Fran[Chez]ca Gomez

Catchin' up!

2011-09-04T19:37:00.002-04:00

Good news everyone! I sorta have a laptop again, hooray!

Here's a pinup I was commissioned for by the very beautiful and talented Roxy Fernandez

oh look!

2011-06-22T14:30:00.002-04:00

I found something to post!

....and now back to being computerless.

Hello there!

2011-06-22T13:16:00.003-04:00

Hello creepy crawlies!

I wanted to apologize (again hurr) for the lack of updates. My mac took a big chug of water and is dead, so unfortunately I am without my instrument of awesome.
I have been working on some gouache stuff that I hope to post soon, pending use of my brother's laptop and the scanner.

Anyhoo, on to the interesting stuff!

My friend Pris Killingly interviewed me on her podcast, so mosey on over and check it out when you have time, not just the podcast but her site in general, she's a fantastic writer that actually has things to say, unlike me. There's also fantastic music in the podcast, hand-picked by yours truly!

Hope to be back soon with fun stuff to burn your eyeballs with,
but until then,
keep on truckin'

Draw a Bird Day 2011

2011-04-08T20:42:00.002-04:00

yay! it's Draw a Bird day!

Mahi!

2011-03-18T11:17:00.002-04:00

Check out my Mahi Mahi Dolphin Dorado Fish! (seriously the thing has like 3 different names)
I'm proud of this little guy, he looks awesome on mugs!

grrr

2011-03-07T22:51:00.001-05:00

bzzt

2011-03-07T19:32:00.001-05:00

Sketchdump 2: Electric Boogaloo

2011-01-19T23:55:00.000-05:00

Sketchdump: IN TECHNICOLOR!

2011-01-19T23:51:00.003-05:00

here and there, I keep this little guy in my pants (my sketchbook, geez.)

Shaaaark

2010-12-27T16:18:00.003-05:00

And this is my little shark guy.
I won't be posting work related stuff often, but this was my first big project and I'm proud haha!

make a little birdhouse in your soul

2010-12-24T03:12:00.002-05:00

Christmas gift for Mom, Grandma, and Aunt.

Happy Holidays! May the new year bring continuous smiles to your hearts.

it's been a while...

2010-12-16T16:45:00.003-05:00

Here's a redesign I recently finished at my job. It's going to be a shot glass and maybe a mug and maybe a mousepad and maybe an ashtray and maybe more stuff. I'm super excited to see it when it gets printed! YAY!

Pretty pretty Panda

2010-11-22T00:16:00.002-05:00

My ol' graphire finally bit the dust. It last me about 5 years--which says a lot about the durability of those things. Especially at my hands. I also don't have a scanner so I can't post much buuuut I got a job (refer to 2 posts down?) and I'm super happy designing souvenirs. I get to do everything from plain ole copy and pasting jobs to full of drawings for stuff, it's always something different and I love it! I really feel it's the perfect job for me right now.
In other news; my piece got into the online gallery for Tata Gala and was awarded the title of 'Distinguished Merit.' I'm just honored to be a part of such a wonderful event.

So in the meantime, here's something to remind you how amazingly awesome I am:

yup, that's lensflare.

Tata Gala 2010

2010-10-19T01:17:00.002-04:00

My submission for the Tata Gala

Tata preview

2010-10-14T12:25:00.003-04:00

a slight preview of the piece I'm submitting for the 2010 Tata Gala to benefit breast cancer research.

Sumfin' new

2010-10-04T03:15:00.002-04:00

Got a couple of ideas kicking at the back of my head. Let's see where this goes.

Test Project

2010-09-25T19:05:00.004-04:00

Test project I did for a job I hope to get. It was a test to see my skills in photoshop and illustrator. They liked the result and I got an interview. They were really nice and I really liked it. So please cross your fingers that I get it. :D

Angel

2010-09-19T21:19:00.003-04:00

finished logo commission for a friend.

Bunny Berries & Ribbons: OH MY!

2010-09-13T03:43:00.002-04:00

Pattern I've been playing with. My first pattern (I'm sure you can tell.) Going to be working on a couple more.

herp a derp

2010-09-01T00:17:00.003-04:00

took a break from working on cute stuff to draw something awesome, and since I'm the most awesome person I know, it just came naturally. ;P

Carter's Character Designs V.2

2010-09-01T00:01:00.004-04:00

Tweaked the designs in accordance to the critique received by my peers. I'm going to work on 2 more character sheets and then select the best designs. I think this is it for animals though. My favorite has to be yellow monkey, he's such a silly little thing.

Carter's Character Designs

2010-08-25T15:56:00.006-04:00

I've been working on some character designs for Carter's. Trying out different styles that I will ultimately include in the portfolio I submit to them.
These aren't the finished product yet, just an initial exercise to get the ball rolling. I know I need to work on the values, as they're currently blending together and making a mess. BUT it's a start, and just what I need to get back in the swing of things.

Frankie draws

2010-08-18T20:50:00.002-04:00

See? I can be productive (when I have no internet)

Lab Rat

2010-07-31T21:40:00.003-04:00

A commission for my friend Erik Tejeiro. It is going to be transferred onto his photo-lab apron.

TV

2010-07-01T03:40:00.004-04:00

finally got around to finishing it.

night of the living sketchdump

2010-06-10T03:30:00.003-04:00

Return of the Sketchdump

2010-06-10T03:24:00.003-04:00

Peter Steele 1962- 2010

2010-06-10T03:20:00.005-04:00

Some studies of Peter Steele from Type O Negative. And my finished lino-cut tribute.
Rust in Peace, Pete.

WiP - TV'd

2010-06-04T06:54:00.003-04:00

Revisiting old sketches as a warm up for newer things to come.

Adventures in Zbrush

2010-05-13T17:48:00.005-04:00

Couple of assignments I did in my Zbrush class.

Thesis part 2

2010-05-02T18:52:00.004-04:00

Thesis part 1

2010-05-02T18:32:00.006-04:00

more sketches...

2010-04-08T16:34:00.003-04:00

...of doom.

Some old ideas for the man-pet-machine project. I'll revisit them someday.

skootchbek

2010-04-07T02:38:00.003-04:00

random sketches

Man, Pet, & Machine.

2010-02-01T02:36:00.005-05:00

Pen & Ink piece for my Advanced Media class. The project was to Illustrate Man, Pet & Machine, thus a woman, a dog, and rollerskates (or the leash, whichever floats your boat.) I probably overdid the washes but without them it just looked like lineart and I wanted to keep the lines clean.

Frankie gets a job

2010-01-10T11:57:00.005-05:00

Process work for my thesis project. I am so excited about this project, I get to combine my love for monsters with my quirky sense of humor all in the name of ~~science~~ art!

revised fashion illustration

2009-12-10T21:37:00.001-05:00

I speak Jive.

2009-12-09T23:13:00.002-05:00

Movie poster for the classic comedy, Airplane.

oh lensflare.

2009-11-23T02:31:00.002-05:00

I reaaaaaaaaally want to submit this as my senior portrait.

"Just as she is."

2009-11-17T12:10:00.006-05:00

Book cover done for Illustration class. I chose Bridget Jones' Diary partly because it is, indeed one of my favorite books (hello, Fielding coined the terms "Emotional Fuckwittage," BRILLIANT!) and also, I believe it matches the particular 'nicer' style I've been toying with. That being said, I absolutely LOVE Bridge, and her wobbly bits.

hmm... for some reason the blogger uploader sucks all the color out of the image so here's an alternative link

Dorky Dorks.

2009-11-10T00:42:00.004-05:00

Half personal, half class project. It was an open project so I decided to make a card for the Cancer Angels who sent my sister encouragement via little gifts, cards, and beautiful words. They're truly kind hearted people whom I'm eternally grateful for making my sister smile.

I will make the obligatory note that the birds are indeed orange and blue, because both my sister and brother in law are UF alumni and die hard Gator fans.

Herbal Essences ftw!

2009-11-09T02:16:00.007-05:00

Here's the second fashion illustration I did for class. I'm digging the texture I got with this one. Unfortunately I had a lovely HD accident and lost my textures (and hundreds of awesome pics) but oh well, that's what you get when you don't back up that stuff (I only had my projects backed up, go fig!)

And this is my submission for senior portait. What do you guys think? I'm s'pretty! I can't look at this and not laugh and my goal is to at least make someone else laugh as well.

danse dans la ville

2009-11-02T14:38:00.005-05:00

one of two fashion illustrations done for class. I like the simplicity of this one. It was a pretty open assignment, and despite a rusty start, I think overall the end result was worth it. I'll post the other piece once I'm done tweakin' it.

Never let it fade away. 1978-2009

2009-10-29T14:29:00.000-04:00

On Tuesday, October 27, 2009 my older sister Myriam Helena Gomez-Parker lost her battle to stomach cancer.
She fought very very hard, was always brave and confronted it head on. She a was a soldier, our G.I. Jane if you will. And now I have no doubt she's up in Heaven smiling down on us and keeping watch. May she finally rest in peace.
My sister, mentor, best friend and role model, I will always love you. Goodnight.

The Many Moods of Chez

2009-10-19T11:22:00.004-04:00

Don't be hatin'. I know I'm special.
Self portrait for Illustration class. Thiel's favorite is the green top center expression, so I called that mood "epic."

hunter's kiss v2.0

2009-10-08T00:47:00.004-04:00

Simpler version because he liked the lineart so much.

edit: lmao forgot the blood. good job chez. I'll fix it later.

it's later and it's fixed.

Hunter's Kiss

2009-10-04T16:31:00.006-04:00

Illustration for a story about a man's memories with his Father. It involves guns, hunting, and death.

Dr. Google

2009-10-01T11:24:00.005-04:00

A piece for an article about how people are diagnosing (and in many cases misdiagnosing) themselves on the internet. Whether it be through Google searches or WebMD and such.

Networking Galore.

2009-09-23T01:06:00.005-04:00

Maybe I should've put the peering head on the envelope somewhere. Also thinking of maybe incorporating the brackets into the portfolio page information. Feel free to make suggestions.

Lamborghini Murcielago lp640

2009-09-07T22:03:00.003-04:00

Car illustration. We'll see how I fix it after critique.

Portraiture

2009-08-30T17:04:00.005-04:00

Some portraits from last weeks portraiture classes. I decided to experiment with graphite pencils and water. Of course based on these horrible scans it just looks like I gave a monkey a pencil and set it loose. The color I got from biefang watercolor brushpens. They leak, all the time so I just got a brushpen full of water and dabbed the outside of the pens and colored with that.
I know, Macguyver & Martha Stewart eat your hearts out ;P

moar.

2009-08-15T01:54:00.005-04:00

Typical Friday night, staying in and drawing... I suppose it's not an all around bad thing.

Adventures in curvature.

2009-08-14T17:38:00.004-04:00

Did the Egyptian piece for the Doodles and More Sh!t blog. And decided to play around with She Hulk cause she's one of my favorite characters.

She Hulk is © Marvel Comics.

Figure Drawing @ MOCA

2009-08-06T13:46:00.007-04:00

A couple of friends and I went to the MOCA yesterday to draw. Turns out one of the models was Dan, the same figure drawing model I had throughout my time at Miami Dade College. Needless to say the nostalgia came pouring in, as this was; in fact, the first live model I ever drew. Unfortunately we did get there for the second half of the class so we only got to do 3 poses. Oh well, at least we made it. I can't wait til school starts, I'm definitely going to be attending FEWS this time.

Two of a kind.

2009-07-23T02:20:00.003-04:00

Self portrait with my sidekick. It's not exactly finished, I mean, I'm digging the flat aspect of it but I think I want to work it up a bit more. Please feel free to throw some suggestions out there.

Sketchbook Pages 3

2009-06-30T04:58:00.007-04:00

Last of what I have for now. Don't bother trying to make sense of any of this....please.

Sketchbook Pages 2

2009-06-30T04:54:00.005-04:00

Randomness...

Sketchbook pages 1

2009-06-30T04:46:00.006-04:00

Random doodles and thoughts.

2009-06-24T18:54:00.000-04:00

Happy Birthday, Taitai! I Love You!!!!!

Mooch and the Dragonfly

2009-06-21T01:17:00.005-04:00

Here's the finished draft for the book cover I was commissioned to do. I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out. Call me a dork but I'm pretty proud of it, as it's my first 'official' illustration job.

Self Portrait V 2.0

2009-06-16T03:26:00.004-04:00

Had this sketch for a couple of weeks and decided to play with it.

Figure Painting II

2009-05-26T00:49:00.006-04:00

Some paintings from last semester that I never got around to post. All oil on canvas.

my bad

2009-05-10T15:13:00.004-04:00

Old assignment for illustration.

Veruca Salt

2009-05-03T22:45:00.003-04:00

Children's book assignment redo.

Skydog

2009-05-03T13:52:00.004-04:00

Illustration done for a short story by I forgot whom but its told in the perspective of a dog and its a cute/sad story. So umm yeah.

Frankenstein breaks his toy.

2009-05-02T05:16:00.001-04:00

Final for Advanced Computer Illustration

"We all float down here..."

2009-04-22T00:38:00.003-04:00

Spot Illustration for Stephen King's "It" which I am very happy to say that is currently being remade into a movie.

Freakshow

2009-04-16T21:43:00.002-04:00

Self portrait for Illustration.

Liza with a Z!

2009-04-09T22:44:00.003-04:00

Liza Minelli portrait for Illustration class

Self Portrait WIP

2009-04-04T21:18:00.007-04:00

30X40 blaaaaaaaah

2009-04-03T01:00:00.002-04:00

Portrait of Anjelica Huston for Illustration.

2009-03-31T19:24:00.002-04:00

work in progress for ChickenScratch

Mouse Trap!

2009-03-31T17:54:00.004-04:00

Game redesign for Advanced Computer Illustration.

La Cegua

2009-03-27T21:36:00.004-04:00

Another rendition of La Cegua, this time with just one, grittier...mangier, Cadejo This is actually just the scan that I transferred onto a copper plate. It's going to be a mezzotint. I'm thinking of doing La Carreta Nagua for the next project (2 color plate etching.)

Beauty Queen

2009-03-21T19:45:00.000-04:00

Self promotion piece/Self portrait

Valentine's Day

2009-02-20T21:54:00.004-05:00

Illustration Assignment.

Sci Fi

2009-02-20T21:23:00.002-05:00

another scifi piece, this one is for my advanced comp il class... need to redo a couple of things so I guess its a WIP.

edit:

Finished Illustration. This piece got into the Bradenton Planetarium's Cosmix SciFi themed show. Very proud and honored to be a part of it.

Happy Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T00:14:00.002-05:00

Random Stuffs

2009-02-10T22:31:00.003-05:00

Printmaking

Until Gwen project

Sci Fi Project

Wine Label

Self Promotion

beep

2009-02-08T01:53:00.001-05:00

Such a friendly little guy.

Merry Christmas

2008-12-24T04:22:00.004-05:00

I wish you all a safe and Merry Christmas, may you find yourself surrounded by loved ones.

Folklorika - Pulp Comic cover

2008-11-18T00:33:00.002-05:00

La Cegua & los Cadejos. Pulp comic cover for computer illustration.

Munkeh table!

2008-11-11T23:49:00.002-05:00

Monkey I drew for the kiddie table at my sister's wedding. The hotel hosting the reception has a monkey theme so yeah.

"To See The World Burn"

2008-11-06T20:18:00.004-05:00

Ringmaster.

2008-10-28T22:12:00.003-04:00

Computer Illustration Character Design project. There's 3 but this is the only uh... good one.

Monster Breakfast

2008-10-19T20:56:00.001-04:00

So cheesy, it makes your ass hurt. I love these.

Branded Process III

2008-10-13T00:50:00.001-04:00

I'd like to think that I'm done.

Wrestling

2008-10-06T19:36:00.002-04:00

Assignment for Illustration class. I'm happy with it.

Branded Process II

2008-10-05T19:39:00.007-04:00

Done for the day... we'll see what my professor says tomorrow.

Branded Process I

2008-10-05T01:11:00.009-04:00

Have an assignment to paint a master copy. I chose Jenny Saville's 'Branded'
Saville's been a huge influence in my personal work

So I've decided to document the assignment as I go through it.

MEL!

2008-10-02T19:17:00.000-04:00

Roxy

2008-08-13T17:55:00.002-04:00

A portrait of my best friend Roxy. A gift for her birthday.

David

2008-08-10T19:20:00.001-04:00

Frofro

Emily

2008-07-17T00:32:00.002-04:00

...

2008-07-15T04:13:00.001-04:00

Dead vectors

2008-07-14T02:13:00.001-04:00

Fun with vector.

2008-07-01T23:11:00.000-04:00

Newest to oldest.

Oh yeah

2008-05-02T15:19:00.000-04:00

I should probably post something....

These are two friends of mine from Plime. They like crisco. They'd also like to make you believe they're straight. :D

The end.

Poster.

2008-03-31T02:57:00.000-04:00

Mock proposal project for graphic design. That is my sexah back.

Obama vs. Clinton

2008-03-23T21:50:00.000-04:00

Project for Illustration Class on the election.