Happy 3-year Anniversary

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful girlfriend, Rachel!

I've been with Rachel of Rachel's Rupees for three years now, crazy how fast it's been!

Quick background/story, I was introduced (sort of) to Rachel by a mutual friend, then we ended up having a painting class together in college.  Took her to the Cherry Blossom Festival in DC and asked her out...after we left DC.

Anyway, this is a painting I did for her to celebrate.

Happy 3-years!

Sketchbook Post 1

Artwork that doesn't get seen often - Sketches & Doodles

I don't show of my concept sketches or doodles very often, mostly because they're in a sketchbook and documenting them is kind of a hassle because the quality will be bad from a photograph or it doesn't fit well in the scanner, so usually I keep these things to myself.

However, looking through some of my work, I see that my finished work is rather limited compared to what I am fully capable of.  So I wanted to show off a couple of my drawings from my sketchbooks.

There's lots of Zeldanime sketches and concepts, some projects that I have in the making or that I want to do like the "Dark Knight Beyond", a reboot of some characters for a game that my friend and I never got to finish, and some random doodles of random people. 

Take a look, hope you like 'em! :

Katsucon XX - 2014

A view of the Gaylord Atrium and Garden

I've only attended a few conventions in my life, the one I've been to the most is Otakon back in 2000, 2002, and I think 2004, but it's been so long I can't even remember.

It wasn't until last summer that I started attending more cons, mainly to promote myself and/or Zeldanime, and of course to have fun and get immersed in that subculture.  As you may have read from my last post, I attended Otakon 2013, and this past January to kick-off the new year, I attended MAGFest.  

This past weekend, I attended Katsucon!

Happy [Fourth] Anniversary for the Zeldanime Project

Happy Anniversary, Zeldanime! - 4 Years

Zeldanime started back in 2009 after I wrote to my friend and partner Monette (Crazyfreak) to revive and continue the Zeldanime series she was doing.  Back then, Zeldanime was a series of illustrations that looked like "snapshots", as if it was an actual anime series.

Link by Crazyfreak - 2007

After a few years, lots of hard work, interruptions, school, work, personal business, we finally finished Episode 1 in May 2013 with over 110 pages, side-projects and illustrations on the side.

This post is about our experience with Zeldanime.

Hello Blogging World

I am OniChild

"Oni" 2009

Greetings!

You may have heard of my name before, probably as a Zelda fan-artist way back when fan-sites were all the range in the early 2000's.  Since then, I started drawing my own comics with original characters and stories such as "Oni" (currently in development) and worked on some other projects for friends and clients.

Here I am to share my artwork, process, experience, frustrations, tips, interests and findings, and anything else that might help your own art-making or something that's simply interesting.

My first tip:
Always doodle/sketch, and always practice.

(More [detailed] about me after the jump)