50% off

hey guys, haven't posted in awhile, been trying to make that money...since we had to change our prices. its half off caricatures at our park here in Sea World. Some of us picked up real quick with the gimmick , but many of the lifers had the hardest time with it....but man, have we been busy like crazy just shooting out half faced but salable drawings. many of us have been just using three or at most five colors for a whole piece. (beau hufford's always been the champ at that). but even though we've found the ability to perform at full speed but still staying in first gear....we still get the urge to take our time to exaggerate, but its hard at $15 a face....and the lines getting longer and everyone wants a "first year drawing" or a "Oakes fully rendered". But its ok cause we're all in it together. so if you haven't seen any real awesome stuff from your heros like my buddy "Nate Kapnicky" or "Brain Oakes". you will.

heres a few drawings i drew today. nothing great, but just an example of fast half-off drawing, but not half-fast. enjoy
and a couple employees that i also drew up.
new guy, dahveed ( its actually spelled that way, its not david)
letter brush girl, Cara, we always draw her (especially oakes) but nobody ever posts them.hmm?
new girl, claire

lil cafe' Sketches, some work stuff too

drawing at Lestats coffe shop last night with buddy Chris and my Cloudy

some couples from sea world

a bunch of crazy kids
enjoy

about a boy

hello everyone, theres something that many of you out there don't know.....before i left to japan, my girl friend and i had found out that we would be having a baby. the week before i left to japan to be exact. so i was gone for about two months...my girl had sent me a photo of our baby at about 6 weeks, since i wasnt able to be there. so ive been back and well we're half way through the pregnancy ( 21 wks) now about 5 mths.
our baby at about 6 weeks ( our lil gummy bear)


so i was finally able to see our baby today, with our sonogram appointment. this was going to be the first time since i'd been back to see our baby, moving and everything. not only that but we would also be able to find out the sex.

man was it nerve wrecking, cloudy wanted a boy....i really didnt care either way....but i was excited.
especially when the doctor was doing her routine, checking the heart, the growth, and even its brain...and everything looked great, our babies heart rate was perfect, its growing according to schedule and its brain was developing surprisingly enough much more advance then i would have expected from myself....hahahaha . i almost choked. but she finally teased us with questions about our expectancies of what our babies sex would be....and well....
We"re having a BOY!! man thats so awesome...he'll be born around Sept 15th. we've already decided on names.our baby at 21 weeks, top and bottom....i like that they typed boy on his Wiener, thats funny....but man does he have a great profile.
introducing Damian Azul Urzua, arriving this fall

My friends

manny drawing at his easel
mr oakes
nate as a mermaid, like he wanted

well i havent had to many chances to draw something beasthead worthy. since im still trying for my daily goals. but summers coming and i'm ready. so for now i just draw crazy ones of my friends, since they can always inspire me.

Cloudy, Mark, Nate and I

we'll i'm back from japan, and since i've been back i've just been playing catch up at work, trying to make that money, since i'm now broke from my trip. But still though i haven't had a chance to draw many crazy ones, as i would like it. but thats ok.

but i did get a chance to draw some quick drawings of my girl Cloudy, my bud Mark and myself, along with a lil illustration of Nate Kap. enjoy

back from japan

I posted pictures on past postings, but heres a painting portraying my pals parting farwells


this was drawn by Tomokazu Tabata's talented wife Yuko Zengo, as a going aways gift....thank you Yuko. heres the names of everyone from left to right like a book: Etsko, Ayumi, my boss Junko, Yuko, Chologi, Shinichi's wife, Kage, Taka, Jero, Tomoko's husband, Shinichi, Kunikazu, Tomokazu, Zengo-san, Tomoko, Tom, ANDY&Jeremy, and Miki

thanx again

japan mini con.....

jeremy, kunikazu, andy, tomokazu

drawn by jeremy stock... of tom and i and how all we do is cuss.
kenichi, andy, tom, jeremy, and hashi
kage
miki
emri
suske
buncoro
shinoske
yuri

kenichi
channel 23, thats his name
jero














tom and yoichi, wearing thier speed competiton masks





so, its been great over here....

the past few weeks have been crazy. my buddy jeremy stock flew in from Buffalo, he had been staying with Tomo and I for several weeks now. did a couple small gigs, did some sight seeing...kinda funny watching another american guy goof up alot. but he was only staying through the convention time and lil after...tomo had helped him set up for his big trip further into JAPAN...on his way to cold cold cold Iwate. which was up north. but it was fun hving him around. kinda changed the experience a lil...but ina good way.

also the mini-con here in Asakusa, Japan was great. i got to meet all other friends i hadnt seen since id gotten here, plus additional members.

conventions here are crazy quick, two days of drawing time (but only til 930pm) and you only get to choose four of your best.....mostly everybody , had only been working on four, maybe three, or really huge ones with many faces.

i just tryed my best to draw everyone i had made friends with, plus there were so many great faces my head was going to explode.

i didnt win any big award, but i did get some sweet drawings of me. thanx for having me Japan.

Thanx: Tomo, Zengo, Kunikazu, Junko, Yuko, Ayumi, Tom, Taka, Yuri, Chologi, Jero, Yoichi, Mizuki, Buncoro, Ryohei, Ryo, Say-g, Kamal, Miki, Tomoko, Module bar, La Muggina, to all the street vendors and all the artist i met, and all the people; the many many many people. Thank You.

tomokazu, jeremy, and i in kyoto

in kyoto with friends

working in osaka with Mau , Tomo, Yoichis lil bro and friend....and with jeremy