Wednsday's Woman #2

Welcome back to Wedsnday's Woman! A few months back I bought my first toned sketch book ever, and i loves it. Just sharing what i doodled on the cover. A lot of stuff you'll see on Wednsday's to come will be from this book :) see you next time, now go out there and be amazing !

P.S.

TOTALLY UNRELATED BUUUUUUT ...Disney put their latest short "Paperman" online go seeeee, its one my favorites :D

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Wednesday's Woman

"why do you just draw girls ?"

I've been asked that for as long as I can remember, I dont know why theres just something about the female form thats awesome to draw.  For  years women  have filled many pages of my sketchbooks, and why I haven't shared any of them is beyond me... until today. A few days ago I decided I'd post a womanly drawing every Wednesday for the rest of  the year sooooooo welcome to WEDNESDAY'S WOMAN!!!!

My first entry will be the awesome Lady Gaga!!!! *paws up* !!! Monday I got to see one of my favorite singers put on an awesome show. The first image is her in my favorite wig she has that glows and syncs to her music! Awesome! see it all sparkly and hear mother monster demonstrate it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nN3hgf2sDPo&feature=share&list=UUNL1ZadSjHpjm4q9j2sVtOA

               

Next is a drawing inspired from her show on Monday where she talked about not giving a fuck about what others think about you and your dreams. Have a listen here:

http://youtu.be/4aSgxGw5M7Q

Annnnnd to catch me up with the other Wednesday's of the month I've missed here some more :) Hope you enjoy, and hope I can keep up with this every Wed. ...guess we'll find out, 'till next time :)

New year, new projects:)

These long spans between post will need to stop this year...lol...speaking of, 

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE !!!!

Things have been busy around here lately with the authors I've been working with but tonight I wanted to share a little from a personal project I started recently. For the last few years I've been helping others bring their characters to life and I decided it was time to bring one of my own little creations to the world.  I'm hoping you're gonna fall in love with the ever so cute, loveable, impish and sometimes attention seeking little ME!!! :) thats right its me, since high school I've been drawing myself as five year old and over time his look as varied but the same personality was always there. I could just never think of the right project to present my 'lil me to the world. 

It wasn't till a recent trip back home to reservation that i got an idea ( though after i wondered why i never thought of it earlier ) Some of the grown ups were talking about how younger generations from our tribe will never know certain things that were meant to be passed on, customs, dances, songs and legends. It hit me then that I would illustrate a series of childrens books of some of our tribes legends. The more I thought of it the more I realized how much this project would do for me. I always wanted to give back to my tribe for all the help that was provided so i could attend art school in California. I'd pass on some important legends for future generations. And I'd also be able to use my character to help introduce these stories.

That was a bit of reading but i just wanted to share a little of the back story behind the project so I hope you enjoy theses development  pieces of the charaters from the first legend, " Coyote and Bluebird"

Why hello there :)

Hellooooo...holy moly, didnt realize its been this long since my last post. And to put a stop to the rumors that i was killed in a tragic go-go dancer related accident I'm here to show a little of what has been keeping me busy lately. Lets see.... when last we met the first two children's books I illustrated had just came out and since then they've took on steam. Its been great at the book signing I've been at to hear people really enjoy the work I've done..kinda surreal...but  its been a really motivator too. Especially when you can enter your name on Amazon and pull up your stuff...weiiiiiiird!!!

 "I am Flippish!" is a cool book about learning and being proud your heritage. I've been working with the author Leslie Ryan on creating the second edition since its about to go INTERNATIONAL!!!! :) Very proud of Leslie, she wasn't to sure what would happen when putting out the book but its been well received and gotten great reviews. 

And not be forgotten in," Where did the Floufooze go?" we met Chuck and learn how our actions towards the environment can cause some major problems for other creatures. Actually...as I type this im not sure that Im allowed to share whats coming next from Chuck and friends. Dang..Ill find out..I hope I can Im really excited for the next step :D to be continued....

Somehow I have found my self continuing in the game of illustration, and earlier this year  I met author Annie Winston at a book signing and I was asked to be the illustrator for her "Heroical Storical" series.  A cool chapter book series about time traveling twins who travel by flying ship and find themselves in adventures with some historical figures. These are just a couple images from a few of the chapters. Its been awesome to work with just some paper and pencil, its for sure where I feel the most comfortable love the sound of the pencil scratching away on the paper...no seriously...i love that sound lol

And yes, yes a romance cover...my dear friend for many years is about to publish her third romance novel and asked me to do the cover. I was a bit hesitant cuz i haven't rendered a human figure in forever but my love for more " painterly" styles may be my saving grace ..oh lord and its digital...*sigh*  lol ..its still a work in progress but i think its headed in a good direction...i hope

And last but not least just a quick little look at "Kiddo" the cutest little beagle  pup in the whooooole world.  He's a cute lil guy and he's about to swing into full production and join the world in a few short months. 

well..i think thats about it for now.  I still gotta lot more to share with you guys and I promise another blog post very soon. On top of all this I do have some personal projects that I'm really excited to share with you guys..however those projects come second to the ones that pay the bills...lol...but i promise the next post i'll show ya some projects close to me heart. :)

The Floufooz are coming!! The Floufooze are coming!!!

OOOOPS!!! I forgot to mention " Where did the Floufooze Go?"  is done and heading to the printers!!! After finishing two books I've learned a lot about  how to illustrate a children's book. And i feel that book number three ( Pix and Pax) will be something to look forward to. As for the Floufoo Chuck you'll hear more as soon as its released but until then here's the cover :)

Goo-Goo for Ga Ga

Hello friends, my name is Adolph Soliz and I am....a little monster !!! Yes thats correct I am a fan of Lady Gaga. I think she's awesome both as a performer and as a person making a difference in the world concerning different issues. Yes I know many of you think shes over the top and too theatrical but i love her theatrics. So anyways, just wanted to share some sketches of a Mother Monster, as I've mentioned in other post, music is a  big inspiration for me and when I combine that with my love for animation I get so many ideas for "music videos". And I think GaGa would be a great choice to be animated i think it would leave her with no barrier to create. Anywho, enjoy and until next time :) 

art from the soul

WARNIG EARLY MORNIG RAMBLINGS:

Normally, actually never, do I share the sketches I put in my journal. They're usually just some random doodling of a face or pose to reflect my mood, but tonight I went a lil larger. Its still a rough sketch but I always find those first drawings to be the most genuine and heart felt. And as an artist I feel like these pictures do more explaining than i could ever put into words. And in in these wee morning hours i felt posting it would be theraputic. 

Sooooo here we go: Well 2011 has seemed to be a particularly tricky year, it came banging on my door a few months early with a taste of things to come. It's been a battle this year to keep up with life's challenges, more so than ever before in my life. Today I found myself actually feeling like I lost so much of my innocence this year ( which i laughed at considering Im almost thirty) I always felt like I was the best of friends with my inner child and as the year has progressed I've felt like I've had to let him slip away to be a "grown- up". And like the last 29 yrs of life music had a way of stepping in with a message for me , this came to mind as I wandered( particularly starting at 2:24, take a listen below) My thoughts and the song brought the image to mind of my younger self approaching me with the innocence of a child to ask me, " whats wrong?'' And then placing his finger on my heart, he reminds present day me that he never left. That he was still around, maybe in the dark, but there none the less ...within me. Waiting for our time to be together.

Yes life can be hard but thats the adventure of it all, this year has tested my optimistic out look on things and though things may be hard now who knows what tomorrow will bring me . It's the hope in tomorrow, and the faith within ourselves that we should all look too when struggling. So to everyone having a bad day, week, month or year, keep your head up and know things will be just fine if you just believe :)

Now if you'll excuse me, my lil me and I got some catching up to do