My Dream Car

I've been wanting to illustrate this car since I first saw the concept sketches back in 2005. I was waiting to work on my skills so that at the very least I would be able to do it some justice. Well last week I decided it was time to take a crack at it.

The illustration was based on a picture I took of the car about 3 or 4 months ago. Done in Illustrator CS3 with some gradient mesh plus simple gradients.

Cheesy Goodness

I am becoming more familiar with the gradient mesh and I am liking it quite a bit. This is my latest piece done for practice. More to follow soon.

Relaxing Nicole

Just a little something to loosen up the old vector skills.

Purple Haze

So I am trying to stay busy during slow times and I have decided to add car illustrations to my portfolio. I am really excited about this and couldn't wait to share this. The following image is done for a self promotional postcard I intend to have printed and pass around to all the local body shops and trucking companies currently around me. Maybe one or more will want me to design a t-shirt for them. *Fingers crossed* Sometime soon I will have some new pinups posted, but in the mean time hope you enjoy the cars.

T-shirt design

I designed this t-shirt comp for a heavy transport company.

Rose Queen

I thought I'd submit my latest piece on here. This piece is something I have been wanting to do for quite some time now and finally got around to doing it. In the coming months you will see more vivid colors from my work. I've been in that kind of mood, I want my pieces to pop (As much as I hate this expression). I promise to post more stuff soon.
-Mas Fino

R.I.P. Mike

In 1998 I picked up a Wizard Magazine just through sheer curiosity of what was happening in recent comics. As I flipped through the pages towards the back of the magazine there was an advertising for an upcoming comic. That comic was FATHOM by an Artist named Michael Turner. I was so used to the way comics were done before that I was floored by what I saw. The lines he used were perfect and the women he drew were so beautiful that I knew I had to meet this man.

Fortunately at the time I was living in San Diego and I decided to attend the yearly Comic-Con. That year I was able to meet him and shook his hand. Unfortunately, being the person that I am I was never able to say what his work meant to me or how he inspired me to start a career in art. I left that first convention and bought a sketch pad and pencils. And that was also the start of a tradition I have had for over the last 10 years. Over the last years I have gone to comic-con hoping to have a full conversation with Mike. But over the years I have just become more and more like a teenage girl with a crush on a pop star. Each year that passed I stood in line to get an autograph and each year I was only able to muster a simple thank you. The closest I came to a full conversation was I really love your work and a giggle.

Now it is with great sadness and a huge lump in my throat that I have to say goodbye and final thank you. You have left too soon and you will be sorely missed by all of us. Your art meant the world to me and I shall forever be grateful and honored to have been your fan. Rest in Peace dear friend.