tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85104688373187096722024-03-21T13:46:20.364-07:00 The Art of Karla Ortiz <a href="http://www.karlaortizart.com">Illustrations, Concepts, Studies, Sketches and more.
</a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-37805099653061657052014-01-21T21:44:00.002-08:002014-01-21T21:44:23.876-08:00Magic Card ArtI'm back from the Sacramento Grand Prix, and I have got to say what an amazing experience that was! It was so wonderful to meet so many Magic The Gathering fans! I swear I've never met such a lovely group of people, always patient, always kind, and just so appreciative of the work the artists do!<br />
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Well, I'm looking forward to my next Grand Prix, whenever that one may be! Probably sooner than later ;) .<br />
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In the mean time and per request here are some hi-res versions of already released/spoiled cards!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Famine<i> from Commander 2013 Edition.</i></td></tr>
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-KK. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com72tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-86549686139757688282014-01-14T01:02:00.004-08:002014-01-14T01:05:31.075-08:00MTG Grand Prix: Sacramento, CA <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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I will be there all 3 days, from Friday the 17th till Sunday the 19th!I'll be bringing prints, rare artists proofs, and signing everything you give me!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">Also the wonderful</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://jasonchanart.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Jason Chan</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">and</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://wesburt.cghub.com/images/" target="_blank"> </a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><a href="http://wesburt.cghub.com/images/" target="_blank">Wesley Burt</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;">will have booths there as well, so come on by and say hello!!!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><i class="_4-k1 img sp_8cfo8q sx_80ce62" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yg/r/iragtz1H48G.png); background-position: -17px -656px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 17px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"><br /><br />For more details please visit the following link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg%2Fevent%2Fgrandprix%2Fsacramento14" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/events.aspx?x=mtg/event/grandprix/sacramento14</a><br /><br />Do note I'm not listed on the official artist list because of my last minute addition, but believe me I'll be seeing all of you there! <i class="_4-k1 img sp_8cfo8q sx_e0e75d" style="background-image: url(https://fbstatic-a.akamaihd.net/rsrc.php/v2/yg/r/iragtz1H48G.png); background-position: -187px -656px; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: inline-block; height: 16px; vertical-align: -3px; width: 16px;"></i></span></span>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-31217885799033441782014-01-10T10:21:00.002-08:002014-01-10T10:23:21.420-08:00Prints and Show.<br />
<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent">It's the start of the new year, and I have
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just have two major announcements I can make! <br /> <br /> The first one is, I finally offer prints of my work! <br /> </span></span><br />
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><a href="http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/karla.ortiz.566/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">Link to store: http://www.inprnt.com/gallery/karla.ortiz.566/</a></span></span></div>
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<span class="userContent"><span class="userContent"><span class="text_exposed_show"> </span></span>The second announcement is an exciting one! I will be having an upcoming show at <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=28011916680&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="https://www.facebook.com/thinkspacegallery" target="_blank">Thinkspace Gallery</a> (the project room) called " ILUSO". I will be showing alongside the one and only <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/user.php?id=513918104&extragetparams=%7B%22directed_target_id%22%3A0%7D" href="http://feral-kid.com/" target="_blank">João Ruas</a> , his show beautifully named "VERSO" will be in the main room. </span><br />
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<span class="userContent"> <br /> The show will occur February 1st 2014, from 6-9pm at the Thinkspace Gallery in Culver City,LA.<br /> <br /> Words can't describe how excited I am for this show. I hope to see so many of you there, (especi<span class="text_exposed_show">ally the LA crowd!) as I know this one is going to be amazing!<br /> <br /> For more details , please go to the Thinkspace gallery website at the link below:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://thinkspacegallery.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://thinkspacegallery.com/</a><br /> <br /> And of course, Joao Ruas BEAUTIFUL work:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://feral-kid.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://feral-kid.com/</a><br /> <br /> Lastly I made a Facebook event page. Think of it as a personal invitation to each of you to the show:<br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1394587367458208/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/events/1394587367458208/?context=create&ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming</a></span></span><br />
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A big thank you ( and warm hug) for Luke Plunkett, who wrote the article. I read Kotaku all the time ( how else am I going to find out that
nintendo is releasing a super weird new handheld. 2ds!? Really!? ) so
this is super huge for me. So thank you sir! You made my whole year!<br />
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You can read the article here:<br /><br /> <a href="http://kotaku.com/oh-nothin-just-thinkin-about-some-great-game-art-1218748707" target="_blank">http://kotaku.com/oh-nothin-just-thinkin-about-some-great-game-art-1218748707 </a><br />
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And not just that but yet another Magic the Gathering card was just released !It's called "Vindicate" and it features Sorin Markov not giving a crap about the guy in front of him! :)<br />
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Also here's an oldie that has yet to be published on the blog, it's called "Mending touch" .<br />
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K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-11585325987077203702013-04-29T01:03:00.000-07:002013-05-01T01:49:37.393-07:00Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts process.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This painting was certainly a challenge. I was never great with perspective or set design, and this painting forced me to tackle both of those things and a figure at the same time.</div>
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So here is how I tackled this challenge: </div>
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It all started by a small brief describing a smart, scheming, magnetic and ruthless woman in her 30's. Her surroundings would be something between a lawyer's office, and a necromancer's lair. A room adorned by scrolls, strange devices, tomes, and somewhere slightly hidden in the background, the spirits that surround her. </div>
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When I read this (and after letting out an eager giggle...seriously, painting an evil woman!? YES!) I immediately began to research what this image would feel and look like. I dug through all my resources, to get color compositions, lighting, props and ideas ready. I looked at movies like Amadeus, Black Narcissus, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter: The Half Blood Prince and Gladiator for inspiration. </div>
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After all that research was done , I scribbled a lot of loose initial ideas:</div>
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It doesn't matter if they are in color or a simple little scribble, what matters is that they quickly show what I intend to do with the painting as a whole without focusing on <b><i>any</i></b> details. I answer a lot of questions at this stage, for example: What is composition like? What is the focal point? What is the angle of the camera? What is the gesture of the figure? Being loose forces me to think of the image as a whole, rather than focusing on details. From these little scribbles, I focus on a couple of them and turn them into a-</div>
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These are the two sketches I sent the art director for approval. Out of all the scribbles I did, I thought these two had the biggest potentials to be good illustrations.<br />
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I like to polish my sketches, because it really helps me with three big things:<br />
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<li> Provides a solid foundation for later steps. This includes drawing out the scene as best as I can, and establishing color and value relationships. Most important of those two is having a good drawing, as I've said before,<i> an accurate drawing will save you a lot of grief later!</i></li>
<li>Serves as a guide throughout the whole painting process. I love sketches, and usually find them to have an energy that finished paintings usually lack. Through out my entire painting process, I keep a small window open with this thumbnail up. It usually steers me in the right direction when deciding what to keep, what to focus on, and what to keep loose. </li>
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The art director chose the 2nd image, and now with my sketch approved, it was time to begin the monumental task of bringing this image to a final.<br />
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I got #1 & #2 from one of those brush sets from incredible artists you find around. M@, Jamie Jones, Min Yum, Thomas Scholes & James Kei just to name a few of them. The 3rd brush is a basic <i>Photoshop</i> round round with a spacing of about 10%. #1 & #2 are the ones I use for almost everything, like a mass block in or rendering areas with texture. #3 is used primarily for rendering skin and other soft surfaces.</div>
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Now i'm starting to block in large areas. I'm getting rid of lines, and really beginning to define light and shadow. I'm also keeping a close eye on my layer management (which may explain why in some steps, certain areas are missing!)!<br />
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At this point I realize I don't have such a clear grasp on the perspective. So I decided to do circles in perspective. This helped me think of the location and angles of objects in the scene a lot better, and it also served as the tops of glasses later on.<br />
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At this point I realize I need to start working on the most important (and fun!) part of the painting. Her face!<br />
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Why, her hand is <i>GIGANTIC</i>! I almost made an entire painting not noticing such a GLARING mistake! The reason for this was, that at some point I told myself her hand was foreshortened, without realizing that nothing else in her posture showcased that foreshortening. So with the power of digital, I re-sized her hand to look more human, less of a claw.</div>
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After this fix, I did some slight color adjustments, did a quick unsharpen mask on it, and voila!</div>
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Remember to check out <a href="http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/productarticle.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/dragonsmaze/productinfo" target="_blank">Magic the Gathering's release of Dragon's Maze</a> on May 3, 2013. Also be sure to stay tuned here for a bunch of more uploads coming this week!</div>
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P.S. <i><b> </b>I have received many requests for the 3 brushes that I used, so here they are! :)</i></div>
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K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-49986543250147535512013-04-12T01:30:00.000-07:002013-04-12T01:30:00.543-07:00Line in Lead 2: Works in GraphiteHello everyone!<br />
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I've had a very humbling and incredible opportunity to be a part of this year's <a href="http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/384" target="_blank"><u><b>Line in Lead 2: Works in Graphite</b></u></a> show at <a href="http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/384" target="_blank">Gallery Nucleus</a>!<br />
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The artist list is <b>mind blowing</b> , and to be showing alongside them is one hell of an honor!<br />
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Here I present to you the three pieces I will be showing at the show:<br />
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The opening reception will be this Saturday, April 13th from 7pm-10pm! So if you are in the area, come on by! See these in person (FYI, They look so much better in real life!) , look at all the other incredibly mind blowing art , and just have a fun time!<br />
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And just in case some of you can't make it, there is always the online viewing and purchasing option!<br />
Do note if you are indeed interested in purchasing any of these works, move fast! There has already been various interested parties, so get 'em before they do! (just don't let them know I told you!)<br />
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For more details show view this link: <a href="http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/384" target="_blank"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/exhibition/384</span></a><br />
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And for details on the online viewing ( which opens Saturday), go here: <a href="http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pieces/384" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.gallerynucleus.com/gallery/pieces/384</span></a><br />
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For my next update I will be going more in depth on this:<br />
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first ever Magic: The Gathering card : Teysa, Envoy of Ghost, to be
released with the<a href="http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/products.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/products/dragonsmaze" target="_blank"> Dragon's Maze set</a> . I will be showcasing the process,
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In honor of the set, this update will coincide with it's Pre-release date on April 27th - April 28th! <br />
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For more information on the Dragon's Maze set , or just Magic: The Gathering in general , please go here: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/products.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/products/dragonsmaze" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.wizards.com/magic/tcg/products.aspx?x=mtg/tcg/products/dragonsmaze</span></a><br />
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<br />K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-76518932528940372462012-11-30T13:41:00.002-08:002012-11-30T13:41:31.381-08:00Safehouse Show VI: The Rooster Show Tonight!<br />
If you are in the bay area and are willing to brave the rainy weather, you're in for a treat!<br />
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Today from 7-10 pm at the <a href="http://thesafehousestudios.com/">Safehouse Studio</a>s ( 80 langton st. SF) the Safehouse Studios will be doing a silent auction benefit!<br />
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There will be free drinks, great art up for auction, and a lot of wonderful artists and art enthusiasts!<br />
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To check out some of the work that will be in the show you can go to the facebook page <a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/396709287074138/">HERE</a>.<br />
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Here are my entries for the show. Been digging pencils a lot lately! :)<br />
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This one is called " Bali Juju" (4x6) ... don't ask me why I named it that , or why I even decided to draw this. I have no clue either. <i><span style="font-size: small;">( Also try and see this one in person, a LOT of subtleties are lost in the scan! I need a better scanner...) .</span></i></div>
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This one is a life drawing I did a while back ago. It's graphite and white chalk on toned paper (9x10?). <br />
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K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-78775506033311581322012-11-21T13:24:00.000-08:002012-11-21T13:36:31.223-08:00Drawing process.<br />
Last week I took some time, and made a drawing for an upcoming show <i>(details of show below!)</i> . I usually don't have good process shots of my traditional work, so I figured why not start now? <br />
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This is the drawing I ended up with. It's titled "Serf and Greyhounds" , standard moleskin size ( 8.5 x10?) .<br />
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<b>Materials: </b>HB lead holder ( rubbed against sand paper to create a flat side), .03 HB mechanical pencil, kneaded eraser, a small white eraser and a stump... yes, a stump. <br />
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This was probably the hardest part of making this image. Getting all the angles and proportions right can take a long time. Before getting to this point I gathered all my reference and did a quick digital composition in which I figured out my perspective, and scale relationships.</div>
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I spent probably a good full night's work ( 4-5 hours.) on the drawing alone. Don't rush the drawing! An accurate drawing will save you a lot of grief later. </div>
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<b>2. Rendering</b><br />
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This is the part where I begin establishing value relationships. </div>
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In fact the FIRST thing I do, is render the area where there will be the most contrast ( the area with the lightest and the darkest tones!) ,in this case I wanted it to be the woman's face. <br />
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Because of that , now I know what is the lightest and the darkest value. With toned paper ( like a moleskin), you always want to designate a value to the tone. Because I wanted this to be a graphite only piece, the value of the paper became my brightest point. So that means only highlights and bright areas could have the tone of the paper. This helped immensely , especially when rendering the cloth. If you notice there are soft gradients by where the folds are, I wanted the cloth to be the second brightest thing ( next to the highlights of the girl's face.) so I very lightly shaded it, so that it became a slightly darker tone than that of the paper. <br />
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I haven't touched a stump since high school. I always thought of them as a cheater's tool, something people used when they didn't want to bother rendering, or worse, if they didn't know how to render. Ever since I can remember, I would always tell myself " I'd rather render it with my own hands!". Oh, what a fool I was! <br />
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The stump was an essential tool to this image. It helped mass in major values very quickly, giving the areas where the stump was used, a soft, almost paint like quality, that would have taken AGES to produce with a pencil. This is how I made the trees, using a stump to mass in the basic value of the tree, then going over it with a pencil and eraser to reinforce texture.<br />
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This is how the final looks like, except a lot more yellow... the scanner I used could not capture the yellow of the paper very well. <br />
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That's it! Pretty straight forward! :)<br />
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This drawing will be a part of an incredible group show, December 6th at the<a href="http://spoke-art.com/"> spoke arts gallery. </a><br />
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So if you are in the bay area, come by and see this and other insane moleskin drawings and paintings face to face! Be sure to say hello too! <br />
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<br />K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-81388275285107348102012-05-30T12:26:00.000-07:002012-05-30T12:29:45.802-07:00The Godfather: Five Families<br />
For the past year or so I've had the honor to work alongside an extremely talented team on <a href="https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/">The Godfather: Five Families </a> games from <a href="https://www.kabam.com/">Kabam </a>& <a href="http://www.paramount.com/">Paramount studios</a>.<br />
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While there are tons and tons of work, I wish to share with you all some of my favorite works that have been released so far!<br />
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And if you haven't had the chance to play the game yet, check it out! Not only is it crazy fun, but everything in the game is hand painted, beautifully animated, and there's no other game that looks like it! :)<br />
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So go and play it <a href="https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/play">HERE</a> , until then please have fun and enjoy the visuals!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>The Godfather: Five Families</i>: <a href="https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/">https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/</a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Kabam,inc</i><b>: </b><a href="https://www.kabam.com/">https://www.kabam.com</a>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Play the Game</i>: <a href="https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/play">https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/play</a></span>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-52812015687068921342012-04-17T12:13:00.006-07:002012-04-17T12:36:41.737-07:00Lunch time + Studies= Lunchies!My co-workers and I have been doing quick 15 minute studies almost every day , for about 4 months now. We call them Lunchies. We're very strict with our time limit, and sometimes even hold our wacom pens up in the air to ensure we don't do any extra polish when time is up (which can get very difficult to do sometimes!).<br /><br />These are a great exercise , because you only have 15 minutes. So you are always thinking what is truly important about an image and how can you capture it as quickly as possible. You don't get hung up on the details , and start realizing how simple and broad brushstrokes can describe far more,usually with a better aesthetic touch than relentless rendering. You also learn to let go and move on to something else...which obligates you to try and get the damn thing right the first time!<br /><br />Here are some of the ones I like the best and/or learned the most from, side by side with the movie stills I studied them from.<br /><br /><br /> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">1/9/12<br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs_FdrwCbUkQT5i1bxZhqYAGVmND_O4vOkyiY6PpoNgCNxdZPYKhMVNCwltZTPkrRu77bfXxJGSCZwqGFMNUUN6rQLMXr36s-C3CGsBjfuyTX6lWYVR3n6rzgLfcQKEnrDNm4D_MRcr8/s1600/kortizs_1-9-12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXs_FdrwCbUkQT5i1bxZhqYAGVmND_O4vOkyiY6PpoNgCNxdZPYKhMVNCwltZTPkrRu77bfXxJGSCZwqGFMNUUN6rQLMXr36s-C3CGsBjfuyTX6lWYVR3n6rzgLfcQKEnrDNm4D_MRcr8/s320/kortizs_1-9-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452763261875026" border="0" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2/1/12<br /><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXd41io47P4u2CZ05nSDXhC-rlXPs6n2xwqECvdySG3e5KojQ6QOXpXhdhHDMnISNXxmOZmT1Wo8sZRS5pyn1dFw95zc4jj2uGgaChib3vrKLoz7AXykMAPZIIjUCQukxrRDvFv6f4go/s1600/kortiz_lunche_02_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJXd41io47P4u2CZ05nSDXhC-rlXPs6n2xwqECvdySG3e5KojQ6QOXpXhdhHDMnISNXxmOZmT1Wo8sZRS5pyn1dFw95zc4jj2uGgaChib3vrKLoz7AXykMAPZIIjUCQukxrRDvFv6f4go/s320/kortiz_lunche_02_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452758625081586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2/16/12<br /><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI2jsqXg9WMGUOdAc3rjOUJR5_PvZCT8t7ZFfhggVQUMfxpV4OvYb2UThtnvsM8c8kxRdOkDCIjWAE89rkHDdDNSy3bjnrFgEqZ2MU44uJmT3rgda7SZHOmZz4npRhOD3M3GAs5F1A04/s1600/kortiz_2_16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 86px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlI2jsqXg9WMGUOdAc3rjOUJR5_PvZCT8t7ZFfhggVQUMfxpV4OvYb2UThtnvsM8c8kxRdOkDCIjWAE89rkHDdDNSy3bjnrFgEqZ2MU44uJmT3rgda7SZHOmZz4npRhOD3M3GAs5F1A04/s320/kortiz_2_16.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452504349866162" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">2/22/12<br /><br /></span></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbLCZJQYJdPOogoVRJCPy4zS-DNpKxMX0TjyGIIjnS9ifl2gVaRmjel_R-LBEwfnrF9y9ZlgWZpRzyGwbLaPtrAhNg7YRk7Skq5WYAY1zwRfhPSFF1_fNx0mYQbf092ZAfg5kOLdiDGg/s1600/kortiz_lunchie_2-22-12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 80px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRbLCZJQYJdPOogoVRJCPy4zS-DNpKxMX0TjyGIIjnS9ifl2gVaRmjel_R-LBEwfnrF9y9ZlgWZpRzyGwbLaPtrAhNg7YRk7Skq5WYAY1zwRfhPSFF1_fNx0mYQbf092ZAfg5kOLdiDGg/s320/kortiz_lunchie_2-22-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452510743725938" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">3/13/12</span></span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtkchUerK3NmJpAWpCWVJULoO37A7BH94-ojvoBssNFPV1dwEOWmuSh01j-PVBduqz_bYGst-QBxqaMsH3JQxgqgKeqACCfLtpHKebo1vtSsFT2QkucIOWugCtfZds5YQnp0LMX60APk/s1600/kortiz_3_13_12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 107px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNtkchUerK3NmJpAWpCWVJULoO37A7BH94-ojvoBssNFPV1dwEOWmuSh01j-PVBduqz_bYGst-QBxqaMsH3JQxgqgKeqACCfLtpHKebo1vtSsFT2QkucIOWugCtfZds5YQnp0LMX60APk/s320/kortiz_3_13_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452502088869506" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >3/20/12</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmwYk4G1PUCUjHE0NcFU9iwHPpWKx17iVgZ3oxl0-tZ4cMdyInycUB6KVNQeIOWU2PP_tTlVxqUFCRLyKmPEc_yJO8jKqHnKoJfSxeyJKPpdhZk8x9oINHCQS4Vd8DJ0qP4i3lArn8Zk/s1600/kortiz_3_29_12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXmwYk4G1PUCUjHE0NcFU9iwHPpWKx17iVgZ3oxl0-tZ4cMdyInycUB6KVNQeIOWU2PP_tTlVxqUFCRLyKmPEc_yJO8jKqHnKoJfSxeyJKPpdhZk8x9oINHCQS4Vd8DJ0qP4i3lArn8Zk/s320/kortiz_3_29_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452491063124578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >3/30/12</span><br /><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL9QOkApKDjjy26ZiIxcvbOZKLCUBQgLTz5Ss-GUdvNxvCOWtKAREAjOwYRnbALF27S2xUOvbiYT8VMp8EFTVnwDPvFfCe4lLunVpEaU6SbuMmzMMzOEgSEJrFci4uHl54UzmPnkAXr4/s1600/.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 68px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUL9QOkApKDjjy26ZiIxcvbOZKLCUBQgLTz5Ss-GUdvNxvCOWtKAREAjOwYRnbALF27S2xUOvbiYT8VMp8EFTVnwDPvFfCe4lLunVpEaU6SbuMmzMMzOEgSEJrFci4uHl54UzmPnkAXr4/s320/.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5732452488020511938" border="0" /></a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-26786749626263785212012-03-20T11:53:00.008-07:002012-03-21T01:31:33.003-07:00Imagine FX Vol. 81 Sketchbook + Safehouse Show 4I was asked a while back to provide some sketches for the sketchbook section on Imagine FX. Well it's out now and I wish to give you all a quick little peek!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MpeKtWT_C5N61DTKWnPJIsCm7_6nxtCOo3CUvx4_OLKSEnqRROXEIrx7i5fL4si73tSWl4plG3n1HBFolOwzhT91V52GtungZN71Y1IOZS916nr6B78iHNpLKNT2Q29CNFVgc5kaxQg/s1600/karla_ortiz.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 348px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MpeKtWT_C5N61DTKWnPJIsCm7_6nxtCOo3CUvx4_OLKSEnqRROXEIrx7i5fL4si73tSWl4plG3n1HBFolOwzhT91V52GtungZN71Y1IOZS916nr6B78iHNpLKNT2Q29CNFVgc5kaxQg/s320/karla_ortiz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722058083064770210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I-bGvhhFwvRYF1xP7paXd8els_-1iyzCPBJuXX8iATZ1SacncK9muLR8UUiVTqCRB0fs9k2F3ol08KSzwHx1RenfVpOAvRFgIivd-uAtybIxzy2jfTjVQE88OK2nE5Uz3O4zqdZ08aA/s1600/81_cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 236px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8I-bGvhhFwvRYF1xP7paXd8els_-1iyzCPBJuXX8iATZ1SacncK9muLR8UUiVTqCRB0fs9k2F3ol08KSzwHx1RenfVpOAvRFgIivd-uAtybIxzy2jfTjVQE88OK2nE5Uz3O4zqdZ08aA/s320/81_cover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722058092950477362" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The cover art was made by the talented <a href="http://daarken.com/">Daarken</a>.</span><br /></div><br /><br />For more information and purchasing details on this issue, <a href="http://www.imaginefx.com/02287754332900599810/imaginefx-81.html">go here.</a><br /><br />Also this Friday, March 23rd we're having our 4th show at the Safehouse Studios ( 80 langton) from 7-10 pm! If you are in the bay area come on by for a good time with incredible art and drinks.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0otetVp9TjlXjE1aFFPoR0qDi90yD_xa_tVvWr9s6uc-2UcuQwWgM1gapRaXU0ZcQ3B6Ovpt18bX6XnrYHpILR8r4L4g4yOKBIgn0JguR3Ce-NNlF_e6Ck_Ytya94kPJ1Osd_oLCLCsk/s1600/show4card.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 215px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0otetVp9TjlXjE1aFFPoR0qDi90yD_xa_tVvWr9s6uc-2UcuQwWgM1gapRaXU0ZcQ3B6Ovpt18bX6XnrYHpILR8r4L4g4yOKBIgn0JguR3Ce-NNlF_e6Ck_Ytya94kPJ1Osd_oLCLCsk/s320/show4card.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722059531809150946" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">For more information check out <a href="http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/showfour/showfour.html">thesafehousestudios.com!</a></div>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-16573999267831234412012-02-21T20:46:00.007-08:002012-02-21T21:23:13.097-08:00II A.M Trilogy : Ashayt-SaOnce again I've had the pleasure to work with the wonderful <a href="http://writing.cwbuecheler.com/">Christopher Buecheler</a> to create a character portrait from his II AM trilogy, Ashayt-Sa.<br /><br />Beforehand he gave me a couple of chapters on the character's background. She was born somewhere in ancient Egypt, covered in tattoos, and a victim of horrendous events. Those were my keywords for creating this painting. I hope in some way I have managed to capture it, and also excite all fans of the series.. a bit nerve wracking, but I hope they like her!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzltKT04cuzbLzVNotfWyRVwUCXWb77eq3KLrkt8AOe6ZK4zE-yCHuriRp7DcO2bo_tzJofKsZY189dj7DG_LAfSy-4XWsdrVfCPDWzACVWs1WGmQJHUO-CkD9VEoYpWH0IJQWNK0Xu-0/s1600/ashayt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 295px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzltKT04cuzbLzVNotfWyRVwUCXWb77eq3KLrkt8AOe6ZK4zE-yCHuriRp7DcO2bo_tzJofKsZY189dj7DG_LAfSy-4XWsdrVfCPDWzACVWs1WGmQJHUO-CkD9VEoYpWH0IJQWNK0Xu-0/s320/ashayt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5711826227584366146" /></a><br /><br /><br />If you are interested in the two chapters (Which you should, because they are great reads!) featuring Ashayt-Sa, the author has been kind enough to offer them free, <a href="http://writing.cwbuecheler.com/2012/02/13/spoiler-free-excerpt-from-the-children-of-the-sun/">here! </a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-21022165596753001222012-02-10T14:05:00.000-08:002012-11-28T18:32:18.433-08:00Final Eden CharactersKabam's has just released it's latest game, <a href="https://www.kabam.com/final-eden/">Final Eden</a>!<br />
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I was in charge of creating the main guide to the game and the character leaders for the three opposing factions.<br />
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There are still many things I would like to improve upon, but with such tight deadlines you learn to know what is a priority and what is not, and for this game it was all about the character portraits.<br />
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I enjoyed the HELL out of this, as it's not every day I get to paint post apocalyptic mutants, biker chicks, marine dudes and tough chicks with dreadlocks!<br />
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It was a great project to work on, and this is only a small preview to a great looking game, so once again, go and check out <a href="https://www.kabam.com/final-eden/">Final Eden</a>! It's purdy.<br />
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Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-3271291384657972972012-01-19T11:07:00.000-08:002012-01-19T11:23:50.115-08:00RedI've been spending some time now doing personal work after work hours, and I must say it's been so refreshing! It's like renewing my vows to art all over again! :)<br /><br />Yesterday I decided to take one of my sketches a bit further.<br /><br />Below is the odd looking result.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qPa3_U-gmnWwYivx0A6ElWPcDeH6TaqAMIanpXIwyji7iDQNyitRZFyFEva3MyZfjgof0X51szQpwdCgcgBheWvOdIxwWKAINt4VC_ttm7JK168NAdaWn0pW5Oyc4UvRbKtElxQgjis/s1600/Red.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 199px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9qPa3_U-gmnWwYivx0A6ElWPcDeH6TaqAMIanpXIwyji7iDQNyitRZFyFEva3MyZfjgof0X51szQpwdCgcgBheWvOdIxwWKAINt4VC_ttm7JK168NAdaWn0pW5Oyc4UvRbKtElxQgjis/s320/Red.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5699425565314472242" /></a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-31519547404035689252012-01-13T08:00:00.000-08:002012-01-13T08:00:00.525-08:00OilsOne of the things that I was really happy to get back to this last year was oil painting. I am lucky to be surrounded by the wonderful artists at <a href="http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/index.html">the safehouse studios</a> who inspire me to do better as an artist, and practice the traditional craft.. Every sunday we go out and do plein air painting which is now one of my favorite things to do. <br /><br />Below are some of my favorite plein airs , and other random oil paintings I worked on last year.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHNkCXmGvLr2eAxAagsTai3tJTrZVK5LKsZ-4tDqsIoKr04qjCI9NkeYrw-rasL1TjKlOIy5ft_YQtq9ru68l9w3mj2NbP3_GS6dr0dcFyuCj51968WEyukMsC0tHhlAZXcCilO-6h3E/s1600/muir-creek.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBHNkCXmGvLr2eAxAagsTai3tJTrZVK5LKsZ-4tDqsIoKr04qjCI9NkeYrw-rasL1TjKlOIy5ft_YQtq9ru68l9w3mj2NbP3_GS6dr0dcFyuCj51968WEyukMsC0tHhlAZXcCilO-6h3E/s320/muir-creek.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695910233990805970" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZiEyoaV6sLEfX-C1Tx5_oKKGfIGPzjPd3iMOGUYVnVB-vxqMVMFcAwliCtQFnkQ9iyzyPWTokPTOMQziA8_Qntej4fNUJQB3EhBlGPdt3ymL2WdVkIqHOptqEh43g_h5LPWgtfjG-F4/s1600/grandma.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfZiEyoaV6sLEfX-C1Tx5_oKKGfIGPzjPd3iMOGUYVnVB-vxqMVMFcAwliCtQFnkQ9iyzyPWTokPTOMQziA8_Qntej4fNUJQB3EhBlGPdt3ymL2WdVkIqHOptqEh43g_h5LPWgtfjG-F4/s320/grandma.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695910223104414498" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRb4fSjZ9hxKdaXPLyixxMq5AzmucZrBKYa8Cjxofa8f38RH4Uxb91AIJXb5Fx6e-9-ngH87j4t5n5Y8eSOTUdGpKGMojj_ZqWYodlB9Z-4JQAWIgePoo37eEPc5v9iN2ppfz1Ad3vpA/s1600/forweb_elnada.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRb4fSjZ9hxKdaXPLyixxMq5AzmucZrBKYa8Cjxofa8f38RH4Uxb91AIJXb5Fx6e-9-ngH87j4t5n5Y8eSOTUdGpKGMojj_ZqWYodlB9Z-4JQAWIgePoo37eEPc5v9iN2ppfz1Ad3vpA/s320/forweb_elnada.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695910238076476530" /></a> <font=1><center><span>( an oldie transformed)</span></center><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZWXxHoLPeVgq0PY6XpEgrhFZp88lleFvaydXWtYPgTmBmzOgWcjOAQX1SaLGm_lXeRADagWsnwj7_9geUCYrVq5en4r_O7exkxWfxHxK9_iw7X0Y-WQfPzHQWClpluC5mnt7NnfJQm4/s1600/diablo+hike.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXZWXxHoLPeVgq0PY6XpEgrhFZp88lleFvaydXWtYPgTmBmzOgWcjOAQX1SaLGm_lXeRADagWsnwj7_9geUCYrVq5en4r_O7exkxWfxHxK9_iw7X0Y-WQfPzHQWClpluC5mnt7NnfJQm4/s320/diablo+hike.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695910219059956914" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8m8TsbrfyBJeoeMtQTNyryiR7o0Zy_V91rPgXAzsfRsVuY-Zjr2kX_Hgw_ADd_GPtfYzNu29D-p7mOH_ATsT1JSuQXxqHjCBz8yklF3nEU73h4tlY7-q_eJg3VVJscJZXfbg4-fqc0kE/s1600/forweb_balighost.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 131px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8m8TsbrfyBJeoeMtQTNyryiR7o0Zy_V91rPgXAzsfRsVuY-Zjr2kX_Hgw_ADd_GPtfYzNu29D-p7mOH_ATsT1JSuQXxqHjCBz8yklF3nEU73h4tlY7-q_eJg3VVJscJZXfbg4-fqc0kE/s320/forweb_balighost.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695910225205592770" /></a><br /><br /><br /></font=1>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-57099227209747007192012-01-09T23:43:00.000-08:002012-01-09T23:50:25.930-08:00Sketches and DrawingsHello everyone! <br /><br />One of my new year's resolution was to update my blog regularly, so why not start with a sketches and drawings I've been hoarding. Some new, some old, some traditional and one digital.<br /><br />And happy new years to all of you! May this year be an amazing one! :D <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcodIrWmfsnn5FszJ-WwNoVoXwNWdT307zj3JorYyrg9pT-buZj7ow67t8BiXG-kU8QoY2q5BAFA1hCUnwU4xBwQk4PJwrHjf8gWmK74HlU1eErbEUFq6IwqauixJCx3g6N5ueffamKo/s1600/demo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmcodIrWmfsnn5FszJ-WwNoVoXwNWdT307zj3JorYyrg9pT-buZj7ow67t8BiXG-kU8QoY2q5BAFA1hCUnwU4xBwQk4PJwrHjf8gWmK74HlU1eErbEUFq6IwqauixJCx3g6N5ueffamKo/s320/demo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695907032282310738" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2XKiiyFo1vnag5CS3jdn2dtx7pIrMjoWfaQOCW6I3vH5uUjSTI3Kb6rQNpCrqsJNKhbqdyV0GLcZnVfJKzGLhpLjL68Jn8X7tHQYtjWhkS29mpFdr8gnQQF_ARQhSidpu3GQLRoZJxY/s1600/kt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc2XKiiyFo1vnag5CS3jdn2dtx7pIrMjoWfaQOCW6I3vH5uUjSTI3Kb6rQNpCrqsJNKhbqdyV0GLcZnVfJKzGLhpLjL68Jn8X7tHQYtjWhkS29mpFdr8gnQQF_ARQhSidpu3GQLRoZJxY/s320/kt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695906183451965410" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdr8xuN_P0ba5C0Qzo7sNIPLCV5GH8yJ9kX1pXzLheskkCY7QQ4raOLfimWWRoKSz7oRkVDTLNo5Sb77cTIjGQln1AIYcmEbYE3CIoLNSs0U236oYei9D3K5N-dfRdtw4VT7yaOegn9w/s1600/forweb_rem.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 247px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdr8xuN_P0ba5C0Qzo7sNIPLCV5GH8yJ9kX1pXzLheskkCY7QQ4raOLfimWWRoKSz7oRkVDTLNo5Sb77cTIjGQln1AIYcmEbYE3CIoLNSs0U236oYei9D3K5N-dfRdtw4VT7yaOegn9w/s320/forweb_rem.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695906172162118114" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAG1Vo3jFzlx0QRnCyFNAUrM-svNXK3UmR5ohOyKlu8a2k_X3X7WZo2pMtyxpBIWE1Sp_fgtnkvXkytADeCvB35090lHKNraO9cn9wkVnKZN_Kx04ovCGUC0SpV_jpHHwfn2TpWtdzKFc/s1600/karla2_sketchies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAG1Vo3jFzlx0QRnCyFNAUrM-svNXK3UmR5ohOyKlu8a2k_X3X7WZo2pMtyxpBIWE1Sp_fgtnkvXkytADeCvB35090lHKNraO9cn9wkVnKZN_Kx04ovCGUC0SpV_jpHHwfn2TpWtdzKFc/s320/karla2_sketchies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695906167390749570" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17IV0m1hh1At1KAO3_IiCFQeUfQk8PfxqVsW_l6tnM62muWclIxKNl_BzA2_Z0I5DijFkl0wY5EK4_2cEkgMJgGQfMSy2DEnJQbK0f6ersXs_xnFVxvezYlxUUdl8UI68RgixcdBkW9s/s1600/karla3_sketchies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg17IV0m1hh1At1KAO3_IiCFQeUfQk8PfxqVsW_l6tnM62muWclIxKNl_BzA2_Z0I5DijFkl0wY5EK4_2cEkgMJgGQfMSy2DEnJQbK0f6ersXs_xnFVxvezYlxUUdl8UI68RgixcdBkW9s/s320/karla3_sketchies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695906159249341218" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplXqoHjyKktBD3p1QZZiFUJGZqTC4_auRgO81ybr_taA_BvRsITK8raO4mGGok2MfW-H7DlbywNE5YvGQN1bZpPt7pJLre1TPJO4n220FCtHKjNBYkFRea7LigPOOZZa8IyHTvbT4eZw/s1600/karla1_sketchies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 202px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjplXqoHjyKktBD3p1QZZiFUJGZqTC4_auRgO81ybr_taA_BvRsITK8raO4mGGok2MfW-H7DlbywNE5YvGQN1bZpPt7pJLre1TPJO4n220FCtHKjNBYkFRea7LigPOOZZa8IyHTvbT4eZw/s320/karla1_sketchies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5695906159010437746" /></a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-18748567371550719292011-10-02T23:26:00.000-07:002011-10-02T23:53:10.584-07:00APE and GodfathersToday I went to <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/ape/">APE</a> to do a short live painting demo at my <a href="https://www.kabam.com/">company's</a> booth! <br /><br />I took out an old drawing from the depths of my computer, and played around with it for a bit.<br /><br />Here is the result:<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrLUxFppd4t8SgHRrMEfIq2xMa6pTDB7je6SLT2kMKgk4Nc25TYkPWEzWu2je41BB_bgH5DS-GKbrriSpYmdoGktaXX5QGx0mO_rEt38l0uLQ6jjuEEaymDHIt-EvLXRGv11XdWJOHU4/s1600/weee.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXrLUxFppd4t8SgHRrMEfIq2xMa6pTDB7je6SLT2kMKgk4Nc25TYkPWEzWu2je41BB_bgH5DS-GKbrriSpYmdoGktaXX5QGx0mO_rEt38l0uLQ6jjuEEaymDHIt-EvLXRGv11XdWJOHU4/s320/weee.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659153339861846018" /></a><br /><br /><br />--------------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">The Godfather: Five Families</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Iukv9Q2qLjx26D6A3bALuuS43nzv3OWCJuKwczB5v46VnonCHNMaCVa4ubrmjbWBCXv6O3M-VXLkUwRuD_qo09b5D6xbnx_W8lXUchirkokSFju6aI3FBMr0W1UU9GNn3uj7Aq0aonE/s1600/303243_277777088900486_270538419624353_1208954_1277095889_n.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Iukv9Q2qLjx26D6A3bALuuS43nzv3OWCJuKwczB5v46VnonCHNMaCVa4ubrmjbWBCXv6O3M-VXLkUwRuD_qo09b5D6xbnx_W8lXUchirkokSFju6aI3FBMr0W1UU9GNn3uj7Aq0aonE/s320/303243_277777088900486_270538419624353_1208954_1277095889_n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659153338388223458" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'm really happy to be able to announce the title I have been working on at Kabam, the Godfather: Five Families.<br /><br />"<span style="font-style:italic;">It’s 1935: ten years before the events of The Godfather film. New York’s Five Families are engaged in an all-out war for supremacy. The war is heating up and smaller gangs are under pressure to join one of the Families . . . or die. Your father’s brutal injury leaves him unable to lead your family – leaving it up to you. You must take charge and keep your family’s criminal organization alive.</span>"<br /><br />Sounds good? You betcha! And it's gonna look fantastic too! The incredible art team I'm honored to be a part of has made sure of that! The game looks amazing, plays wonderfully and I hope will delight and entertain you all! <br /><br />For more information check out <a href="https://www.kabam.com/the-godfather/"> the Godfather: Five Families at Kabam.com</a>, also our<a href="http://www.facebook.com/#!/playgodfather"> facebook page</a> is up and it's full art goodies from the team!<br /><br />Once the game is out I'll post all the work right here for all of you to see, just make sure you play the game too! :)K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-87882303107770167862011-08-27T20:26:00.000-07:002011-08-27T20:52:09.961-07:00Blood Hunt cover step by step
<br /><div style="text-align: center;">I've recently had the opportunity to work with the wonderful Christopher Buecheler on a cover for his second installment of <a href="http://www.iiamtrilogy.com/"><b>The II AM trilogy</b>, <b>The Blood Hunt</b></a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">
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Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-51505654911824692182011-05-25T22:21:00.001-07:002011-05-25T23:17:46.513-07:00New strains and old drawings.<span style="font-weight: bold;">I strained my drawing hand's thumb at a theme park recently.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rO0Ac2M8Aqv0tQmpa30UFRSxvLn9LRFjXmTA6WRTbli9Cpmr9Bl4NMiacwbRQ6Yz_vgj7RCEaSj01V39V2t6FDwwCBQ4LsbSEgPLx1QB25CDaez8JZm_bVX68BqmZlSbLtKPVOuj1NQ/s1600/DSC_0821.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6rO0Ac2M8Aqv0tQmpa30UFRSxvLn9LRFjXmTA6WRTbli9Cpmr9Bl4NMiacwbRQ6Yz_vgj7RCEaSj01V39V2t6FDwwCBQ4LsbSEgPLx1QB25CDaez8JZm_bVX68BqmZlSbLtKPVOuj1NQ/s320/DSC_0821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610890928309786866" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Because of it I haven't been able to do much of anything except relax, read, and take pictures of old drawings! Here are some of my favorites!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKhG7u-_UqLYf7t1FsTtmkHFDroyZksdQpydSH5WCkVf78jTtyn9WXN7b1zADznACRLaYJfrI2x9MKccnGBX01wahrdeGtdZ1AQNePohScrBc-8-4CrUDEZ2AFamrJVhIVRLcW2iQFkA/s1600/22.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBKhG7u-_UqLYf7t1FsTtmkHFDroyZksdQpydSH5WCkVf78jTtyn9WXN7b1zADznACRLaYJfrI2x9MKccnGBX01wahrdeGtdZ1AQNePohScrBc-8-4CrUDEZ2AFamrJVhIVRLcW2iQFkA/s320/22.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891237174031826" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o4y2FayHRVIwpAkP1oIEhGbEbrTiESB49PZbPF9l51dpaN3j5TriZ-i3G0rz5Pi7Q8VndEDayjBSf3EVyzbBWr2HD54w85Allrtg-z6Ny7_kDrzxs444PEK7nug8VPw26EFnQZqT6xU/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 186px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7o4y2FayHRVIwpAkP1oIEhGbEbrTiESB49PZbPF9l51dpaN3j5TriZ-i3G0rz5Pi7Q8VndEDayjBSf3EVyzbBWr2HD54w85Allrtg-z6Ny7_kDrzxs444PEK7nug8VPw26EFnQZqT6xU/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891235559271058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UIcIlnMOpmEImkOLSwGgT3-sNibIuA_-mAsMkDUCwl50P8CU0eBAsETh1RoNZib3KYe0njIPcn63KRELScXvtWhPFPaouaW1M3KWSA2-pjKAsNifhm_OhDy5-NIWVachRHulVCUHaPM/s1600/212121.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9UIcIlnMOpmEImkOLSwGgT3-sNibIuA_-mAsMkDUCwl50P8CU0eBAsETh1RoNZib3KYe0njIPcn63KRELScXvtWhPFPaouaW1M3KWSA2-pjKAsNifhm_OhDy5-NIWVachRHulVCUHaPM/s320/212121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891246683515922" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2u3hh7VmlHy-ixk_FQgNdMNzcy8_w9ZTKLrvtRxLtS86SqzA7ZOM-jzY2TCRDNdRxHhjMtsP0DxJQFlRSWyOjVir7iJ_jpahVf91Ro23ckk-96yjSpkXv3DreryXBdtcwtHZVqXTUKY/s1600/1212.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg2u3hh7VmlHy-ixk_FQgNdMNzcy8_w9ZTKLrvtRxLtS86SqzA7ZOM-jzY2TCRDNdRxHhjMtsP0DxJQFlRSWyOjVir7iJ_jpahVf91Ro23ckk-96yjSpkXv3DreryXBdtcwtHZVqXTUKY/s320/1212.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891243418831010" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltFA2v5BWIA4xnuMooyuMiOECecuNi2l1NFTb50AK18VsJNABTMHqv0Uy1XYTFXEUJNDpXT7Ece2ZaXwOMyhqc9JwlcqJ_MURHB4bvCV5Sl-vArC7PDBzsgYQL3P2kz6jzcfzX2vubbc/s1600/DSC_0813121212121.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiltFA2v5BWIA4xnuMooyuMiOECecuNi2l1NFTb50AK18VsJNABTMHqv0Uy1XYTFXEUJNDpXT7Ece2ZaXwOMyhqc9JwlcqJ_MURHB4bvCV5Sl-vArC7PDBzsgYQL3P2kz6jzcfzX2vubbc/s320/DSC_0813121212121.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610891250540877810" border="0" /></a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Round 2</span><br /><br />So back by demand, the Safehouse is at it AGAIN! Another big show for those of you close to the bay area on June 10th! So if you missed the first one, do NOT miss this one!!See you all there!!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/showtwo/showtwopostcardsmall.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 454px; height: 668px;" src="http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/showtwo/showtwopostcardsmall.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gorilla!</span><br /><br />BAM! The incredible talent at <a href="http://gorillaartfare.com/">GorillaArtfare.com</a><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> and <a href="http://www.cfsl-ink.com/en/home">CFSL Ink</a> have joined forces and created one hell of an art book!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KdDoMHqddrc/TXpR3itf2WI/AAAAAAAAAoA/fr7gyyNh2K0/s1600/gorilla_artbook_couverture-864x1024.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 309px; height: 365px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KdDoMHqddrc/TXpR3itf2WI/AAAAAAAAAoA/fr7gyyNh2K0/s1600/gorilla_artbook_couverture-864x1024.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.cfsl-ink.com/en/products/gorilla-artbook"><br />Gorilla Artbook Vol. 1 !</a><br /><br />It is a huge honor to be in there amongst the BAZILLION other incredible artists who make this book look so damned good! Check it out, but really just buy it, because it honestly may just be one of the best art books of the year!<br /><br /><br /><br />---------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Links</span><br /><br />Buy the Gorilla Art book here:<br /><a href="http://www.cfsl-ink.com/en/products/gorilla-artbook">http://www.cfsl-ink.com/en/products/gorilla-artbook</a><br /><br />Check out the safe house studio website, for show dates and artists galleries here:<br /><a href="http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/">http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/</a></span><br /><br />--------------------------------------------K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-32164425514342004292011-04-05T13:16:00.000-07:002011-04-05T17:23:43.779-07:00Latests News.<span style="font-weight:bold;">Spectrum</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXF6acud005JrOwKlf2DQHwZuf7MosM0s7ccKPUi6qyc-nTsaDpUcumU-affnqVU3JHlptArAsNeztt2iBsJXp7c5wxw3LsmV6LfFVmlOnWGQN5n0YB-84hpO7Rn9O9jM9Xb_Y5ya_lE/s1600/omg.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 314px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXF6acud005JrOwKlf2DQHwZuf7MosM0s7ccKPUi6qyc-nTsaDpUcumU-affnqVU3JHlptArAsNeztt2iBsJXp7c5wxw3LsmV6LfFVmlOnWGQN5n0YB-84hpO7Rn9O9jM9Xb_Y5ya_lE/s320/omg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592196301136366690" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I made it to spectrum! I'm ecstatic, excited and honored to be amongst such a wonderful pick of artists! <br /><br /><a href="http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/full_content.php?article_id=1332&full=yes&pbr=1">Here are some incredible videos on the selection process! Being a judge seems like a really tough gig.</a><br /><br />---------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Art Book: Illusions of Reality<span style="font-weight:bold;"></span></span><br /><br /><br />I have been on a art book buying craze. I can't stop and it's a problem...sort of :).<br /><br />So one of my friends asked me my thoughts on my latest buy Illusions of Reality and here is my short review of this must buy.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuI6s845pm6MsmVCegScsekKE2yyJRAD62dQB0LVnRa2LotYBXPq6RfR5fEwFs7497U7NSybNpJwfzlwXIg-npQp614IXhudHeTAfRQoJvE2NCv9fhJImpFnMVt8f4ctnfv4jrQdu7c8/s1600/61S8PbeIkRL._SS400_.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisuI6s845pm6MsmVCegScsekKE2yyJRAD62dQB0LVnRa2LotYBXPq6RfR5fEwFs7497U7NSybNpJwfzlwXIg-npQp614IXhudHeTAfRQoJvE2NCv9fhJImpFnMVt8f4ctnfv4jrQdu7c8/s320/61S8PbeIkRL._SS400_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592197571570637666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Illusions of Reality is AMAZING! It speaks extensively on the art and the history of the time in which the art was made. Some of the works where banned and deemed too controversial because they focused on the working man, and awful working conditions of the beginnings of the Industrial Age.<br /><br />The art featured is so wonderful and rare. A lot of the artists hardly have any pictures on the internet, you can't even find them on the Art Renewal archives. Throughout the book they have small detail shots to accompany the writing and at the end of the book they feature full pages of the paintings as a whole. It's a really wonderful art book and everyone should absolutely get it!</span><br /><br />---------------------------------------------<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />Big Win on Safehouse Show<br /></span><br /><br />The Safehouse Show One was a big BIG success!<br /><br />If you went to the show many thanks for making it the incredible event it was! And if you signed up for our studio #4 mailing list worry not! Emails with news, art and events are on the way! <br /><br />In the meanwhile why not check out the Safehouse Studio website? It has a couple pictures of the show, links to all the studio artists and the Safehouse School!<br /><br />web: <a href="http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/">http://www.thesafehousestudios.com/</a><br /><br />See you all on the next one!<br /><br /><br />---------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Where is all the art?</span><br /><br />I've been mega busy with the job, the freelance, teaching and finding time to work on my own stuff! But works are on the way! I am gathering all the sketches and work I've done in the past couple months! It will be posted soon, so come on by!K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-53989360957568765152011-03-24T09:50:00.000-07:002011-03-24T09:57:30.382-07:00Safe House Show 1<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2iZlbqsdO4ixACT6Jl5hVQR5oh6xaew_Wj6Wj6CXJi5aH8NuA42LQpQtdcEEz9BYtiSBrKIaGVv2eezd30are_VfDmYnwLdUfgrUztwu60JgWb6flVfJok2VV59rOu2lWkLUdelIe8U/s1600/show+one+postcard.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY2iZlbqsdO4ixACT6Jl5hVQR5oh6xaew_Wj6Wj6CXJi5aH8NuA42LQpQtdcEEz9BYtiSBrKIaGVv2eezd30are_VfDmYnwLdUfgrUztwu60JgWb6flVfJok2VV59rOu2lWkLUdelIe8U/s320/show+one+postcard.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587691551726140626" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDB7RzwFd23Pfva9bNs1pgyEpT8to9YadL-2QftKxjmTph8YCNd5xj9QwWsEKeOlWIhZcmXmiP35U0FWtL_HKIPi0eQ0ianzG9ZqATY_woNHucsJeCpXJRKVdh_f4FQE5cvKEwpDzVjdI/s1600/show+one+postcard.jpg"><br /></a><br />For those of you that are in the bay area and have nothing going on tomorrow night, come on down by the Safehouse and be a part of our first show!<br /><br />The line up is incredible and it's promising to be one heck of a night! (free drinks too!)<br /><br />Hope to see you all there!<br /><br />More details here:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194876207212822">http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=194876207212822</a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-22906085790062097302011-01-08T19:38:00.001-08:002011-02-09T13:16:55.260-08:00FinishHere is an update with a couple of paintings I finished recently.<br /><br />It's nice to go back and just finish something that's been put off for a while.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfnsFEU795Cqo47Tc9azxhnemL9hYrZkdoDQK0d8rtMHJrTVcvLaEsSGkVFxn0fmfmvlg3M2CaZjHUe-Bu8gf3SYrJTmkNGFNvqIDSY2Axdldl1PfeHjGxSPUouQfdu0laHz1zsoOadI/s1600/to+valhalla.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 101px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfnsFEU795Cqo47Tc9azxhnemL9hYrZkdoDQK0d8rtMHJrTVcvLaEsSGkVFxn0fmfmvlg3M2CaZjHUe-Bu8gf3SYrJTmkNGFNvqIDSY2Axdldl1PfeHjGxSPUouQfdu0laHz1zsoOadI/s320/to+valhalla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560026372638078370" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76eu2Q1EU1Tjym99n3p8m1hJjjCQZyLbCNFKieGh-O4MhQFqzLi_tWuA4zMPyxfvxpS-6CnvBxQ3z711sqZ_ERBW2IHGmQOvbrFI_CCa1x6Tlr6dGDJCxtJBOaxIVS2Y2IMoa_jSbXbU/s1600/icon-social-hunt.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg76eu2Q1EU1Tjym99n3p8m1hJjjCQZyLbCNFKieGh-O4MhQFqzLi_tWuA4zMPyxfvxpS-6CnvBxQ3z711sqZ_ERBW2IHGmQOvbrFI_CCa1x6Tlr6dGDJCxtJBOaxIVS2Y2IMoa_jSbXbU/s320/icon-social-hunt.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571801636902006034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />in other news I wanted to let you guys know that <a href="http://cghub.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=61">CGhub.com</a> has some great weekly and monthly activities! They are a great way to get your work out there, but more importantly to make art for yourself and have fun!K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-27347401969240677412010-10-28T23:48:00.000-07:002010-10-29T00:52:37.506-07:00Work in progress IIA lot of different artists have little rituals on how to begin the painting process. Some artists begin with line and others with shape. I usually have an easier time figuring things out with a line drawing first.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAfY8usq4sHrhV4KhgxaFO51vN6Svt8ZtUnmaxS4PxohxoQWALZPLaLv9r3kpmZbUuWa9wt8xWOFNZtYZETbwZp_ud0dZIbSgD1iPIfeqJQaeB9A6JuvikGfFZZAp29xvsksveeiFexg/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcAfY8usq4sHrhV4KhgxaFO51vN6Svt8ZtUnmaxS4PxohxoQWALZPLaLv9r3kpmZbUuWa9wt8xWOFNZtYZETbwZp_ud0dZIbSgD1iPIfeqJQaeB9A6JuvikGfFZZAp29xvsksveeiFexg/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533364040815373794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68m-bMseY6a20lYbyDUSzKYmm7v2I6iDFyu-l-FAJUU0d6qeMAjdQTEAsoNTtjqaB3lAMTJK6P3hJCwzHbdqUuhWgSFBDeB3c_OvoznsrbeBqAoY72B5U1gIV3mqJMv6Ylyd8gsJDcnM/s1600/process1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68m-bMseY6a20lYbyDUSzKYmm7v2I6iDFyu-l-FAJUU0d6qeMAjdQTEAsoNTtjqaB3lAMTJK6P3hJCwzHbdqUuhWgSFBDeB3c_OvoznsrbeBqAoY72B5U1gIV3mqJMv6Ylyd8gsJDcnM/s320/process1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533358485488863586" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2RjeFNDzevpVkO6u9Kca3eBQZY3zDPICFFUJdG4OXAJkDSmPJZMkH4ipjPRtjZD1IWe4rn6HVI43mtytAzAcdHL3K2gXaXLPcxVYsN5miHhfROsQVh6Fq3prp0ip6j8nzztqA6i9kwE/s1600/process2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH2RjeFNDzevpVkO6u9Kca3eBQZY3zDPICFFUJdG4OXAJkDSmPJZMkH4ipjPRtjZD1IWe4rn6HVI43mtytAzAcdHL3K2gXaXLPcxVYsN5miHhfROsQVh6Fq3prp0ip6j8nzztqA6i9kwE/s320/process2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533358488976325058" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfJ31W_rBn_bK0AFPctyxqdzFnxLiF5LVP7vzPBuTo-H11PnLSzPpxP8y2W2UE5ciafyVWUpNuBHht8IE_ZTjUvL6j2_woG769U_D1go_iThX0jtlgAnlcjiUvG6zJqnLcQ26ReEJXuA/s1600/process3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfJ31W_rBn_bK0AFPctyxqdzFnxLiF5LVP7vzPBuTo-H11PnLSzPpxP8y2W2UE5ciafyVWUpNuBHht8IE_ZTjUvL6j2_woG769U_D1go_iThX0jtlgAnlcjiUvG6zJqnLcQ26ReEJXuA/s320/process3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533358495186991074" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Right after I am relatively happy with my line drawing, that's when my "little ritual" begins and I set up my "digital surface" for painting.<br /><br />I duplicate the drawing layer I made earlier( duplicate shortcut: ctrl+j). One drawing layer is set to "overlay" with a burnt sienna tint, I make sure this layer is at the top. The second drawing layer is set to normal but I lower the opacity to about 30% to 40%. I keep this layer underneath the overlay layer.<br /><br />After this process I go back to the background layer and give it a basic tone , so as not to start from a white canvas.<br /><br />I make another layer and begin to block in the local color of the piece. Once I'm happy with the overall relationship of colors, I then add my basic shadows.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT7cSzq4i9nm8tLiwLtpOv2zcxDxlLHPJw28BouEZK-e2O6SvpArk-6m2c6T8t-Oii4cMVTrDmUhu7gSCLtmy3S94KqfFFMke5X7E9igX46nP9o2Bu6yRjjsb0qHHcik2zE_tLT9f2rU/s1600/layout.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGT7cSzq4i9nm8tLiwLtpOv2zcxDxlLHPJw28BouEZK-e2O6SvpArk-6m2c6T8t-Oii4cMVTrDmUhu7gSCLtmy3S94KqfFFMke5X7E9igX46nP9o2Bu6yRjjsb0qHHcik2zE_tLT9f2rU/s320/layout.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5533368528291717042" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >(example of layer organization)</span><br /></div><br /><br />I use this method because it's reminiscent of the initial steps I used to take when preparing a painting in oils. Working from a drawing, then transferring the drawing to the canvas and giving it a basic wash . :)<br /><br />There are many challenges to this painting right now, I'm indifferent to the composition, and perhaps the answer lies in adding more contrast to emphasize lighting, or establishing a stronger perspective. I'll have to figure it out this out before I go any further.<br /><br />---------------<br /><br /><br />On Demand!<br /><br />I've begun to record my process whenever possible on livestream.com !<br /><br />Now mind you some of the sessions are short ( about a minute or so) and others can be very long (3 hours!)! It's all unedited , so expect slow brushstrokes, moments of pause, and maybe the occasional bathroom break!<br /><br />My painting times are a bit sporadic but I hope to be able to make it easier for people to know when I will be painting live through twitter, facebook and this blog. So drop by and say hello, or check it out at your convenience!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.livestream.com/iconart">Link: http://www.livestream.com/iconart</a><br /><br /><br /><br />Many thanks <a href="http://dc-concept.blogspot.com/">Daniel C</a>. For pushing me to do these sessions!<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://karlaortizart.blogspot.com/2010/10/work-in-progress.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">previous post </span></a>K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-47578287303071534342010-10-12T00:18:00.000-07:002010-10-12T11:52:59.046-07:00Work in progress.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDCt5JbTXKMwqz33Rs9gGXZ2Ep3bbXY0QKfRIWnrrkENXAGcuuwr0r9o8kXBXk7gG5b96tEDsRxq8CydFqXKUmLownv5Hyjtd71MLymC6uvKG5_pPgE4uaktCrpF_rjluInwwXc7g73Y/s1600/process1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 207px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDCt5JbTXKMwqz33Rs9gGXZ2Ep3bbXY0QKfRIWnrrkENXAGcuuwr0r9o8kXBXk7gG5b96tEDsRxq8CydFqXKUmLownv5Hyjtd71MLymC6uvKG5_pPgE4uaktCrpF_rjluInwwXc7g73Y/s320/process1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527056086100024946" /></a><br />Progress shot of a new personal painting I'm working on. This is only a small detail of the bigger painting. I always find it very useful when artists post up close ups of their under drawings. I like to look at the construction lines, and the approach an artist takes to constructing a painting. <br /><br />In this particular image, I started playing around with composition and placement of elements, using wide brush strokes that keep me thinking about the big picture and how each element affects one another. Once I'm happy with the overall placement of the objects, I make a new layer, and then fill it with white and lower the opacity to 30%. Think of this new layer as a tracing paper. Afterwards I create yet another layer, and begin to draw all the elements a bit more carefully now. I'm thinking heavily on proportion, anatomy and gesture at this point. <br /><br /><br />Hopefully this will be useful to someone else as well!<br /><br />I will be working on this piece in the next following days. I'll be posting progress shots as I go so stay tuned!K. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8510468837318709672.post-83829820541272839502010-10-05T23:07:00.000-07:002010-10-05T23:10:59.863-07:00Olden Times<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXdpzAWP3au8NnjLEjIWYLOAdwgIEmJH_60FoBrX1e-q0HvP7_NvGWK3fS2TrRdbQO2w14BkH6QoEIVqZVHoTbfrbBL56tyN7QVzv4aS-otQfAkPdW4M0KZm55zs9Jd0140gXS1Yg6_o/s1600/OLDEN.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvXdpzAWP3au8NnjLEjIWYLOAdwgIEmJH_60FoBrX1e-q0HvP7_NvGWK3fS2TrRdbQO2w14BkH6QoEIVqZVHoTbfrbBL56tyN7QVzv4aS-otQfAkPdW4M0KZm55zs9Jd0140gXS1Yg6_o/s320/OLDEN.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524811433147300546" /></a><br /><br />I was looking around at old files and works today and was happy to find this old man.<br /><br />It was way back when I was still in school and was working with my team on our mock game project. That was about a year and a half ago.<br /><br />fun times :PK. Ortizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08579184635454957662noreply@blogger.com0