Claudio's Daily Sketch

Concept art

2011-01-31T11:07:00.001-08:00

Abused concept design

2011-01-14T11:50:00.000-08:00

criminal

2011-01-06T16:27:00.000-08:00

young girl

2011-01-06T15:28:00.000-08:00

cop

2011-01-06T11:25:00.000-08:00

old man

2011-01-06T10:53:00.001-08:00

Police officer

2010-12-11T07:40:00.000-08:00

Old man and dog

2010-12-08T13:48:00.000-08:00

sketch

2010-12-05T09:07:00.000-08:00

Stranger

2010-11-25T12:11:00.000-08:00

10min

FUCK YEA. Reddit alien

2010-10-18T03:44:00.000-07:00

sketch creatures1

2010-05-13T03:38:00.000-07:00

some sketches... to see finished illustrations go to my Potfolio

Croc having tiger for dinner

2010-01-26T14:07:00.000-08:00

Sketch forest creature

2009-12-12T00:47:00.000-08:00

Heroic Dog for Chiu Stream

2009-12-10T06:45:00.001-08:00

Scary Cute

2009-11-26T06:12:00.000-08:00

Funny Dog [Sketch] 25.11.09

2009-11-25T01:56:00.000-08:00

Some funny Sketch for Chiu Stream

MUSIC [Sketch]

2009-11-22T08:44:00.000-08:00

If you like my Sketches... check out my finished illustrations at: Art Portfolio: Claudio Rodriguez Valdes.

See you there!

Claudio

Catching dinner

2009-11-22T02:39:00.000-08:00

Concept Art for book

2009-11-22T02:32:00.000-08:00

Santa Riding the Subway

2009-11-17T05:38:00.000-08:00

Guardian Angel

2009-10-26T12:36:00.000-07:00

I finally finished this piece... I did it for a contest and I was going a little nuts with it, and I am finally done.

I didnt really like the fat guy, but well... I also didnt want to keep on working with it... so... I am really happy this one is finished and that I can move on to the next one.

Treat or Trick

2009-10-16T08:59:00.001-07:00

I love how this sketch came out... I will probably use it for an illustration later on... anyway I have been super focused on improving my skills... I wake up almost everyday at 5:00am and start sketching right away... of course it is always better when I get to hear Bobby Chiu in the computer... that dude is a great inspiration.

sketch schoolism 2

2009-10-12T22:13:00.000-07:00

Flying vampire creature

2009-10-09T09:31:00.000-07:00

It has been a long, long time since I dont do an illustration especially for Monday Art day and Illustration Friday... so I did this sketch for this weeks topic which surprisingly fits both weekly topics

If you like what you are seeing please do check the rest of my gallery:

Claudio's Illustrations

Everything is possible with a book

2009-10-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

If you like this illustration, please FAVE it HERE

Nessie visiting London

2009-10-04T11:46:00.000-07:00

Contest Cutty Sark

2009-09-27T15:11:00.000-07:00

Hey! I found a frog!

2009-09-11T21:21:00.000-07:00

animal tower

2009-07-02T13:41:00.000-07:00

Plate design for contest

"Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others". Buddha

Plate design (design21) "Happiness"

2009-06-28T00:27:00.000-07:00

This is a plate design I made for the yearly contest "Tribute 21 design"

This year's topic is "happiness" and being in harmony with our surrounding.

My design was based on many different philosophies but mostly on Maslow's pyramid of needs.

Symbolism:

The bear with open mouth and eating bamboo represents our basic needs.

Bears kissing represent our need for relationships and love.

Birds flying represent our need for safety (peace).

3 different bears represent diversity and friendship.

Bear with light bulb represents our need for self awerness and creativity.

The world at the bottom represents nature as our home and the base of our existence. Following the green path towards the protection of our environment (black plants).

Birds flying out of the cage represent freedom.

Bears in lion and frog costume represent the opportunity of being who we want to be.

Anyway, I know the symbolism is a little too cliche, but I wanted everyone to understand the design... hope you like it.

Unfold

2009-06-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

Portray

2009-06-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

Some of my characters and I

Good vs. Evil

2009-05-21T23:37:00.000-07:00

This is the first digital illustration I have ever made... I started it a couple weeks ago after buying a Wacom and I have to say that it took me quite some time to adjust to this new media.

Kenny the giraffe

2009-02-24T01:52:00.000-08:00

This is a set of 5 illustrations done for a children's book.
The book is being made by a group of artists with the hope of making money to help sick children but more importantly, the aim of the book is to cheer and entertain them while they are at the hospital or at home.
If you want to learn more about the book, we have a temporary website at: www.goodstogold.com

Project 2 (Children's book)

2009-01-26T08:32:00.000-08:00

This is a personal project I have been working on... The following sketches are part of a book I have been planning for the last couple of months.
A previous post with a Robot siting on top of a tree belongs to this same project.

The story is about a Robot who doesn't like to be just a Robot and decides to go out and search for his true call.
I will post the images in the order they were intended... note: they are just sketches and I haven't finish them all so just try to imagine where the story is going with the existent drawings.

Island 2

2009-01-26T08:26:00.001-08:00

This is an old illustration... I had it here before but the quality of the image was really bad so I am posting it again.

Eliza dancing

2009-01-26T08:10:00.000-08:00

This is an illustration I made for my wife as a Christmas present, I drew her dancing on our bed with our two ferrets.
The one she is holding is called Man.bear.pig after the South Park character and the one holding her leg is called Maricica (a traditional Romanian name)

Giraffe (Children's Book)

2009-01-26T07:01:00.000-08:00

I haven't done a post in such a long time... I have been working in three different projects and many other small illustrations I did for birthday presents and I haven't had the time to post or even finish illustrations.
The illustration you can see right here is a final illustration for a book done by many artists and an author named "Skip" for sick children.
I TOTALLY HATED the final result of this illustration so I am working really hard to come up with a better, more artsy and not so plane idea on how to illustrate the story.

Here is a snippet of what the project is all about:

"Hey You Got To Check This Out!

I am so excited to tell you about a project that I am personally donating to. My artwork will be featured in a book and the publication will be available globally. But why would I share my talent and time for free? Well, its all part of this amazing voluntary donation project for special needs children. Starting as a request for simple illustrations it has resulted int he heartfelt outpouring of talented artists across the globe. But there is a twist! If you could do me a huge favor and visit this site http://goodstogold.com . Thank you"

Anyway after I finished this Illustration I realized that this was not the way I wanted to go... so I have been working on more ideas and will probably do the illustrations in oil and not watercolor.

I wont be using most of these sketches... but it has been quite hard to find the perfect characters to go with the story... one of the greatest things about this project is that all artists have creative license so we can do what we want how we want it.

I really liked this character (the one with the mask, long neck and horse body) but I think it is way to creepy for the book so I am keeping it for one of the other 2 projects I am doing.

Robot

2008-10-26T11:39:00.000-07:00

I just finished this illustration a couple of hours ago... I started playing with the idea of creating a character Robot to go with a children's book (I got the idea from a topic posted in Monday Artday) so I created this robot who doesnt quite fit. In this illustration you see him trying to be part of the birds clique.
Anyway I also made this illustration for my brother's birthday I hope he likes it

Cat lounging

2008-10-21T16:03:00.000-07:00

Another cat I made for the same customer.

Scared Cat

2008-10-21T15:34:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration I made for a customer

Hindu boy riding Akabeko

2008-10-14T07:27:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration of a Hindu boy riding Akabeko.
Akabeko is a red (cow/ox) from a japanese legend.
According to Wikipedia, Akabeko is a real cow that lived in AD 807. At that time, a monk named Tokuichi was supervising the construction of Enzō-ji, a temple in Yanaizu. Upon the temple's completion, a red ox that had been used to haul timber to the site gave its spirit to Buddha, and its flesh immediately turned to stone. Another version of the tale claims that the cow instead refused to leave the temple grounds after construction had been completed and became a permanent fixture there.

Mad Scientist

2008-10-07T09:46:00.000-07:00

This is a very fast painting I made for MONDAY ARTDAY... nevertheless I will also be posting it in Illustration Friday since it can also fit in this weeks topic.

Sugary

2008-10-04T13:04:00.000-07:00

This an illustration I made just in a couple of hours... I am not sure if I was successful in the way I mixed pen with watercolor... anyway, I kindda liked the final result.

IF "Sugary"

Girl reading to magical creatures

2008-10-01T12:49:00.000-07:00

This is a birthday gift I made for my mom, it took me 8 days to finish and it is perhaps one of my favorite paintings.

It will also be my entry for this IF... since the illustration is about a girl who packs her books everyday and reads to magical creatures in the forest.

Illustration Friday: Clique

2008-09-22T17:25:00.001-07:00

Watercolor and ink

Illustration Friday "island"

2008-09-18T10:04:00.000-07:00

So this is my first participation at Illustration Friday... The topic was ISLAND... Hope you like it.

(watercolor)

Eliza and Mericica

2008-09-17T08:42:00.000-07:00

Eliza riding a flying ferret
(Vector Art)

Alex and Hectorin buying tacos

2008-09-16T11:22:00.000-07:00

This is an illustration made as a birthday gift for my brother's girlfriend (Alex)
I made both characters very similar to them (didnt want to make it as a cartoon so they are similar but not too much)
(Watercolor)

Eastern European boy

2008-09-16T11:18:00.000-07:00

This is also part of the study I am doing for the creation of a set of characters for a book.
(Watercolor sketch)

Eastern European girl

2008-09-16T11:11:00.000-07:00

This is part of a study I am making to create a group of characters I want to use for a book.
(I am not very happy with the result of this one... I loved the face but didnt like the body, or color palette)
I will try this one again later.
(Sketch watercolor)

Rabbit playing the clarinet

2008-09-16T10:52:00.000-07:00

This character was requested by Paty (sketch watercolor)

Eliza riding a magic ferret

2008-09-16T10:48:00.000-07:00

Character created for my wife (Eliza)
She is riding one of our pets (a girl ferret called Maricica)
Color sketch (watercolor pencils)

Lumberjack being caught by a tree.

2008-09-16T10:42:00.000-07:00

(color sketch: watercolor pencils)

Girl offering treat to Yellow Monster

2008-09-16T10:13:00.000-07:00

Girl and Yellow Monster (color sketch for Illustration)

Red Monster

2008-09-16T10:12:00.000-07:00

Red Monster

Green Cat

2008-09-16T10:10:00.000-07:00

Green cat

Chameleon

2008-09-16T10:08:00.000-07:00

Color sketch (Adobe Illustrator)

Monster afraid of the dark

2008-09-16T10:01:00.000-07:00

Color sketch (Adobe Illustrator)

Colorful Dragon

2008-09-16T09:46:00.000-07:00

Color Sketch ( Adobe Illustrator)