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2011-12-16T12:20:00.001+01:00

I have to say... I don't remember last time I did something non digital :(
I do grab a pencil from time to time to do some sketches, but I always end up using photoshop.

So.. this is going to be a New Year resolution ^^

*** The crappy pictures is just temporary, apologise !

2011-12-13T10:42:00.003+01:00

Some really early concepts I did for the "Johnnie Walker - Rock Giant" TV commercial at TheMill.

2011-12-13T10:30:00.000+01:00

This is a small selection of some Vis Dev I did for the "Doritos & Pepsi Max" TV commercial & WebComic.
I had the luck to work on this project from the very beginning along with Jonathan Vuillemin and a fantastic team here at TheMill.
First we did the design of the characters/enviroments ,and then we spent a couple of month creating this really cool web/comic "Doritos and Max - A Super Powerful Combination"
I hope you like it (-:

This one was for the pitch :)

2011-12-13T10:00:00.001+01:00

Here is the Visual Development I did at TheMill for the commercial "Muller - Wunderful stuff"

This is the concept I did for Painting Practice on an early pitch stage of the project.

As a freelance, sometimes you get to work in the same project for different companies, which is quite interesting as you get to work on different stages of the projects.

2011-06-06T13:19:00.016+02:00

Layout by The Spa Studios

Layout by The Spa Studios

Layout by Tory Davis

Layout by The Spa Studios

Layout by The Spa Studios

Layout by The Spa Studios

Back in 2007 I had the luck to work under the direction of Sergio Pablos at SpaStudios for the pre-production of RIO (produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha)
This is a recompilation of some Color Development work I did for the movie. I used Photoshop (as always) to color the pencil layout which was previously done by the art department.

It was a great experience to work with such a great team, not just because they are amazing talented artists but because they are really nice people too!
So.. if you want to have a taste of proper art made in Spain, visit their website at www.thespastudios.com and.. go to see the movie! it's really good*****

Enjoy!

2011-06-03T18:49:00.005+02:00

I had the chance to do the Vis Dev for the "Droid Charge" commercial at The Mill.
Hope you like it.

2011-04-19T22:35:00.004+02:00

Paul Nicholson and Sylvain Marc are organizing an event in London to raise money for Japan, following Pixar's Dice Tsutsumi's lead and help the UK Artists help Japan charity he created.

Two of my pieces will be showing at the exhibition so If you're in London at the time of the event please feel free to come, see and buy! :)

***Make sure you follow the BLOG they created, since new submissions will be added as they receive them.***

http://animatorsvsearthquakes.blogspot.com/

2011-03-28T01:25:00.004+02:00

Hey fellas!!
As many of you I've got my own Facebook Page ! I'm going to try to keep it updated, so keep an eye on it! and please tell about it to your friends, partners, children, husband, wife, dogs, and the rest of your folk.
Thx ever so much to Super Tom for creating it for me :) much appreciate!

Press here to go visit me! <------------

2011-03-27T23:36:00.011+02:00

So.. This is for the Bodycount 60" trailer that we developed a couple of months ago at The Mill. Directed by Douglas Lassance and Jonathan Vuillemin and the 3D gaming crew.

Co-director: Jonathan Vuillemin: “For this project we went straight from the 3D animatic to a colored mood board. The advantage of that was to set the mood early on in the development process and to give some intentions about the details that needed to be added to each shot. The lighters and compositors then matched the painted frames as closely as possible.”

As Jonathan said, I created the mood board (the one in here is an early version, which was later changed to a green mood as it did fit better the African mood, although I prefer the first I did :) )
The 3D guys provided me with enough assets to create the rest of the paintings, it looks really dark in the cinematic so I hope you can get a better taste on this images.

I have to say that the time was really tight (1 month) to finish everything, but it was great to work with such a cool team of people!!

Watch it here!! <------

By the way... We've been part on the new Stash issue. YAY!

2011-03-27T20:30:00.004+02:00

This is the color study for PetPet Park, a virtual pet website launched by Nickelodeon.
The client needed to see if those characters could be made in 3D. I did this color study in Photoshop to see if it could.
If you want to see the result directed by FinkBom just take a look and enjoy!
http://vimeo.com/15356793

2011-03-27T20:26:00.008+02:00

I was contacted by The Frank Barton Company a few months ago to develop the backgrounds for this funny commercial.
I had loads of fun creating those backgrounds and the experience with the company couldn't be better, I hope you like it!
http://vimeo.com/21438369

2010-10-21T23:35:00.003+02:00

A few months ago we developed two adverts for McDonalds at Picasso Pictures , it was directed by Finkbom, I did the the texture for the cows and the birds, the color study for the set and the mattepainting for the background.
This is the first color study we did to get the pitch, :)
Damian Johnston designed the character and I did the color work using (of course) Photoshop.
It was for a pitch.. so there is a lack of details on some areas as you can tell...
I hope you like it!

2010-10-19T17:46:00.007+02:00

Hey , I forgot to post the work I did for The Lady and the Reaper.
Such a nice project to work in, the guys at Kandor did really good! great experience!

2010-10-19T14:04:00.006+02:00

Well, just to show a bit how the process goes. The character was done (once again) by Mister Damian Johnston, directed by Finkbom, it was for a pitch so there were no time for a proper finish, the idea is to give as much detail is possible but without spending more than a day.
I use Photoshop most of the time (if not always).
The first is to start making a selection for the background, its really important to end up with a clean image if the character is for a 3D commercial, then a rough layer with the basic colors and you are done to add some volume to the character but not being to worry about the finish yet, as the texture layer (if needed) always messed up a bit the image, for the texture don't be worry to find a picture on line etc... as there is no time to create your own , and being realistic, it always looks better. To apply the texture just play around with the layer modes (*Soft Light* always works pretty well depends of the texture)
Now you are ready to play with the adjustment layers to match colors, or simple to create a fake tan as the one on this character as it was needed for this character.
Getting pictures as a references is really important as well, but don't spend hours looking for the right one, remember there is no time!
The image is quite big so you can see the lack of detail in the less important areas..
I promise next time I will spend more time describing the procces! :D

2010-10-16T22:14:00.009+02:00

Back in January I worked on this project with the awesome people from SuperFad-London (now sadly dissapeared, snifff )
I did the design for the underwater world, then the talented artist Nina Pfeifenberger converted my designs into a proper set made of fabrics! I've never seen any of my designs become alive that way and she did it so nicely! (lucky me eh")
I also designed 2 of the posters for the promotion, it took a while! (you know why graphics designers of the world... :-p ) I had to do quite a few designs before we were getting close to the client preferences.
I hope you've been enjoying the ad on TV !

2010-10-15T17:54:00.005+02:00

I did a couple of concepts for a Pitch at Nexus, the character was provided from Nexus and colored by me, sadly we didnt get the job, the guys from Laika did... and what a great advert they've done, check it on line.

2010-10-15T17:38:00.003+02:00

Hey Folks!
Long time since my last post!
Well, I've been really busy (of course :p) but now I've got a bit of time to update it! so how better way to letting you all know that..... Tadaa! I've got a Web! finally, after all this years...Well its a basic one, I've use Indexhibit which allows me to manage it quite easily.
Since I've got a place to upload my work in a proper way, I'm going to try to use blogspot a bit more as I wanted when I uploaded the first image, so I will upload loads of sketches, pics, current jobs,etc...
Enjoy!

www.qstom.org

2010-02-15T01:04:00.006+01:00

2 GOYAS!!!!!!
So proud to announce that 2 of the projects I've work on just won a Goya! the main national film awards, considered the Spanish equivalent to the American Academy Awards.
Congratulations to the rest of the team! :D
Now cross fingers for the OSCAR !! GO Kandor, GO!!

2010-02-14T21:46:00.003+01:00

The Mill - Becel adv
Some concepts I did for an advert while working in The Mill.

2010-02-14T21:07:00.005+01:00

Nectar Points - Ebay and Homebase advert

I forgot about this! A while ago I did a character/background design for an advert while working in Picasso Pictures , directed by Tokyo Plastic.
The style is quite basic as you can see (client decission..)
Enjoy!

Click here to see the adv ----->Homebase
Click here to see the adv ----->Ebay

2010-02-07T21:28:00.018+01:00

Mission complete!!

After 2 years working on this movie as a color artist back in Madrid in December 2007!!! (Wow..seems only like yesterday) I feel really lucky and give thanks to have met so many great professional artists that were working there. I'm even more thankful that many of them are really good friends today!

I've been really impatient to see the finished project and finally now is time to share it with you guys. I hope you enjoy the works I will be posting randomly today and over the next few days!

This is one image that I did to show in my portfolio...basically, Carolina and Nacho gave me the layout of the character and I had to colour it (with photoshop) and then pass it over to the Modeling and Texture Department.

If you like it, I recommend you buy the art book of the movie, not just because my work is in there :D but because honestly it is one my favourite movie art books! Take a peek of the review from parkablog so you can see what i'm talking about :D

Mr.Plot (left) Qstom...right?

A bunch of ex-Ilionitas! here in London, kinda "premier"...?

Apologize about the creepy eyes! but you know..to a giving horse, don't you look the teeth! ( lol ) Thx for the pics Luis!

2009-12-07T12:55:00.003+01:00

Well.. it supose to be my Halloween card (never sent!) coz I'm a lazy cow :| so...enjoy it now!

By the way.. done in photoshop from scratch" Enjoy!!

PD:as you can see..there is some photo texture on the wood, if there is someone interested on it I will post the texture!

2009-12-07T12:54:00.002+01:00

Just a character concept .. done in photoshop from scratch..

2009-07-01T15:07:00.010+02:00

Hello there! I hope you guys are enjoying the summer! I just had lunch with my mates laying on the the Saint Annes's Church's grass. Ok, you have to fight to get a bit of grass that's not wet but trust me, it's worth it! and you know the summer in London is not famous because of the sun lol so people get crazy when it shines (at least I do) hehe
By the way... those are some mattepaintings I've been working on to add to my portfolio. Hope you like it !

2009-06-24T18:29:00.015+02:00

I've been working for quite some time now with the very talented people from PicassoPictures. We've been working on an awesome project but I'm not gonna talk about that as it's better to surprise you when it's completely done.

Meanwhile below are a few concepts we worked on for TV adverts, you may recognise the Direct

line one as it's on the TV right now!

Don't forget to check out the work of some of my workmates..

Damian Johnston

Amele Isnard

Antonie Perez

Russ Street

2009-06-23T17:58:00.007+02:00

Hey!!
Its been a while, I mean.. ages* Apologies to all those who check the blogs often.
I'm still living/working in London and having a great time.
I'm gonna try to upload some things I've been doing lately,
some for fun some for work.
So..... lets start with a couple of sketchs.

2008-09-30T15:45:00.014+02:00

I haven't updated my blog lately, sorry... I'll try to keep it updated more frequently even if I have to use my camera as scanner (the quality will be lower though)! By the way, I'm still in london, working as freelance on some projects but I'm trying to find a proper job... any suggestion?
So here are some sketches i did just for fun, one of them is fully inspired on James Jean... can you guess wich one?

2008-04-15T20:10:00.008+02:00

BIG SIZE¡¡ *push here*
Y ya puestos a cerrar ilustraciones eternas...
Hace siglos que tenía esta , y mira, lo sé... recurrir al truco de textura para parchear es muy viejo¡ pero es taaaaan efectivo :D hehehe, para los aficcionados al parcheo os dejo las texturas que usé¡
Saludos¡

2008-04-14T19:59:00.003+02:00

BIG SIZE¡¡ *push here*
Y evoalá ¡ por fin acabé esta ilustración que empezó siendo un christmas, para acabar convirtiéndose en una viñeta de un pequeño cuento que me gustaría hacer ¡ pero poco apoco... , de momento servirá de apoyo al portfolio .

Que paséis buena semana ¡¡¡

Oh¡ olvidaba lo.. Si, es una pequeña parodia de la genial frase inicial de "Cien años de soledad" :)

Hi there¡ this is a illustration for a future short tale that I would like to do...

At the moment it's just a parody of the beginning of "One hundred years of solitude".

See ya¡

2008-04-13T02:51:00.008+02:00

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Hi boyz¡

Here are a few color work studies that I did when I worked for InkApache . I had good times there, I miss you guys¡¡¡

2008-04-11T15:14:00.010+02:00

BIG SIZE¡¡ *push here*
Este fin de semana me puse a preparar un pequequeño Test de Mattepaint para enseñar en una entrevista, he puesto la versión Inmensa para que veais los cortaypega xD¡ La empresa en cuestión es alucinante¡, pero evidentemente me han dicho que vuelva cuando tenga unos cuantos más como este para enseñar, ya que con esto no es suficiente para demostrar si puedo o no hacer mattes.
Como se me acaba el tiempo en Londres , voy a optar por seguir buscando en cualquier sitio¡
Cierto por '' Gracias a Marcos por ponerme en contacto con Xavier que trabaja allí y se ocupó de que mi CD llegase a RH, no dejeis de ver su DemoReel'' calidad calidad¡

Well'' I'm trying to learn to make mattepaints .. This is a simple test that I did for an interview.

2008-04-11T14:48:00.005+02:00

BIG SIZE ¡¡ *push here*

Pues otra colabo con el Sr. Ledesma también conocido por algunos como Barbolla :D¡
Ahora también iré subiendo los materiales que he usado así como referencias, y espero que vosotros lo hagáis también ¡¡ pongámonos las cosas fáciles ¡ que todos queremos aprender hehehe.

A drawing by Javier Ledesma wich I have coloured.

2008-03-26T15:41:00.002+01:00

Este es mío, Photoshop+Wacom de toda la vida'¡

Y va dedicado a todos los nuevos papis' y mamis' en especial a unos gallegos¡¡ jajajaja Congratulation por la criaturita¡ (y pliz... no hagais caso de las publicidades'') :)

This is mine, Photoshop+Wacom ""Of all the life" lol

2008-03-24T19:05:00.015+01:00

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Qué ? que ya es Primavera ? Horrorrrr¡¡¡¡¡
Vuelve la alergia :( un par de meses constipado ¬¬ en fin..
Pues sigo en London city¡ y sin trabajo¡ así que ahora toca ponerse las pilas y empezar a mandar el Dossier.
Estos días he estado trabajando en casa acabando trabajillos que tenía para agregar al dossier.
El de hoy es un dibujo de Javier Ledesma al que he metido color, y de paso agregado la temática del p*to polen que en breves inundará las calles.
El animalillo ? no se lo que es xD y es que estuve en el Museo de Ciencias aquí y había una especie de topo o musaraña disecada y como me pareció muy graciosa, pues agregada queda, además hace un referencia al proyecto de J.Ledesma que "mola mil" XD

What?! Is it Spring already? The Horror!!!! Alas, joy has returned for a few months. I continue living in London, with no job, so its time to start job hunting and send my portfolio to prospective employers. These past few days I have been working from home completing small projects, adding to my portfolio. Today’s small project is a drawing by Javier Ledesma, which I have coloured and have added.

2008-02-09T15:46:00.000+01:00

Hi there¡
Ya terminé mi trabajo en "Tales of Despereaux", asi que ahora un poco de turisteo* y buscar trabajo en esta gran ciudad¡¡
Aqui subo 2 concepts que hice junto con Javier Ledesma para una campaña de Smart que estaba haciendo Contrapunto, finalmente no se va a realizar ya que era a concurso,etc etc :|
Saludos¡¡¡¡

2007-12-25T13:46:00.000+01:00

1 2 3 4 y ...(si,rima fácil ¬¬) Quinta casa donde me alojo antes de que acabe el año :D y vaya año este si Sr.
Finalmente pasaré esta última semana del año en una cocina Londinense al más puro estilo EurOLDpeo trabajando en una gran mesa familiar (ya que en mi gran habitación no hay mesa jeje) y con los Beatles de fondo '''¡ y es que hay mucho trabajo que hacer y me ha tocado pringar ^^ cual spanish in London.
Y poco más ahora mismo, solo que se va a echar de menos a las tools ...DIGO¡ gente de Ilion :( los cabreos, los quemes,las quejas, los despidos,los despidos,las prisas,los Smicers,las esperasssssss, y claro como no'' las risas ,los conciertos de departamento, las sesiones de Djs''', la hora fálica xD, las comidas en la cocina y en el prado de BP, las visitas a Story, la Lotería",los viajes en el ZoiliBus ¡ y un largo etc.. que hacían de contrapeso todo lo primero :)
Así pues...Adiós añoymedio en Ilion . Hola futuros 2 meses en Despereaux'
Nos vemos con los párpados¡¡¡

Feliz Blabla blá a todos'¡'¡'¡¡'¡'

2007-09-23T22:55:00.000+02:00

Y años más tarde....
Bueno, ha sido pura dejadez... sumándole que me volví a mudar y al infierno de las 2horas aprox. para llegar al Studio. grrrr.
Ahí van par de cosillas, bocetos en los sketchsbooks de Carolina y Plot¡ (compañeros de trabajo) y GRAFFITI¡¡ que últimamente no me lo quito de la cabeza.. me come por dentro de nuevo xD
Poco más, que estoy a full time de trabajo '' lo cual está muy bien pero también me gustaba dormir¡¡¡ :D
Saludos varios¡¡¡¡¡¡

2007-05-30T23:19:00.000+02:00

.-Siguiendo la moda de los Blogs, y tomando como referencia otros ya existentes, se nos ocurrió tener nuestro propio Grupo de Sketch. Una excusa perfecta para dedicar un tiempo a rompernos el coco haciendo algo relaccionado con un Tema propuesto semanalmente...

Ilion es el Studio de Animación en el que trabajo, en el departamento de Arte junto con unos Hippies encantadores e inolvidables de los cuales no recuerdo su nombre ahora mismo, jé.

Esta semana me ha tocado poner el tema a mi (por bocazas..), así que elegí Autorretrato..ese gran desconocido¡ para así presentarnos :D

Y así pues.. queda inaugurado el Sketch Group de Ilion Studios.

2007-03-22T14:39:00.000+01:00

Hey Gracias por pasaros por el BLOG¡¡

Bueno para quien no sepa, ME HE MUDADO ¡¡¡ PorFín¡¡ hehehe pero.... pero.. ya no tengo internet.. salvo cuando un vecino generoso no le da por apagar su router y me deja conectarme a su linea¡¡ pero va fatal y no puedo subir archivos porque se corta.

Bueno esto es un collage de las sesiones de dibujo, a las que hace siglos que no voy, sigue siendo tan dificil y entretenido como siempre...solo que el lapiz siempre aburre un poco y probé con un rotulador que me regaló M.Calo ¡ :D despues lo escaneé le puse color de fondo y blabla y a tirar¡¡¡

Poco más.Saludos Varios y bienvenidas a la gente que se ha animado a hacerse un Blog¡Peter,Mónica....

2007-02-03T19:25:00.000+01:00

Donwload here - - - - > QstomDOSSIER
Bueno.. pues aqui mi antiguo Dossier... que como ya se ha quedado viejo el pobre.. asi lo mantengo on-line,se me hace imposible de maquetar bien aqui , asi que quien quiera que se descargue el ZIP :) Alucinante el dibujante de las páginas de comic eh..pues no olvideis visitar su Blog¡ Eduardo Ocaña

Saludos¡'

**My OLD Dossier ¡ you can download if you are bored ¡

(You like the pages of comic of dossier, truth? to me more hehehe, then you do not forget to visit the Web of the illustrator Eduardo Ocaña

2007-01-28T20:42:00.000+01:00

A background for a Cartoon Network spot .

I did it all with Photoshop , I put the layout of the characters too, the layout that SALBA did.

I did this working of freelance for InkApache

Pues eso...Un Fondo para un Spot promocional para la campaña de Navidad de CN, al final no vi como quedó animado pero el Layout está Genial''' si podéis pasaros por la web de InkApache, y veréis de lo que son capaces la panda de Pros que trabajan ahí ¡¡¡ que pena no haber estado más tiempo trabajando con ellos :(

2007-01-18T09:40:00.000+01:00

Sketching in the Bus perepeeee

2007-01-13T22:45:00.000+01:00

Hace un par de meses en la empresa propusieron traer modelos para dibujar al Natural.. el primer día fuimos un montón..de ahí las fotos :D pero entre lo difícil que es O_O y q cualquiera aguanta 2 horas .. después de las 9 dentro del estudio.... (1 de comida)..pues hemos ido quedando pocos... aquí par de fotos y un collage con los resultados... Es penoso lo sé¡ XD por eso sigo llendo jajajaja a ver si se aprende algo¡¡¡ Totalmente recomendable para quien nunca lo allá hecho¡¡ Y es que cualquiera dibuja monstruitos feos desproporcionados.. pero .. aguita con esto del natural.¡¡¡ Para contrarestar el desastre pongo los bocetos q iba haciendo entreratos¡ Saludos :D

2007-01-12T23:11:00.000+01:00

Yiillou Yipilley¡¡¡
Que bueno¡ ya estamos todos¡¡¡
Yo que solo usaba esto para ver Blogs de guiris.. y resulta que estoy viendo monton de Blogs q no sabía que existian y de gente que hace siglos que no veo ¡ me va a faltar tiempo para segurilos a todos¡¡ Sobre todo porque mira que costaba antes conseguir ver los trabajos de cada uno ¬¬.... Asi que hay q animarse y a seguir actualizando :D
Y Gracias pos pasaros por aqui''''

2007-01-10T00:43:00.000+01:00

The first page of my old Dossier¡¡ I will put the others shortly .

2006-12-18T21:38:00.000+01:00

Éste.. Otro con encías sangrantes etc etc.. es muy clásico y comercialote... de cuando me dio por hacer conejos, encontré el boceto y lo aproveché .. lo coloreé y se lo regalé a un amigo por su cumple jejeje Solo que spero no seguir haciendo el clásico de bocas dentadas etc etc.. :s que ya huele.. bueno hace ya pero ahora q lo veo denuevo.. más :D:D:D hablando de Oler... http://www.apestamuerto.blogspot.com/ WOW¡¡ Por Fín EDU on line...

2006-11-23T00:35:00.000+01:00

Oh¡ Olvidé presentarme ? nah...
Qué mejor que mi antiguo autorretrato ? al más puro stilo BillWray ,y es que siempre quise salir en algún capítulo de Ren&Stimpy , aunque lo más seguro es que mi madre no me hubiese dejado...

2006-11-20T22:42:00.000+01:00

Si .. si si .. amos.. que si .
Ok.... aha.. Valeeeee.
Ufff...... Otra vez ?
Bueno lo que tu digas. pero el END va antes que THE.
Vale, que me compre un peine...
Gracias. Ok.
Hablamozzzz