Rainbow Warriors: Movie Night

I made this “Rainbow Warriors” pinup for Sadhaka Studio as a follow-up to another doodle I made for them a couple of months ago based on "The Fearless Zombie Hunters.” When I read the “Rainbow Warriors” comic, I could easily imagine it as a sitcom. I noticed that in a lot of sitcoms they always have people sitting in a couch facing the audience, so I thought it would be fun to have the characters just hanging out watching movies. I also wanted to be faithful to the source material, so I decided to use the same color palette from the comic and have the characters interacting with a black and white background. I had a lot of fun with this one.

Thanks again to Manuel Ríos Sarabia for the invitation!

Robot Vs. Zombie

This doodle is dedicated to my imaginary friend, Adrián "The Insane One" Zambrano. He is the one who came up with the idea of having a Bender-like robot fight off a zombie in a pose like the one in the "Rocky v. Apollo" painting by Leroy Neiman shown at the end of Rocky III (1982). For the zombie character design, I looked no further than George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978), where the actors and extras playing zombies had a basic blue or gray makeup. For the robot, I really wanted a design with very basic shapes, like squares and circles, so, I researched some robots featured in movies and serials from 1920-1940. I loved the robots in the Superman animated short film, "The Mechanical Monsters" (1941) and also in the Italian science fiction film, The Mechanical Man (1921). So, a lot of the character design came from those robots. I also had a lot of fun doing the background, trying out different brushes. Hope you like it!

Who will win in this title fight of the apocalypse?

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The Fearless Zombie Hunters Pin-up

I made this piece for Sadhaka Studio's pin-up book (availabe July 2011), based on characters from their awesome comic "The Fearless Zombie Hunters." El Angel, Abronsius and Candy.  These are great and fun characters, and I really enjoyed working on this project. Big thanks to Manuel Ríos Sarabia for the invitation and the opportunity. If you are going to Comic-Con International this year, be sure to stop by the Sadhaka Studio booth!

Hice este dibujo para el libro de posters de Sadhaka Studio (a la venta en julio 2011), basado en los personajes de su cómic "The Fearless Zombie Hunters". Me gustan mucho estos personajes, son muy divertidos, y disfrute mucho trabajar en este proyecto. Muchas gracias a Manuel Ríos Sarabia por la invitación y por la oportunidad. Si van a Comic-Con International este año, asegúrense de pasar al stand de Sadhaka Studio.

I also made these individual character pin-ups:

También hice estos posters individuales de los personajes:

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Zorras Del Mal

I did this doodle for Halloween. Since it was a special occasion, I took it upon myself to spend a lot of extra time doing, uh… research. It was a lot of hard work ;) It’s been a while since I’ve drawn something other than the “Nerdmigos” webcomic, so this was a fun exercise to do something different. Also, it’s the first time I ever draw a butt shot! I think it turned out ok.  Their names are Jezebeth, Demona and Lucybella.  Happy Halloween!!!

Hice este dibujo para Halloween. Ya que se trataba de una ocasión especial, me di a la tarea de pasar mucho tiempo extra haciendo, ehm... investigación. Fue un trabajo muy difícil ;) Hace tiempo que no dibujaba algo aparte del webcómic “Nerdmigos”, así que esto fue un ejercicio divertido para hacer algo diferente. Además, ¡es la primera vez que dibujo un trasero! Pienso que me salió bien.  Se llaman Jezebeth, Demona y Lucybella.  ¡¡¡Feliz Halloween!!! 

Reservoir Nerds

A couple of inside jokes here, aside from Tony mysteriously fading into the background. My friend Adrián "The Insane One" Zambrano says that I look just like Steve Buscemi :( So, I got to be Mr. Pink. Ben is a big Quentin Tarantino fan, so he got Mr. Brown. This illustration is based on this production still.

You can buy this print at Entijuanarte 2010 from October 1-3 for only $30 pesos!

Read the “Nerdmigos” webcomic here.

Aquí hay un par bromas internas, aparte de ver cómo Tony se desvanece hacia el fondo. Mi amigo Adrián “El Insaneo” Zambrano dice que yo me parezco a Steve Buscemi :( Así que, me tocó ser Mr. Pink. Ben es un super fan de Quentin Tarantino, así que a él le tocó Mr. Brown. Esta ilustración esta basada en esta foto de la película.

¡Pueden adquirir esta impresión en Entijuanarte 2010 del 1-3 de octubre por sólo $30 pesos!

Lean el webcómic “Nerdmigos” aquí.

Disney Vs. Marvel - Donald Duck Vs. Wolverine

You might have read in the news last week that Disney will acquire Marvel Entertainment for 4 billion dollars. So, in celebration / outrage / protest / awareness of this news, I made this doodle following the current trend of mashing up characters from both universes.

For my drawing, I picked Wolverine and Donald Duck. Wolvie was a no-brainer, since he is my favorite Marvel Comics character. I love the vintage brown Wolverine costume because, well, it’s just cool, and my first Wolverine action figure when I was a kid was painted with this outfit, and it was the first time I knew anything about the character. On the other hand, I picked Donald Duck because, of all of the main Disney characters, he is the only one that has an attitude and he wouldn’t go down without a fight. Also, this guy likes to party in Mexico. Come on! He’s a sailor and he has a soft spot for the ladies. I would imagine he stopped by Tijuana on one of his many trips to Mexico and South America with The Three Caballeros. Oh, and I always liked his guest staring role in “Duck Tales.” What’s not to like about this duck?

Quizás leyeron en las noticias la semana pasada que Disney adquirirá Marvel Entertainment por 4 mil millones de dólares. Así pues, en celebración / ultraje / protesta / conocimiento de esta noticia, hice este dibujo siguiendo la tendencia actual de mezclar personajes de ambos universos.

Para mi dibujo, escogí a Wolverine y al Pato Donald. Wolvie fue una elección obvia, ya que es mi personaje favorito de Marvel Comics. Me encanta el disfraz café antiguo de Wolverine porque, pues, está cool, y mi primer figura de acción de Wolverine cuando era niño estaba pintado con este traje, y fue la primera vez que supe que existía el personaje. Por otro lado, escogí al Pato Donald porque, de todos los personajes principales de Disney, es el único que tiene actitud y no se dejaría ganar en una pelea. Además, a este güey le gusta tirar party en México. ¡Vamos! Es marinero y le gustan las señoritas. Me imagino que se la pasó en Tijuana en uno de sus tantos viajes a México y Sudamérica con Los Tres Caballeros. Oh, y siempre me gustaba su papel de invitado en "Pato Aventuras". ¿A quién no le cae bien este pato?

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Star Wars Insider #111 Out Now

The “Jar Jar Binks vs. Darth Maul” fan art I did a couple of months ago was published in issue #111 of “Star Wars Insider” magazine, and it’s on newsstands now. Check it out.

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La ilustración “Jar Jar Binks vs. Darth Maul” que hice hace un par de meses fue publicada en la edición #111 de la revista “Star Wars Insider”, y ya la pueden encontrar en puestos de revistas.

Snake Dance

A couple of friends and I decided to start an Art Jam as an illustration exercise. We thought it would be a good idea, but we just needed a theme. So, we picked our favorite subject of all: ZORRAS!

The one above is mine. I recently saw a stripper perform with a live snake and decided to do a tribute to her. God bless them Zorras, they bring nothing but happiness!


Unos amigos y yo decidimos comenzar un Art Jam como ejercicio de ilustración. Pensamos que sería buena idea, pero sólo necesitábamos un tema. Entonces, escogimos nuestro tema favorito de todos: ¡ZORRAS!

La de arriba es la mía, Recientemente vi a una stripper bailar con una serpiente viva y decidí hacer un tributo a ella. ¡Dios bendiga a las zorras, ellas no traen nada mas que felicidad!

Tony Loves Chorizo

This is an inside joke we've had with the Nerdmigos during the last 4 months. It all started when our friend Tony declared his undying love for chorizo (no gay connotation here, mind you, we all know he is all about the pussy, but, he's just a guy who, well, loves chorizo… in his mouth… I mean… to eat it… that is… ok, let's move on). Then, we started reading about these weird stories in the news involving sausage incidents ("Assault With An 8-Inch Sausage," "Sausage breaks drivers nose," "Meat Hero: Man Gets Struck By Lightning While BBQing, Only Utters 'Sausages'"). It seemed odd that Tony and this mysterious "Sausage Bandit" were never seen at the same place and time. So, anyway, for some reason this image came to my head.

This drawing is an homage of the Action Comics #1 cover, famous for introducing Superman back in 1938. I know that hot dogs are not the same as chorizo, but whatever. I found several versions of the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, but I decided to go with the original 1936 Carl G. Mayer-designed vehicle since I thought it would be more fitting. For the Sausage Bandit costume I used the classic underwear over tights thing and I decided to loose the cape, since I couldn't think of a reason why he would use one. He really doesn't have any superpowers, hence the crane holding the car. For those who haven't purchased a comic since the days of Donald Duck in the 30's or haven't been to a comic book store since the silver foil-stamped embossed hologram covers in the 90's, $2.99 USD is the average price for an issue these days.

So, there you go.

This one's for you, Tony. Happy Birthday buddy!

P.S. Give'em Hell Sausage Bandit!

UPDATE:

This is so fucking creepy.

Meat-processing exec Oscar Mayer dead at 95

Did somebody show him my drawing today? Hope I didn't have anything to do with it... or the Sausage Bandit :s

Christmas Eve Of The Dead

I made this doodle for Christmas. F. Torres, did the colors and I did the pencils. The idea came from shooting the shit with my friend, Adrian “The Insane One” Zambrano. We talked about what if the zombie apocalypse had reached the North Pole, and how Elves could not be turned into undead, since they are magical, but Santa Claus could be turned into a zombie, since he is human. The Elves would then make it their mission to keep Santa Claus alive, although he could pretty well kick ass all by himself. I had a lot of fun with this project.

An in a related note: Check out the book 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols' by Michael P. Spradlin.

Also, this looks familiar: 'The Last Christmas' by co-writers Gerry Duggan and Brian Posehn and artists Rick Remender, Hilary Barta, and Michele Madsen.

Hice este garabato para Navidad. F. Torres, hizo los colores y yo hice el dibujo a lápiz. La idea vino después de una plática con mi amigo, Adrian “El Insaneo” Zambrano. Hablamos de qué pasaría si el Apocalipsis de los zombis alcanzara a llegar al Polo Norte, y de cómo los duendes no se podrían convertir en muertos vivientes, ya que ellos son mágicos, pero Santa Claus (o Papá Noel, como le llamen) sí podría ser convertido en un zombi, puesto que él es humano. La misión de los duendes, entonces, sería mantener vivo a Santa Claus, aunque él podría chingarse a los zombies bastante bien él solo. Me divertí mucho con este proyecto.

Adquiera una impresión de esta ilustración.

Como una nota relacionada: Busquen el libro 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Zombies: A Book of Zombie Christmas Carols' por Michael P. Spradlin.

También, esto me parece conocido: 'The Last Christmas' por los co-escritores Gerry Duggan y Brian Posehn y los artistas Rick Remender, Hilary Barta, y Michele Madsen.

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