Quetzalcoatl Model Sheets

As promised, the model sheets :) The bottom design on the left side is the one I used as a reference for my maquette.

Hope you guys like it!

Sonya design

She is the sweetest and nicest girl in the world, and I'm lucky enough to have her as my friend!

Quetzalcoatl Maquette

Maquette for my final character design. Wanted to get some ideas from my roots so I decided to design the Aztec god Quetzalcoatl and Cortes, the conquistador!

I'll post the model sheets soon!!!

Hello Animation

Painterly style

Ever been scared to take a drawing further? Thats me right now...

I've been trying to get a painterly style with photoshop, the big question is HOW? some brushes work, some don't. I guess I'll keep playing with it and see what I can do with this sketch....

Definitely nothing beats real paints...

By the way.. I love the super dynamic line of action of matadors!

Happy New Year!

Welcoming 2010 with some of my school work from 2009!

Hope everybody had a wonderful year. For me it was a though one, but I know that everything happens for a reason and God won't let me down. School was crazy, specially this last semester, but I learned tons of new things. Im really grateful for all the special people, family and friends that help and encourage me everyday of my life.

I'm excited about this new year, knowing that it will bring new challenges, new learning and new opportunities!

Wish everyone a very happy 2010 and thank you for being part of my life!

Last life drawing of the year, about 2 hours long. We are used to shorter poses so it's nice drawing longer ones once in a while. Definitely will do more of these ones. Perfect for anatomy and lighting studies!

And also my last Toon Boom.

Hope you like it, and as always, any feedback is really appreciated!! Thank you!

Short

I'm finally posting the short I worked on during the summer. It was for a contest in Mexico, encouraging people to recycle.

The animation was done in After Effects, unfortunately we didn't win the contest, but it was a great experience to actually work on the whole process of a short. It really helped me understand better how things work in the industry.

Really liked working on a short, definitely not my last one!

I apologize in advice that the video doesn't have subtitles, but I think the message is pretty clear :D So, no more words, here it is! Enjoy and comment!

Don Polo Malos Modos from Andrea Alcaraz on Vimeo.