MIGGLES!!!

Well, I've been working on a simple, stylistic creature to begin illustrating my children's books and I think I've come to a conclusion... MIGGLES!!! Yeah, I first thought of having him be a cross between eerie dark and innocent, basically a cross between Jhonen Vasquez and Elaine Bogan in concept. What came out was a furry little alien without a name. we thought 'Charlie' or 'Bucky' would be fitting but the answer came in a dream! (...actually, Amanda's dream) But nevertheless, the evolving project is now under the name Miggles. A work in progress but already winning hearts... the little playa ;p

here's some head shots...

various poses...

and of course... Friends!


Once again, it's a work in progress. But I'm sure we'll have some fun with this guy!

more work

i thought i'd catch up and post some of my older stuff just to make it easier to share... Another skecth for 'me mate', Sarah. She gives awesome requests, so it makes it easy to fake creativity ;)


practicing females...


ickchekh..... I was so close to not even posting this ugly thing, but it'll show progression at most.


So there is this character on 'Go Diego Go' called rescuepack, as you can see he's a spin off from Dora's 'Backpack' but he turns into stuff that'll come in handy throughout Diego's adventures. So I thought to myself... 'what if he turned into stuff that was... well.. a little more practical?' here's the result...

this one was fun. A friend of mine, named Ashley, bugged me for weeks to draw her a horse! i gave her a few 2 min sketches but she wouldn't take 'em! here's what she got when i finally got around to it!


practicin peeps...


hands...


and birds... the one on the right are the crazy mud hens that are always reaping havoc around the campus.



ooh, and check this out, I found an old sketch I did in 7th grade! this one goes way back to 98! which would make me... 13 or so...

MAIN PIC

btw, the main pic i have upo is NOT Jesus. I honestly don'tknow what Jesus looked like so I try to keep from drawing His face. This would be the Apostle Paul enchained in Phillipi, you can see the joy in his face for a reason. Brothers and sisters, set your eyes on the Lord and what can rob you of your hope of salvation and eternal perspective?

Go ahead... read the commentary...

more doodles

yeah, I figured I needed to post some more doodles I've done... here ya go...

here's a stupid sketch of a bunch baby Ashley Schatzinger with a baby J thrown in the mix just to make some trouble. I made the comment that it'd be cool to have a bunch of baby Ashleys running around and if there were would she give me one... she said yes! I can't wait!
Here's my friend Kai-Kai beating up the rapist that there is here in temecula. Some one needs to put that sucka in his place, might as well be her...


This is a sketch I did for my baby sister (Colie) on her 8th birthday, she said she wanted something with puppies, I think I captured that lil' princess just fine, hehe.
A little toon in class by requst of my UK friend Scottish Sarah! oorrright!
And of course here's the drawing I did of Mater which I gave to my aunt Terrie, she loaned me some money when my car got towed, so the original of this drawing has her purse on it, this is a copy of a copy that I gave to my acts teacher (Rod Thompson), you can see the alterations that've been made, hahaha.

Finally!!!

I finally finished the poster for the play I'll be doin ovr the summer. i used a ton of photoshop but i still get credit... so there.

random work

here's some doodles I did while I listened to my chuck-tracks







And of course a couple sketches for my 'Psychology vs. the Bible' class.





yeah there's a story behind each of them...

play concepts

I've been involved with a play we’re putting together at my school. It’s called ‘A Beautiful Lie’ and is sure to be a treat to both the believer and seeker alike. Albeit not seeker friendly by any means, it’s very artistic and abstract. I’ll be touring with it over the summer and probably be hittin up Calvary Fort Lauderdale at some point (a very exciting endeavor if you know me at all). I have two roles in the play, an understudy, and I’m also the head designer. Here’s some concepts I’ve done for the posters…

WELCOME TO MY SITE!!!

My name is Luis Daniel Torres dela Fimilia Mexicana Queviva en California... but you can call me 'Dan'. I go by'Luda', 'Paco', 'Dan the Man', 'Dark Alley Dan', and many other intriguing aliases; but most often I’m referred to as ‘Delicious Dan’! No, there’s nothing sketchy about it, (hehe, get it? Sketchy? It’s an art blog… sorry) no, I always say ‘DELICIOUS TIMES’! So naturally I would acquire such a title. Anyways, I am a Christian first and foremost, going to school @ Calvary Chapel Bible College in Murrieta, CA. I love the Lord with all my strength, all of my mind, and all of my heart so you will see that none of my work contains any lustful, blasphemous, or otherwise vulgar content. I intend to eventually write children’s books and I may even end up illustrating them! Hence why my work will tend to be more cartoony. Let me know if there is anything you would like to see on here, questions, comments, or even if you have any prayer requests/ praise reports. I always love to hear what the lord is doing on an individual basis! God bless!