Javi Can Draw!

So I became a dad two weeks ago. I now live in a city but i will soon move to a coastal city in Uruguay near the beach. I've been thinking about how much I will enjoy the waves with my daughter when she grows up, and I’d really like her to be the kind of girl that gets back up when she gets knocked down. The water in punta del este is pretty heavy, so this will happen a lot! Thinking about that I made a very little girl that looks like my wife having fun with the waves. I love using sequential images in illustration and comics, some artists like frank quietly are really good at this, so i wanted to give it a shot. I'd like to do more stuff like this, telling a small sequential story in an image. Have you ever been tumbled around by a wave?

These kids should just follow the map! I was practicing tree trunks and I started wondering how graphic I could get until they could be tree trunks or…. Something else! The more I think about doing comics the more I feel like playing with narrative aspects that can lead to small moments like this one. What is your favorite fictional spider?

My first attempt at a short comic. What do you think? I started thinking about quarantine and what it would mean for all those pigeons in the parks. Who feeds them now? I thought it would be funny to see them take matters into their own hands. How about you? What crazy story did you hear during quarantine?

The last one in this new batch of images i did while doing the Illustration Department mentorship. Kids in buenos aires are going to their building terraces to play and enjoy some sun, i wondered what else could happen on those terraces and i came up with this piece!

Another new piece! These two seem to know nothing about social distancing

New piece!! I did this one while on a mentorship with The Illustration Department , i wondered what being single during quarantine might look like and created this.

Thank you so much!

Yo aprendi con un estilo como el de Cartoon Animation, de Preston Blair. El era un animador de Disney, asi que su estilo refleja mucho el estilo de disney de los 40 y 50. Incluso si su estilo no te gusta, es muy bueno para aprender a dibujar usando formas sencillas que es lo que hacen siempre los animadores. A medida que vayas encontrando la forma de representar bien los volumenes de tus dibujos podes ir tratando de dibujar cosas mas complejas!

yes! Just stupidly busy!!! But I’m getting a new camera that will make shooting videos super easy pretty soon, and I’m writing a list of new videos to make, so 2019 should be a pretty busy year! Any Requests?

I will when I get back to making videos, but I don’t know when that will be!!!

Yes! It’s on my list for when I get back! When will I get back? Well, I thankfully have a lot of work so whenever I get the chance!!!

Yes! Andrew Loomis’ figure drawing for all it's worth. It is the definite drawing people book. It tackles anatomy but in a simple, understandable way. It is how I learned!

That’s great to hear!!!!! Sorry I took so much to answer this, I’m in a bit of a pause with the whole youtube/tutorial thing, but I promise to come back!

Still, even if unmotivated, just doodle. doodle while you watch tv, doodle in bed, doodle in the bus. From doodling you will start forming ideas and those ideas will turn into something you are actually motivated to draw. Do it without aim and without pressure. The objective is to enjoy yourself and get better. Don’t compare yourself to other artists, you don’t know their struggle. You only know yours, so if every day you doodle a little, you will see that you will get better. Slowly, fast, it doesn’t matter. You are getting better.