Prints Now Available At?

Prints of my original art work are now available at McManus & Morgan in LA, serving artists with fine paper since 1924. They also offer envelope and invitation card stock, books, and art, at reasonable prices. Did I mention they have a great selection of handmade paper. Please drop by if your ever in the area.

http://www.mcmanusmorgan.com/ 

 

Now on Etsy

I have been busy with work, but you can now buy my trade mark digital prints on Japanese Rice Paper on Etsy.com. Also, there is only 3 days left on my current sale on e-bay for one of my original ACEO lino block prints. It's a good deal really, and it's a limited run too. After, this sell I will be moving on to the next item for sale.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181226454733

http://www.etsy.com/shop/DigitalChronicles

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."

The Islander

This is the poster I did for the film The Islander, a film by my friend Miles. This took a while to make, because I first did a 30x40 poster by hand. After that we did small tweaks to the poster on Photoshop. The end result turn out great. You can check out the film's Facebook Page here: The Islander, for movie premier info, photos, and other fun stuff.

8-Bit Graphics Anyone?

Here is a preview of what I'm going to have in the next show, and as the title suggests. It's going be pixelated art.

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  

Prints Now Available for Sale!!!!

I have some cool news to share. I finally posted up my first digital illustration on society 6. I will post other art pieces, but for now go check out the piece you can buy. It's cool and awesome. Anyway, that's were you'll find other future work of mine for sale.  Good Day =D

http://society6.com/juanjcruz

Jenny!!

Continuing to practice using digital tools. This time I wanted to draw without using black lines. The result was very satisfying, since it's very graphical looking. I can picture it in a shirt or poster. Also, I used my friend Jenny as a character, since I don't have to spend time designing one. I'll continue to do this until I gain more experience designing my own characters. =)

The Fangs

Another digital project to practice my cell shading skills. I didn't put to much time on the characters, because my purpose was to practice coloring. I just based them off two twins that I know. I'm actually happy with the turn out. However, I will continue to practice, and what I learn this time around is to make my lines much thinner as possible.

Night Watcher

My attempt at drawing and painting digitally again. I haven't done this in a while, so I hope you can cut me some slack. I was going for a cell shaded animation look. If you have any tip for improving my coloring digital skills I will grandly appreciate it. =)