now its a really really big download...

[el coro]

hey CA!! hope alls well with yous! i have been meaning to post some things for a while, however i have been swamped with work, whih is, of course a good thing :D its been hard to keep up with personal endeavors due to the round the clock schedule, so most of this stuff is a couple months old, but i havent posted it here, so its still newish.

this first one is big, like 50 something by 40 something oil on canvas. took about 4 months to complete off and on. i used myself as the crackhead, for the lack of a better model. i also included a couple close up shots... the idea behind this painting is that these big gluttonous things follow their derelict hosts around and act as a parasite of sorts. they wear the vices and tools that have driven thier hosts to where they are now, so depending on what the person has done, the adornments of their parasites would be different. they have screws for arms to push the visual symbolism of addiction and how it digs in. anyway i could go on and on, but you get the point. i had a lot of fun on this one. its the longest i have ever taken on a painting.

next we have some concepts of hookers and a pimp and some wierd mosnters all chillin that i did on my spare time.


then theres this other liquor store painting i did a couple months back. its small as shit, like 8x14, oil on panel, done from photo.

then i have this future night scene i did, using a 3d base. i tried to keep it spontaneous, and more suggestive. its so much fun to paint lights in photoshop!

i drew these plants a few weeks ago and colored it in photoshop. just more playing around with shit, but i kind a liked how it turned out....

also, we have been doing an alla prima head painting thing at the altilier for the past few months, and i have been desparately been trying to get my sorry ass back in practice painting heads! damn its amazing how rusty you get when you dont do it for a while. these are a few i did on my spare time as practice that dont totally suck ass. i have been really trying to focus on simplifying and getting them shapes closer. so hard i tell ya!!!
self portrait and close up from life, spent like 2-3 hours on this one

then sam brown, from life, about 2.5 hours

then a portrait of chris hatala, our animation director at MB, and an old dear friend of mine....
then all the old thread madness that i delelted the descriptions to and am too lazy to re write them :P

and thats all i gots for now. hope you like -c36

[P E N Ricklund]

Wow coro, this was a killer update on your stuff, like the scenes you've done, fantastic colors, and the painting from the reff is intresting, very instense colors, the colors of the sky and the light inside the bus, awesome.

The website is easy to look around in, nice design. Good choice to split it up like you did. It works fine for me, no bugs.

Hugs!

[Simon.Rain]

That scene in the street is amazing so as the rest of the other ones

again Coro, very nice update

[0shade0]

delicious art! those oils wi'out reff are pretty cool esp the indian, cowboy piece. I've had seen those oils from life before on your site, great work. love how made the lines work in those digital ones.
and the new site is terrific! though I've had my problems searching through your work, it's so much!
EDIT: sorry didn't notice your site was redesigned again >.<
now it's reaaaaallly easy to go through your work

[j a k e]

Impeccable stuff sir!
The colours in all of them are hot, and I really like the brushstrokes in your oilz.
By the way, I hope you don't mind me linking you on my websitea while ago, Justin; www.jakerolfe.com.

edit: your new site design I'm liking much more than your previous one, and it's awesome to see all the new work up there.

[Living Rope]

Wow ! at last a new website bro' ! Champagne !
much respect and a lick on the hip ;)

[steak-tron]

Coro, fuck. How did you find the time put all this awesome new work up AND a website ALL while partying soooper hard AT THE SAME TIME. You're killing yourself. ;)

Those fucken pictures you make are drenched in awesome. Gourmet awesome.

[guterrez]

your oils are always a damn pleasure to look at, feels like the scene just jumps out at my desk...fantastic color choices in all of your pieces
are you working on wood?

[Orifice]

Haha wow man this dump is quite sumthinl! I like it all alot n sum more, but that bus is collossal! Dang that looks good. N wellcome to CA!;)

[J-K]

I love the work you have posted here, it all feels really natural, the lighting is beautiful. I ended up visiting your website which was a mistake because I was supposed to be meeting up with a friend some 15 minutes ago and I still haven't showered :P. Incredibly inspiring stuff, thanks for sharing.

[e338]

still can't figure out how you manage to create such lights in your paintings...
it's insane and i love it. Should i hate you for that ?
Amen,

[nicolas]

DAAAYUMMMMMMNNNN!!!! thats about all I can ever say when you post new work....


pan right is crazy......

[hurricane]

Hey coro theese are fantastic!

They have some issues though (in my opinion of course)
1) http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87241&stc=1&d=1170492207 that one looks good and all but there is some areas that makes it look "flat". The door on the car for an example, it's very undefined and lacks a little more of a stonger/brighter value.
-Maybe open the other door too?
-The characters are standing a little odd, might be the similar poses that does it
-Something about the grounds darkness that throws it off.. maybe add more gray and brighten it up a little?

2) http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87242&stc=1&d=1170492235
-Looks very good and awesome colors BUT the placement of the characters are a little bad. The robots on the right kinda disapears amongst the tree and posts.
-The robots poses are very stiff...i know that probably the robots would move like a stiff but rotate them, change the stance a little maybe?
-The guy/girl has a boring pose too, i don't really like the fact that the feet are placed next to eachother...kind of kills the action.
-Maybe add some strong sun light along the right side of the houses ? maybe some in the tree to guide the viewer?

3)http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87243&stc=1&d=1170492253
- Damn cool! love the format!
- There's something about that big spaceship that enoys me.... i think it needs some more dark areas. Taking the distance fog into acount and all i think i'm right... because if the rest of the picture would follow the distance fog that the ship follows there would be less contrast all over and less visibility.
- I kinda miss the strong blues from the middle and leftside of the picture over to the right side. On the right side it feels very grey.




The rest is smashing !!

Sorry for the hail storm o' critique....felt like it...

cheers and as always, i'm a big FAN!!

[asoir]

last is mindblowing. love the fluidity of those lines. hot.

[Jason Snair]

I'm always impressed with your landscapes. Love the color you achieve and the brushstrokes are wonderfull too.

j.

[csteingart]

My god bro, that site update is killer!!!! OMG there's so much creative joy in there. Thanks for the inspiration, dang!

-c

[Ryan DeMita]

your work is gangster! the paintings have some kickass colors and composition. i also like the graphics alot!

the websites looking great, fucking fantastic work and a clean layout! a few things i noticed is the images are really huge and you could probably add a "click to enlarge" thing to them. also, you might consider combining your sub categories, for instance in concept art: have enviros, tech and characters all on the screen just divided by headers or something. i always feel that on someones portfolio site you should only have to click once or twice to see the goods.

awesome stuff.
-peace

[RasselTassel]

Nice post! Look at em pretty colors : )

Website is tight as well... it definitely tempted me to go through it all. It was also nice seeing that the old website was still there through the archive link.

that SF bus stop brings back memories.. damn cold summer.

Always nice seeing someone doing that personal art shiet too on top of the regular job.

hope all is well

[chickadee]

awesome mad art you have there. i like the 3rd image the most.

[Jens]

hey coro

the oil painting part of your site is quite impressing, makes me want to pick up my brushes and paint.. thanks for putting all these new works up.

it was great seeing you paint the bum and the girl in Prague

[Art_Addict]

Yo Coro !

I must say it was well worth waiting for this update.
I fell in love with your oils and sense of color, the first time I laid eyes on your stuff!
Damn!! that bus painting is great. How the hell do you get them ( the colors )
to pop out soo much !? Also, the way you break down your image is very cool
The details you choose to leave out are obvious but never distract from the important
stuff. I would love to see you paint again and talk about that particular "desicion making" part
It's great that you do those night scenes, they have lots of mood in 'em.
Makes me wanna go out and hit the city :)

Thanks for your never stopping influence and inspiration
( gonna check your site now )

All the best
Tom

[V.S.]

This opinion my opinion, but - Coro, man, stop! In first three works you have lost yourself.
P.S.
Last work - I want such T-shorts!!! Abruptly!!!

[SprayNation]

Love the bus painting! If I could afford it, I would totally buy it. (but I'm poor :( ). It's always refreshing to see concept artists working traditionally. Great work dude!

Eric

[Brendan N]

Fuck..... dude I love you.

Pure eye sex man, love it.
And your site! Total tits man, didn't think the previous one needed improvement but damn, this one is just outa here.

Gonna go browse through all of it now, I live for this shit.
thanks man and kudos!
cheers!

- d.

[VashTheStampede]

<Speechless>

but i really like that last one too. its so... weird.

[Mr Man]

Hey Coro, nice to see your a regular now dude :P
I like your twist of your more traditional environs mixed with the robots. You should definatley do more of these :)
I also like the fact that you dont seem to stick to one style, You have your tradish, then concepty and then graffiti and mix around, its all fun ^_^

Btw id just like to say *Asspat Alert* When I looked at your sketchbook in san fran, that has to be the damn friggin greatest sketchbook ive ever layed eyes on, I was dribbling on every page.. So ignore the odd wet patches on it :x

Your gonna have to post up another one of your tutorials man, the guache looks like alot of fun to play with. Did I hear you use some form of alcohol type thing to stop the pages from wrinkling?

Keep Drawing!!!

Rich

[rodrigo!]

i think it's been amazing to see your progress and the way youve been developing your art over the past few years. thanks for the inspiration!

[Jedmo]

Your paintings make me feel funny. And by funny I dont so much mean funny "ha ha" but more like funny "down there"

[Prometheus|ANJ]

I jumped when I saw the robots at the fire in the panorama, I just drew something very similar but in 60's scifi style. Compositionally that piece is kinda scattered I feel. The spaceship doesn't really do it for me. The bent car is nice but the addition of the regular sports car seems odd.

[Devvv]

Beautiful paintings! I love your brushstrokes...that bus image looks like a photo. WOW!

[cartoonfox]

I've been waiting years for you to update your website!!

Lovely work. I'm in awe of your oil paintings especially.

[Alday.J]

Geez, Coro !!! Your website is killer. The "still lifes" section an absolute enjoyement !!! Five stars.

[blanquish]

as a frequenter to your site, i noticed the new site design
3 thumbs up! Vast imrpovement on the last site!

love the way you make the digital look like real paint, it does the trick for me.

The one with pan right, and the bus ones are my favs.
WOuld love to see some more homeless people!

[NateVanDyke]

Nice skull. Looks kinda' yer-a-peein'.

[dkounios]

nice work man.
nice slick website too.

great work

[DavePalumbo]

oh man, that "pan right" piece... I've panned into the future! :)

[Mitchell]

These are beautiful coro! You really know how to crank out the good stuff. I just dropped by the site, the oil section is absolutely amazing, and everything else as well. Ihave some of your art on my ipod, for inspiration purposes hah!

[Liam Harvey]

holey moley batman!
those are fantasic! how did you get ino oil painting? and how long long have you been doing it?
very inspiring.PLEASE POST MORE!!!!

[Mandryk]

Always loved your stuff Coro, it's nice to see it all in one big 'ol updated site of glory. It's been a long time coming. Just keep on doing your thing and keep that puppy updated!

cheers,

-D-

[Oblio]

tweeens.. i think :)
love!
the skull things are dope. congrats for the new site frate. all cool with me.
love the new collors.

[Jas0n 0n a Bike]

Hey Coro, just a quick question: I notice that a lot of your street scene paintings are very Richard Estes-isque. Are you heavily influenced by him in that area?

[PiTx3L]

Dig your work.

Insane.
No word to describe my pleasure.

[natethegrate]

realy nice, dig the three heads... straight design and lovely colors...
plz show more graphic stuff when you have.

natE

[James Kei]

http://www.fantasticodeonce.com/fantastico_1105.JPG

[zao75231]

Awesome work sir :)

haha, that "Fantastico" comment is awesome

[Vulgar`]

Coro with the revolutionary rawness.

Keep doing you

[Bomba]

Looking awesome buddy... damn you kill me with yer color palette's and traditional style. Now, get to work on that monster bum series!
-J-

[twoheaded]

Another juicy post from Coro!
"Switch" is beautiful. It shouts the statement that the "eye" is what matters the most.
The intense blue on the citypiece is fascinating.
Pan Right is brilliant too.

[Boogieman]

These are great! Your oil paintings are a huge inspiration to me and have been since I first saw your work on this site. Thanks for sharing :)

[zanzan]

This stuff is absolutely gorgeous. Really nice work.:>

[se7en_]

El-to-the-mutha-f^#kin-C
Dude you like kick ass and stuff : ) All of it is over the top, but I'm most pleased to know that Juxtapose is making a shirt I would actually wear. Rock solid. Don't loose your head, kid! ; )

[Justin.]

The Innuendo is killing me! (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=87245&stc=1&d=1170492349)


I love the bus-stop one. The GD stuff is pretty rad as well!

[el coro]

yessss!!! time to sit down and type out a buncha replies!:$
im stoked you guys are feeling the new site...im relieved
to finally have some more current stuff up now(wheW)
so to dive right in:

Justin Oaksford : hahah right. thanks dude. hope yer well.:)

se7en_: thanks man. yeah the juztapoz thing kinda came outta nowhere.
i had fun on those. hope yer doin good theez days brotha.


zanzan : hey right on my friend! you been burnin it up lately! i love the stuff you have been doing.


Boogieman : thanks man. i do love me painting in oils. its nice to know people feel them.


twoheaded : haha yeah that switch was cool to paint in its simplicity. the blue is what mae me paint that bus scene.


Bomba :thanks brotha. im workin on it! :)


Vulgar`: right on dude. ill damn sure try!


zao75231: thanks!


James Kei : thanks hon.


natethegrate : thanks man! it was nice to just kind of let lose and draw just for design sake. i will post more as i do them . i promise!



PiTx3L: thanks man.


Jas0n 0n a Bike : yes and no. alot of his work is extremely detailed, which i do appreciate, however i like simplifing and being
a bit more graphical and calligraphic in approach. i dont think i could pull off work like his. mine are hardly that accurate or photorealistic.
i do really like his stuff though. its amazing.


Oblio TWIIIINS!!! hope you are well frate. thanks for your swweet words.


Mandryk: thanks a ton dude. you know that means tons to me comin from you. i have an auto updater now so it should be easier to keep updated. yessss!!!


Gerbil Fetus: christ man what a great name for an avatar. i have been painting for like 8-9 years now, and i am mostly self taught in that
area. i will post more as they come. i promise.


Skeiff thanks man. haha you are funny. i am proud to be on your ipod, just so you know.




DavePalumbo: dude that piece was so funny how it worked out. i painted the two guys, then it just kept getting wierder and wierder. it was a good exercise
in the end i think. it was a landmark personal achievment to find i could paint a hotdog stand out of my head.



dkounios: thank you sir!


NateVanDyke: thanks sweetheart. yeah that happens sometimes in my shit. it makes no sense considering im from texas, and you dont get much more american than that!
god bless freedom.


blanquish: thanks! yeah i been using that artrage some lately. i like how it handles! more homeless people on the way!


Alday.J : thanks man! did someone say stars :)


FOX!!! thanks man. i have been waiting too :) hope things are well with you.


Devvv : thanks alot!


Prometheus|ANJ: hahah. your feelings are correct. that piece kind of evolved so there wasnt really alot of attention paid to composition in the beginning.
i just kept throwing shit in til i couldnt stand to look at it anymore. more of just a silly piece.


Jedmo : oh ill make you feel funny. :)



rodrigo! : thanks man i try. its nice to hear you see an evolution. its hard for me to tell sometimes. i keep tryin tho!!



Mr Man : i am extremely regular actually. i try to be versatile and open to different approaches and aesthetics. we are all creatures of habit, and as
artists its important to our growth to keep trying ot break habits. glad u liked my books. i stopped working in them a couple years back. too busy with
other things. id liek to get back into it some though.


VashTheStampede : thanks. i like wierd.


Brendan N: hahah you are too kind man. thanks!



SprayNation : shit! i still need to crit you :) i have probably thought about it like adozen times over the past couple months. hope you are well. im putting you on my list of things to do this weeek!



V.S.: thanks! :)



Art_Addict : thanks brother. yeah i think im finally starting to get painting these things. but its because i have painted dozens of them. it gets really easy
after a while. mileage is the key to understanding it. go paint! you will be amazed at how easy it gets after a while. there is no secret to it.


Jens: thanks man! hope things are well with you!


chickadee : thanks. :)


RasselTassel : thanks man! how are you doing man? hope everything is good with you.



Ryan DeMita : good points on the site. i did want to separate out a bunch of the subsets though because i want the room to grow, and my last site felt too generalized
i thought. but the enlarge thing is defintiely something i should implement. thanks!
\


csteingart : thanks alot dude!



Jason Snair: right on brovah!


asoir: thanks man. i just let my hand go whereit wanted with those, and was fairly pleased with the result. i want to play more with that approach.


hurricane : dude totally appreciate your comments. always good to see what people see wrong with stuff. so to answer and clarify... i actually really like the freshness of the marks on the first one. it was what
kept me from rendering it out too much. i gotta point out too that the characters in that pic are facing opposite directions
one has a gun, and one is reading a map. perhaps from a distance they might be similar, but perhaps im missing something as to the similarities in their poses, outside of the fact that they are both standing. also,
i have to disagree about the value comment, as i was aiming for a more realistic value arrangement, and if i zoom out it feels
more or less good to me. if i pumped up the contrast i think i would lose some of the low to mid values which would detract somewhat. same goes for the ground statement. too much contrast and youll be lookin to much at the ground.
you would be amazed at what keeping things in similar value arangements will do if you paint cityscapes alot.ill give you the door comment though. my tech and perspective totally sucks.

now on the second one,i agree with the poor placement. the robots are definitely stiff. now for the characters pose, my intention was for it not to be an especially dynamic pose. but i can see your point.
now for the sunlight comment, man i tried, but i couldnt make it work. beyond my comprehension i guess. after a couple failed attempts, i decided to keep the sunlight on the top of the pic. i stand by my decision on that one :)

for the third one, i actually paid alot of attention to that, and took special care to make sure it sat in the right value range according to its distance, and local color. i mean, i could be wrong, and probably am.
thanks for the crits. its always good to be reminded of how far i still have to go. hope things are well with you. what you workin on these days?



nicolas: thanks my man. thats alot nicer than what i say when you post new work. normally i just cut myself to dull the pain of my impotence. hope things are good with you bro.


e338 : its all about controlling value. thats how you get your lights to pop.



J-K : hey thanks mate. you are no slouch yourself! keep up the beautiful paintings!


Orifice : thanks man. this ca place is pretty cool. im glad i stumbled on to it :P


guterrez : right on dude! yeah i work on panels. either hardboard or maple panels that i gesso and sand myself til they are super smooth, like a babys bottom. the edges and subtlety you can get on that kind of
ground is insane.


steak-tron :i want to drench you in sumthin. kisses. or baby oil. maybe both.


Living Rope : monseur ROPE!!! thanks honey. hope everything is well with you, and that you are enjoying all the delicious croissants and cheeses
your fine city has to offer. hugs!


j a k e : thanks man! you are most welcome to link me. glad u like the nu site!


0shade0: thanks!


Simon.Rain: thanks to you too kind sir! hope yer well.


Pencilator : hahah thank you brudda. hope things are good with you.


so thanks again to everyone who replied! y'all keep me going with your kind comments, insiteful crits, and awesome works you all do. keep painting!-c36

[hurricane]

totally respect your counter feedback, good to hear the reasons and reactions.
I'm working as a freelancer, doing some interesting stuff and looking forward to share it as i'm allowed to do so. My school is going good and i'll graduate in a couple of months (going to be very nice to graduate).
Cheers and thanks for posting the art and reaction.

[Molly]

...the wire coming out of the wall is so simple, yet so beautiful; love the scribbly caricatures, and robots in landscape...

heavy update...

Mx

[stalsby]

killin it man! no crits from me! i like all of them! cool site update!

[Aleksi]

Oh shit !!!
I just went to your new website and discovered tons of new pictures that I have'nt see before ! Amazed again by your ability to try new art renderings and to walk into new paths. It makes me feel really really humble. Your site, the scope, the quality and the variety of your works seriously rocks Sir.
IU's not new but I just get a Coro's fix and I wanted to write it again...
Btw seeing you, your studio and your oil paintings for real was a blast in SF.

[flaptraps]

this stuff is great! your traditional stuff is always great to look at, thanks for showing

[SamBrown36]

You and your art are so beautiful
Thanks for all the help man

Well be dancin in the moonlight
Smilin with the risin sun
Livin like weve never done
Goin all the way
Reachin out to meet the changes
Touchin every shining star
The light of tomorrow is right where we are
Theres no turnin back
From what Im feeling

[ooga booga]

everyones an art director in CA

[Idiot Apathy]

Awesome Coro, was so great to see some of your paintings in person during the workshop. I got screwed out of seeing more at the shooting gallery, which was literally a block from my hotel; who would have thought art galleries don't agree with mondays?

Thanks for your advice and encouragement as well as demos in SF, I learned so much. :)

[romance]

Lovely. More artwork to spooge over. Thanks buddy.

[egerie]

Coro, I LOVE your work. But how many clics and loadings do I need to go through to GET TO SEE IT? These thumbnails don't do your work any justice either.
Just my 2 cents that are worth about the same.

[redehlert]

stellar update! coro...ya got range and ya rock in each arena.
fantastico!
d

[I0N]

you have always been a fav of mine and this just reminds me why. I've seen your traditional inks process but I am really interested in what your process is when doing digital paints, it has a very natural/traditional feel that I would really like to incorporate into my own style. awesome stuff as usual.

[Ashrumm]

Coro, man you're a natural painter and all around artist for that matter, good to see you have an updated site. You've pretty much covered all of the bases, good work. Way to inspire us and all of that shit keep it up!!

I'm suprised you don't have any images from your notebooks up on your site
I saw those at the workshop and was blown away. Whats the deal with that?

[Chandan]

The way you use colour is beyond my understanding. If i were painting the exact same piece, i would never put the same colour as you. When I saw you painting in Montreal it hit me like a brick in the balls. I should never put the colour I think should go there. For example, the blue you got for the sky in the bus piece is freakin' unbelievable! It's fucking PERFECT! Ok enough with the ass pats...keep us posted, you keep me going everyday mate!

[stoph]

sweet man, great stuff, always good to see you post more. what do you use for the coachwork we see in the plug painting? is it original designs or do you have a catalogue of examples that you splice together? ive been using a few different decorative fonts and erasing/altering the letters whilst still retaining the details for my digital work, but itd be good to get something that did the job a little more satisfyingly and more diversly. sorry if its been asked already.

[skvv]

nailing oils hard and clean...

i'm working but now i know to work harder. thanks for the post, it's milky good.

[michaelh]

beautiful light!
congratulations

[draw]

Art has the ability to change moods and yours changed mine for the better today. Thanks and keep it up!

[Niveli]

I dont hawe words at all... amazing art dude!

[mravka]

Coro, this stuff is awesome as usual, man. I really like how you can make something really ordinary that people don't usually notice into a great painting. My favorite piece is the pink buss. I don't know why, but I really dig it. Thanks a lot for sharing these.
cheers :)
viktor

[dns2k]

coro awesome stuff i really dig the pan right

well done

-dns

[manji]

I love it, I love it, I love it. Beautiful work man thanks for posting.

[deltron05]

Nice Unpdate, have been waiting on if for a wile. I went on your website like week ago and saw the update ...seems like you are going totally INSANE with oils now.....Awesome work as always. The Skull illustrations they seem to me some really cool tatoos...how do you do those line art ...Illustrator?
Thanks for the update !!
Peace!

[el coro]

hey guys! i igured since this thread got bumped from the depths, i should reply and maybe post a few more things...

hurricane: no probs bud. im always happy to explain why i do things, there is usually a conscious decision behind it, of if there wasnt i can at least try to explain why i did something. either way i, my understanding of it is better when i gotta explain it.

Molly: thanks mollyx! hope you are well these days.

stalsby: thanks brudda!

Aleksi: likewise, likewise, and likewise. man i cant wait to chill all night and talk shit again!

flaptraps: thanks.

SamBrown36: mmmmm. now for some of my special lessons.....

ooga booga: my too! sorta.

Idiot Apathy: thanks man. keep up the great work! you be killin it these days

romance: no prob :) hope you are well. didja start your job yet?

egerie: hahaha i know i know. it took forever to try to figure out a simple system of breaking the work up. this felt like the least amount of clicks possible for everything i wanted to show. the first draft was way worse :)

redehlert: haha thanks man

I0N: thanks man. to answer your question, i work mainly in photoshop, and for a few of these at the end i took em into art rage. pretty simple and low tech, but i was fairly happy withthe results.

ashrumm: thanks dude. i try to cover the bases, and keep pushing. the sketchbooks are old and are archived on my old site. i stopped working that way when it became clear that technique was going to define me. i dont want to be an illustrator known for a specific technique. at that point you are nothing more than a novelty i think.

Chandan: thanks a ton man. color is easy. its there, all you gotta do is look for it, and look for harmonies. it just takes lots of practice, but i think anyone can do it.

stoph: i use mostly fonts and some hand done stuff for the fancy decorations.

skvv: haha thanks man. just keep pluggin. thats all you gotta do.

michaelh: thanks man :)

draw: well im glad i could be of service :D

Niveli: those are words :) thanks dude!

Viktor: im glad you pointed that out actually. living here in sf has made me aware of so many beautiful scenes that would be mundane to most. its something im always trying to find in my work, to find the beauty in the filth..hope you are doing well dude.

dns2k haha thanks man, hope you are well..

manji: thanks and thanks to you for replying!

Deltron, thanks to you too brotha!

again, my humblest thanks for al 0f you who replied. keep keepin it.-c36

[hurricane]

that's cool, nothing but respect my friend!

keep on rocking it!
cheers

[Brendan N]

and maybe post a few more things...

*licks lips*

[steak-tron]

Throw some pee on them kids! :D

[SprayNation]

Tits update my friend :).

Was the bike piece takin' into maya first? I'm unfamiliar with that program.
Keep it comin'.

[Brendan N]

Hot stuff dude, the biker girl is great and your landscapes never cease to amaze!
Really dig the vehicular designs - very believable and very unique at the same time.

I'd love to throw some crits at you but you are just sooooo far ahead of me ..... nope can't see anything now - everything is working so well, comps just awesome.

keep kicking ass man! This is the best kick in the nuts I've had in quite a while.

ciao!

- d.

[Ryan DeMita]

Throw some pee on them kids! :D

hahaha. sorry that made me laugh.
oh coro, yeah. those environment paintings and ID stuff. jesus... :)

[Carnifex]

god-dayum,how did i miss this?
i think i'm most amazed at those three heads (almost fractal), and how thick you put on the paint with the bus,but still made it feel 3d. oh,and the transition from 3d building render to final pic....simply outstanding.
i feel bad for hardly doing anything right now...

[Zaknafain]

wahh,... nearly missed that update...
I love your cityscapes (and bums!), not only because of the amazing technical quality, also because they feel so real.
I've seen many orcs/spaceships whatever... and too many boring stilllives with plants, brushes etc... What you are painting may be an obvious choice (because its part of our everyday life) but its in fact something I rarely see these days.

[BARONTiERi]

great images Coro, it's rare to see some nice Art rage paintings (I guess it's AR) you're my hero!

[el coro]

updated with a buncha new crap on page 1//////////-c36

[Homeros]

updated with a buncha new crap on page 1//////////-c36


Thanks for the update. I was looking for this thread!
The 'Vice' painting is truly stunning. The whole story behind it has a very HP Lovecraft style, which is great! Truly incredibble.
Thanks for sharing.

Homeros

[Idiot Apathy]

Hell yes!
We be seeing you in Shanghai I hope?

[Molly]

niiice update:), damn beautiful, gnarly, sexy shit man...always a pleasure to look at!

mx

[Shinryu]

Fuck! Amazing stuff man

cheers

[Brun]

great stuff man, verry inspiring, keep it comming

[strych9ine]

I feel like a douchebag for missing this the first time around, it's good seeing what you're up to holmes. As a crit, I would try to paint more of those lovingly crafted demon wieners into your paintings, possibly even your landscapes. I mean these are good, but I think they would really send some of these pieces soaring.

[tou]

coro, your paintings are dope as hell. the self portrait is great man. Schweeeet!

[m@.]

asspats!

[blog]

fuck yeah man, that latest painting is the shit! I was just looking at ur website like, yesterday, and was floored by the amount of awesome new stuff u've been doing. You're seriously with the times dude, I'm absoloutely gobsmacked! :$

[Craig D]

I could have sworn I commented here before,
but I geuss not so, wow, your oils are so nice and juicy.
Really pushes me to try some bolder stuff when i get the paints out.

But did your update knock out a couple pieces that were there before?
'Cause if it did I want them back (stamps feet)

[Dawood Marion]

This is a really great thread. I like the fact that your styles are all over the place. I get totally imspired by your work Thank you for sharing.

[nobody_knows]

Miiiiiiiltonnnnnnnnnnnnn!

[James Kei]

Miiiiiiiltonnnnnnnnnnnnn!
LOL

what...they...eat...don't....make...us....shit.... .


Coro, It's so difficult to have someone like you as an art director. :dead: Curses!

[Chandan]

Love all the traditional stuff. Especially the heads! And ofcourse the first one is great also....love the hands the most.

[Diego]

badass man, always love your oil paintings.
The SP is looking amazing, the brushstrokes are yummy.
Thanks for sharing your art with us man. Really inspiring.

[Bomba]

I remember seeing the beginnings of the first paiting and what a CRAZY pleasure it is to see completed! Wah dood, I really dig your designs simply because of how unique and gross they are... love yer mind. The lighting and colors blow me away.... hope all is well mister art director man you.
-J-

[Carnifex]

haha damn! and i was wondering why everyone's bumping this thread...now i know. damn bro,that's some seriously beautiful work. my fav's probably the pimp'n'ho pic,just because of that absurd big-head-creature -i love him :D
the crackhead stuff's relly nice too,and on second look it's pretty obvious you used yourself as model :D something you ain't telling us? :D
really,really nice work alltogether,can't wait to meet again.
just minutes earlier i looked at workshop photos and was fit to cry...
edit: plus you've made me hungry for art,i'll have to draw now :)

[timmyhol]

Amazing work. My favorite is the self portrait, that is a seriously nice bit of painting! inspiring stuff!

Tim

[InvertedChalupa]

all i have to say is

"Daaaaamn son!" : )

See you in class on tuesday

[Atlantis]

That first painting is freaking incredible. All of them are great, I mean, but I can't get past that first one. Beautiful and extremely disturbing.

Not much of a crit. Dang, though.

Always like your liquor store paintings, too.

[the black frog]

Would you just stop sniffing turpentine.

Great skillz brother... love it all!

[BFWingard3]

Dammmnnnn! Love the first one! It looks so clean and sexy,well, maybe not sexy...but I'd fuck it. Love your 3d buildings and the final. Solid. Stoppin' by on Mon. Peace.

[Chuck,mate.]

very cool works El Coro loco. the vehicles and oils are the bomb.
love those insane lines on the 3 faces (the post with the "rasputin" type dude at the bottom...:) )
thanks for sharing, man.




Pat.

[sve]

Hello... if you don't mind I would like to say some of my observations about your paintings ...if you do mind ...well I will learn my lesson.
Few words in general about your art... I think the strongest of your art are paintings from life and particularly your good eye fro right value and temperature range, unity of the all objects and BG.
When I close my eyes and say Coro's art I will see your still life with a garlic, onion, bong, tubes with paint, your fire escape with very truthful choice of colors and tones and shades. That's what I think is the most beautiful in your art and I think that's what you appreciate in painting the most... Delicacy of colors, their influence on each other, effect of light on color.
The other very appealing feature is your confident and playful brush strokes... for example in your SP they create a certain mood on their own... I would call it exactly this name... playful, whimsical, entertaining... they kind of lead eye around the form and making this motion almost as a game, exciting. In that painting they are even much more charismatic than the face expression...
I don't know what you like the most... but I think that you are a realist in art... your still lives and landscape and scenes from contemporary life have the biggest impact on me, they are most personal, they carry your own taste and soul and it seems that you put a lot of thoughts in them searching for right effect... your effort is charismatic and does effect my perception.

Even when you paint futuristic scene with horse riders moving fast in risen dust... the colors, the lighting, the hint on certain time of day create a very realistic sensation... reminiscence some sort.
The same I think about your choice of theme for drawing you did in your personal time... it is super realistic... bottom of life... The same I would think about your frequent depiction of all kind of bums and street walkers... Seems like life itself excites you greatly and brings you a lot of inspiration... without a need to invent anything out of our world...

Now some crits:

In your first painting, despite a great story, a lot of interest for eyes, objects and fantasy... there are some disturbing for eyes distortions of perspective...If I try to determine what lays on the level of eye of a viewer... it seems that hands of the addict would be right in front of my view, because there is no perspective distortion on them... the same about hips of the creature...
But when I look lower at magazines, books, trash and especially at bottles and glasses and a candle... the perspective looks very strange... not consistent with the rest of the image... All upper ovals of the different bottles look like they are in different perspectives.
For example the tallest bottle and the one next to it... their upper ovasl should be bigger I think and no way they would look similar... the distance from eye level increases... the ovals should grow more...circumference closer to circle, rounder. I think we will see all bottles' and cans' upper ovals and they will be closer to circle... becasue they are lower than our eye level...
Right now perspective is strange ... actually I think there are few spots where different objects are on the same eye level and they shouldn't be.

I would say you have the same perspective distortion in the oil painting of a red vase...(an image from oil paintings on your website)

Lighting and values are beautiful in this vase... but eyes see something strange in the image...
And I think it is a wrong perspective... the bottom of the page, the surface of the table suggests one perspective, like this object is very close to us... but vase itself is painted like it is far from us. The upper ellipse and the one in the widest part of the vase are the same... The lower ellipse should be closer to circle though judging from perspective of the table... the same about bottom oval of the vase...

I think there is the same mistake in the image of several bottles and cans (image 5 in oil paintings in your website)... perspective of the table is not consistent with perspective of lower ovals in the all bottles.

I think there are the same problem with a figure of Buddha...
floor and money are in one perspective... the wooden doors in another...sculpture in third one... despite wonderful, truthful textures, lighting and values the painting makes me feel strange.. because perspective is distorted IMO...


http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=161492&stc=1&d=1183192368 In this drawing perspective is almost right I think, eyes recognize it easily and without any hesitation... (an upper oval of the plant pot from my left is a bit too narrow I think, we look at it from above, I think we should see more of the oval). But this distortion is not that apparent... IMO.
Plus this drawing has a wonderful imitation of bright light from the window... morning i think... I like how it steals some opacity from the outlines of the plant's leaves... I like the graceful curves if the plants... very elegant shapes and light is truthful.

I like in the street scene drawing how scary and sexy in the same time those women are....They create a strange feeling. ... curiosity and attraction and uneasiness.

[adonihs]

Hey to be blunt, because I'm not this way with people I don't even know..but.

I want to anal fuck the hell out of that crack head picture. Like, seriously, make it bleed.

That piece is my new wallpaper for the month, fucking PERFECTION.

PER.FUCKING.FEC.TION.


I'm off.

[DIMAGYAN]

the verasatility of your work is great.the more graphical and impresionist pieces are the best(at least for me) like the portraits and the three heads with informal line composition.

keep working and have fun

[Kan Muftić]

I just cought myself staring at your self-portrait. Man this is really beautifull...
Best regards,

[Chermilla]

Absolutely amazing work, I LOVE the whole concept and idea behind the first massive oil painting with the crack head. The detail is beautiful too. So inspirational.

The rest are amazingly done also, thanks so much for sharing these!!

:) Cx

[DSillustration]

That self-portrait is sexy!
I know what you mean about getting rusty, but I sure can't tell from this one.

[manji]

Wow...just wow. Coro I love your tones and how you capture natural light.

[chain&jane]

OMG！！！
Amazing stuff!!

[cotta]

Dude you are insane. I will steal your artistic powers with my chinese mind technique.

[Albino Squid]

the first portrait is fabulous!!

[Tom Garden]

inspirational stuff - your lighting is awesome! :)

[character]

almost as good as menudo, but just as tastey

[Vitreous]

you are a very talented and brilliant artist, i ove the stuff on your site, especially the oil paintings.

[Hellblaster]

wow, just... wow

[kev ferrara]

That monster dude's head is gross!! I nearly yakked up my tuna sandwich!

But really well painted. Really has that "glow" to it. And the lushly painted portraits rock. I hope to see more of them.

Kev

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=101106

[Mandryk]

Love the new additions man! The crackhead is simply a masterpiece, I think it's one of my favorite pieces you've ever done.

Highly awesome. =)

[DirtyiroN]

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit!almost miss this amazing thread!!man ,you are always one of my favorite artist!keep going kicking my ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MichaelMotion]

Awesome thread!!!!!!!! Skills!

[stalsby]

The new painting is BAD TO THE BONE! I understand what it portrays to the fullest! The lighting is really good! And I love the still life incorporation at the bottom left with the liquor bottle and all that!

Did you use mainly linseed oil for medium?

[designboot]

amazing works!

[ikuru]

some nasty stuff. and wonderfull brushwork

[Leo Snow]

yes! you rock )

post more) i wait it from february )