ALEROART BLOG

TIME FOR REST...

2012-05-09T09:51:00.003-07:00

Yestarday we lost a great American illustrator Maurice Sendak. i can still recall all his books in grammer school and always stared at his detail and cross hatching. (Still do) taking storytelling and child book art classes over at Columbia College Chicago where we where taught how to break up the pages. Taught me how to look at attacking a page in a diffrent direction. Over all its a great lost:( Always with a message in his books. One of my main inspirations. Thank you sir. Rest well! My Tribute art of the WILD Things was made on water color paper 5.5x8.5 board and water color and in pen for hatching.. 45 min all together. -a

morning progress... how to!

2012-05-07T08:33:00.003-07:00

morning all. some progress of how i put together client character design... 1,2,tree :) and final piece :)

COSTUM 8-BIT AVATARS

2012-04-29T15:00:00.000-07:00

with one C2E2 of the now pass of the 2012.. back to freelancing and random fun commissions to do. Got asked to do a few 8-Bit avatars for random profile clients. Please go to my shop site if interested in single or group shots :) Limited time offer too!

watercolor scribbles

2012-04-24T15:44:00.001-07:00

some watercolor commission art completed this weekend..

c2e2 2012 was great

2012-04-19T19:46:00.004-07:00

gettin back to the swing of things. had the best C2E2 comic show ever. did a ton of character commission watercolor for alot of people. big thanks again. got Sofa Kingdom 8-bit printed on time :) and in color. awesome. ran into some old friends and made abunch more. got a gig an awesome gig out of the sunday show. cant say anymore then big thanks. i hope you guys had a great weekend too!
-ale

workin progress.. for C2e2

2012-04-05T21:48:00.001-07:00

getting ready for this years C2e2 Comic show. ive been bad at not posting as much as should.... long gap. been busy. 2 books to complete as well as balancing freelance work. here are some character designs as well as so of what ive been doing..

SOFA promo art before and after art!

2012-02-21T11:10:00.000-08:00

still working on the 2 new Sofa Kingdom BOOKS and Ocean Marauders comics. This was a promo piece i was creating for Sofa..
line art in manga studio and color in photoshop.. screen caption shot from my desk top.

SOFA grinding

2012-02-19T21:55:00.000-08:00

its getting around that time where putting together comics for up and coming comic shows. every year this time its been one 48 page book. this time im puttin 3 books together. 2 Sofa Kingdom books and one Viking Ocean Maruaders. each less then 15 page storys including sketchs and pin up art makin it a 20 something page comic. wrappin up the last pages but takin a break to put some art together for button pins and posters. more to come.

going.... UP

2012-02-18T12:47:00.000-08:00

water color... viking sunday..

2012-02-05T12:22:00.001-08:00

sunday... water color drawing..

alot on my plate to complete and will..

2012-02-02T22:05:00.000-08:00

getting ready for some comic shows .. im workin on 3 comics right now. 2 story and art by me and the other one just drawn by me. seeing how i tell story with pictures. i wont even say im writer and just leave it as dat! im very siked about all three.

vector chef

2012-01-26T21:37:00.001-08:00

drawing in manga..studio

2012-01-17T20:24:00.000-08:00

getting some line art out of my system. working on a 3 page comic as well as a dj comission logo

Lily and the Gorilla

2012-01-09T14:29:00.001-08:00

Did some kids art for a kids book by my co creator of Sofa Kingdom Shariff Musallam. A fun little project that has heart. I had a blast puttin this 10 page story together. More art is posted on website under storyboards/comics

Did some kids art for a kids book by my co creator of Sofa Kingdom Shariff Musallam. A fun little project that has heart. I had a blast puttin this 10 page story together. More art is posted on website under storyboards/comics

HAPPY 2012

2012-01-06T19:47:00.000-08:00

wishing everyone a creative great 2012. Last years 2011 was great with comic shows and art shows. Alot of fun projects to come and be part of. Make even more friends and hope for more safe travels. This year will be even better.

ALERO ART! + CHICAGO URBAN ART SOCIETY + PSEUD PRESS

2011-12-19T08:14:00.000-08:00

This pass sunday i was invited and be part of a artist alley event ran by Chicago Urban art Society and Pseud Press. Great art meduims from fabric to print to illustration and fun comic too. i was there sellin prints and creating water color piece.

Challangers Comics = BEARS+ ALEROART

2011-12-05T15:37:00.000-08:00

Was over by CHALLENGERS Comics + Conversation for a Charity event thrown for Chicago Bears #55 Lance Briggs. Great turn out with fans and comic fans. Big thanks to Pat and Challangers crew for hosting a great event. I got to draw alot for kids.

a marauders art in progress..

2011-11-30T17:23:00.000-08:00

havent posted in abit in my blog with art process. here are small few in between steps of ink to color an final coloring of my viking Ocean Marauders rascal. more art for 2012

ALEROART+Urban Bazaar event

2011-11-18T20:15:00.000-08:00

got invited to be part of a Chicago event selling comics prints and buttons with other artist this saturday November 19th. Come check us out! i will be scribbling too.

TEDx Midwest Mural event at BLOCK37

2011-10-16T13:02:00.000-07:00

8-mile Fan Fare 2011

2011-09-27T20:36:00.000-07:00

Attended Detroit Fanfare this past weekends comic show. It was cool. i think it could have more events for the show. hopefully next show will be better :)
here are some of the some of the sample i did for commission over the weekend.

10 years ago ...911

2011-09-11T20:56:00.001-07:00

..i was getting dress in the morning for registration classes at Columbia College Chicago my last year. i heard my sister talking to my other sister on the phone about turning on the tv and my brother calling to get all your money outta the bank. (crazy ass!) On the television was both smoking towers and minute later one fell after the other. It was surreal and shocking.

this was a painting i made that fall in one of my drawing painting classes.
-aleroart!

random production work....

2011-09-08T18:35:00.000-07:00

some summer vector art i had did for clients. sketchs and vector art for animation. just had sitting in my folder and need to post what i have been workin with.

water color art..

2011-09-07T18:58:00.000-07:00

has been doing alot of sofa style characters in my commission art. ive also attended some comic shops doing sketchin and selling comics. here are a few piece..

art in progress...

2011-07-29T10:15:00.000-07:00

hasnt blog in forever. Please follow me @aleroart twitter for updates. completing some iphone app art and doing alot of flat and digital coloring for artist. more info will be posted with that about the two. this post is just what ive been playin with an idea from my sketch pad and wanted to get it out. its still in rough color form i just wanted to show my process. Keepin busy is my goal and postin more too. happy summer.