Trick'n'Treating Time!

Have a safe and spooky time everyone!
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Avance.

Hey all!
Here is my piece for the political art show at TATEs. I wanted to do something related to Cuba, my country of origin and the totalitarian communist regime that unfortunately still rule there. I centered my design in the lack of freedom and the ideological apparatus from the former Soviet Union. I'm very happy with the "In your face" denounce of the illustration. I will post photos of the show in the upcoming days.
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Art Show.

Wow! I've been slammed with so much work lately, yet there is always some break for an art show. Tate's Comics is having an exhibition in October with the work of several artists along the state. Here is the flyer with some of the collaborator's names. Mark the day and stop by if you are in town around those days. Tate's is one of, if not, the best comic books shop I have ever been to. They have an awesome selection for everybody's fondness and they are always supporting and promoting the art movement in our town.
Go Tate!
I will post my illustration soon.
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Toys.

Bugging out.

Playing with colors and styles for a story I'm working on.

ComicCon 08

Well, ComicCon 08 is gone. I had a blast this year, regardless the never-ending lines to go see the panels. But I got to make out the more important ones for me like, Heroes… I sooo love that show! Also got my main plan accomplished: to see as many of the artists, illustrators and animators that I admire as possible. They are totally my heroes. Got a bunch of amazing jaw dropping-mind blowing art books and got the opportunity to have a chat with the makers. Here are some of the pictures I had. There are so many others that are not here because I didn’t have my camera ready but I got to see them like Stephen Silver, Chris Sanders, Patrick Morgan, Bobby Chiu, Pascal Champion, Martin Hsu, Gabriele Pennacchioli and so many others. Thanks to all for your encouraging words and your inspiring work.

My friend Ringo and me.

The grand Robin Mitchell doing his magic. Thank you, buddy! You rock!

Tara Mcpherson and me. I'm glad I had the opportunity to meet her this year.

The "Out of Picture" gang signing my books. This is such a privilege and quite intimidating. All that talent looking at me.

Sean "Cheeks" Galloway sketching my book. I love his designs and he is such a cool guy. The Animation Magazine has a spot on him in this month's issue "A day in the life of" page. Don't miss it.

A super talented duo Louie del Carmen and Octavio Rodriguez with his lovely lady. Check their latest work. Amazing stuff!

David Colman's animal designs are so smart and dynamic. I can't get enough of his drawings. So inspiring. And now he got some shirts also so... I had to get one.

Although the picture came out blurry (stupid camera!) It was totally worthy to post this pic. These guys are way too much fun. Francisco Herrera and Alberto Ruiz at the Brandstudio table.

Gris Grimly and company. Got a couple of signed books and prints. So lucky!

If you couldn't see this up close, I'm so sorry. It was eye candy out of control.

It was a blast to meet with the crew from "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends", one of my favorite animated shows. The actors were doing voices, jokes...you name it. Priceless.

Javier Guzmán and his muse. I got his new book Glam Vol.2 and ...Wow! His work is a must have for anyone who appreciates remarkable art.

Steph Laberis, beauty and talent. Check it out.

Ben Balistreri and me while signing his new book at Stuart Ng Books booth.

Abuelito.

Searching among my stuff I found this old picture of my grandpa and I thought of share it with you. I don’t know why he looks so scared, though. I guess he wasn’t sure if the camera had any ferocious intention of biting.

To Battle!

Moomintroll

These sketches are part of a personal project I’ve been planning to do. The characters are inspired on Tove Jansson’s world of the Moomin book series. As a child, I loved the stories and the pictures illustrated by the author with all kind of creatures. I wanted to create my own version of the characters without altering too much the original design by Tove and perhaps do a graphic novel for children and young adults.

White Rose.

A friend asked me to do an illustration for a children's book she's writing about a girl whose feelings were frozen by a spell inside a white rose. Hope the book will see the light soon!

Cabeza de León!

Here's my design for Lion-O that I did for Zing Monkey. They wanted a more modern stylized animated version for a pitch they did to Warner Brothers. My good friend Joe Amaro designed that killer background. He will be having a custom figure panel this year at San Diego's Comic Con. Check it out!

Colored card.

Faun!

Here is a sketch of the character I'm using for a card I'm working on to celebrate Summer's arrival. I like mythology and folklore and the satyrs are one of my favorites.

Hola!

Hello everyone! Thank you for stopping by my blog.

This is my first post and it’s like being in front of a crowd and don’t know what to say... Hope you like it!
I’m an illustrator and character designer presently working in the toy industry with a Florida based company that develops educational projects. I will share my personal work, sketches and doodles along with any cool stuff that I’ll find lurking around. There is so much talent out there! Come back as often as you like and if you have the time, remember to leave a comment, feedback is good nourishment for the mind.

Thanks!