Concept-to-completion 2

Another addition to my concept-to-completion series. This one is a potential shirt design I made for Zong mobile payments. To the left you can see the initial design sketch, and to the right was the completed outcome. As you can see, the text in the number pad changed drastically. This was because I wasn't comfortable with the sizing during the production process.

Concept-to-completion 1

Working on a new set of art to show my concept to completion. The Ryu and Spider-man comparison was a small taste. Below you can see the original sketch work I did for a corporate holiday card compared to the final product.

Shoryuken! New artwork

Street Fighter 4 is out today! And as anyone knows I am a HUGE Street Fighter fan. Now I've been working on an entrant into a "redesigned" Street Fighter art contest, but didn't like what I came up with(doesn't seem to meet the criteria in my book). So I've decided to share it all with you.

Below you will see the two colored versions I came up with for the contest. The idea is that Ryu is embracing the light of the martial arts(thus explains the Japanese kanji for "Light" on his back). For the first version I wanted to play with light warm colors, whereas the second was more of a "light in the darkness" idea. While I won't be using these pieces, they were a good excercise in coloring in photoshop.

Just for kicks I also included my reference for the pose in comparison to the fully inked drawing. That's right, my 12" 256 points of articulation Spider-man was my model. Hope you all enjoy and I'll post my final entrant as soon as I can.

Spiderman, spiderman does whatever a spide — Whoa is that a tattoo?!?!

Ok so I was a huge comic book geek growing up; they're how I learned how to draw. I mean really, what else are you going to get a 10 year-old-kid to do working in a donut shop all day? Anyways, my favorite superhero growing up(and still to this day) is Spider-man. While I don't follow the comics so much now, I still have an appreciation for good comic art and their artist. Another fave of mine is good tattoo artwork(I love Miami Ink). With that in mind I was blown away when I saw the tattoo below. Now that is Spidey love.

New Work

New work up and posted. See below.

Mail it logo

Epicera Consulting website v2.0




Daisuke Photgraphy website



Blizzard Mobile website

She kissed a girl and she liked it

I was able to finally get some time out and go to the Katy Perry concert at the Fillmore last week. And it was AWESOME! While she was a little quirky, as can be expected from a woman in a leopard cat suit. Yes. A-leopard-CAT-suit! And I didn't enjoy being elbowed by screaming emo-goth chicks in, I really did have fun.

While the Fillmore isn't a large venue, being less than 20 feet away was a treat. Katy performed with a lot of energy, sang every song on her album, and had cute stories to go along with specific tracks. Another plus for me is her kick for that vintage 50's style which we all know I love so much. This was shown in her taste of wardrobe(ok so she only wore the cat suit for 2 songs and had a vintage plaid top for most of the show, but c'mon).

Overall it was a good concert and a lot of fun was had by all(plus it was my wife's cousin's first concert ever!) Hope I find enough time to do another show again. Now back to my CS4 world. Getting ready to bring the heat!

As always, be good and see you next post.

The Re-up

Hard at work at my SChhen.com website. Version 5.5 has come and pass and now I'm at version 6 already(with elements of 5.5 in the work section). Going for a complete overhaul from logo, favicon, and even coding. Not ready to unleash the beast yet but I implore you all for comments and suggestions. You can compare and contrast below. Thanks for the help.

-Sonny