El Lobo

Caperucita better hurry... El Lobo is around... and he is HUNGRY!

Roja

Little Rojita all ready to go to Abuelas house.

Laurie dance with witches once,

While I was in school, I illustrated the poem by Shel Silverstein "MAGIC"...

I remember not being too happy with the illustrations, so I decided to give it another go...

here is the first painting... more to come.

CODY ON BLACK

pirate #2

pirates

started sketching a series of pirates... heres #1

book...owls

sketchbook... queenie

cats

even though I'm deathly allergic... they are still fun to draw!

caperucita roja turn around without her cap

thick forest redo

caperucita walks through the thick mexican forest to abuelas house

caperucita through the forest redo

caperucitas surprise

I recently had my work critiqued by very awesome artists Tim Lamb and Sam Michlap. Ive taken their advice and reworked some of my pieces. Here is a redo on caperucita meeting abuela.

queen of hearts in color

character concepts for Victorian Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland is a great and interesting story.... but add a touch of the "overdone" Victorian style of the 19th century, and what do you get? Some funky and fun characters.

Another Caperucita

Happy Birthday to me!! Dreamcatcher Animatic with Color and Music

               


Happy Birthday to me!! My birthday present to myself is to finish my animatic...The music which was written and composed by Ashkan Tabrizi and David Semien is beautiful and really ties everything together. Hopefully soon I'll be able to upload the fully animated short. But for now... here is a sneak peak. Enjoy!!

Oh and to the anonymous Sarah that asked me if I sell prints of my work.... Yes I do. I just dont know how to reach you. Please email me your contact info to .... raquel.o.martinez@gmail.com

Merry Christmas! Happy Hanukkah! Happy Quanza! Happy Holidays!

character design

Developing characters that are meant to be part of a group that lives in the forest. Some of these designs were originally done in watercolor then developed further in photoshop. I usually start off my designs on paper then transfer to digital more for visual development and to place them in an environment. Some of these are still pretty rough but it gives me an idea of where I want to go in the design.

My Little Toto

Working on Wizard of Oz characters. Toto seems to always be a second thought, but in fact... he plays a huge part in this story. If it wasn't for him, Dorothy would have never made it to Oz. In building his character, I decided to make him adorable yet very expressive especially with his eyes. :)