The last Quarter of 2011

I've been away awhile, busy with my own nonsense =P But when things get to finally slow down, I try to update everyone on my life so far. Since 2011 has long passed, I've decided to make a sort of montage of the last quarter of jam-packed events =) For more pictures from any of them, just hit the link in the title header.

So, I've never mentioned this before but I'm a huge Diablo fan. I grew up with all Blizzard games back in 1990s but the one that influenced and caught me the most is the Diablo series. I'm anxious and ecstatic about the new release of Diablo III. And I sure picked the right BlizzCon to attend. I'm not only fortunate to have great friends, but a great friend who also works at Blizzard. For my fiance and I's engagement gift (Thanx Again Z!), he got us tickets to Blizzcon 2011. I knew I was going to see some amazing costumes, so I brought my Nikon D300 camera. So I have an update on some awesome cosplayers, amazing statues, and live art by the amazing Blizzard art team. I even got to play some Diablo III, yummmmm.

Blizzcon 2011 <------Click here for more pics!

Diablo III Airbrushed Tattoo

For the last few week some art shows and a convention went by and even though I couldn't attend due to work I was able to still show art, thanks to some great friends again! You can see a complete cover and more pictures of the shows at PixelDrip Gallery. Here are some shots of my work at the events:


SC3 Arcade Party

R-cade Halloween Game Night

Long Beach Comic-Con

Yes, that is two Ezios fighting over my Sasha Creed =)

Diego live drawing, with my newest Morrigan piece up front

I currently work at Gamestop as well, mainly because my addiction to games cost money =P but a job nonetheless. But one of the cool things I get to do there is attend midnight launches of the games I love. The most recent one I actually participated in was the Batman Arkham City launch. Being so close to Halloween I decided to get my costume early, and attend as Cat Woman, since she kinda does make a debut in this sequel. Here are some pics of the event:

"Batman Arkham City" Midnight Launch <-----Click here fro more pics!

Aside from all the fun and work I've been having, I've managed to gather some art jobs. I'm currently working on The White Queen, Emma Frost, for a friend and former professor, for his office, and still working on the Yoga T-shirt Line. I work part-time at Gamestop and have been getting back into the art scene. I have a few new app and game art jobs arising, more info to come soon, as I'm allowed to talk about it later.

But I also had the opportunity to work on a Wii/3DS title and a Downloadable 3DS title in the last few months of 2011, that are now ok to gloat about =P

"Centipede: Infestation" Wii/3DS
Centipede: Infestation is a post-apocalyptic action experience that features run-n-gun shooting style gameplay with tower defense-style objects, paying homage to the original Centipede while bringing the brand into the 21st century.

I, and a awesome team of artists, including my fiance, work on the various animated cinematic scenes in the game. Our time was cut short so a lot of cut, but for what remained, it looks amazing!

"Mighty Switch Force!" 3DS Download
WayForward’s first download title for 3DS has players controlling Officer Patricia Wagon, cybernetic cop send forth by the Galactic Penal Squad to put the Hooligan Sisters back behind bars. By activating her Siren Helmet, Patricia can shift the machine matrix of Planet Land, altering the world around her.

I had the opportunity to work on a cutscene at the end of the game, Incident 16.

I don't believe I've mentioned it before, but I also had the pleasure of working on two Apps for the apple store. Playable on any iDevice:


"My Baby Einstein"
Engage your baby and inspire his curiosity with beautiful images and music created to delight baby and put a smile on his face. Interact with your child with the best that Baby Einstein has to offer: 

I work on most of the user interface and art placement in the actual app. Though most of the art was just reused from the Baby Einstein universe, I still made a few new animations and icons. The original deasign was derived from the CEO of Sunken Media LLC, and my awesome friend, Armando Soto III.


"BlackOut!"
BLACKOUT is a match game with a mission. Time is running out and only you can save the city from blackout! In this illuminating new puzzle game, you must connect chains of subterranean crystals to clear a path of liquid energy that lights the city.

I had very little to do in this one, but some concept art and design help, but overall I was with them from beginning to end. =) Great team!

SC3 Wrap-up and New Art

So for the the SC3 Arcade Party I mentioned in the previous blog entry last Saturday, I created two new pieces, played some awesome classic arcade games, witnessed some creative game art, and listened to some great chiptune music! It was an overall great event, and I finally got the chance to play real arcade games at the closes thing to an arcade I'll ever get. I usually had to wait to play them at home on my computer or console at my cousins house. Keep checking the SC3 and Pixeldrip Gallery page for updates and pics.

"White 'Light' Mage"
No matter the Final Fantasy, my favorite classes/jobs are Red Mages and White Mages. But The most iconic is the White Mage's white cape with red triangular lining. And when I was a kid, I always believed when I used my White Mage, she was literally only wearing that cape, so here's my interpretation of the lovely red head. Oh and myth be told, when she casts Paralyze, she just flashes them =P

"Oh My Chun-li (SFII)"
Since I recently revamped my "Oh My Chun-li" piece, I didn't want it to go un-noticed, so I revamped her again! In her Original Street Fighter II Outfit she debuted in =) BTW, this is how she trains for her ever impressive Lightning Kick

The show required art from games aged 1991 and under. So I picked two of my favorites =) I wanted to make more from Prince of Persia, Metroid, and Legend of Zelda, but ran out of time.

They'll be another show coming up Oct. 22nd with R-Cade Games and PixelDrip Gallery. I'll have my "Oh My Morrigan" piece showing again, but sadly I can't attend. I'll be out at BLIZZCON! I hope to have some new Silent Hill/Fatal Frame pieces made for the show, but it's still going to be a great show with an awesome lineup of games and art! Here's the event info: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=183697881708162

I hope to update more soon, and thank you for reading!

7 Months Later! Art Show Alert!

Hello again, I would apologize for the lack of activity, but I've said it so many times I'm sure it's lost its meaning. But what I can do is promise change. My friends and I have finally concluded an efficient yet simple solution to my lack of activity =P

So here's the results, my website is now combined with my blog, which will showcase not only my works, but any and all new activity I'll be doing. Also, I was publish in yet another awesome Girls Drawin' Girls book, Volume IV "The Way Nature Made Her" My piece:

And how better to update the world than a new awesome game/chiptune/art event! So this Saturday, SC3,  the Southern California Classic Collectors – a videogame collector's group, will be hosting yet another exciting arcade party event at Gallery Nucleus. This time though, they'll be holding a gallery showing upstairs with artist from the PixelDrip Gallery group, which includes myself =) This is a one day event, so once it's done, its gone for another 6 months or so.

The SC3 Event does have an entry fee, but if you pay online and early, it's only $10 for unlimited games, music, art, and FUN! More info on Facebook go HERE

And I revamped my "Oh My Chun-li" piece, and will be making an original outfit version for the SC3 show:

I've also been working on a few new works, not only for this upcoming show, but a tattoo design, illustrations for Wayforward, and many more. Though, most of those are legally secure until I get permission to upload them =) But, here's the Tattoo progress so far!

  

March already =)

I've been quite bust lately with freelance projects, and it looks like I have more lined up! But the moments I get to myself, I sketch what I can, and post updates on my Facebook page's The Sketch album. Here's one I finished just today, with 2 hours in photoshop.



Also made a new piece, "Noir Fleur", originally for the Girls Drawin' Girls' Hoity Toity show, but I wasn't able to drop it off on time for the event.


But I did get a chance to show the piece at the Ruin Hollywood's Night Gallery instead. Here's a picture me and my fiance took with the new piece.


I also opened my own Etsy store, The Art of Sasha Palacio. My Facebook page also links to each piece through an album picture. Which only has more to come!



Hopefully I'll be able to post up images of the work I've been doing, but until then, I would only ask for patience =) Thank you for reading!

I'm terrible at keeping in touch...

**Lol Update! As Kyle pointed out, I said "Yes" to my boyfriend's proposal! =)**

Well, quite a lot has happen the last few months. Well to save on typing so much I'll just small list the informative activities of the last 2010 months =P Oh and Happy New Years!

~Long Beach Comic-Con late October: attended under PixelDrip and made live digital art. Sketches have been posted to my Facebook page: The Art of Sasha Palacio

~Made a GirlsDrawingGirls 2011 Calender piece for January collaborated with the talented Sandra Fremgen(Left piece). I'm not proud of my piece, but it'll do for a last minute all night piece...



~Then my birthday Nov. 15th, =P I'm 24 yrs old!... And got a Haircut!



~And picked up Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, which used 75% of my life =P

~UGTL 7 and PixelDrip Gallery Nov. 20th: The 7th UGTL event and 2nd PixelDrip Gallery. Did live digital art there too and finished this piece of Chun-Li:



Then New Years, and that is the end of 2010 =)

So Jan. 9th was me and my boyfriend's 9th anniversary, but then Jan. 11th, on my boyfriend's birthday, he surprised me and proposed!

Tomorrow Saturday Jan. 22nd I'll be in LA signing my GDG Calender piece and my Peaches and Cream piece in GDG Vol. III at Meltdown Comics from 3pm-6pm


Oh and PixelDrip has a section up monthly at The Hive Gallery in Los Angeles.

For more regular updates and and sketches please Like my Facebook page =)

Breast Cancer Awareness Month

I got this idea last week to create my own version of the Pink Ribbon in 8-bit form, for gamers to show their support in their own little way. I then had this crazy idea to make the design into an actual pin. In no time I came up with a plan to make and sell these pins and give 75% of the proceeds to a Breast Cancer Foundation, and use the last 25% to get myself checked and medical =) And that's how Sasha thinks... crazy huh? =P Anyway...

So in the end, I designed this:


Actual Size for the web, and free:

And then got inspired to draw this:


*Sorry for the crappy phone image, but will update with a scan soon* The piece will be sold as an original at $150.00 where 50% goes to the Breast Cancer Foundation. I'm still setting up the Paypal info, but I'll update as soon as possible. Oh and follow me on Facebook~

Yup... =)

An update by the elusive Sasha Palacio

Sorry for the disappearing act I was playing, but I HAVE been drawing, just a little late to update =P I actually find myself updating my Facebook page more regularly, since it's quick n' simple, and can be done through my phone =]. You can actually see my all my sketches I've been doing there: The Art of Sasha Palacio

For a group and website I'm part of, PixelDrip, asked their members to design themselves as a game character for our artist page. The site is still under development, but the blog is active and shows lots of awesome stuff related to games and art. So for my avatar, I chose Ezio from Assassin's Creed II, his costume makes me tingle =P The game is AMAZING, but anyway, I wanted to post it here because I designed it to be a pin-up version of me as Ezio, to kinda sum up my style and what I like to draw =) Enjoy! Oh and did a black version based of the unlockable Black Outfit for Ezio in-game that I love soooooo much.



So here I have my latest addition to the 100 Girls. Better descriptions on my facebook page and on the Girls Drawin' Girls blog. And lately I've been attending Drink and Draw every Thursday night at Casey's bar in LA. It's relaxing and fun, great art and cool people!

26-100 "Myrna" Done for the GDG weekly theme of Mermaids


27-100 "Peggie" Done for the GDG weekly theme of Zombies


28-100 "Nanami" Done for the GDG weekly theme of Japanese Fashion


29-100 "Tsunami" Originally a concept for a Japan inspired piece for an art show, but never used, so I gave her a home in the 100 girls =)


30-100 "Yvette" A piece I did during Drink and Draw at Comic-Con this year.


31-100 "Circe" A piece I did at the Drink and Draw event that happens every Thursday night at Casey's Bar in LA.


32-100 "Sophie" She was going to be a viera from final fantasy tactics, but just became a nude girl =P Another piece done at Drink and Draw.


33-100 "Amelia" my French Maid for this weeks theme. A 10-15 minute sketch in Photoshop. He just wants to cuddle =P


I hope to be more active and post when I have something, that way I don't continue to post large late blog entries... Poor August, didn't stand a chance of being post on...

Update Alert!!!!

I was late to announce it on here, mainly due to the lack of internet the last 2 weeks, but I have my Peaches and Cream piece up at another great Girls Drawin Girls show for the debut of Sugar & Spice book over in Burbank, for more info and to buy some gorgeous work along with my piece, visit http://gdg-sugarspice.blogspot.com/

Oh My! I skipped June all together! Yikes, well, not a lot of art happened, but I did attend E3 and it was goooooooood =P I posted pics up on my Facebook and that folder is public so enjoy: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=189781&id=615286945&l=1880c20017

Been updating my sketches too and to lazy and limited to post outside of FB sometimes =P http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=179636&id=615286945&l=48abd190ae

So, I'm camping out at my parents house, with their beautiful internet, and had a chance to scan some old "100 girls in a 100 days" entries. Over at the Girls Drawin Girls blog, they have weekly themes so I've been participating. I also was thinking, as I submit to the Weekly Themes, I might as well give those gals a place in the 100. With that I can finish the 100 in this lifetime and accomplish my New Year's resolution of drawing more =)

Okay, so here's this week's theme, Lolli, who is also girl 25/100:
I was inspired by the summer scene and redhead punky girls =P I've been on a freckles splurge lately! =P

My Salsa Dancer is girl 24/100 and last week's theme at GDG, and I've decided that I'd only count girls not associated with fanart, like my last piece for Daria. That gives my 100 a more original approach and freedom in saleability =)

But here's 2 week's ago's theme, Daria:

Here's girl 23/100, Daniella:
I imagine her with a high pitch voice, like Charlotte from Princess and the Frog.

Girl 22/100, Evelyn:

Girl 21/100, Esperanza:

And that is all for now, until next week maybe, but I am attending Comic-Con this year and will get inspired!!! =) Sorry for the splurge of art, I hadn't had coffee for over a week so this morning I decided to make up for my lack of caffeine by drinking the whole 12 cup pot... You can't imagine the amount of times I had to spell check and reread this post, I keep hitting 3 keys at a time and loosing my train of tho..... oooohhh shiney!

~Sasha Palacio

Show recaps and new Art *u*

So a lot has come about this last month. For starters, the Girls Drawing Girls artbook, with my Peaches and Cream piece, is accepting preorders at $20 for now. Price will go up to $25 soon and the first 100 to preorder get a free print by the cover's artist!!!

PRE-ORDER NOW!!!

As for the Art Show's last month and this month, well, I showed at 3 out of the 4 events, and sold at 1. They were all great shows, awesome and fun in their own rights.

The Monsters of 8-Bit show had great music, not to mention a nice venue. I found out that day that I was going to be the only artist showing, so it was a bit lonely on the art side =P

The UGTL6: 3v3 SFIV Tourney & Pixel Drip Gallery debut show was a awesome Street Fighter tournament and art show, met a lot of talented and genuinely cool cats =P The art was varied and unique enough to stand alone on it's own, so with that in mind, the folks behind the operation want to separate the art show from the tournament, as their own events. Which is an idea I back wholeheartedly! he venue was gorgeous, and fit the event perfectly! I made two new pieces for the show:

"Oh my Morrigan"
"Crimson Viper"
I couldn't attend The Carnival NOir show... was too busy with family and stressed to pack myself up and head to L.A. that night... but I heard it went wonderfully!

The Super Happy Tokyo Love: Akasan's Farewell Party was beyond words awesome!!! I sold 4 out of the 9 pieces I brought that night, and $49 worth of newly made stickers! It was a farewell party to remember and love, we'll miss you Aka-san!!! Only one new piece that night, then just my The Demonesses, Lilith, Azazel, Jezebeth, Pirate Vixen Morgana, and Viera of the Woods.

"Tsuki no Sakura"

I finally got around to finishing the NES winner's piece of a Pin-up Samus:

"Samus Aran"

And that's all for the past, now for the present and the future!!! Well, at the moment I'm working on character designs for an animated series promo, but that's all I can say for now, and I'll update when I freely can with permission. =) I'm also taking commissions, I'm currently working on one of a friend and her daughter. Other that that, just surviving =P Oh yea, never mentioned it, but, I was laid-off from Sunken Media LLC, nothing bad, just this recession is getting to everyone and they couldn't afford me... I'm good though, I feel more motivated than ever before actually, it's funny but awesome!

I believe I've updated everyone (really only my 7 or so watchers =P) of my life, and thank you all for taking a moment to read my blog!!!

The Man, the Myth, the Legend: Frank Frazetta 1928-2010

The great and legendary Frank Frazetta died today, he will be direly missed, as a incredible artist, a genuine man, and creator of amazing fantasy art that most artist can only mimic today!


http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-fantasy-illustrator-\
dies-at-82/?src=mv

http://www.comicsbeat.com/2010/05/10/frank-frazetta-rip/

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2010/05/frank_frazetta.html


RIP Frank Frazetta 1928-2010

Lots and Lots of Shows, well only 4 =)

So, I'm a little late on introducing one event, because I was sick and all, but tomorrow is my first of 4 events I'll be showing at.

Legends of 8-Bit Rock and Art Show
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110499682294863&index=1
UGTL6: 3v3 SFIV Tourney & Pixel Drip Gallery debut show!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=367318872058&index=1
Carnival NOir!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=101401363231713&index=1
Super Happy Tokyo Love: Akasan's Farewell Party
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=107812599257040&index=1
http://www.intermixi.com/superhappytokyolove