You Seek Yoda! You Seek Yoda!

i am not such a fan of the prequel trilogy but the only thing that lucas got right were the scenes in episode III that had chewbacca and yoda sharing some screen time together. the part where yoda climbs chewbacca's back was so awesome. it still gets me two years later. i thought it would be fun to have these two together again for a blog post. 

-enjoy and thanks for stopping by!

-s.

"Stick 'em Up!"

ok the past two months have been pretty busy for me. i've been trying to get as many freelance gigs as i can and so far so good. i just finished a project for half.com that should be on the internet soon and before that i was helping a friend designing backgrounds for an animated pilot that he is going to pitch. on top of all that, i just got back from Barcelona, Spain after spending two amazing weeks there with the lovely "GF". thats the 2 month recap. not posting a single thing in two months is a very terrible thing. almost embarassing. for those of you who have been checking out this blog looking for new stuff i apologize. i am working on not making this a habit.

about this post:
i wanted to draw a cowboy for some time now and i also wanted to mess around with corel painter X. this is what i came up with. i think i am going to continue to learn painter because its a really awesome program. (tip: painter is a big memory hog so make sure you have enough RAM in your computers!) hope you like this one! thanks for stopping by.
-s.

UPDATE: finally got around to add more links. check these talented mofo's out!

Cafe Expensive!

it has been a while... i know.
whew... by now i am sure the whole NYC animation industry knows what happened on monday at a particular animation studio. ( if you dont know you live in a bubble.) NYC ANIMATION IS A JOKE and the artists are the punchline!! all i can say about the matter is that i have never worked with such a talented group of people in my life. i am grateful for that. i am still fighting the shock. what a shame. i am going to be posting links of some of the artists i worked with in the next couple of days so be sure to check them out. being unemployed will fill the great void that i have left on this blog. (shout out to big al, thanks for pushing me!)

anyways... about this post.
about two weeks ago two friends (mike carlo and bob fox) and I went to cafe metro to buy some vitamin water. now .. i understand that these chain food stores in manhattan can be downright expensive but cafe metro took it to the next level. we spent $3.00 + tax on some stupid ass water that i could find at a local bp in staten island for $1.00. the funny part about the whole thing was that we the lady at the register was not phased by our reaction to the price. rather than do the right thing and demand our money back we stood there dejected and walked away with our $3.25 vitamin water. this was the story that inspired these designs -enjoy.
-s.

TMNT

i recently just saw the new TMNT movie. aside from the loopy plot and dated "cowabunga" lines the movie was very good. i thought the animation and the action poses in this film were excellent. they finally got the turtles right this time. i based my design on the old school comic and just sprinkled some of my ideas into this pic. my only wish is that the turtles were not for kids and more violent, hence the blood. anyways thats just me. hope you like it and thanks for visiting.
-s.

See Ya!

today is my last day at animation collective. over the past 10 months i have met and worked with some of the most talented people in the ny animation circuit. big shout out to (here comes the name dropping) mike carlo, dagan, al pardo, omar, chrissy, smo, frank rivera, bob, mr.mr., holt. i am so grateful to have worked with all of you and i am sure i will bump into you guys again. I start my new gig very soon and can finally have a bit a break from all the insanity that has plagued me the last three weeks.

here is an anime "chibi" version of me going ape sh*t!
- enjoy
s.

Flight

this is a piece i did about a month ago. it originally was an idea for a t-shirt design. i was really focusing on the lighting and the composition. enjoy.
-s.

Happy St. Patty's Day!

get "CRUNKED" like this guy! happy st. patricks day!
-s.

Wiiiiiiii Mario!

i really can't wait for the super mario galaxy game to hit the wii. it looks so awesome. i think there might be a video of the game on youtube somewhere, check it out. enjoy.
-s.

Jimmie Ruffs

here are some rough drawings i did over the weekend. i might end up doing more of this character soon. i just wanted to get a feel of the character by posing him around. ohh yeah... my girlfriend named him jimmie. thanks for looking.
-s.

Goodbye 'Cap

growing up as a kid i was a huge comic book collector. i remember when they killed superman and how that turned into a huge joke (remember the reign of the supermen? ...lol). as a child i remember saying that captain america is the superman of marvel and that marvel would never kill captain america. yesterday all that changed. we'll miss you 'cap! here's to you man!
-s.

Here's an alt version:

Jamesus

this is a caricature of my friend james sorrenti (he looks like jesus.). i met james (minus the dreads) when we both started working at a local best buy together six years ago. he is currently a "genius" at the apple store in staten island. he also works as a musician and freelance film editor in his spare time. whenever you have any ipod problem and are in staten island be sure to drop it off and let "jamesus" use his divine powers to fix or replace it for you. james, thanks for keeping me updated with all my software and mac needs. much appreciated.
-s.

james sorrenti's myspace page is www.myspace.com/jamess. check it out.

Let's Go Mets!

well another baseball season is on the horizon as spring training began two weeks ago. I worked on this design last year during the playoffs and never really gave much thought to the background. i wanted to add a little more mets flair. the mets colors are very difficult to work with so i tried my best to make them work. this is obviously inspired by those tacky car decals of calvin "pee-ing " on a logo. i thought it would be funnier to have mr. met take a leak all over the most hated team in baseball, the yankees. sorry if this offends yankee fans, its intended to. Let's Go Mets!
<3
-s.

Ghost Rider

after seeing the ghost rider movie two weeks ago i wanted to take a stab at drawing him. i think this turned out better than the movie.
<3
-s.

Happy Groundhog Day?

okay, i'm a jackass! i thought today was groundhog day so i decided to do this. groundhog day was like....a month ago. whatevs, spring is on its way! the little bastard saw its shadow this year.
-enjoy
-s.
*oh by the way thanks to mike carlo for posting a comment on my previous post. be sure to check his blog out under cool blogs!

1st Post. " Itsa meeee Salio"

this is a caricature of myself that i did about a month ago. most of you have seen this already but i wanted to use it for my first post. <3
more to come .
-s.

Welcome to My Blog!

welcome all to my blog. working in the animation industry the past 3 years has introduced me to many talented artists. most of these artists have their own websites and now their own blogs. so i figured what the hell i should try this myself. my personal intention for having this blog is to grow creatively through your comments and feedback and also by being inspired to create all the time. i feel that by using blogger i will be able to post stuff that i probably would not post on saliovine.com such as loose drawings, rough sketches and even the process of tackling a new idea. i have no idea who is reading this right now but please feel free to check my website and my myspace (links to the right of this post) if you want to know more about me.finally i would like to say art is a process. sometimes this process takes a lifetime to perfect. my goal is to get better and better with each post.i am still learning. -enjoy
-s.