Every Morning...

My latest animated short it´s about those who definitely are NOT morning people...

All new 2013 Animation Reel.

2013 has been a very busy year with many animation projects completed.
This allowed for a whole new reel comprised entirely of new footage.

Footage from "Star Wars Uncut", "Heads or Tails", "The Kidnapping", "Por H o por B" ACAC TV ad, "Newverse Heroes Project", "Amazing Amaratiz" and PSX TV Ad.

Ura Ka Hyo Ka: Heads or Tails, The Original Video Animation.

My latest animated project is a homage and parody to all the pop anime series where the world´s fate is at stake in a children´s game tournament...this time...HEADS OR TAILS!!!

The Amazing Amaratiz - Animated Short Film

My latest animated short film is up, and it´s also my 100th youtube video!
Two magicians duel on stage with the beautiful assistant caught in the crossfire!
This animated short film that sprouted from an animation workshop by Manny Cuchilla two years ago, but only now did I get to work on it.

Hero Academy Full Comic - The Siege

It´s finally up! The last Hero Academy arc we worked with Aisaku Arroyo and Ben Carver.

It´s the epic showdown when the Academy is under attack and the students must defend it from evil powerful invaders. Prophecies and fates will be put to test!

Download the full PDF comic here: http://www.deviantart.com/download/347879246/hero_academy___the_siege_full_comic_by_optimuspraino-d5r49ce.pdf

Hero Academy Comic Free to Download! Aidale and the Dryad!

New Hero Academy full adventure now in a convenient PDF to download!
Art by Aisaku and Praino, script by Ben Carver.
Download by clicking HERE!

Hero Academy Comic Free to Download!

Long time, no see, my dear blog!

Time for some free comic updates!!!

So, as we dwelve into a new story arc on http://www.heroacademycomic.com , I thought it would be more practical for you to read a previous arc in a convenient .CBR file format ;)

It´s a tale of adventure, quests, pirates, swords, magic and a brotherhood in the making!

Click HERE to get 44 pages of full story for free!

Marvel Masterpieces III Sketch Cards Part 1

Thanks to the incredibly awesome kind and great man that was Pat Carlucci, I got to have a try at the Sketch Card world, more precisely, the Marvel Masterpieces Series III sketch cards from Upper Deck.


All done in traditional means directly on paper, I mostly used pencils and markers. The cards showed pretty clearly my learning curve since I had never tried any of this media before.
I did 110 cards, 109 got approved, and it was my first time dealing with License Approval. It was great to just read the guidelines.
I got to draw at least 100 of my favorite characters, I loved that they let me focus on some of my obscure favorites like Ben Reilly (AKA: Scarlet Spider/Spiderman II).
It was also a great way to face some of my limitations, positions, perspectives, characters, costumes, colors, I experimented with all of it.
I would be given another chance to work on more Marvel Characters as the Iron Man 2 sketch cards came out. I´m very happy the director at the MM III project remembered me!

Times are a-changing...

A turn of the tide.
A new way to face my art.
Time to re-purpose.

Yes, ladies and gents, my blog will cease to be just a sketch dump and will start acting as my portfolio from now on, so I´ll start posting some of my more "official" work like illustrations, sketch cards and comic pages.

Don´t worry, I´ll still find a moment or two to slip in a few mini comics and quick sketches.

Hope you like what you see!

Cheers,

Pablo "Optimus" Praino.

Golden Vuvuzelas - Forlan Super Campeones

"Our humble tribute
to two incredible things;
Now viral video..."

EPIC

Comic - Otra Absurda Aventura de Pablo Praino

"Not another one!
This time it has a dreamcast,
heroes and roadtrips..."

And yes, it´s still in spanish. Sorry!

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD!!!!