Here is the third video in a series where I talk about how I draw something for the Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus Ohio. This one in particular is about portraits or faces. Check it out and share with the young ones in your life.
You can see the previous videos here:
Lettering
Characters
Here’s the second video I created for the Wexner Center for the Arts. This is a quick tutorial in calligraphy or hand lettering. There are so many different styles and fonts to choose from but this is just an introduction. Since I was a child I spent thousands of hours practicing my letters. Please share with any young artists in your life.
Did you see the last one I did about characters? Peep it HERE!
Hey, I was commissioned by Wexner Center (Ohio) to make some quick videos for kids at home during quarantine. These took awhile to do but were really fun. Check out the first of three about drawing character designs. I make lots of character designs for fun, for clients, and for stories so this is a short peek into how I come up with them. I visited Columbus Ohio and met Dionne Custer who reached out to me for this.
See some details about this year’s character collage which is featured in this video a bit. Here’s one of them.
I made this video back in 2012 because I do tons of blog posts but was shy about video. In it I share the first children’s portrait I did of my son who was 8 or so. I’ve done over 50 portraits of children and their family members. I love doing them and will continue to do more in the future. But check out this video for now.
And here are some of the recent portraits I’ve done:
Cinthya & Kids
Mila & Zenzi
A Conversation: Aaliyah Bilal and Robert Liu-Trujillo from Aaliyah Bilal on Vimeo.
So if you didn’t the previous post I made about Cloud Country please go back and check that out. I have been working on a graphic novel with writer Aaliyah Bilal for over two years. This is a brief conversation we had in LA filmed by Halline Overby. Stay tuned for more information about this project and please go to the website for the book HERE.
Peace, so this is a first for me, making a vlog. I don’t do editing or shooting, but what the hell. I’m am steadily at work on my next short story and several other things; namely my first childrens book. In order to build my audience or the folks who will appreciate what i do outside of immediate family and friends it has taken years. And I will definitely be asking you for help in spreading the word when the time comes again.
For now, get ready for some cute portraits of children of all ages and backgrounds as I let folks know about the stories I’m telling. Please comment, and or share with like minds. And by all means, share this with anyone you know in the realm of childrens books, YA Novels, shit, animation, any one into storytelling in general. Enjoy.
Peep these shots of the steps of doing a quick painting of my little lion. He loves making faces, but I decided to pick a relatively simple one to paint.
And the final. I like the colors because he has a warm and fiery spirit. I chose several patterns to illustrate the fact that he comes from so many different cultures. If you would like a painting of your child, go HERE