Greetings

I'll start my first post with 1. a little introduction to the media and tools I've been using and 2. what this blog will be all about:

1. I'm currently using a graphics tablet Wacom Intuos4 Small. I stick to the standard nib, and haven't experimented with the felt tip and stroke nib and whatever else. The software I use is SketchbookDesigner, one of many softwares you can download for free as a student at student.autodesk.com. I will try to use Adobe Photoshop for future illustrations since it's more popularly recognized and used.

For 3D modeling and animation, I'm using Autodesk's Maya, which is pretty much any animator's bane of existence and worst nightmare.

I've become a bigger fan of using digital tools than of traditional media like pen, paper, and paint. It is so much cheaper and easier for a broke and struggling artist/student like me. Fortunately, so much of commercial art is becoming or is already digitized. For storyboarding, however, I stick to the old paper and pencil. 

2. This blog will document the Work In Progress (WIP) of all of my projects both big and small and casual and serious because I think the behind the scenes has its own separate value and beauty. People more often don't get to see the work that precedes the finished work, and there are a thousand rough sketches and strokes and tossed copies involved. It is very common that the result doesn't end up looking like the original idea. Also, I think being able to see the steps taken allows us to appreciate the work more.

Besides projects, there will be doodles and sometimes a compilation of things that may have inspired me.

This is not supposed to be like a portfolio intended to impress those practiced in art and have the critical eye for quality art. It's just a way for you to follow my journey and see and be a part of what I've been up to -- if you're interested of course.

Otay -- I hope you have as much fun viewing as I do creating.