2PM Wooyoung - Drawing

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This is 2PM's Jang Wooyoung 장우영 (aka Owl aka Mandu Cheeks aka AngAng aka Ssanti). 2PM is one of the biggest KPop boy groups and Wooyoung is known as the dancer and the funny member of 2PM.

There's a lot of things to respect him for (dance, being funny, singing (deuts with IU), acting (Dream High with Miss A's Suzy), hosting shows, Wooyoung's solo album), but what made him really respectable for me was the story that his father didn't want him to become a Kpop idol. So WooYoung would regularly write letters to his dad for 2 years trying to get his father's approval. Finally after Wooyoung proved himself through his hardwork and eventual success, his father accepted Wooyoung's choice and now writes letters to Wooyoung with words of encouragement.

Happy Birthday SNSD Tiffany Watercolor Painting

SNSD Tiffany Hwang

Happy Birthday SNSD Tiffany Hwang!! Fany, I've made this painting for you and all your SONE fans to celebrate this special day!

Brighter than jewels Tiffany is from the same state I grew up and currently live in (California). So I often daydream about one day meeting her while she's visiting her family in Diamond Bar, California. (Although, I'm here in America, SNSD and other Kpop groups tend to hold concerts down here in Los Angeles once in a while, so there's still hope!)

KARA Han Seungyeon

KARA Han Seungyeon

SNSD Girls' Generation Yuri

Girls' Generation - SNSD's Yuri Kwon

This is Girls Generation- SNSD's Yuri Kwon (aka Black Pearl)

Yul (Yuri's Nickname) is amazing at dance and well known for having one of the most athletic (but still very feminine) figures in SNSD. (Watch the videos in this post for proof!) She is very strong, but also very funny. Which is probably why she's so loved by SONES.

AZTECHKA

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Happy New Year everyone! It's amazing to think that this site was started just over a year ago. And to celebrate, I'm going to be adding a new feature or two to this site very soon. (Hint: the first feature will involve a little treat with this latest piece. )

Behind the Scenes: Johnny Bravo: Superhero!

BEHIND THE SCENES is where we take a look at the early steps taken to create the finished artwork featured on PixelReason. I will always try to include some insights as to why I made certain creative decisions during the process leading to completion and also share some of the techniques I used to create the piece featured. 

 

Welcome  back to another installment of Behind the Scenes! This time we show you the making of Johnny Bravo: Superhero! Hope you enjoy!

Rastafarian Smoker

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PixelReason reader, Zyryck, requested a rastafarian smoking in a peaceful atmosphere. The piece will be used as a computer wallpaper as well as cellphone wallpaper. The above image is 1600x900 wallpaper (for computer wallpaper). More cropped versions below! And to set the record straight, I may've shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy. (Oh you know I couldn't resist)

Johnny Bravo: Hero

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Batman? Spiderman? Cyclops? Daredevil? Superman? Joker? Ha! The ladies have spoken! They've got nothing on Johnny Bravo! 

PixelReason reader, JohnnyBravo, requested an image of Johnny Bravo being a superhero for his avatar. Above is the large un-cropped version. The cropped 1:1 ratio images that can be used for an avatar are provided below. Enjoy Johnny Bravo in all his glorious chick-magnet-ness!

Muay Thai - Kickboxing

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Happy New Year everyone! This new wallpaper is for PixelReason reader "_me."  He requested a Muay Thai (Thai kickboxing) wallpaper for his computer desktop (1280x800) . What are you waiting for? Put it onto your desktop and start intimidating your coworkers with your slightly-too-long stare!

Behind the Scenes: Ghostbusters!

BEHIND THE SCENES is where we take a look at the early steps taken to create the finished artwork featured on PixelReason. I will always try to include some insights as to why I made certain creative decisions during the process leading to completion and also share some of the techniques I used to create the piece featured.

Materials/Process : 
This piece was originally created with a traditional drawing pencil (hb grade lead) on a 9x12 sheet of sketch paper. Then I used a Pilot Precise v7 (fine tip) Rolling Ball pen to ink the Ghostbusters logo (you'll notice the grey lines are all still pencil. Only the logo was inked). This was to help the logo stand out if I needed additional ways to make it "pop" later on.

Layout:
Since this request was going to be used for a cellphone wall paper (portrait wallpaper) and a laptop wallpaper (laptop wallpaper), it had to be laid out to look good on both types of layouts. A cellphone has a very small screen so keeping it simple and "readable" is always the first rule. So the Ghostbusters logo was clearly going to be the main focus for that wallpaper. So for the laptop wallpaper version, I simply extended the left side and added more to the "story." I chose to extend the left side because most people view images from left to right. Meaning that whatever is on the right tends to be what the viewer's eyes ultimately settle on. So the logo was positioned to be what gives the piece its weight.

Droid does Graffiti : Concrete Variant

This piece got a huge amount of positive feedback from you guys, so here's a new version of "Droid does Graffiti" with a concrete background treatment. This version is available in the same requested sizes as the original (960x800). It's compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S cellphones. If you would like other sizes to fit your laptops, desktops, or cellphone wallpapers, let me know and it will be done!

*Update: By request: new size has been added for a tablet wallpaper!

Ghostbusters!

PixelReason reader John requested the Ghostbusters. With this piece, I wanted to give the Ghostbusters a more "realistic" and slightly darker feel. I guess you could call it more modern. But at the sametime, stay absolutely true to the characters.  I have to admit that this piece brought back alot of great memories. So I tried to include all the memorable things from the Ghostbusters (go Ecto-1!).

Wallpapers are up!
If you want to request a certain size to fit your specific cellphone/computer/portable llama, put it in the comments below and I'll resize the wallpaper to fit your needs!

UPDATE: Behind the Scenes is up!
Behind the Scenes : Ghostbusters!

Droid does Graffiti

PixelReason reader Alex requested the Android logo in graffiti style for his cellphone wallpaper. He requested it in 960x800 dimensions so I made two versions for you guys. One version has the graffiti taking up a very large portion of the screen while the other leaves more room around the logo. This was in case you liked having some blank space to place your shortcuts/widgets/apps/etc on your cellphone "desktop" while still being able to look at the open-source street-art. If you guys would like this wallpaper in other sizes to fit your cellphone, tablet, laptop, or desktop monitor, please put it in the comments below and I'll be happy to oblidge!

*Announcement!*
The previous original "Green Lantern brings the Android Invasion" illustration will be given away within the next day or two. Once the announcement is made, if the original requester of the idea doesn't take his first rights to get the piece, then the first to respond to me will be the lucky recipient of the piece. Stay tuned and be sure to keep an eye on this blog over the next couple days!
(All I'll require is a minimum donation of $20 to cover the postage of mailing the item and the supplies it took for me to create it. If you live outside the U.S., then I might require more. Additionally if you really like what I'm doing on this blog and would like to donate more, then it's always greatly appreciated).

Behind the Scenes: Green Lantern brings the Android Invasion!

BEHIND THE SCENES is where we take a look at the early steps taken to create the finished artwork featured on PixelReason. I will always try to include some insights as to why I made certain creative decisions during the process leading to completion and also share some of the techniques I used to create the piece featured. 

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Tools: Once again, I used my basic set of "on the go" tools. 9x12 sketch paper with a Pilot Precise v7 (fine tip) Rolling Ball pen (aka my high school pen) and a black sharpie. For PixelReason, I'm trying to keep things relatively fast and simple (...sort of simple).

Point of interest: In comic books, you'll usually create stars by inking an area solid black, then spattering opaque white ink/paint onto the black to make the stars. But I didn't want to do that because I had two things in mind that this unconventional approach would make it easier for me accomplish:
1.) To blend in some great blue gradients into the space sky to give it more depth (instead of just a flat black).
and more importantly:
2.) To use the lines that were used to draw the flying "droids" as green glowing outlines when I colored the piece. If you were to fill in the sky with black, you would lose the "outlines" and I would have nothing to make solid glowing outer lines around the droids. Less work? Yes please and thank you.