Godzilla Artwork from Carlos Valdivia

Carlos's EPIC ILLUSTRATION Page!

Carlos has a new Facebook Page up dedicated just to his Epic style of Illustration. Here are a couple of sneak peaks for a current project! Enjoy! And LIKE his page here: https://www.facebook.com/EpicIllustration

Fairy and mermaid sketches

I've started sketching fantasy again. I need fantasy in my life and my guess is I'm not the only one. My concepts came from watching the Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack with the kids. There have got to be a lot of human bones at the bottom of the sea right? Remember that seen in Disney's The Little Mermaid in Ariel's grotto with all the human stuff? Where were the human bones? My mermaid concept is that mercreatures use human bones and skulls for all kinds of things in their world like building material, jewelry, furniture, you get the picture. 

That got me thinking about fairies. Fairies are really outdoor creatures so wouldn't they be more tough, even warrior like? They would use bits of bones, wood, rock and feathers for their needs. Not to mention clay and mud to help with the glare of the sun and sunscreen! 

I forgot to post these before...tell me what you think!

Beenznrice work from The Sharpie Show II

Our pieces from The Sharpie Show! More photos to come!

Pictures are from Crewest Gallery's Flickr set here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/crewestman/sets/72157625251490030/

Illustration Friday Topic: Spooky

Here's an old piece from Carlos. This was part of his Senior Thesis at Otis College of Art and Design. It's an illustration of the trenches from WWI. Spooky indeed.

Studio 6 Grand Opening Show

The Grand Opening show went great at Studio 6! Most of the work is still up. If you are interested, it is in Downtown Ventura on Main St. in Zander Mall. Above is one of my shrines.

Above is work by Roberto Zendejas. He was such a nice person and extremely positive and inspirational. Hope to see what he does next! More of my work below...





Above and below were other artists' work...

Yes those are Pacman necklaces! Those were probably CJ's favorite. He started building them with his legos when he got home.


My faithful "Blue Lady" painting...

Blasts from the Past!

This Dia De Los Muertos Painting is up at Studio 6 Gallery in Ventura, CA.


My La Llorona Doll was on exhibit in New York for Mezco Toys' Living Dead Doll exhibit featuring many artists.


Portrait of a very talented jewelry designer Lorrie Mae of Dying Breed Designs.


Storybook illustration inspired by real life events.

Carlos's artwork of a robot monster.


Carlos's famed Hell Fish!


My Geisha Muertas. Three of these were featured on MTV's The Real World Hollywood, in the Asian inspired room.


My artwork is currently on display at Studio 6 in Ventura, CA. Grand Opening is this Saturday Oct 16!

Carlos's Saturday Art Nite Sketches

Here are Carlos's sketches. We did the same scenes. It's kind of interesting to look at each others' work and see the differences next to each other. Enjoy!

Ipromptu Trip to Burger King

So yesterday, I felt like taking CJ to Burger King. It was too cold to take him to the park, which we usually do since he and his sister have an hour apart between pick up from school times. So we went. I needed a coffee and I see that they now serve Seattle's Best. I'm not crazy about their new logo, but I did enjoy the artwork on the coffee cups! It made my coffee experience that much better.

Got my postcards in the mail!

Am making a list of people to send them to! Let me know if you want one!

New Postcards coming in a few days!

Contact me with your mailing address if you'd like a postcard sent to you!

Naomi

A week HIATUS!!! A Piece of My Mind Today...08.23.10

Last week I felt like I had no energy. I think from being drained from the week before. Personal problems have been lifted! Our family is super strong and closer than ever and will stand against anything and anyone who tries to break us apart. That's all I'll have to say about what we've been dealing with, but I have to say it feels really great!

Okay, I've got some projects started. Working on more shrines for Studio 6 as I've had a few sales already! Here's one that is almost finished:


Here are some paintings I had started way back when, and I couldn't look at them for a while because I was completely uninspired. After uncovering them recently while unpacking more boxes, I took a good look at these and felt like they weren't bad, not bad at all! They both have some potential. So new projects for me to finish!


I also got around to putting up my Geisha Muerta pieces. Yep, these are the same ones that were in the Real World Hollywood House...and my son watching Invader Zim as he's waiting for breakfast. :)


Another thing I did last week was take my daughter clothes shopping for back to school. We went to Buffalo Exchange in Ventura and she got all the trendy things she wanted and I got to trade in some of the stuff I wasn't using. Ended up paying about $50 for $100+ worth of stuff! Great Job! (yes Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! is now in my subconscious so I can't help but say Great Job! for everything these days lol) We even got done in record time, so we took a walk down to the Buenaventura Mission and took a tour.





What a gorgeous and peaceful place! My daughter and I both feel, see and hear things that we can't explain at times, and both of us felt very much at peace, but also felt extremely lightheaded and dizzy. The two places we felt the most dizzy was at the picture above, at the Virgin Mary shrine, and also toward the back where the tomb was. Quite an experience.

More to come including a new blog featuring Carlos and his many faces!