Loosen up but don't loose it

A few quick sketches pasted together. I had prepared another round of this but the light went off and some company owes me $20,000 for the crappy collage I could not save. Too bad the extra power supply did not work but I am glad it failed on me doing this instead of actually working on a big work in progress file. Yes, the kind of files that make your computer hate you even if you got him extra ram for Christmas this year.

I had my old website with Netfirms and it used to work fine, it was built by the awesome Tom at paperscissorsandglue.com/ but these days it just won't let me update no more without reseting the whole thing. So I called it quit and got a less confusing domain raulallen.com
The new site there is temporary while we work on a new version but it is easy to update and actually works, at least for me. So if you are so kind let me know if it does for you.
Thanks a lot.

Travel sketch

I like to travel a lot and while I don't sketch as much on the journeys as I used to do I still manage to get a few drawings done. Planes, cars and trains are the places where I sleep best...
These are from the plane to Barcelona and the subway there done last month for the comic convention. There was a guy who started yelling I had no right to draw anybody on the train, specially the woman in front of him. Then he kept on going about cosmic justice . The woman could not care less if I was drawing her but everybody there felt there was actually justice in the world when he got out of the train in the next stop.
Like I said, I like to travel a lot.

Me gusta mucho viajar y aunque últimamente no abocete tanto en los trayectos como solía hacerlo todavía consigo sacar algún que otro dibujo. Aviones, coches, trenes son los sitios donde mejor concilio el sueño...
Estos los hice en el vuelo a Barcelona y en el metro allí cuando fui el mes pasado al salón de cómic. En el metro un hombre enmpezó a gritarme que no tenía derecho a dibujar a nadie en el tren y menos aún a la mujer que estaba sentada delante de él. Después continuo hablando sobre la justicia infinita. A la mujer le resultó igual que le dibujara pero todos los pasajeros del vagón sintieron un poquito de esa justicia en cuanto este hombre se bajó en la siguiente parada.
Como he dicho, me gusta mucho viajar.

sketches

Seems like I am not showing much work these days. I wish I could but long projects are always like this. So instead of getting into trouble I am throwing in some sketches. From a little place in Chinatown in NY and the last one from Made Symposium in Berlin.

Parece que últimamente no enseño mucho de mitrabajo. Ojalá pudiera pero los proyectos largos tienen esas desventajas. Así que en vez de meterme en problemas subo unos pocos bocetos. Todos están hechos en un pequeño restaurante de Chinatown en NY menos el último que está hecho en Berlín durante el Made Symposium.

BBC Winter Olympics video

Watch this amazing video by Studio aka, directed by Marc Craste & Jon Klassen.

I have always loved the atmosphere, the sense of space and the magnitude that Jon Klassen gets in his work but seeing it animated is a total blast. Do not miss it.
All images are copyrighted by Studio aka.

Un video increíble del Studio aka, dirigido por Marc Craste & Jon Klassen
Siempre me ha encantado las atmósferas, la sensación de espacio y magnitud en el trabajo de Jon Klassen pero verlo animado añade un nuevo nivel. No te lo pierdas
Todas las imágenes tienen copyright de Studio aka.

Hanko likes printed books

He is old school.



- Posted by Raul

Los instantes perfectos

One of the illustrations for Los instantes perfectos by Ana Alonso for Oxford. It is always a pleasure to work with Antonio Ventura.

Una de las imágenes para Los instantes perfectos by Ana Alonso para la editorial Oxford. Siempre es un placer trabajar con Antonio Ventura.

- Posted by Raul

Fan Art is Fun I

Just a quick sketch to warm up for the big guns.

I still look like one of the infected characters from 28 days later but at least I can see so I don't mind the red eyes that much no more.