Mechanical Eden Redraw

I decided to redraw one of my art pieces digitally, but nothing beats the original. Although, redrawing the image digitally gave me the advantage, that I was able to draw perfect lines. It is very difficult to draw straight and circular lines by hand. I'm very happy with this turn out.

Original (sorry for the poor quality photo)             

Tomb Raider Contest

This is the piece I entered to a Tomb Raider contest on deviantart. Simple, yet stylish. A bit off from what I had in mind for the background.

8-Bit Love Art Work

Here are the pieces I did for 8-Bit Love. The pieces are still up at Tribal Cafe on Echo Park. All the other pieces there are also awesome. It is worth checking out if your in the area. They will be taken down on the 15 of march.

"Imagine a world were life on earth has been poison by waste and fumes of our machines. A world were life can not flourish and is slowly withering. A world were everything we know is gone, and all that remains are machines of our destructive civilization."

My favorites from 2012

Here are my favorite pieces from 2012. Time to push myself even more this year.

Hip-Hop Machine

This piece was inspired after being invited to the hip-show (see previous post). This piece actually have me some problems, specially around the DJ turn tables. If I added black to the turn tables your eyes would focus in that area, So I decided to just leave it blank. It was a hard choice but it work out in the end. Hopefully. This is also up at my store front for sale. http://society6.com/juanjcruz  

Space Suit

I originally had in mind in doing a humanoid robot, but it ended up as a space suit. Anyway, this is more of a design than an illustration. I did the inking on Velum and place a white sheet of paper behind when I scan the image.

Tea Time

I finally finish my Tea Time piece. This was originally a piece for a flyer about tea and calligraphy, but the event got cancelled. However, I decided to finish it. It's hand drawn. Since this was a design for a flyer that explains the layout.

 

Tea Time

9x12 Marker Paper

 Pen & Ink

Mask and Patterns

Working with mask's and patterns. I like the turn out for the first and third drawing, because of the contrast. Second drawing seems to be blending in with the color of the card stock. Oh well.

Life, Death, & The After Life

These 3 art pieces were done for the show "Life, Death, and The After Life." It was the last show I was in 2011. The work was very tenacious. Sorry for the sucky photos.

Metal Love Birds

These pieces were for another show back in September called Metal Love Birds. I actually had fun making these. Which would you guys say is my strongest and weakest piece from this 4?