Soy Angeleno - The art of Luis B. Madrigal

A series of 3D works pt.6

2009-06-24T21:15:00.001-07:00

A series of 3D works pt.5

2009-06-24T21:11:00.000-07:00

A series of 3D works pt.4

2009-06-24T21:08:00.001-07:00

A series of 3D works pt.3

2009-06-24T20:54:00.000-07:00

A series of 3D works pt.2

2009-06-24T20:53:00.001-07:00

A series of 3D works pt.1

2009-06-24T20:50:00.000-07:00

Done about a month ago or so, just a little practice to keep my 3D skills up, all done in 3DSMax 2009

Almost a year ago

2008-09-03T23:10:00.000-07:00

Wow, nearly a year ago since the last post and not much to show for but a few small animations I worked on November of last year! Well, here's a sample of an animation I did for a fish aquarium toy bank with an lcd digital read out. The concept is to make it fun for children to save their coins, as such is dropped into the bank, the fishy goes through a different animation each time.

Quick vid

2007-09-26T23:24:00.000-07:00

Le Diable

2007-09-23T21:18:00.001-07:00

It's been a minute since...

2007-09-22T13:25:00.000-07:00

... I've done this before, then I realized that's it should never be about me losing my mojo, but rather how to fight to keep the momentum going. Friends have the funniest ways of showing you that. So, how about a little friendly competition to keep the motivation?

Star Wars Pod Racer Batwing Thing-a-ma-jigy

2007-09-05T21:23:00.001-07:00

Done a while back using Maya, cool exercise making a model Star Wars pod racer with dark, Batman-like colors. Sort of a pod racer meets the Batwing.
Enjoy fo realz!

The wingman

2007-09-04T16:42:00.001-07:00

For the new arrival

2007-08-30T21:12:00.001-07:00

The Sandman cometh

2007-08-15T18:51:00.000-07:00

Simpsonize me!

2007-08-14T07:30:00.000-07:00

Winged grill master

2007-08-13T19:21:00.000-07:00

Little legs giant

2007-08-12T15:16:00.001-07:00

Super cry-baby

2007-08-11T12:08:00.000-07:00

Hapa Don, angry and ready to fly

2007-08-10T14:33:00.000-07:00

Character sketch with potential

2007-08-09T19:40:00.001-07:00

Demon vampire lord

2007-08-08T07:21:00.001-07:00

Muts be the good looks!

2007-08-07T07:21:00.000-07:00

Placeholder post #12

2007-08-02T07:23:00.001-07:00

Mock up: Fernandez Five 1 of 5

2007-07-17T09:11:00.001-07:00

My boy Allah Vurgah, one of the baddest and shortest of the Fernandez Five, a new group of Mexican (mixed with some other nationalities) heroes sought out to figth, well, none other than Mexican warewolfs, chupacabras, vampires, and the rest of the supernatural bad asses out there.

3 yr. wedding anniversary

2007-07-16T08:56:00.000-07:00

Dedicated to the love of my life, the rock that keeps me strong and motivated. The reason why I started this to begin with and keeps me going. Thank you love for all the support and help.

Work: illustrator position test 01

2007-07-04T00:13:00.000-07:00

Piece I did for work, never published, though made as a way for the staff to see my illustrator talent.

Aztec Samurai

2007-07-02T21:50:00.000-07:00

My friend Lisa and I thought up of this character as I was sitting at work commenting on how interesting the Mexican and Japanese ancestries are (being that she's half Mex and half Japanese). So I came up with this idea of an Aztec/Samurai princess warrior type. More to come as I develop this character, set clothing styles and props (Click on image for more detailed view). Enjoy fo realz!

1st of the month drawring!

2007-07-01T18:35:00.000-07:00

Calaca Kid

2007-06-29T06:23:00.001-07:00

Run Light, Run!

2007-06-28T01:07:00.000-07:00

Knight Light turnaround model

2007-06-27T08:19:00.001-07:00

King Brawn

2007-06-26T18:39:00.001-07:00

Zip the Dragon turnaround

2007-06-25T07:22:00.001-07:00

Lardo struttin' his stuff

2007-06-24T01:55:00.001-07:00

Before Johnny there was this guy

2007-06-23T02:31:00.001-07:00

Johnny, playing with sharp objects

2007-06-21T21:08:00.001-07:00

7 Seas sushi chef redux

2007-06-20T20:57:00.001-07:00

Luchador Numero 10

2007-06-19T08:21:00.001-07:00

Luchador Numero 9

2007-06-18T09:01:00.001-07:00

Luchador Numero 8

2007-06-17T22:37:00.000-07:00

Luchador Numero 7

2007-06-15T00:28:00.001-07:00

Luchador Numero 6

2007-06-14T07:57:00.001-07:00

Just couldn't resist

2007-06-13T08:09:00.000-07:00

I just had to break the luchadores postings to plug this in. First time using Alias Sketchbook Pro 2 and I must say that I'm very happy with it and it's extremely easy to use. This is my own rendition of Afro Samurai, hooked on this series right now, it's a must watch.
Enjoy fo realz!

Luchador Numero 5

2007-06-12T07:00:00.001-07:00

Luchador Numero 4

2007-06-11T00:13:00.001-07:00

Luchador Numero 3

2007-06-10T20:46:00.000-07:00

Luchador Numero 2

2007-06-09T02:03:00.001-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 12

2007-06-08T00:22:00.001-07:00

Another favorite of mine, quick 2 minute pose, black charcoal.
Enjoy fo realz!

Life Drawing Piece 11

2007-06-07T07:19:00.000-07:00

Luchador Numero 1

2007-06-06T06:09:00.000-07:00

Quick sketches I did of a group of luchadores, will flesh them out more as I pick five to make up a group called "The Fernandez Five". This is the first character in a series of roughly 15 or so, keep an eye out for more in later postings.
Enjoy fo realz!

Rough Study - Movement

2007-06-05T21:07:00.001-07:00

Nuff said...

2007-06-02T19:08:00.000-07:00

"Tom and Jerry"-esque scene which I developed for a children's book. My favorite is the expressions of both the cat and the mouse, classic!
Enjoy fo realz!

Evil Fairy Chick

2007-06-01T07:41:00.001-07:00

The Max' Spirit Being

2007-05-31T07:00:00.001-07:00

Remember that old The Maxx comic book/Mtv Cartoon by Sam Kieth? Well, at the time that I drew this I had no clue who or what this was, but the resemblence to The Maxx is uncanny. Looks more like a younger version though, maybe I should have renamed the title to "Son of The Maxx".

Attack of Sushzilla

2007-05-30T21:02:00.000-07:00

Scared Caviar Sushi

2007-05-29T19:23:00.001-07:00

Japanese Husband and Wife Symbols

2007-05-28T00:44:00.000-07:00

Dr. Fisho Deceaso

2007-05-27T13:07:00.000-07:00

Promo character, back story: Prior to his capture by local fisherman, Fisho Deceaso was a respected Dr./scientist who recided in a coral reef South West off the coast of Japan. Prior to his capture he generated a potion mixed with an ancient life-giving flower which gives him immortality. However, Fisho drank the potion on the fisherman's boat, after his capture, so the effect did not kick in until he was dead. Once ashore, his mission in life is to prevent fisherman and sushi chefs from ever capturing more sea life in the ocean. One of his weaknesses is that he can no longer swim or breathe under water, and his stench as well as the swarm of flies around him, usually give his position away when hunted by angry fishermen and sushi chefs.

Boy Mercury

2007-05-26T13:49:00.000-07:00

Back from a 10 day hiatus, havent sketched anything new lately but I do have some old school stuff from my days @ the Japanese newspaper. So for the next few days I'm posting these images up. Enjoy!

Life Drawing Piece 10

2007-05-17T00:23:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 09

2007-05-16T22:25:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite life drawing pieces, 20 minute pose, great angle, great model, overall tons of fun to see the outcome.
Enjoy fo realz!

Life Drawing Piece 08

2007-05-15T21:34:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 07

2007-05-12T19:17:00.001-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 06

2007-05-11T07:51:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 05

2007-05-10T17:15:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 04

2007-05-09T07:30:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing Piece 03

2007-05-08T07:52:00.001-07:00

After 10 days of vacation

2007-05-06T22:09:00.000-07:00

Life drawing piece 02

2007-04-26T07:48:00.000-07:00

Life drawing piece 01

2007-04-25T23:27:00.000-07:00

Chef Killashrimp and Bee Boy

2007-04-24T18:31:00.000-07:00

Sushi & Tofu mascots

2007-04-23T07:44:00.001-07:00

Chocolate: Aztec grown

2007-04-22T10:42:00.000-07:00

Roboto San

2007-04-21T12:25:00.001-07:00

Hapa Don --the scared version

2007-04-20T21:33:00.000-07:00

Hapa Don --the angry version

2007-04-19T22:31:00.000-07:00

La danza de muertos

2007-04-19T07:00:00.000-07:00

Wrong number!

2007-04-18T22:24:00.000-07:00

Nameless villain

2007-04-17T23:16:00.000-07:00

Runnin' mech warrior

2007-04-15T22:11:00.000-07:00

Divine alien fairies. What the???

2007-04-13T20:18:00.001-07:00

Voluptuous Vampire Vixen a.k.a. Triple V

2007-04-12T22:13:00.001-07:00

And that's how you rip your pants at the seam

2007-04-11T08:37:00.000-07:00

Monstarr

2007-04-09T21:45:00.000-07:00

Fierce chick

2007-04-08T16:36:00.001-07:00

The chibi cowboy

2007-04-06T21:23:00.001-07:00

Johnny and the sword of light

2007-04-04T23:54:00.001-07:00

Coremecha

2007-04-03T05:48:00.001-07:00

Rocksto the Space Warrior

2007-04-02T07:48:00.001-07:00

Lardo the grease creature

2007-04-01T11:35:00.000-07:00

Chinito Dog

2007-03-31T01:43:00.000-07:00

Flee - Original circa 1995

2007-03-30T00:36:00.000-07:00

Roe dawg

2007-03-30T00:05:00.000-07:00

Whew, this one is one of my favorite human-type characters. Although, it wasn't always this way. Back in 94-95, Roe a.k.a. "Da Roach", was a cartoony looking gangsta roach with four arms and antennas. Forward some years and he evolved as a rival gang member cut off his other two arms and his antenna over an altercation involving a girl. Nearly 10 years after his creation (2001) and the current Roe pictured came to be fully equipped with those cool claw bracelets and that oversized sword; notice the remnants of the gangsta in his face, you can still see him wearing the bandana, and the baggy jeans him and his partner Flee (see later post) sport.

Bar Monkeys

2007-03-29T23:15:00.000-07:00

A play on words, Johnny & Ghouly on the monkey bars. A pinup I did of these two hanging out.

Ghouly invasion

2007-03-28T22:45:00.001-07:00

Facial expressions and a few poses of Ghouly, notice his various calm and cute scary and violent transformations. I really enjoy this character because he has a split personality to him allowing him to have a wider range of expressions.

7 Seas sushi chef

2007-03-27T22:44:00.000-07:00

The 7 Seas Sushi Chef is a character made for a Canadian raw fish supplier advertisement which ran in the Sushi & Tofu newspaper. The pitch for this came as an image of a large, happy, Japanese sushi chef giving the "thumbs up" in regards to the quality of the fish. After sending them the preliminary sketch, they agreed on the character and later requested for the final, cleaned up version. They bought the full page space and paid extra for the custom-made character/mascot.

Endtroducing... Mr. Kechi

2007-03-27T06:47:00.000-07:00

Mr. Kechi is a spoof character of my ex boss David Kudo whom I worked for as an Art Director for his Japanese/English newspaper "Sushi & Tofu" (now named "Sushi & Sake" --horrible name for a newspaper isn't?) The direct Japanese to English translation of the word Kechi means cheap or greedy, which is exactly what Kudo is. However, I always appreciated my time there because this job opened the doors for me to work for newspaper Hoy/L.A. Times. A homage to where I got started, the experience, the influences, and how I got in the industry. Enjoy!

Johnny & Ghouly - villain characters

2007-03-26T22:24:00.000-07:00

Introducing the villains from "The Nightmarish Adventures of Johnny & Ghouly. First off, we have the leader of the gang, the ultimate of all evil and commander of the largest army of nightmare creatures... the devil master. This guy is always plotting ways to use Johnny as a ways to open a portal to the human world so that he and his minions can bring Armageddon to earth.

The witch is the devil's main lady who he trusts to train the hordes of evil nightmare creatures to scare and continue to enter the human realms in the form of nightmares. This evil witch's main function is to assign a nightmare creature to each human and does so by birthing creature babies at will. Her shadow tentacles are used as portal doors into the minds of sleeping humans.

The mummy is Ghouly's biggest nemesis, though friends at first and strongest of the nightmare creatures, Ghouly's interest in saving Johnny from the nightmare world has made the mummy hold a personal vendetta against his old pal, Ghouly. This character has however one defect, although he wants Ghouly dead and Johnny in the hands of the devil master, he always comes close to killing off Ghouly, but leaves him alive enough for him to come and rescue Johnny, it's believed that he does so because the human embodiment he takes after was of an Egyptian lord who was known to have a big heart, yet condemned to hell by treason. In a sense, he does good deeds to clear his name for all the crimes he was blamed for.

Kid Monsters

2007-03-25T22:31:00.000-07:00

"Kid Monsters" is about these kid versions of classic horror movie monsters going through the everyday struggles of elementary school. These kid monsters are a creation of a mad scientist who is also the school's janitor (whose appearance is never fully revealed). This mad scientist, loosely monitors the monsters as he plans on ways to turn them against the students and school staff. His ultimate dream is to turn the children into an army of kid monsters to fulfill his goal of world domination. The twist here is that these kid monsters have a good side, which for the most part, dominates their monster side, therefore ruining the dreams of the mad scientist/janitor's world domination.
Seen here from top to bottom is Batsy Vamps (kid vampire) and Itey Frost (kid yeti). More characters would include a kid mummy, werewolf, creature from the lagoon, Frankenstein, zombie, and of course chupacabra! Stay tuned for more sketches of the rest of the cast.

"The Nightmarish Adventures of Johnny & Ghouly"

2007-03-22T22:16:00.000-07:00

This image was to be a promo for my portfolio some years back, these two characters were to be set at a police line-up, or in this case a jail picture where Johnny Freight (the human looking one) would be holding his name and info for the mug-shot, and Ghouly (the crazy monster) as seen wearing an unbuckled straight jacket. More story line info and character poses/turn-arounds to come. Got content galore for this character series, one of my favorite!