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.

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.

PixelReason Channel: Kara Nicole Drawing

This is Nicole Jung from the girl group "KARA." She grew up in the same area I did in California (Glendale). Kara is the group that got me addicted to K-Pop. So this was a lot of fun for me to make for you guys.

KARA Nicole Drawing

KARA's Nicole Jung

PixelReason Channel: SNSD Girls' Generation Taeyeon Drawing

By very popular request, here's a drawing of the beloved "kid leader" of SNSD (Girls' Generation): Kim Taeyeon ! (aka Taengoo, aka Ajumma Taeng, aka Jumma Taeng, aka TaeTae)
("Ajumma" means Old Lady (but not quite a grandma) in Korean. And people have nicknamed her an "Ajumma" because she reacts to things and laughs like old korean ladies do)

This piece was drawn with the same #2 pencil that I found and used for my Jessica Jung video. The paper is basic sketch paper that I bought at Office Depot.

PixelReason Channel: SNSD Girls' Generation on Late Show with Letterman - Jessica Drawing/Sketch

The latest video on the PixelReason Channel on YouTube:
The Making of: K-Pop Invasion! SNSD Girls' Generation on Late Show with Letterman - Jessica Drawing/Sketch

K-Pop Invasion! SNSD Girls' Generation on Late Show with Letterman - Jessica Drawing/Sketch

SNSD (Girls' Generation) - Jessica Jung

In celebration (and anticipation) of Korean girl-group SNSD (aka Girls' Generation) appearing on the Late Show with David Letterman this Tuesday (January 31, 2012), I did a sketch of one of the members of the group. This is Jessica Jung.

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!

ART GIVEAWAY: Girl playing bass guitar - Pencil Sketch

Time to give away some more original art!

How it works:
The original PixelReason reader who requested the idea gets the first chance at claiming dibs on the original artwork by posting the claim as a comment under this post. If he/she claims it within the alloted time, they get it!

Within a very few amount of days, if I haven't heard back, it will be first come first get! (The first person to comment on this post will get the original art)

Good luck!

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.

Girl playing bass guitar - Pencil Sketch

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, PixelReason readers! Today, Santa has brought PixelReason reader, Jakhicks, his request for a pencil sketch of a girl playing a bass guitar on a white background.

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!

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.

Wolverine vs Sentinels

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Wolverine is always fun to draw. Here he is with some Sentinels. Looks like they had an argument. Wolverine won.

Done on 9x12 sketch paper with a Pilot Precise v7 (fine tip) Rolling Ball pen and a black sharpie.

I used to draw with this pen way back in high school. It's a simple pen but it gives you the ability to do thick and thin lines and it can be bought at just about any office supply store or supermarket stationary aisle. It's always been one of my favorite simple drawing tools.

*A friend of mine noted to me that I should point out that this drawing was done completely free-handed. I did not use any rulers, straight-edges, stencils, etc. So every line was drawn with only my hand. Including those  bazillion straight parallel rendering lines.