I can design logos, album art, i can design your clothing line, and book illustration. Leftyjoe can design anything for you.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Friday, October 15, 2010
Custom, personalized gift for your friends or Loved ones.
Hey, christmas is coming up. If you're shopping for presents, how about a personalized custom one of a kind illustrated caricature of a friend or loved one.
Call me, Leftyjoe, 626-343-3347
and we can talk about getting you some art for your gift.
any theme, and any face drawn!!! Call for a quote.
Call me, Leftyjoe, 626-343-3347
and we can talk about getting you some art for your gift.
any theme, and any face drawn!!! Call for a quote.
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Digital paintings and illustrations from these last few days!!! :)
Practicing, always practicing and improving.
Jula jam from Drawingboard.org
I finally remembered to do an illustration for the Jula Jam on drawingboard.org
Vampire caveman for Bobby chiu's illustration competition.
Sucks though that I missed the deadline for the contest, but here's my lil illo.
Jula jam from Drawingboard.org
I finally remembered to do an illustration for the Jula Jam on drawingboard.org
Vampire caveman for Bobby chiu's illustration competition.
Sucks though that I missed the deadline for the contest, but here's my lil illo.
Thursday, October 07, 2010
Leftyjoe vs the sharktopus!!!
I finally remembered to do my own version of the sharktopus!!! Man, it's hard to remember things you want to paint! There's just so much to paint!!!
California, chinatown's Mountain bar and Leftyjoe.
Some art for the wonderful people of the Mountain bar in LA's chinatown. They let me entertain the barflys with my caricature stylings, so when the head of security asked me to design a t-shirt for him, I was more than glad to oblige.
Come to the mountain bar over the weekend!!!
Come to the mountain bar over the weekend!!!
Wednesday, October 06, 2010
I started a thread on Drawingboard.org
All about redoing existing characters!
check it out and please participate!!!
http://www.drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?p=784368#784368
check it out and please participate!!!
http://www.drawingboard.org/viewtopic.php?p=784368#784368
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
Like Flamingos? Leftyjoe does.
I wanted to do some anthropomorphic animal characters. Well, at first, I just wanted to do some flamingos with Disney-esque anthropomorphic characteristics.
I turned into this.
I turned into this.
Monday, October 04, 2010
Friday, October 01, 2010
Vampirella- Leftyjoe re-do!!! Fan art.
I fuggin love Vampirella! She's fuggin hot momma!!! Yes, my grammar is correct, I said it, she's hot momma!!! ( I like to say that. Instead of she's a hot momma.)
Vampirella exudes sexuality and hot-momma-ness!!!
Here's a Leftyjoe redux.
Vampirella exudes sexuality and hot-momma-ness!!!
Here's a Leftyjoe redux.
Some hotties!!!
I'm gearing up to start my new series of acrylic paintings. they well feature hot chicks, Leftyjoe style! Here are some studies I did yesterday and the days before, just to wet the pallet. Haha, wet.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
She loves nerds.
Another fresh design! Just finished minutes ago! Leftyjoe presents "NERDLIFE" brand.
As a nerd, I know first hand, what nerdlife really is. And, well, nerds love hot nerd chicks.
After long discussions over this design, I chose to illustrate a hot nerd girl with her lil business suit and glasses. Clothes coming off of course, 'cause what nerd doesn't fantasize about the hot office chick seducing him.
Hope you enjoy the products that will feature this design.
As a nerd, I know first hand, what nerdlife really is. And, well, nerds love hot nerd chicks.
After long discussions over this design, I chose to illustrate a hot nerd girl with her lil business suit and glasses. Clothes coming off of course, 'cause what nerd doesn't fantasize about the hot office chick seducing him.
Hope you enjoy the products that will feature this design.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
NERDLIFE!!! Classic, Iconic pop culture theme: King kong and the empire state building.
Latest design for my "NERDLIFE" brand.
Pop culture art, Leftyjoe style!!! who doesn't nerd out about king kong? I know I do.
The mere idea of a 30ft giant gorilla captivates my imagination like few things do!
King mutha fukin kong!!!
Pop culture art, Leftyjoe style!!! who doesn't nerd out about king kong? I know I do.
The mere idea of a 30ft giant gorilla captivates my imagination like few things do!
King mutha fukin kong!!!
My latest design for my "NERDLIFE" series.
So, I love pop culture. Especially the 80's. A lot of my favorite stuff is from the 80's. Here's my "Leftyjoe vs Thundercats" illustration.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Master studies.
Well, since I'm always striving towards that next goal, studying is always a must. Here is a study I did today. :)
Friday, September 24, 2010
A tribute to the Great Frazetta.
I have always loved fantasy art and especially Frazetta!!! Here's my Leftyjoe vs Frazetta pieces in progress. stay tuned.
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Buy art online from some of the worlds up and coming artists!!!
One of L.A's most prolific and up and coming emerging artist and designer Leftyjoe. (also known to some as: the cartoonist David Torres, caricature artist Joe Torres, artist Jose Tores, even Jose David Torres.)
Leftyjoe has joined several sites that help promote artists. Well with technology these days, and social media, Leftyjoe is taking full advantage of his resources.
Here are some sites you can check out:
Leftyjoe: daily art blog:
http://leftyjoe.blogspot.com/
Have Leftyjoe entertain with Live caricatures at your next event!!!
http://foryournextparty.blogspot.com/
Clothing and apparel featuring the art of Leftyjoe:
http://www.naturesmistake.net/
Merchandise featuring the art of Leftyjoe:
http://www.zazzle.com/leftyjoe
Art Prints and Merchandise featuring the art of Leftyjoe:
http://leftyjoe.deviantart.com/
Leftyjoe's personal merchandising project!!!
http://nerdlifeclothing.blogspot.com/
Another site where you can buy Leftyjoe artwork as prints, posters, coffee mugs, and tons of other custom designer artist merchandise!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/leftyjoe/art
You can check out Leftyjoe on artslant too!!! while you're at it, join up!!!
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/108216-leftyjoe-torres
Artist friends, I recommend you join as many of these sites as possible.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=215067
The story of Leftyjoe!!!
Leftyjoe is an emerging LA artist who's goal is to reach the hearts and minds of the world over.
Leftyjoe: "Art has touched my life so profoundly, and as an artist, I hope that my art can continue to touch more and more people."
Born in an affluent community the Federal district of Mexico city, Leftyjoe came to live in the U.S with some family members hoping to attain that dream that people the world over strive for. The American dream.
Well, Leftyjoe has been living his dream with the support of his family, friends and very supportive acquaintances.
Leftyjoe began his career very early. Instead of selling lemonade in front of his childhood home, Leftyjoe had a cute lil stand, where he sold "Drawings on demand"
Neighbors would walk buy and stop and melt at the sight of a six year old who claimed to be able to draw anything. At the customer's request, lil six year old Leftyjoe would draw the requested artwork for a few bucks.
Leftyjoe could not stop creating works of art throughout his young life. From special art classes as a kid to nearly failing highschool all together because art was just way more important to him than homework.
Leftyjoe went to a community college and took some naked people drawing classes, and a few other art related classes, but in 2001 he was diagnosed with a very virulent strain of cancer. Testicular cancer.
Cancer would not be an obstacle for the artist. He continued to draw even though his body had lil strength at times. Chemotherapy and two major surgeries that left him scared across his entire mid section also seemed not to put a stop to Leftyjoe's art.
By the way, he wasn't always called "Lefty"
Because his left testicle had to be removed due to the cancer, his college buddies dubbed him "Lefty"
Leftyjoe was a screen name he chose for a site, and the name just stuck.
Leftyjoe later worked at the L.A zoo as a caricature artist. You know, caricatures in layman's terms (the guys at theme parks that draw your face all funny)
At the L.A zoo, caricatures actually brought him great job opportunities. LA being the entertainment mecca that it is, is filled with people who work in that field.
Often visitors to the zoo would offer creative work to the artists.
There he was given a chance to work as an freelance illustrator for the Wayans Brothers, and later working in house full time for their merchandising company landing Leftyjoe's first in-house/full time art job.
With that company, Leftyjoe learned a great deal. His projects soon became more than just illustration for a series of books. He was given graphic design work, product packaging and label design. Also product design and toy design, storyboard re-visioning, and even some animation.
Later Leftyjoe went on to work as a character designer for a very popular humor entertainment website.
In it's hayday, liquidgeneration.com was one of the founding fathers of the internet entertainment revolution boasting the creation of the "Sabotage"
You know, that thing you got in your email that made you turn the volume way up in your computer, only to scare the living crap out of you!!!
At liquidgeneration.com Leftyjoe worked on various graphic design projects, even animated in flash quite a bit. But, later as the lead character designer, Leftyjoe really polished his chops.
While at his job, a friend (renowned illustrator Chuck BB) gave him the task to create a painting for an art show. Leftyjoe caught the fever, the painting fever.
Days later, (renowned toy designer/street artist/and all around awesome dude... Jack Rossi) invited Leftyjoe to [articipate in a gallery show. Well, from there on back in 2007, Leftyjoe didn't stop painting.
Getting laid off from his dream job as a character designer in 2008 he continued to paint. changing his career path to a full time painter. Going on to do show after show even curating some of his own.
He returned to caricatures at a theme park. Universal studios in Hollywood. But, was soon fired, lol.
Soon after his stint at Universal, Leftyjoe continued to paint and do shows. All the while, making a decent living with his hobby turned self-proprietorship; CARICATURES AT PARTIES!!! Having Leftyjoe entertaining at a party with live cartoon drawings of your guests!!!
As an independent and self employed artist, Leftyjoe has found much happiness and many good friendships he would not have made had he continued to sit at a computer from nine to five for an art studio.
Through his art shows, he has met with great opportunities. One such instance, his meeting of Matt Geiger, owner and founder of the hot L.A based apparel and merchandising company "NATURES MISTAKE"
Now Leftyjoe has partnered up with Matt G and Natures Mistake to further establish the brand's bad-ass status, ( with the help of many many wonderful people they've met along the way!!!)
Leftyjoe designs most of the brands tees. While still painting for art shows, and continuing to strive for the next art job, hopefully as a concept artist for a video game company!
Keep an eye on this prolific young artist! Hopefully his art will touch your heart and captivate your imagination and hopefully leave some sort of impression on you.
That, my friends, is ultimately the legacy each artist hopes to leave this world.
A short biography about Leftyjoe:
written by:
Leftyjoe's manager/agent
Rosanne Erickson.
Leftyjoe has joined several sites that help promote artists. Well with technology these days, and social media, Leftyjoe is taking full advantage of his resources.
Here are some sites you can check out:
Leftyjoe: daily art blog:
http://leftyjoe.blogspot.com/
Have Leftyjoe entertain with Live caricatures at your next event!!!
http://foryournextparty.blogspot.com/
Clothing and apparel featuring the art of Leftyjoe:
http://www.naturesmistake.net/
Merchandise featuring the art of Leftyjoe:
http://www.zazzle.com/leftyjoe
Art Prints and Merchandise featuring the art of Leftyjoe:
http://leftyjoe.deviantart.com/
Leftyjoe's personal merchandising project!!!
http://nerdlifeclothing.blogspot.com/
Another site where you can buy Leftyjoe artwork as prints, posters, coffee mugs, and tons of other custom designer artist merchandise!
http://www.redbubble.com/people/leftyjoe/art
You can check out Leftyjoe on artslant too!!! while you're at it, join up!!!
http://www.artslant.com/global/artists/show/108216-leftyjoe-torres
Artist friends, I recommend you join as many of these sites as possible.
http://www.coroflot.com/public/individual_details.asp?individual_id=215067
The story of Leftyjoe!!!
Leftyjoe is an emerging LA artist who's goal is to reach the hearts and minds of the world over.
Leftyjoe: "Art has touched my life so profoundly, and as an artist, I hope that my art can continue to touch more and more people."
Born in an affluent community the Federal district of Mexico city, Leftyjoe came to live in the U.S with some family members hoping to attain that dream that people the world over strive for. The American dream.
Well, Leftyjoe has been living his dream with the support of his family, friends and very supportive acquaintances.
Leftyjoe began his career very early. Instead of selling lemonade in front of his childhood home, Leftyjoe had a cute lil stand, where he sold "Drawings on demand"
Neighbors would walk buy and stop and melt at the sight of a six year old who claimed to be able to draw anything. At the customer's request, lil six year old Leftyjoe would draw the requested artwork for a few bucks.
Leftyjoe could not stop creating works of art throughout his young life. From special art classes as a kid to nearly failing highschool all together because art was just way more important to him than homework.
Leftyjoe went to a community college and took some naked people drawing classes, and a few other art related classes, but in 2001 he was diagnosed with a very virulent strain of cancer. Testicular cancer.
Cancer would not be an obstacle for the artist. He continued to draw even though his body had lil strength at times. Chemotherapy and two major surgeries that left him scared across his entire mid section also seemed not to put a stop to Leftyjoe's art.
By the way, he wasn't always called "Lefty"
Because his left testicle had to be removed due to the cancer, his college buddies dubbed him "Lefty"
Leftyjoe was a screen name he chose for a site, and the name just stuck.
Leftyjoe later worked at the L.A zoo as a caricature artist. You know, caricatures in layman's terms (the guys at theme parks that draw your face all funny)
At the L.A zoo, caricatures actually brought him great job opportunities. LA being the entertainment mecca that it is, is filled with people who work in that field.
Often visitors to the zoo would offer creative work to the artists.
There he was given a chance to work as an freelance illustrator for the Wayans Brothers, and later working in house full time for their merchandising company landing Leftyjoe's first in-house/full time art job.
With that company, Leftyjoe learned a great deal. His projects soon became more than just illustration for a series of books. He was given graphic design work, product packaging and label design. Also product design and toy design, storyboard re-visioning, and even some animation.
Later Leftyjoe went on to work as a character designer for a very popular humor entertainment website.
In it's hayday, liquidgeneration.com was one of the founding fathers of the internet entertainment revolution boasting the creation of the "Sabotage"
You know, that thing you got in your email that made you turn the volume way up in your computer, only to scare the living crap out of you!!!
At liquidgeneration.com Leftyjoe worked on various graphic design projects, even animated in flash quite a bit. But, later as the lead character designer, Leftyjoe really polished his chops.
While at his job, a friend (renowned illustrator Chuck BB) gave him the task to create a painting for an art show. Leftyjoe caught the fever, the painting fever.
Days later, (renowned toy designer/street artist/and all around awesome dude... Jack Rossi) invited Leftyjoe to [articipate in a gallery show. Well, from there on back in 2007, Leftyjoe didn't stop painting.
Getting laid off from his dream job as a character designer in 2008 he continued to paint. changing his career path to a full time painter. Going on to do show after show even curating some of his own.
He returned to caricatures at a theme park. Universal studios in Hollywood. But, was soon fired, lol.
Soon after his stint at Universal, Leftyjoe continued to paint and do shows. All the while, making a decent living with his hobby turned self-proprietorship; CARICATURES AT PARTIES!!! Having Leftyjoe entertaining at a party with live cartoon drawings of your guests!!!
As an independent and self employed artist, Leftyjoe has found much happiness and many good friendships he would not have made had he continued to sit at a computer from nine to five for an art studio.
Through his art shows, he has met with great opportunities. One such instance, his meeting of Matt Geiger, owner and founder of the hot L.A based apparel and merchandising company "NATURES MISTAKE"
Now Leftyjoe has partnered up with Matt G and Natures Mistake to further establish the brand's bad-ass status, ( with the help of many many wonderful people they've met along the way!!!)
Leftyjoe designs most of the brands tees. While still painting for art shows, and continuing to strive for the next art job, hopefully as a concept artist for a video game company!
Keep an eye on this prolific young artist! Hopefully his art will touch your heart and captivate your imagination and hopefully leave some sort of impression on you.
That, my friends, is ultimately the legacy each artist hopes to leave this world.
A short biography about Leftyjoe:
written by:
Leftyjoe's manager/agent
Rosanne Erickson.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Leftyjoe art.
If you're looking for some quirky pop art, (pop culture, animation inspired art, 80's cartoons inspired art, or just some cool stuff to put on you walls) please check out my links.
you can buy some prints of my art here:
http://leftyjoe.deviantart.com/gallery/
and here:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/leftyjoe/art
and soon you can buy stuff here.
http://www.zazzle.com/leftyjoe
you can buy some prints of my art here:
http://leftyjoe.deviantart.com/gallery/
and here:
http://www.redbubble.com/people/leftyjoe/art
and soon you can buy stuff here.
http://www.zazzle.com/leftyjoe
Friday, September 17, 2010
A tribute to the Great Frazetta.
This is my submission to a really cool thread on drawingboard.org
A tribute to Frazetta's awesome fantasy art, mostly focusing on his big cats.
I personally have always loved Frazetta's art. It touches me in a primal and erotic place in my twisted imagination. I love the depictions of the brave hero and heroins and the eminent danger posed by some outlandish monster or villain!!! Wow, I can only dream of being in some sort of situation involving me, a lion cloth, a half naked hot chick, a spear, and a monster to slay.
A tribute to Frazetta's awesome fantasy art, mostly focusing on his big cats.
I personally have always loved Frazetta's art. It touches me in a primal and erotic place in my twisted imagination. I love the depictions of the brave hero and heroins and the eminent danger posed by some outlandish monster or villain!!! Wow, I can only dream of being in some sort of situation involving me, a lion cloth, a half naked hot chick, a spear, and a monster to slay.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
A cd cover for a mix tape that I'm illustrating fo a friend.
Street fighter inspired cd cover illustration.
an illo of my new kitty "Neytiri"
I was inspired by my cute lil kitty that mh gf Vanessa gave me for my bday. "Neytiri" is the kitty's name, since Vanessa (my gf) and I love the movie "Avatar". Well, the kitty is soooooo cute, that I wanted to immortalize her cuteness, she's growing way too fast.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Some illustrations i busted out throughout all day yesterday!!!
Man, yesterday was the most awesome art day!!! I busted out these illustrations over the course of thwelve or more hours. :) I had to switch from my laptop to my desktop because the laptop got really hot? oh noes!!! Man, I loved working on this stuff!!!
I colored some old drawings, the cute lil african girl, the hottie pin up girl, the urban realistic looking batman concept, started on a ghost rider concept, and did a wolf logo for a friend. :)
I colored some old drawings, the cute lil african girl, the hottie pin up girl, the urban realistic looking batman concept, started on a ghost rider concept, and did a wolf logo for a friend. :)
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