The Last ISO

Tron: Legacy is one of my favorite movies. I've been drawing a lot of characters from the movie and decided to finalize Quorra. I am thinking about finalizing more characters up next. Everything was finalized in illustrator.  

Hero Sketches

These are some quick sketches I've done for my students while I was helping them with their homework.  I feel like I am able to draw a bit more loose since I'm more rushed for time when I'm at work.  I don't tend to really erase anything and everything is drawn with no reference.  I have fun drawing heroes for the kids.  

Bathroom Break

A friend asked me to draw Iron Man chibi style after seeing my Green Lantern. I came up with this little guy. Looks like poor lil' Iron Man needs a time out for a bathroom break.

The Ring Pop of Will Power

I wanted to draw Green Lantern with a ring pop as his ring of power. So I decided to draw him in a more chibi-like style to fit the ring pop theme.  It was a fun little illustration.  More artwork coming soon.  

Ano sa! Ano sa!

I have never watched any of the Naruto cartoon but I have always heard a lot about it.  I recently subscribed to Netflix and began watching Naruto from the first episode.  I love it so far!  Thats how this fun little illustration came about.  This is me if I were around in the Naruto cartoon universe.

Boku no Naruto shashin o mite!

Troublemakers

Halloween is just days away and I am pretty excited.  I have been watching scary movies all month and have been working on this illustration.  The image consists of some of my favorite creepy characters I've enjoyed watching throughout my lifetime.  Can you find my logo hidden somewhere in there? There are even more monsters I wish I could of added but I am running low on time.  Where's the DeLorean when you need it?!?!  Happy Halloween

Can you hear me now???

I always think back when I was a little kid and there were no cell phones.  If you were on a road trip and needed to call someone you would have to pull over and find one of these.  A phone booth! I recreated this old London style phone booth in illustrator and replaced him in a real life environment.  Something different from my usual character designs.  Lots more art coming next week!

Miggy Chibi

I recently needed a design for a dance workshop flyer that I would be teaching at.  I decided to mix things up a bit.  Instead of using a real pic of myself I drew myself, chibi style.  For those of you who are not familiar with this style it is based off of Japanese anime/manga characters.  "Chibi" characters are often used to represent a form of cuteness by drawing bodies smaller and heads larger. I got inspired to draw chibi characters by looking at Sean "Cheeks" Galloway's art.  With that said I give you my first attempt at drawing myself, "chibi" style.

the Lost Jabba

What if there was a story about a jabbawockee that got left behind and forgotten?   Before all the fame and fortune.  What if he secluded himself in the woods far away from everyone? All he did was train in all styles of dance.  As time went by he found himself becoming not only one with the music but also one with the woods that surrounded him.  I give you, the Lost Jabba.

Everybody Dance Now!

Here is a dance reel I put together with the help of my buddy Keenan.  It is being shown around Arizona right now where I may possibly be teaching a couple workshops in the near future.  Hope you enjoy it!

So I Think I Can Dance

Here are two links to some of my latest dance videos on youtube.  The first link is one of myself and student/friend Keenan Lipari-Hassett(K-Tron) groovin' to Scarecrow by Sahab.  The second is my routine to Up All Night by Drake.  Hope you enjoy them and more artwork coming soon!

Freestyle

Up All Night Routine

Cheeks Art Contest!

Here is my entry for an art contest being held by one of my favorite artists, Sean "Cheeks" Galloway.  Contestants had to draw something from one of his creative character universes.  I choose this guy named Pierre aka Number 2.  It was a lot of fun.  Check back soon for more dance videos and art.  

All About DANCE! Workshop

A lively and pleasant night at the All About Dance and Gymnastics dance workshop last night.  I had a lot of fun teaching and dancing along side some familiar and friendly faces.  Thank you to everyone that made it out.  I am looking forward to seeing everyone again!

Ninja Quest

Here it is.  Sorry the video is low quality but it is all I have for now.  I had so much fun being a part of the amazing Dance Studio of Fresno staff and coaching this outstanding group of dancers.  I hope you enjoy my vision.  Thanks for watching

The End of an Amazing Dance Season

A week ago the dance season came to an end in Las Vegas, Nevada! I had so much fun watching all of my dance students compete and spending quality time with my friends and family.  My Ninja Quest production number took first place their first day at the competition with a score of 299/300.  Wow! They next moved on to the Gala (Showcase) where the best of the best go head to head for overall first place.  Out of 92 teams only 8 from each day make it to the gala night.  Ninja Quest made it and ended up taking 5th place.  I am so proud of all my students/dancers.  Great job to them!

I have also promised to show early concept quick sketches of costume designs I did for Ninja Quest and also another sweet production number called, Tap Band.  I have posted images of my sketches along with photos of myself with some of my amazing dance students backstage at our recital.  It was really inspiring and enlightening to see my concept sketches come to life as actual costumes.  I had a lot of fun this whole dance season teaching at The Dance Studio of Fresno.

Twilight Killer and Recital Week

I recently re-watched all the Blade movies.  I almost forgot how awesome they all are.  Back when vampires were considered crazy killing monsters.  Now they eat cows and sparkle in the sunlight.  Anyways, I tried a new coloring technique I recently learned by watching an awesome tutorial by artist Patrick Brown.  After finishing Blade I wanted to kinda make a scene for him to fit in but ran out of time.  I left it sketchy but hopefully it still reads well.  This week has been a pretty eventful and fun week since our recitals will be going on all week.  Ive been back and forth from the Saroyan Theater.  Last nights show went amazing and was lots of fun.  Tonight Ninja Quest performs!  Come check out the show and buy a t-shirt!  Show starts at 6 pm at the Saroyan.  Hope to see you there!

Bats

I was asked by a friend to draw Batman in my more simplified cartoony style of drawing.  I came out with this version of Batman.  I always was a fan of the blue and grey suit and chunky utility belt.  After looking at this drawing I felt I could of pushed the exaggerations a little more, but every day is a learning process so its ok.  Until next time...

Please Vote for my NINJAS!

www.dancewearsolutions.com/wcde

Hello Everyone!
The link above will take you to a website where you can not only watch my Ninja Quest Production number but also vote for it to win the Regional Dance Off! All the top dance numbers from around the west coast were chosen to compete in this online competition.  All of your votes will greatly be appreciated! Please help us, The Dance Studio of Fresno, become number one in the West Coast Dance Explosion Regional Dance Off!  Thanks for your support!

In other news, the Ninja Quest t-shirts have arrived!  They come in all sizes for men and women.  They are available through contacting myself or at The Dance Studio of Fresno.  They go for $25 a shirt and have already begun to sell quickly at the studio.  All the proceeds go to The Dance Studio of Fresno Booster Club.  Thanks for stopping by and more artwork to come soon.

Z carvings

I decided to stylize Zorro.  I have never really seen any versions of how Zorro would look in cartoon form. So I went for it.  I kept the lines and colors real simple.  I only played with the different tones of grays and blacks on his costume.  I started a full character rotation for Zorro that I might post soon and also have more artwork on the way.  The symbol in the bottom right corner is my new logo.  It is a M and W together.  My initials, Miguel Wilson.

Ninja Quest T-Shirt Prototype

FRONT

BACK

Here is a sneak peak at the t-shirt design I'm currently finalizing for not only dancers but friends and family too.  The front is an image I created to represent all the characters in the number.  The back is authentic Japanese calligraphy and it says, "NINJA QUEST."

I will be taking orders soon and it will be available in various colors and sizes.  I hope all is well with everyone and if your curious about what Ninja Quest is, read the post below.

MIGS

All images are © MIGUEL WILSON 2011