I’m Enrique Plazola, aka Sketch Monster. I worked on Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon and The Smurfs as a Stereo Artist. I’m an illustrator and passionate about video game art, anime, and comic art. My creativity has taken me everywhere in art. I’ve done caricatures at theme parks, t-shirt designs, logos, card designs, book covers, and everything in between.
I consider myself a digital artist, but I love traditional mediums as well. It was pretty hard to get to this point. I started drawing at a late age and I had to play catch up with everyone who had started art when they were young. I even quit learning art for several years before coming back. Its been really stressful, but I’m happy where I’m at now.
Learned to draw in a little art studio. They taught me all the basics immediately. I felt I was lucky enough to have instruction immediately and wasn’t having to do as much trial an error. I learned fun and easy things to draw. Since that time though, that art instruction is available online. I wish I had the resources that are so available right now to new artists. Its a great time to be an artist.
I learned to draw at such a late age. I didn’t have any experience before then, I didn’t doodle. I started as a really bad artist immediately and, even with instruction, had to put in the drawing time to improve. Drawing whatever is in your mind’s eye is one of the most rewarding things I’ve ever experienced And I know for a fact you can have this for yourself, no matter who you are.
I consider myself fortunate to have found what I love to do in life. Having the ability to make my own logos, t-shirts, and comics, is a huge advantage. Knowing the ins and outs of a craft you love is something to admire. If you have an idea that you want brought to life, you have the ability inside you, you just have to practice. And when I mean practice, I mean practice the proper way. Which can be found here.
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