A Pin-up for Pep

So a friend of mine is returning to Spain and his birthday was before I started making this "drawn gifts" to people. So I wanted to give him something for which he would remember me, and here it is. I didn't know what to draw because I've never talked to him too much, but he was part of our little family. So that's the reason why I did by pencil and not pen: it's easier and faster this way, although I still took my time and hope he enjoyed it because I searched for the right one for him, and this model seemed perfect.

The Way I Draw Women

Maybe you've noticed I like to draw sexy girls with few pieces of clothing. Though I'm a big fan of eroticism, I think that the forms in a woman's body are too beautiful to be hidden behind layers of clothing. Actually I told that to a friend and he said I sounded bohemian, but I mean it: female body is beautiful, much more than men's. Also I agree that most of my drawing feature women with a similar body structure, that's something a little bit personal. Although I'm the first one to admit size doesn't define beauty, I've got this beauty canon I try to reproduce in my drawings, and that's why they look like they do, even the ones I take from other drawing because even though I base myself in a picture, I kind of "photoshop" them until I get the look I like.

Roses for Maite

Yes, once again roses. When I want to do something for a woman and I don't know her too much  or I don't really know what she would like (or I don't care enough to try to find out), then I draw her flowers. So here is the answer to the fact that this blog is getting pretty full with roses, because they are the best for me in relation time/final look (my favourite flowers are carnations, but they take longer to draw and people usually like roses better). I love the look of the two colour rose, a shame the picture didn't catch it too well (the drawing looks better than this, I swear). I hope you enjoy it.

"Marilyn Monroe" for Victor

So again a birthday present for a friend. This time I took two Marilyn Monroe's pictures she had taken for "The Seven Year Itch" and combined them while putting a touch of my own. Both the faces and the upper section of the dress have been modified because I wasn't happy with the originals. Also the middle part of the dress is only "based on" the original photos, while I made the dress come a little higher than in any of the originals. Anyhow, I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed drawing this woman.

Beer for Cris, Vidal and Iago

So we did a "piñata" with the shape of a beer for three friends whose birthday party was this last weekend. This is the detail of the "glass" label, that I drew with pencil and coloured with a marker, while a friend of mine passed with a black pen over the pencil lines.

We also made cards with different beer logos for a memory card game. I did the drawing by pencil and a friend of mine coloured it with markers

This is to show how crazy we got in these last Birthdays, and I need to thank my friend Angel for helping me with these because he saved me quite a lot of time colouring them for me

Black Rock Shooter

So, this is a drawing I made of Black Rock Shooter, but I didn't copy any existent drawing, so that's why it's labelled as "Original Drawing" and "Out of other drawings". I watch the OVA and the series this week, and I've fallen in love with this character. I don't know why, but it's got a lot of power, and so does the song it inspired. So that's why I had to draw her.
This drawing is awful, I know. I don't do manga. So this is a mixture of styles, and you can see where my flaws are: the hair, specially the ponytail to the right, the face, and the foot to the left. So, basically, I didn't fake good enough the manga style and the perspective sucks. Funny thing is that it wasn't meant to be an elaborated drawing, and that's why I post it: because it turned out better than I expected. A proof of how little faith I had on it is the fact that it was made at the back of some notes from last semester. You can still see what's written on the other side of the sheet.
Anyhow, this is what came to my mind while listening to the song and watching the images. So I hope you appreciate that it was just an experiment, although I might try to make an adaptation to my style of Black Rock Shooter. I don't know, I'm a little obsessed with the character now.