the gaps between posts...

:Airborne Port

2010-12-21T22:45:00.001-05:00

Man, it's been a while. I've switched over to a digital toolset. I'd like to say this is a speed painting but it took a few hours. Learning the curves at the moment.

:Haunting

2010-03-05T18:36:00.001-05:00

Some concepts for a haunted house assignment.

:Lady Blue

2010-02-25T20:19:00.001-05:00

Some nuPastel action happening. You likey?

:miNUTE Gestures

2010-02-25T20:18:00.000-05:00

Somewhat successful attempts to "capture" the pose.

:Conténous

2010-01-27T21:25:00.003-05:00

My donkey was good to me today.

:Circle of Light

2009-12-10T23:09:00.008-05:00

I'm going to go ahead and try something different today. I wrote up a little short story as a final project for a science fiction class. I admit, it's pretty dense and that was intentional. I hope to one day find a way to make educational entertainment Awesome. Hope you enjoy.

Circle of Light

by Radek Maslowiec

There is a theme in the cosmos. For all of its violent tendencies, an equilibrium does exist; one that allows life forms to evolve awareness. However, the building blocks of consciousness are no more aware of the why or the how than consciousness itself. Speculation arose from this uncertainty. All of the particles that continue to propagate the existence of the universe, including myself, were once part of a singularity; an inconceivable point of infinite density, by any standard. As sudden as the realization that something was happening, everything began to travel in time and all directions in space. I was witness to the inexplicable order that would rise from chaos.

The tumultuous death of a colossal star pales in comparison to the thermal plasma that preceded the existence of celestial bodies. It will exist as an echo of creation in the radio spectrum of electromagnetism. That heat can be attributed to the abundance of the hydrogen gas that allows stars to continue burning. Ages passed before everything around me began to cool as the space between particles grew further apart. Dark energies dispersed the matter before gravity made its debut and began to clump my nearest neighbours and I into an accretion disk of hydrogen. As I approached its centre, I was beginning to feel the pressures of gravity. Rubbing up against the matter in the storm, friction began emitting thermal energy. Given enough time, the pressure instigated a runaway fusion reaction giving birth to the proto stars of our infant universe. The reemergence of light would finally break up the darkness. As chaotic as the core of a star may seem, being immensely small gave me the liberty to roam about its interior for what felt like forever.

A collision was inevitable. Fusing with another hydrogen particles is its own category of ‘different’. As my star aged, fusion had almost synthesized its entire reservoir of hydrogen. Its core began to fill up with heavier elements. Forced to burn hotter to sustain fusion, the star came to grips with its own demise. The formation of its iron core marked the beginning of its end. The event that ensued was somewhat reminiscent of the moment of origin. Crushed under its own weight, the star bounced back from its core and erupted with a vicious explosion. Forces of nature work harmoniously to redistribute the old and the new into the cosmos.

Speeding through interstellar space was a welcome change of scenery as much occurred outside the boundaries of my star. A rich variety of elements came together to form immense clouds of organic matter. The very star that had exploded was but a tiny remnant of its former self. Spinning at astounding speeds, it pulsed as a beacon of light emitting beams of charged particles. Dust was a new sight; a prominent ingredient of the interstellar clouds. These nebulae were the byproducts of ancient stars processing elements, exploding, and in doing so, boiling the elements together into new shapes at temperatures a thousand fold hotter than their cores. Spending eons mingling amongst the clouds of debris, I came to learn of the complexity of our existence.

Celestial bodies without the materials needed to catalyze fusion coalesced into large spheres of matter. Some of those spheres were terrestrial-- with solid surfaces and strong magnetic fields. Forces of nature, however objective, created conditions that were suitable for particles to explore the infinite combinations that were available to them. Some particles took part in the formation of life and consciousness within it. All of this was overseen by a benevolent point of light in the dark. The presence of stars seem to be necessary for these processes to take place. More important was the role of gravity to act as a catalyst. It worked tirelessly to bring about generations of stars into existence.

It was time again to swirl about a dense mass in this cosmic cloud. It was not entirely like the first time I participated. Involuntarily, mind you. The eons that had passed brought about innumerable super novae explosions in our immediate corner of the neighbourhood. The resulting nebulae functioned as stellar nurseries for countless generations of stars.

I was in the midst of another cycle. It wasn’t a particularly large amount of gas and dust that was forming this new accretion disk. The ingredients, however, cooked up in the distant past and equally distant space, were much more abundant than in my first tour. Having taken the form of hydrogen allowed me to descend into the core of a modest giant. Being the lightest particle privileged me in having the path of least resistance through the storm. Meanwhile, heavier elements remained outside the boundaries of this infant sun to form rocky bodies. The sun had gobbled up almost the entirety of the material available before it ignited. The elements that missed the deadline were among the scraps left over after the nuclear shockwave cast them out beyond the orbits of the terrestrial planets. They were plenty enough to form enormous gas giants relative to the rocky bodies of the inner solar system.

Although I have learned of the existence of terrestrial intelligence, I assumed it was improbable for them to understand the cosmic timescales and processes that were responsible for their existence. Consciousness that emerged from the evolution of matter could not divide the sum of its parts to understand its history. However, to assume something was not possible would be to deny the existence of the universe. I long to witness such ingenuity.

This sun continued to synthesize a vast amount of matter into electromagnetic energies on an enormous, but consistent scale. I've swirled within the pressures of this modest sized sun for some time before I experienced fusion. This particular instance converted me into the byproduct of said fusion; a photon of light. I was sent on an unfamiliar journey through the crust of this sun. Eventually I emerged from its surface, after a duration comparable to the time it took to form the star, to speed through the vacuum of emptiness. In retrospect, the velocity at which this part of the journey took place was almost instantaneous. The experience thus far was quite spectacular, but could in no way prepare me for the intricacy that I was to witness.

The journey sent me careening towards an orbiting planet. The heaviest matter was at the core of this pale blue dot, while lighter gases lingered to form an atmosphere within a magnetic field. Magnetism and atmosphere were essential in filtering the spectrum of solar energy that was necessary, but harmful to the development of life if not regulated. It was a testament of the nurturing nature of the cosmos and the perseverance of life. Its temperature was unlike anything I had expected. Immensely cooler than what was necessary for fusion, but much warmer than the emptiness between the stars.

The instant I made contact with the surface of this planet, photosynthesis had changed me. Being converted from a solar ray into organic fuel was stranger still than the process of fusion. As I came to grips with what had happened and what I had become, I was ripped from the earth by a set of teeth and into the innards of yet another life form on this planet. Traveling much slower through space was in stark contrast to the rate of change occurring in short time. The experience is somewhat unsettling. I traversed a tunnel before reaching what I assumed to be the core of this creature. Acidic material flooded this place, breaking down what I had become into a new protein, one that was responsible for creating tissue, muscle fibers, and the complexity of this entity. I could only compare this to what the particles of the nebulae had experienced, but it wasn’t over. The oxygen that flowed through this animal came to a stop. Yet another resident of this planet would further my understanding of what was happening in this place.

Portions of this deceased plant eater would be removed evenly and with precision. Eventually making their way to a metal encased furnace. The smell of propane would fill the enclosure before the temperature began to rise. It ended up being consumed in a similar manner as the plant upon my arrival here. Sharp instruments of silver aided this creature in consuming morsels of the animal to begin a similar process of digestion. The acids converted me into a nutrient within the oxygen rich red liquid the creature depended on to survive. Wasn’t long before a rupture in its surface interrupted my circuit through its body. I was siphoned through a narrow tube into a creature much smaller that depended on this liquid for energy. This must have been irritable as its demise seemed to occur within the time it was trying to excavate its source of life. The upright animal had exerted enough force to squash this insect over the surface of its skin. It left me drying up before I was wiped off and tossed away into a metallic cylinder. This wasn’t an organic process but nevertheless I found it the most interesting. Although not an organism, this waste deposit seemed to be home to a variety of life much smaller than what this journey had shown me so far. A creeping entity would work its way through the organic matter contained therein. It grew exponentially before running out of material to consume. Within each individual of this bacterial colony were simple instructions written inside its very structure. Spelled out with the language of terrestrial life. An atom a letter. Even the atom consists of a complexity as intricate as my accumulated knowledge of existence. I experience a revelation; a universe dwells within the building blocks of consciousness.

"the most incomprehensible thing about the universe is that it is comprehensible"

- A. Einstein

:Misfits

2009-11-26T08:35:00.001-05:00

Couple floating heads for those curious enough to stumble by.

:Battleshit

2009-11-16T18:57:00.003-05:00

No particularly pleased with this one. Ran out of a few prisma gradients. Perspective is a bit wonky. Other than that, I've always wanted to draw on of these and hear'd'is.

:Militair

2009-11-16T08:05:00.002-05:00

Couple more vehicle studies. Military edition. More to come. Soon.

:3 Point Factory

2009-11-16T08:03:00.001-05:00

A 3 point perspective exercise. Factory included.

:Giraffavenous Safari

2009-11-09T22:24:00.003-05:00

There's a theme for november and that theme is morbidly obese animals. What better animal than the slender giraffe. Enjoy.

:Butchah

2009-11-07T23:03:00.002-05:00

Does he looks like a butcher or a baker or neither. You decide.

:Repanning Streetside

2009-11-07T02:14:00.004-05:00

Second stage rough thumbnail for my repeating pan BG. Can't say I'm overly excited to blow this up to several feet in length. Joy :)

:Motorpsych

2009-10-29T18:53:00.002-04:00

Vehicle study

:Arizocks

2009-10-29T17:15:00.000-04:00

Rock study

:Attentioned

2009-10-29T16:37:00.001-04:00

Heyo

:Mining my Business

2009-07-19T17:11:00.001-04:00

Oh no, looks who's back

For now...

:Roses are... Grey

2008-12-15T20:45:00.003-05:00

Not particularly pleased with my woman drawing skills. Fortunately, drawing is a one way street towards mastery of the art. Mind you, the journey is the kilometer equivalent of a light-year (9.4 trillion)

:T'sin the Detail

2008-11-20T00:35:00.003-05:00

I struggle to find what it is that is wrong with my scanner. It doesn't do my lead work any justice. Perhaps the grays reflect too much of the light used to scan the image. Nevertheless, a drawing I enjoyed and felt I had captured a good representation of Carla. Has the feel of an old photograph, I find.

:Perpetual Posting

2008-11-17T23:47:00.003-05:00

Been kicking myself for not contributing to the wonderful world of blogs for a long time now. From this point forth, I am commencing operation 'Perpetual Postage'.

2008-11-17T00:18:00.003-05:00

I present to you a collage of a few happy accidents I've made along my quest to master the brush pen. Stay toooned to see whats coming up next!

:Reamergence

2008-08-21T18:32:00.006-04:00

Welcome back viewer. Must admit it has been a while, happy to see you haven't given up hope.
Spent some time over the summer trying to reimagine some Norse gods.
What do ya think?

2008-03-17T22:53:00.002-04:00

Thought I'd share with the viewers my animation mid-term. Over 20 hours of work.

:Multiculturalism

2008-03-14T07:38:00.003-04:00

G'day visitor

:Still Life on the OC

2008-01-23T23:13:00.000-05:00

I have dedicated a majority of my travel time across the city, by means of public transit, to 1 line drawings of unsuspecting pedestrians. I chose these because they manage to stay almost completely still for the entirety of the drawing. Enjoy.

:Out Hunting...

2007-12-21T01:20:00.001-05:00

Here we have a cropped version of my final layout assignment. I'm starting to better understand the intricacies of perspective using a very helpful tool: Size Relationships. Composition and line weight didn't get as much attention as the thumbnails and time spend referencing EVERYthing. Anyhow, if you get the chance drop me some feedback.

:Nightshade

2007-11-28T17:50:00.001-05:00

A supervised attempt at capturing the essence of a simple contour drawing. Unfortunately it is incomplete but man lemme tell ya, this sheet takes time.

:Laboratorium

2007-11-15T21:28:00.000-05:00

I present to you a layout I put together for an animation assignment we were asked to do. It's always fun to see a collage of cubes and boxes come together to create something entirely different.

:Inkits

2007-10-29T03:45:00.001-04:00

Some permanent ink captures the intention from the very start. Or just no turning back. Results may vary...

:Life in 2D

2007-10-29T03:38:00.001-04:00

Here I present to you the finest of my first 6 life drawrings this school year thus far. I have decided that I'd go ahead and attempt doing a study of the cloth given the abudance of time I had with this pose.

- 3:15 hour pose

:Long time no Layout

2007-10-29T03:24:00.001-04:00

For anyone curious enough. Yes, I am in the animation program and yes, my time is consumed by its work load. I would like to share with you a couple of layouts I have been commissioned, by my teachers, to create in exchange for a passing grade (I hope...)

For anyone with an eye and an opinion I ask that you share yours with me. This here is 2/3 of all my layout experiance so I ask that you help me find what works and what doesn't by dropping me some feedback. However, a "hello" will do aswell :)

:Faceful Dosage

2007-07-16T10:55:00.001-04:00

Some doodlers I done during 1/2hour breaks at work.
Which ironically is the same reason why posts have been lacking :P

Full time jobs you don't enjoy doing suck... When is school starting again?

:Morbio

2007-07-16T10:42:00.000-04:00

Not quite sure what exactly this is but I believe that was the whole point. Trying to test out my concept monster making skillz. The drawing began upside down until someone looked at it... upside down and then it all came together... well, not exactly but anyhow.

Enjoy

:Espionagé

2007-07-16T10:31:00.001-04:00

Finally took the time to clean-up my computer area and discovered my scanner buried deep below a mountain of bills.
You can hardly tell but, in the bottom right corner, a friend of mine drew a beefy espionage sort of character and what I did here was try and spice it up a little. Keep in mind that one day I'll actually be able to draw weapons ;)

Cheers

:5 Heads better than none

2007-05-19T10:56:00.000-04:00

My scanner is a bit of a piece of kaka and refuses to scan beyond its 8'5x11 dimensions! Hence why I bring forth TWO scans of ONE page. Top two characters were shaded in the sunlight while the other were done after the sun had set. Mind you I'm rather new to shading so it might not make too many sense.
Cheers, artists and evildoers alike.

:Sandy Session 03

2007-05-16T23:53:00.000-04:00

Managed to squeeze an extra pose today.

:Sandyhill Session 02

2007-05-10T12:16:00.000-04:00

1-20min pose followed by 2-30min poses in which I attempted to capture the light and the shade on the model. Cheers

:Barnyard Bonanza

2007-05-06T11:10:00.000-04:00

3 little piggies performing some much needed extra-curriculer activities.

:Lay me out

2007-05-04T22:10:00.000-04:00

Here are a couple attempt at layout. Not very proud of these two pieces.

:Blind Dating

2007-05-04T13:34:00.000-04:00

Quite the couple...

:Sandyhill Session 01

2007-04-27T13:42:00.000-04:00

These were done within 20min/each.
I'd like to see more of our pre-animation class come take part in this. Your career in your 3yr program begins the day your accepted so start drawing you mofos!

p.s. : My acceptance status is on hold...

:0.1mmmarker

2007-04-27T13:15:00.000-04:00

"What we're dealing with here is a total lack of respect for the law"
- Smokey and the Bandit
- Prodigy sample "Their Law" Good track.

Oh yeah, here'some marker doodling I did at the 'hopital 4 in the a.m.

:Titan Bound

2007-04-04T14:29:00.000-04:00

My Foam Core Monster: "Shloinsk" - savage Titan

:Modelero

2007-03-26T14:57:00.000-04:00

One of these ladies will be returning to class this week, can you guess who?!

:Live Mode

2007-02-20T18:06:00.000-05:00

Im not sure I know how to scan properly, but, nevertheless. Here is todays model drawing. It appears she had a long day when she refused to sit up for this excercise. Looking on the bright side of things... I did finish it in one sitting and there is some foreshortening action going on. Mind you I'm trying something new with my lineweight. Cheers

:Mo Life

2007-01-30T00:23:00.000-05:00

Not sure if anyone would be caught in such a pose, yet, here it is.

:Quickly

2007-01-26T05:30:00.000-05:00

Surprise visit from Izzy. This particular model will not return for another session. Given the little amount of time (1:10) I panicked a bit...

:Many 'a' Faces

2007-01-26T05:03:00.000-05:00

Spent some time in char.design trying to figure out what a cowboy 'ought to look like. Somehow a monstar from Spacejam showed up for an audition... he wasn't chosen.

:Midnight Express

2007-01-26T04:51:00.000-05:00

First drawing of a gorilla... it's a long road...

First original spartanesque conceptions :)

And finally, first wasp thing... Tried mixing it up with an exotic-like tiger pattern. Did it work?

:Round Deux

2007-01-17T22:32:00.000-05:00

2nd Life assignment. 2 hands 2 feet, thought I'd put 'em all on one page...

:Lady n Feet

2007-01-14T03:12:00.000-05:00

3 Hours worth of our first LIVE model. Neato

Part 2/2. Life drawring assignment. Check it

:Applause

2007-01-11T00:32:00.000-05:00

Part 1 of a 2 part project for life-drawring. I'll repost a cleaner version when I have more time ;)

:Free man in Paris

2007-01-08T18:34:00.000-05:00

Artwork by Tori : Tribute to Joni Mitchell

:Therefore I Am

2007-01-08T16:13:00.000-05:00

January 10, 2007 Update. 2:15 hour exposure. It ain't easy ...

Trying to sketch myself... unsuccessfully but I will be posting my progress along the rest of the winter semester

:Sketchers

2007-01-07T19:50:00.000-05:00

Some sketch work I've done in my previous semester of pre-animation. We were working with nature in our layout class so I was thought I'd try n' draw up some trees.

:Halfman in Progress

2007-01-07T13:47:00.000-05:00

An interesting cast to start off a new semester of life drawing. Unfortunately he was merely a warm-up for our class. I do hope to return to it and finish it off. In the meanwhile, what do you think? :)

:Skeletor

2007-01-05T15:31:00.000-05:00

So here is my first entry into my portfolio. A 6hour exposure of a skeleton on a table. First attempt, enjoy.

Willkommen

2006-11-20T15:39:00.000-05:00

"Yours Truely"

Bonjourno. I'm going to begin with a little intro 'bout meself.