Online art classes open for registration on Schoolism

Online art classes open for registration on Schoolism:
Character Design by Silver - March 25, 2008
The Art of Caricature with Jason Seiler - April 03, 2008
Digital Painting Techniques with Bobby Chiu - March 25, 2008
Coming Soon...
Storyboarding with Kris Pearn
Drawing Fundamentals With Marcelo Vignali

VISIT OUR SCHOOLISM BLOG to see our students work

Here's a little sketch of a pug I did for a Christmas present this year.

Just a reminder for those in the SF area, we'll be at the WONDERCON this weekend. Table AA93-95

Animal sketches

Here's a warm up sketch I did recently. Drawn traditionally then splashed on a little color in Photoshop.


Drawn with Black Col-erase on plain white paper.

Wizard World Chicago! Artist Alley Table 3400!

Hi all.

Kei, T and I will be absent from subway sketching for the next 3 weekends. We will resume on Sept. 2nd.

We're going to be in Chicago Aug 9-12 for the Wizard Convention - Table 3400 in Artist Alley.

Then it's TCAF in Toronto the weekend after and then it's the BIG Toronto con, the FAN EXPO. Can't wait for that one!! Sorry about this... but don't worry. Comicon season is coming to a halt end of this month.

These weren't from this Sunday's subway sketching but we were on a bus at the "African Lion Safari" in Hamilton Ontario. We had a pretty fun time. I haven't been there for over 20 years...

Here's some sketches of a lion, baboons picking each others butts and other beautiful wildlife :)

Bobby's








Kei's

Missing San Diego..

These sketches were inpired by this lovely restaurant we ate at in San Diego called Ole Madrid. The atmosphere in the place was very relaxing, and the people we ate with made the experience extra special.

San Diego Comicon - Table A5. Who's going??

Hi All,

It's that time of year again, where artists from all over travel from all over to go to the San Diego Comic Con.

For those that have never been there, this comic convention is so BIG that we just call it "Comic-Con."

It's sooo big that if you are standing in the middle of Comicon, you can't see any walls! Only the ceiling.

It's sooooo big that you NEED more then one day to see the whole convention.

It's sooooooo big that you'll probably get lost just wandering around the place. Not to worry though... all you need to do is remember one important letter and one important number.

A5 - We'll be happy to give you directions :)

Can't wait to see everyone again!
So where's everyone else sitting? Leave your info in the comments so we all know!

Alberto Ruiz H3
Bill, Jeff Pidgeon, Scott Morse booth 4800
Cheeks - E2
David Colman - H5
John Nevarez - H9
Jose Lopez - H somewhere I believe...
Justin Ridge - 1035
Louie del Carmen - ??
Kevin Dart - E4
Patrick Morgan - H somewhere I think...
Octavio Rodriguez - ?? with Louie del Carmen I think...
Robin Mitchell - E9
Stephen Silver - H6

Imaginism Studios (Bobby & Kei) A5

Here's some more pics for our next book "Dragon Sketches"
These original sketches will also be available for purchase at the con starting from $65.

Digital Painting Class September 20th is open for registration.

Digital Painting Classes with me are now open for registration!

Classes start Thursday September 20th, 2007.
Lessons: 9
Assignments: 9
Duration: 14 weeks
Fees: $798 USD
Pre-Requisites: None. This course is for any skill level.

Seats available: 15

Please check out SCHOOLISM for more information.

On another note, San Diego Comic-Con is quickly approaching. A couple of months ago Arthur Suydam asked me if there would be any original sketches available for purchase. Well, I'm not one to say no to an artist like Arthur so I've been taking apart my sketchbooks and preparing a little collection to sell at Comic-Con. Kei and I will be at Table A5 so if you're coming to the show, come on by and say hi!

Here's some of the sketches that will be available.


These are a couple of sketches from our next book "Dragon Sketches"

the Strange Behavior Challenge

Here are some concepts for a new piece I'm working on. It's for Cgtalk's new "Strange Behavior" Challenge! more updates soon..







-Kei

just a reminder, Subway Sketching is back on..and we have an Art Show!

We will be premiering our new book "Subway Sketches" along with original work @ the Labyrinthh Book Store. If you're in the area, come and check it out!

Book Signing:
with Bobby Chiu
myself Kei Acedera
and Thierry Lafontaine (guest artist)

JUNE 30th
7:30 pm - 10:00pm
386 Bloor Street West
Toronto, ON
(2 Blocks West of Spadina Subway)

The bookstore also carries a ton of yummy books from amazing artists and studios around the world!

Hope to see you there!
-Kei

Philadelphia Wizard World ..and talk about huge!

One of the oldest cities in the US, Philadelphia is rich with so much history and art. Almost everywhere you looked, there was a wall or building covered with beautiful murals! It was the perfect city to visit and showcase our art. We'd like to thank everyone who came by to our booth --we really appreciate your encouraging words and kind purchases :P Sorry we didn't bring enough books and prints for everyone, we'll be more prepared next time!



We arrived at Philadelphia passed our bedtime, but were very lucky to see the Beachhouse Row at night--but unlucky coz my camera was out of batteries! So here's a picture courtesy of another site of the beautiful view we saw:




A view of our 32 foot table!






And this...This person wins the weirdest (funniest) costume getup ever! HE was just so odd I HAD to draw him. Bobby couldn't even look at him.



..It was a very sucessful con and we had a ton of fun!

Philadelphia Wizard Con June 15-17

Hi everyone!

Paradise Comicon in Toronto is over now. Thanks to all those that came by our booth.
The few people that were there were very friendly so it made up for the lousy attendance.


This weekend we'll be in Philadelphia for the Wizard Convention at the Pennsylvania Convention Center June 15-17. So if you're in the area, come on by and say hello!

This also means that Subway Sketching will be cancelled this Sunday and will resume the following Sunday.

Art show: Our Imaginism art show will be on June 30th at the Labyrinth in Toronto. We'll be signing books and answering questions as well as displaying tons of original art. Come on down because it's going to be a great event.

Here are some more beautiful links...
Jason Groh
Labyrinth Store - our favorite bookstore in Toronto
Jeff Astolfo

I thought I'd end off this post with some lifedrawing scraps. I'm always interested in seeing people's initial sketches so I thought I'd post some of my own. Here's a page of unfinished lifedrawings I did last week.

See you in Philly!
Bobby

Lifedrawing at TSA

One of the things I love to do and teach is lifedrawing.

Here's a 15min drawing I did last night at TSA in Toronto.

It was done with a Col-erase pencil. Paper is 9x12inches. Then I dropped it into PS to spice it up a bit but the drawing was unaltered.

Bobby

Here's some more must see blogs that I should have linked long ago.

It's great to see more talented studios in Toronto.
Check out House of Cool

Life drawing junkie and one of the best blogs
to find news and other random stuff about
the animation industry Alan Cook

A friend of mine I haven't talked to
for much too long. Robin Joseph

Amazing animal designer! Andrew Shek

Super talent - Bill Presing

Creature Art!

Here's some random stuff out of one of my sketchbooks. Creature art and dog boy.
These were done during our flight back from California.





I had reference for the dog.


Here are some truly killer links!
Humberto Ramos
Scottie Young
Jose Luis Munuera
Mike Kunkel
Sylvain Guinebaud
Cloudy Pool
Pierre Alary
Kahnehteh

Bobby

ela samba

This one was inspired by one of my great passions: Samba dancing.



Mas que nada
Sai da minha frente
Eu quero passar
Pois o samba esta animado
O que eu quero e sambar
Este samba
Que e misto de maracatu
E samba de preto velho
Samba de preto tu

gouache on cardboard, 8 1/2 x 5"

Calgary Expo Sunday April 29. Table 909 & 908. Subway Sketching cancelled this Sunday

Hi everyone,

Saturday we're flying off to Calgary for the Calgary Expo on Sunday! A big thanks to our friend Kandrix for making this happen for us. Can't wait to see Banff as well.

This will be our first time in Calgary so it's pretty exciting to visit new places!

Subway Sketching this Sunday is CANCELED until we come back on Wednesday.

Here's a couple sketches I did. One of these cowgirls are for the Calgary Expo artbook. Can you guess which one I picked?

Kei

rubber ducky, you're the one..

A little something for our bathroom..for those who like to sing in the shower like I do. This was also done for Brandstudio Press LLC upcoming book, "EYE CANDY FROM STRANGERS 1.0", by my good friend Alberto Ruiz. If you're interested to submit something, check out this link for more info (the deadline is May 1st).
CALL FOR ENTRIES

-Kei

gouache on cardboard, 4 x 6"

the party gal

A little gouache painting I did just for kicks for a dear friend of mine workin really hard at school:) Its a tribute to our splendid party times. Its always nice to paint traditionaly every once in a while.

-Kei

gouache on cardboard, 5 x 5 1/2"

Links and Life Drawing

Here's a little lifedrawing I did yesterday in class on my tablet PC. The great thing about digital lifedrawings are that you can strip away the layers and see all the steps!

Bobby



And here's some more links!
Gabriele Pennacchioli
Joel Trussell
Kristen McCabe
Gary Ham
Martin Wittig
Chris Chua
Mr.Scribbles
Lelis
Kevin Dalton
SMOOK

Drawings, Doodles, Sketches

Here's a page of doodles I did a little while ago. Splashed some tones on there this morning and figured I'd post it. Usually if I have a hard time getting down to work, I'd start sketching mindlessly just to get the juices flowing. Sometimes these doodles go a little overboard and I spend more time then I should on them but hey as long as I had fun right?

And here's some links!
Nate Wragg
Uwe Heidschoetter
Spline Doctors
Ashley Wood

Bobby

So long San Fran. Hello LA Wizard Con!

Thank you SF Wondercon for such a fabulous experience! We met many new friends as well as saw some old ones! Can't wait to come back next year. Dinner at Osha was amazing... if you like Thai food I definitely recommend it.

Kei and I are just about to head out now... we rented a sweet little convertible and we're going to go cruise the coast. Next stop LA Wizard World March 16-18! Come out and visit if you're in the area.




Bobby & Kei

Here's a collaboration sketch by Kei and I

Old man sketch

Sketches

Here's a couple more drawings

This one was for a demo for my digital painting class 2. It was all about heads... people, birds, monkeys, whatever. Took about 5 min and then I painted in the eyes a bit when I got home.



And here's a nonsensicle page I sketched out while warming up in the morning. Sketched then scanned and added touches in PS

Prison Break TV Show - Wentworth Miller and 70s hair

Here's some studies of a few 70s hairstyles for a new project our studio is doing


And this is a sketch I did yesterday morning as I was drinking my morning coffee and thinking about one of my favorite shows "Prison Break"! Jeez it was exciting yesterday. Btw, Heroes was awesome too! Based off a photo I found on the net. It's a bit loose but it ended up being a nice warm up before I got down to work.

Bobby

CBC Radio will be at Subway Sketching this Sunday!

Hi all,

CBC Radio will be doing an interview with me and the Subway Sketchgroup this Sunday so come out if you can! Should be a load of fun!

Bobby

Sea Dragon Update :P

Hi guys,
Here's an update..

This first picture is a rough sketch of my final..



And this one is a quick sketch, thinking about mood and color pallete.

WIP-Sea Dragon for SPECTRUM 14 and Expose5

Hi!

This is a wip of my entry for SPECTRUM 14 and EXPOSE 5. I wanted to paint something with a dragon--something mysterious and fantastical.

It all started from an image I saw in my head just before going to bed. I just had to sketch it quickly before sleep..



As a kid, I've always been fasinated by adventure stories and films--especially the ones that take place undersea. And so I pictured my diver discovering something enormus in the black abyss..



Here are some sketches of what I pictured the sea dragon may look like..






One of my quick colored sketches..

Pencil Sketch

I thought I'd post up this sketch I did yesterday. I did an earlier version a couple days before while teaching life drawing classes at Sheridan College but I wasn't too pleased with it. I kind of like how this version turned out though.
Redrawing old drawings are a common practice for me. For big projects I'll anticipate doing the same painting 3 times before coming up with a final piece. It's a great way to get out your absolute potential!

Almost 100%

Hi everyone. Thanks for all the nice emails wishing me to get well soon! I'm almost at 100% again and once I am I'll do a new videocast.

I'd also like to mention that we're going to the New York Comicon February 23-25! We'll be sitting with our friends Stephen Silver and Alberto Ruiz so come and visit if you're in the area!

For now here's a new sketch for pic of the week

More sketches!

Hi everyone,

Sorry but the video podcast I was planning on doing today will have to wait until my voice gets better...
Here's some more doodles to tie you over until then.

Absent on the subway and Pic of the week

Hi everyone,

To all those that came out subway sketching yesterday, I'm sorry I couldn't make it. I came down with a nasty flu yesterday morning and needed to stay home to get better.

Good thing was that I was able to stay home to doodle a new pic of the week.

Stay tuned for a new video podcast as well! I plan on doing one tonight or tomorrow. Lots of things to talk about!

Cheers,
Bobby

Subway Sketching is back on this Sunday, Jan 7

We'll be meeting this Sunday, Jan. 7 , 3:30 pm at Union Station.

..Hope to see you all there!

And to those who are in the area and has thought about coming, you should come and start the new year right!

Owl drawing

Here's a little owl doodle I did today.


and here's some more awesome blogs!
Cartoon Brew

Celia Calle

Hans Bacher

Sean Scott

Uli Meyer

Yaxin Mandragón

Creature art

Here's another creature sketch I did today.


And here's some more great blogs!!
David Coleman
Patrick Morgan
Alina Chau
Ragnar

Creature concepts

Another late night. Here's a couple creature concepts I did just now.


Here's a few more fantastic blogs!
Jason Seiler
Jose Lopez
Sparth
Erik Tiemens

HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!! (Subway Sketching cancelled on the 24th and 31th)

Hi All!
Here's a little sketch I did recently


Just a reminder that Subway sketching will be cancelled on Christmas Eve, Dec.24 and New Year's Eve, Dec. 30--so we can all stuff ourselves merrily and relax!!

Have a safe and happy holiday everyone!!
Best wishes to you all in the next year!

piece
peas
pees
and
PEACE!

Heroes TV show - Hiro

I want my tv show back!! I'm so addicted to "Heroes" I'm getting withdrawl symptoms. Why do they have to split up the seasons? They did the same thing with my other two favorite shows - Lost and Prison Break. Now all I have to watch is "Flava of Love." What have I been reduced to...

Head Sketches

Been working some late nights lately. I thought I'd take a brake and doodle a bit. Hope you like it!