Kei's Art dump July 16 to November 6th

[Kei Acedera]

Hi everyone,

I've been meaning to post a dump of all my work every month but much of my work these past 5 months have been for Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland so I didn't have too much to show
You'll have to wait until 2010 when the movie comes out. argghhh... hehe

But here are some images of other stuff I've been doing!

Here's my contribution to the Art of Streetfighter book


For Dean Yeagle's book




A couple weeks ago I went to the zoo for the Toronto Sketch Crawl.
What a great turn out it was! Not even the gloomy weather and rain could stop us--that's what being an artist is all about, right?! It was really great to see friends and new faces come together and sketch whatever they saw. I just wish the zoo stayed opened for a lot longer, but it just makes me want to come back more regularly.







Here are more from a life drawing class this past week..As I was drawing these, my main objective was to just simply have fun drawing with the conte by using different edges from really soft to hard.
I've just been so uptight with my self lately with work and other projects.I needed to get loose and draw more intuitively--I find that there's more ease and pleasure when you draw without worries and still keeping in mind of the fundamental structure of what you're drawing.
But really I think if its practiced more often, those fundamentals will just flow out of you more naturally, because its already embedded in your technique and methods..hope that makes sense.
These are from 1 min to 10 mins...















Here's a few more girls I did recently for Alberto Ruiz's "Eye Candy From Strangers" book!

I used a black watercolor pencil, a red/blue pencil and some burnt sienna ink w water.










Here are some sketches I did during our "outdoor subway sketchgroup"..
... because it was just too nice outside to stay underground in the subways .



<8 Kei

[Grafguy]

damn, those are just awesome!
after seeing this im gonna try to draw real life as cartoons :p
thanks alot for sharing ^^

[smokenmirrors]

beautiful strokes, love the story book style... great work!

[sourgasm]

that street fighter race is just about the coolest thing I've ever seen.

[kidult]

Awesome work!

[corspufo]

holy crap! I love this style! So retro and classic. Love it! Keep up the great work.

[baxart]

Love the cheesecake!

[Matt Dixon]

Great stuff, Kei. I particularly like the 'Eye Candy...' chicks.

[misael]

Great stuff! I love the old school stile of some of these. And I love those pin ups. Very Gill Elvgreen but cartoony.

[robinchyo]

my goodness! all so lovely! but i really really got a kick out of your Street Fighter piece. too cute

[kaktuzlime]

Yeeeeeaaaasssss!! That´s so gorgeously wonderful! *drools

[Serpian]

Wow, so nice to see stylized work this good! You really know what you're doing. My favorite is the second Eye Candy Girl.

[el coro]

these are all beautiful! so cool to see what you've been up to! goddamn. your drawings are just rediculous. i love the life studies alot....really interesting to see what you are doing with those. but i wouldnt worry about not practicing enough...i think you got this art shit pretty well on lock


i hope everything is good with you, and give Bobby a big hug for me!

c36

[SEVANS]

Fun style. Love the cheese cake Pin-ups and the streetfighter pic.

[Bomba]

Kei,

Always a breath of fresh air whenever you post. Congrats on the exciting gig working on a Tim Burton film... have no doubts you are rocking it.
-J-

[Aly Fell]

Great stuff!

[walnut]

Waw, your pics just made my day! Especially the pinups. Man, those are sweet. Where did you draw the last one btw, and why do they have Belgian beer on the tap?

[Alex Chow]

I was at the Toronto Sketchcrawl and I was absolutely amazed by your painting skills. I had difficulty drawing the Meerkats and you've managed to PAINT them along with other animals.

My favourite one is still the scene with the people drawing the hippos. You know why? Because I'm in it!

Awesome style and awesome work, and Bobby's too. Very inspiring.

[bpatrick]

Fantastic! I love it -- beautiful style!

[Dahami]

I like your pinups. They are cute and refreshing in their simplicity.

[HunterKiller_]

Delightful. Always brings a smile to my face.

[Brashen]

Damn man I didn't know people still drew like this.

[chrissommer]

sexi ladies!

chris
http://www.chrissommer.com

[OmenSpirits]

Now THAT'S some HYPE shit!

[psychoboy]

Classic stuff;

Like dem pin-up Chicks

[Bai Fan]

Street fighter is my favorite.



Although I also really like your crowded cafe scene.

[Kei Acedera]

Thank you all for your comments, I really appreciate it especially because I know this isnt the typical flavor you see here in this forum, so that really makes my day
smokenmirrors,sourgasm,kidult,corspufo,baxart, robinchyo, kaktuzlime, Serpian, SEVANS, Poshspice, bpatrick, chrissommer, OmenSpirits, psychoboy, Bai Fan - Thank you so much!

Grafguy- Yeah definitely do it, its a lot of fun..
Matt Dixon- Thanks Matt! I'm so glad you like it
misael- Thanks! I love Elvgreen!
el coro- Hey! Its so nice to hear from you!!..and wow, you're too nice, thanks so much Coro it really means a lot. Everything is going well here, We hope you're doing good too! Bobby gives his hugs!! And hopefully we'll get to see you guys again soon.
Bomba-Thank you! Yeah I can't wait to see the end result and share some of the work from it.
walnut- Thank you, the place was in downtown Toronto..
The Amaranth- Thank you very much!! I'm glad you liked them. (lol thats awesome you're in that sketch)What a great time that was--I hope you had fun too
Dahami- Thank you!- I try to do them quick so they keep that "freshness" to them..
HunterKille-I'm glad it did!
Brashen- lol thanks!

[Lone Wolf]

Awesome work Kei!

If I could ask, how did you get the Alice in Wonderland gig? What's it like to work with Tim Burton?

[InvertedChalupa]

awesome! love the street fighter drawing : )

[m@.]

so cool ! thanks for sharing. I really love your style.