tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68773007871827674522024-02-20T03:04:41.454-08:00Alpha's Blogblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-90674608551221279572011-03-05T00:35:00.000-08:002011-03-05T00:47:45.683-08:00GDC 2011 - 1UP Afterparty<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/sets/72157626073906937/"><img width="500" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5213/5498437463_63e01e3d41.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/sets/72157626073906937/"><b><u>PHOTO SET</u></b></a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-20762495240590392922010-12-12T17:00:00.000-08:002010-12-12T17:08:50.278-08:00Facebook 2010 Mockup<a href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/new_fb_layout_mockup.jpg"><img width="500" src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/new_fb_layout_mockup.jpg"></a><br /><br />Facebook changed their layout again.<br /><br />Inspired by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/alexandre.oudin"><b>Alexandre Oudin</b></a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-91800754943371731352010-10-17T16:52:00.000-07:002010-10-17T16:59:22.763-07:00APExpo 2010<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alphag/photos/ape-1s.jpg"><br /><br />I went to APE this year!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.comic-con.org/ape/">http://www.comic-con.org/ape/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/sets/72157625060009199/with/5090102735/"><b><u>BOOTHS PHOTO SET</u></b></a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-47597009022772441852010-08-25T18:30:00.000-07:002010-08-25T18:34:38.682-07:00Sighting - Scott Pilgrim Book Signing<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alphag/photos/scott_pilgrim_signing.jpg"><br />Photo by Giant Robot<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/giantrobotmag/sets/72157624489119636/with/4916785565/"><b><u>GR2 PHOTO SET</u></b></a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-81205401992427795252010-01-28T21:11:00.001-08:002010-01-28T21:11:19.837-08:00Kapre<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/kapre.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/kapre_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 300 dpiblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-30555093148731291942010-01-28T21:09:00.000-08:002010-01-28T21:11:53.673-08:00Bug Silhouettes<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/bug_sils.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/bug_sils_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 300 dpiblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-74764807998962154042010-01-24T15:50:00.000-08:002010-01-24T16:28:43.609-08:00FUTUREPOLY Photos<img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2788/4299919210_4e096cf88a.jpg"><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/sets/72157623272023074/"><u><b>PHOTO SET</u></b></a><br /><br />I learned a lot from the workshop, but more importantly, I met a lot of wonderful people during the event.<br /><br />Thanks a million FuturePoly team, and thanks a million to everyone I met:<br /><br />Daniel Dociu<br />Horia Dociu<br />Jason Stokes<br />Jamie Jones<br />Kekai Kotaki<br />Matt Barrett<br />Richard Anderson<br />Iris Stokes<br />Tom<br />Eli<br />Caitland from Zipper Interactive<br />Shane, Melvin from Sony Online Entertainment<br />Brett<br />Gwen<br />Richard Green<br />Jeff Simpson<br /><br />and the people whose names escape me right now. (Sorry)blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-21351818947498316842010-01-23T21:18:00.000-08:002010-01-23T23:16:51.913-08:00New Website<br><a href="http://blackbookalpha.com/"><img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alphag/omg/site_logo.jpg"></a><br /><br />New site is live!blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-20310109792708416182010-01-20T17:20:00.000-08:002010-01-20T17:27:29.788-08:00FUTUREPOLY<img src="http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alphag/omg/futurepoly_s.jpg"><br /><br />I am attending FUTUREPOLY's first Digital Arts Workshop featuring industry professionals from ArenaNet and Bungie.<br /><br />I thank <a href="http://jeffsimpsonkh.deviantart.com/">Jeff Simpson</a> for posting this event on his journal. Thanks man :)blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-3802274089142975722010-01-13T19:03:00.000-08:002010-01-13T19:08:49.337-08:00Flash Animation<object width="400" height="400"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/animations/alpha_vector_final.swf"><br /><embed src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/animations/alpha_vector_final.swf" width="400" height="400"><br /></embed><br /></object><br /><br />Testing out Flash CS4 :) I forgot vectors behave differently than Photoshop brushes :Dblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-79699579027835361272010-01-12T17:15:00.000-08:002010-01-12T17:27:23.171-08:00FEZ Tribute<img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/animations/fez01.gif" border="1"/><br />Adobe Photoshop<br /><br /><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/animations/fez02.gif" border="1"/><br /><br /><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/animations/fez03.gif" border="1"/><br /><br />Tribute to Phil Fish's FEZ:<br /><br /><object width="500" height="300"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-H54u4VmDFc&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-H54u4VmDFc&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="300"></embed></object><br /><br />Character © POLYTRON CORPORATIONblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-19357645822873845192010-01-10T02:24:00.000-08:002010-01-10T02:40:34.036-08:00Robo<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo-1.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo_s-1.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Google SketchUp<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo-2.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo_s-2.jpg" border="1" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo-11.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo_s-11.jpg" border="1" /></a><br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo-8.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/robo_s-8.jpg" border="1" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sketchup/">"More Images"</a><br /><br />I've integrated SketchUp into my workflow :)blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-54783851911252525252010-01-01T06:41:00.000-08:002010-01-01T06:42:15.930-08:002010<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/botsurf.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/botsurf_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 72 dpi<br /><br />Happy New Year everyone!blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-1039061962890496392009-12-30T00:05:00.000-08:002009-12-30T00:14:40.631-08:00Google SketchUp Test<img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/gsketchup_robo2.jpg" border="1" /><br /><br /><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/gsketchup_robo1.jpg" border="1" /><br /><br />3 hours of tinkering...<br /><br />Tried Google Sketchup tonight. Very artist-friendly program. I've never had so much fun working on a 3D program before. Its very easy to pick up even if you have no 3D experience.blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-76039285238339480482009-12-29T12:35:00.000-08:002009-12-29T12:55:45.732-08:00Enemy Difficulty<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/headshot_study.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/headshot_study_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 300 dpi<br /><br /><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/headshot_close.jpg" border="1" /><br /><br />Head Close-upsblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-9082633405168536442009-12-25T13:53:00.000-08:002009-12-25T13:55:50.643-08:00Santa's Coming to Town<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/santa09_color.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/santa09_color_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 300 dpi<br /><br />Happy Holidays everyone!blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-34876508491929717222009-12-22T21:31:00.000-08:002009-12-22T21:33:30.778-08:00Weird Dragon<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/dragon1_l.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/dragon1.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 500 dpi<br /><br />Quick concept for tonight.<br /><br />Avatar movie was amazing! I hunger for concept art!blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-49110986687637432072009-12-18T22:18:00.000-08:002009-12-18T22:30:56.947-08:00Vote for OHKO!<img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/ohko.jpg" border="1" /><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 300 dpi<br /><br />Vote for Maximo Lorenzo's comic! There's boys fighting, power gloves and cute girls!<br /><br /><a href="http://zudacomics.com/node/1562">http://zudacomics.com/node/1562</a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-31652417548263428922009-12-03T21:01:00.000-08:002009-12-03T21:08:26.583-08:00The Impossible Dream<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/the_impossible_dream.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/the_impossible_dream_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 500 dpi<br /><br />My entry for Wacom's <a href="http://news.deviantart.com/article/99494/">"Bring Your Vision To Life"</a> contest.<br /><br />Walkthrough/Progression Study <a href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/the_impossible_dream_prog.jpg">HERE</a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-74438804373816513792009-12-02T20:27:00.000-08:002009-12-02T20:32:08.001-08:00Change<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/velvet_mistress.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/velvet_mistress_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 100 dpi<br /><br />Velvet Mistress<br /><br /><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/b_test_w120109.jpg" border="1" /><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 72 dpi<br /><br />5-7 min custom brush testsblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-3193075643684410772009-08-21T21:31:00.000-07:002009-08-21T21:34:58.967-07:00Spaceman Preview<img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/sm_pre.jpg" /><br /><br />Terribly sorry for the lack of art guys. Here's a page preview on my latest project in collaboration with <a href="http://lavapunch.com/"><b>Lavapunch</b></a>. I've been working on this project for months now and I couldn't really say anything since I was working my bum on it.<br /><br />My style has evolved tremendously since I embarked on this project. There's a lot of talented people participating in this collaboration and its a huge privilege to work with such great artists.<br /><br />Stay tuned for more details!blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-51156007628974090212009-07-31T21:52:00.000-07:002009-07-31T21:58:23.775-07:00Dolchebon Poster<img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/dolchebon_poster1_a.jpg"/><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 600 dpi<br /><br /><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/dolchebon_poster1_b.jpg"/><br />Alternate Version<br /><br />SkullgirlS Stage Artblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-78024774610470958272009-06-16T23:32:00.000-07:002009-06-16T23:33:54.374-07:00Package from Rob LaroLast month I purchased a couple of original sketchpages from UK artist/illustrator <a href="http://roblaro.com/index.htm"><b>Rob Laro</b></a>. I've been watching this guy's growth for the last couple of years and his works has always served as an inspiration to my ever-famished, artistic retinas.<br /><br />The package was suppose to arrive a couple of weeks ago but due to my excitement I didn't notice that my home address was incomplete with my paypal account. What's bizarre is that it doesn't register my complete street address no matter how many times I edit it. I'll have to be cautious from now on.<br /><br />So weeks passed, and I remained optimistic throughout. This morning I noticed a cardboard tube sitting on top of my mom's desk, and brought it up to my office:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/3625928372/" title="Package from Rob Laro by blackbookalpha, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3309/3625928372_a3a764e169.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Package from Rob Laro" /></a><br /><br />And within it contained these lovely pieces:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/3625111575/" title="Rob Laro's Sketchpage #001 by blackbookalpha, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2426/3625111575_54daec6995.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Rob Laro's Sketchpage #001" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/blackbookalpha/3625111677/" title="Rob Laro's Sketchpage #014 by blackbookalpha, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3305/3625111677_0a882523e9.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Rob Laro's Sketchpage #014" /></a><br /><br />Rob's works has always been fascinating. His current style reflects a very simple yet attractive approach to illustration. From his trademark painted borders, vibrant color palettes and sexy curves; his creations never disappoint.<br /><br />And that's just the tip of the iceberg. I realized that he's also pretty diverse with 3D and knows way more than a lot of people give him credit for. He's currently working on something big and I'm very excited on what he's cooking within the confines of his workplace.<br /><br />You can check out his works at:<br /><br />http://roblaro.com/index.htm<br />http://larolaro.blogspot.com/<br />http://larolaro.deviantart.com/<br /><br />Thanks again Rob! Now its time to buy some frames for these beauties.<br /><br /><b><u>LIFE REPORT!</u></b><br /><br />Life's been very hectic lately. Nothing negative of the sort, its just keeping me productive and occupied. I'm terribly sorry for those who have been anticipating my next video. I'll have to prioritize and get that thing done.<br /><br />I've got a bunchload of projects due in the next couple of months and it'll be something very new and different. Its so massive that I had to get a personal daytimer and set a daily, weekly and monthly schedule for myself just to keep up.<br /><br />What is it? I can't tell you. You'll just have to wait and see :Dblackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-32627490180414654672009-06-13T20:24:00.001-07:002009-06-16T23:30:43.321-07:00SkullgirlS Dev BlogOur new dev blog is finally online! Many thanks to John Walsh and Shawn Coty for putting this together.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://www.skullgirls.com"><b><u>WWW.SKULLGIRLS.COM</u></b></a></center><br />We've stumbled across a couple of obstacles on the way when we started developing the new site, ranging from life obstacles to annoying malicious codes that infected our test blog. In the end, we persevered and kept things consistent. I'm very grateful for having a lot of gifted people taking time off in helping us fulfill our dreams, for they too are now a part of it.<br /><br />We still have a long way to go with the game's development. We've had tremendous hurdles in the past, but all of those have propelled us to where we are now. We're still developing the game during our free time while juggling with our day jobs, but rest assured that the day <u>will</u> come, and we'll be bringing forth a fighting game that no one has ever seen before.<br /><br />I'm currently working on a few other projects on the side. Stay tuned in the next couple of months.blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6877300787182767452.post-9450805032750304462009-05-04T22:05:00.000-07:002009-05-13T12:08:00.191-07:00Harvey James' Girls<a target="_blank" href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/hj_girls_bg.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/hj_girls_bg_s.jpg" border="1" /></a><br />Photoshop CS3 @ 400 dpi<br /><br />For Harvey James' <a href="http://harveyjames.livejournal.com/126492.html">"Choose A Cat, Draw A Girl"</a> showcase.<br /><br /><a href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/hj_girls_white.jpg"><img src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/hj_girls_white_s.jpg"></a><br />White Background Version<br /><br />EDIT:<br /><img border="1" src="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/video/hj_girls_h264_500px.jpg"><br /><a href="http://blackbookalpha.com/blog/video/hj_girls_h264.mp4">Process v.2 - h264 720x480</a>blackbookalphahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12089449272065467569noreply@blogger.com2