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While I'm away

Here's SOME of the work I've been doing while I'm trekking through Florida.

before i go...

It's time for Mr.Sorrentino to take a break. I'll be on a much needed short vacation, so I'll be away from the blog for a SHORT period of time. Before I leave I'd like to share with you this little fella! Isn't he cute? Don't you wish you can pinch his cheeks? More of him to come later, more Humberto too and perhaps a sneak peek into the world of the Surfing Samurai...keep your eyes peeled!

Rough Draft

(I added a change in tone to the archway of the bridge, thank you Steve for your observation ;) )
Heres a color rough of a Humberto piece I'm doing in watercolor. Although this isn't a very complete or a full finished illustration, it was still fun. Also this was good photoshop practice for me and I thought it was time to take my concepts and put them in more of an environment. SO heres the first part of the process, I thought I would get opinions first as well, about composition, color, and tone. Let me know what you think!

new! just for fun, sort of

Here's a character study/sketch of a project I'm working on with a friend.
It actually involves surfing and samurais believe it or not! Hopefully the piece isn't too warm,
the scan doesn't do it much justice! keep your eyes peeled! Please check out the new work on my sketch if you will junkdrome.blogspot.com

new designs. new media.

Recently I've decided to give Photoshop another try and I have been pretty pleased with the result. Also I have been using Acrylic Inks instead of watercolors and I am having fun with those as well, so hear is the new stuff. Hope you enjoy!

umbrella series

Heres some new work. I've decided to do a series of paintings involving fantasy settings and umbrellas. I see a lot of illustrators doing pin up style work of women in sexy poses. So I guess in a nutshell this is my response. It's a shame the scan of these pieces aren't of quality but it's the best I can do for now. Honestly the fun part of this series besides the shapes are the liberties, the freedom that fantasy illustration can offer. The liberties of distorting the real, such as proportions of the body. Longer necks, legs and faces! Fun stuff. Hopefully you enjoy, I have a lot of work to add but decided to take my time posting.

F I N A L L Y !!!

It's been a long time! Lots of new stuff to put up and more to come!
Life has been quite busy, with lots to do. SO I'll share with you some of the things
I've been up to! Hope you enjoy!
First I'd like to share some of the process work and test pieces for my second picture book.

That piece was done in ink and watercolor, I will also create some test pieces with just watercolor with limited line work and some done in CRAYON!

Speaking of crayon, heres some color studies I've done, I loved working on them with the crayons and will be using crayon much more now ;) I'm just a big boy anyway so it's ok.

Next up is TAD he's the main character from the third picture book I am working on

Next I have some characters that I have been playing around with for fun, I want to color them

but try something different. Perhaps a media I don't use often like Illustrator, any ideas??

and here's his friend...Benito

new book!

Happy belated holidays everybody!
Here's some new images from the dumby book I just completed!
My second picture book! Let me know what you think!!

YAY FOR XMAS!

here's a quick look at what I'm doing lately!
just in time for the season, keep your eyes peeled!! aka THERE'S MORE TO COME!