Strawberry Tree

Heroes & Sidekicks

2011-01-28T01:20:00.000-08:00

Bleached and Dangerous

2011-01-25T23:39:00.000-08:00

Red Warrior

2011-01-17T13:36:00.000-08:00

Cute 'n Cuddly

2011-01-08T11:50:00.000-08:00

Toy Story

2009-12-31T02:27:00.000-08:00

Just a sneak peak...

Run, Forrest! Run!

2009-11-11T10:15:00.000-08:00

Intruder Alert

2009-10-30T12:18:00.000-07:00

Looks Like Mongolia 2 Me...

2009-09-09T12:59:00.000-07:00

My entry for a stamp-collaboration over at deviantART. All submissions had to be static so I made a static version for the project and another one, just to please the animator inside me.

Sky High

2009-08-29T11:11:00.000-07:00

It Came from Outer Space

2009-07-31T11:21:00.000-07:00

Star Wars and all related characters are ™ & © Lucasfilm Ltd.

Fast and Furious

2009-06-28T10:04:00.000-07:00

Yay! Happy Birthday to me! ^^
Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner
are © Warner Bros.

Ink

2009-05-31T10:05:00.000-07:00

Ruin Keepers

2009-04-30T11:11:00.000-07:00

Air Attack

2009-03-31T13:13:00.000-07:00

South India, 1941

2009-03-31T13:10:00.000-07:00

Squash 'n Stretch

2009-02-23T11:06:00.000-08:00

Here's an emote I did for a contest five months ago. It demonstrates the first basic principle of animation. I plan to animate all 12 for my personal pleasure when I have enough of spare time. Animating emotes turned out to be a lot of fun...

Happy New Year

2009-01-31T10:55:00.000-08:00

ICS Preview - Part Four

2008-12-29T16:33:00.000-08:00

Sorry for being absent lately, guys. Have a Happy New Year! I'll see you on the other side... =)

Pixie Dust

2008-11-19T13:34:00.000-08:00

Mobster Pugsley

2008-10-30T13:18:00.000-07:00

Well...

2008-09-29T12:22:00.000-07:00

I was browsing my archives, looking for something voluminous to fill the gap and not to have an "empty" month (because I can't afford to draw for fun these days, due to a lot of work and stuff) and I found this.

Flyboys

2008-08-18T09:21:00.000-07:00

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light,
Into a sea of dew.
“Where are you going, and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked the three.
“We have come to fish for the herring fish
That live in this beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we!”
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod...

Dash Goes Emo

2008-08-05T15:17:00.000-07:00

This is a Kronos-based application that allows you to create a new class of battle droids, that replicate actual human superheroes. Very useful for any wannabe villain.

Dashiell Robert Parr (a.k.a. Dash Incredible) is created by Brad Bird and Copyright Disney/Pixar.

The French Connection

2008-07-29T13:22:00.000-07:00

Don't Call Me Junior

2008-06-10T08:10:00.000-07:00

Indiana Jones is ™ & © Lucasfilm Ltd.

Radio

2008-05-10T03:22:00.000-07:00

Dave

2008-05-02T15:11:00.000-07:00

I am currently reading Michael Crighton's Next and yesterday I suddenly felt like making some fan-art. So here's Dave - half-man, half-monkey, Dave's some sort of a transgenetic species. (Or whichever the right term may be.) I drew him like 10 years older than he appears in the book cuz I wanted to see how would he look like as a teenager...

Dreaming My Dreams

2008-04-21T03:15:00.000-07:00

[Advertising Space]

2008-04-03T03:43:00.000-07:00

Here's the front side of a packing I designed for a friend like five years ago. He was planning to sell protective hologram stickers for cell phones and he needed some sort of a picture mount where the stuff had to be attached to. The phone was entirely drawn with the lasso tool in Photoshop 6, so don't be too harsh on me - it was my first try as a wannabe designer...

By the way, did you know that all Chameleons are able to change their skin color not only as an expression of their physical and physiological condition, but also as a method of communication, including to make themselves more attractive to potential mates. They have specialized cells, collectively called chromatophores, that lie in layers under their transparent outer skin.

The cells in the upper layer, called xanthophores and erythrophores, contain yellow and red pigments respectively. Below these is another layer of cells called iridophores or guanophores, and they contain the colourless crystalline substance guanine. These reflect, among others, the blue part of incident light. If the upper layer of chromatophores appears mainly yellow, the reflected light becomes green (blue plus yellow). A layer of dark melanin containing melanophores is situated even deeper under the reflective iridophores. The melanophores influence the 'lightness' of the reflected light. All these pigment cells can rapidly relocate their pigments, thereby influencing the colour of the chameleon...

Anyway, I typed this only to fill out the gap to the right of the image. =P

Preloader

2008-03-22T11:06:00.000-07:00

This is the very first preloader that I made for the initial version of my personal website two years ago. Unfortunately, this flash file never got used, because I changed the whole concept a couple of times before the launch of HomeworkCinema in may 2006.

Memorial

2008-03-03T14:54:00.000-08:00

March the 3th is a very special date in my country's history. After almost five centuries of Ottoman domination, on this day, 130 years ago, the Bulgarian state was reestablished as the Principality of Bulgaria. This event was a result of The Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878) that consisted of four battles between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The image on the left is a replica of the actual memorial, raised on the top of the historic Shipka Pass where the crucial military actions took place. Additional information on the subject is available here and here. Optionally, there's a vast collection of photographs (including ones of The Shipka Monastery) over at Flickr and Photobucket.

Pixel Wars

2008-02-21T05:05:00.000-08:00

Slug Gunner (the robot) is created by SNK Playmore
and featured in the game "Metal Slug 5".
All rights to this character belong to the respective Copyright owners.
The tiger is © Stoyan Petrov.

Bamboo Kid

2008-02-19T12:57:00.000-08:00

Home Sweet Home

2008-01-10T07:52:00.001-08:00

Spongebob Squarepants
is created by Stepeh Hillenburg and owned by Nickelodeon.
All rights belong to the respective copyright owners.
Click here to visit the official site.

Notebook Friends

2007-12-20T02:55:00.000-08:00

Blackboard Chronicles

2007-12-10T12:03:00.000-08:00

The Simpsons characters are created by Matt Groening.
All rights belong to the respective copyright owners.
Textures by CGTextures.

What follows...

2007-11-01T18:03:00.000-07:00

...are eight watercolor paintings I made almost a decade ago. They were part of my project I graduated with from The High School of Arts. The task was to create a set of illustrations for a storybook, as well as designing the cover and all the additional page elements like vignettes, borders and stuff. Although the main source of my inspiration was the great Italian illustrator Tony Wolf, I tried to find my own style by using the splendid possibilities of the watercolor technique.

As for the book, I dare to say that this is one of the greatest stories ever written. But what makes it really extraordinary are the author's original illustrations that complement the content with genuine sincerity. I love this book the way it is and even though I had a great time creating these images I never planned to publish them. Because "the essential things in life are seen not with the eyes, but with the heart..."

Beware The Tigers!

2007-11-01T18:01:00.000-07:00

The Last King Of The World

2007-11-01T18:00:00.000-07:00

Bask In My Glow

2007-11-01T17:58:00.000-07:00

Hiccups

2007-11-01T17:57:00.000-07:00

Dreaming By Numbers

2007-11-01T17:56:00.000-07:00

Let There Be Light

2007-11-01T17:53:00.000-07:00

Geography

2007-11-01T17:51:00.000-07:00

Of Fox And Men

2007-11-01T17:45:00.000-07:00

Anchors Aweigh

2007-10-11T05:26:00.000-07:00

(Click to view the whole image)

Wash & Go

2007-09-25T10:37:00.000-07:00

Watermark

2007-08-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

See? A big one! And it's not even transparent...

OMG, I have to put these final touches on my short film as quickly as possible... Otherwise, who knows what will be the next thing I post here...

Shadows Of The Past

2007-08-14T02:43:00.000-07:00

I did these like 5 years ago. I was working on a story of mine and drawing some of the characters involved helped me better develop their personalities. Unfortunately, the thing turned into a very complex and hard-for-me-to-draw story. So I put the treatment back on my shelf along with this huge folder of concept art and character designs, waiting for the days when I'll be able to clone myself (multiple times) and draw it the way I intended it.

And for the record - 'Shadows Of The Past' is not my project's actual worktitle.

Timbeeeeeeeeeer...

2007-08-04T06:40:00.000-07:00

Coming (Back) Soon

2007-07-11T06:07:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone! I just wanted to drop a line about my recent lack of updates. The truth is my short film entered its final phase of post-production and I have hard times putting all the things together. Some scenes need to be re-edited, others require additional effects work so the animation blends into the live-action background. Not to mention the awkward frame processing that really drives me crazy... but anyway.

Thanks for visiting my blog! I'll be back soon with a helluva lot of new goodies to post. Hopefully.

My Favorite Martian...

2007-06-11T01:21:00.000-07:00

...and his favorite Martian, who turns 25 (earth years) today.
Happy birthday, E.T. !!!

Get The Stick!

2007-06-01T05:31:00.000-07:00

Me at 3, training an Octopus on the beach of Nessebur.

Rabbit Stew*

2007-05-16T02:38:00.000-07:00

*no animals were harmed in the making of this sketch.

Need For Speed

2007-05-05T04:27:00.000-07:00

Just a quickie I did while I was taking a break from my daily work.
And to make it clear - this is not Monica Bellucci in 6th grade...

Still No Time For Color...

2007-04-12T05:23:00.000-07:00

WARNING
The following link leads to a depiction of mild feminine nudity that may not be suitable for minors. If you are under the age of 16 or it is illegal in your region to view such material please do not click the red button.
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No Time For Color...

2007-03-19T08:51:00.000-07:00

Bedtime Story

2007-02-14T02:40:00.000-08:00

I know I stand in line
Until you think you have the time
To spend an evening with me
And if we go someplace to dance
I know that there's a chance
You won't be leaving with me
Then afterwards we drop
Into a quiet little place
And have a drink or two
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like "I love you".

I can see it in your eyes
You still despise the same old lines
You heard the night before
And though it's just a line to you
For me it's true and
Never seemed so right before.

I practice every day
To find some clever lines to say
To make the meaning come through
But then I think I'll wait
Until the evening gets late
And I'm alone with you
The time is right
Your perfume fills my head
The stars get red and
Oh the night's so blue
And then I go and spoil it all
By saying something stupid
Like "I love you".

Night at the Museum

2007-02-07T15:20:00.000-08:00

A picture of me and some guy I met while visiting Madame Tussaud's of London. We had a small but exceptionally rich in content talk, partly because he didn't say a word, partly because I was in a hurry to join the next tour of the Planetarium...

Back to the Super

2007-01-07T08:45:00.000-08:00

To set up the stage for the live-action sequences of my short animation that I already presented in the three previous posts, I had to provide a considerable amount of drawn pages. Each page had to feature a different type of superhero concept with the parody being the unifying element in all of them.

Eventually, I ended up with a helluva lot of characters. Some of them will be able to make their way to the screen and obtain their 15 ... seconds of fame. But others, lots of others won't be that lucky. Here's why I decided to clean up and color a couple of my favorite sketches and put them in the spotlight through Blogger. I hope you like 'em...

ICS Preview - Part Three

2006-12-17T02:53:00.000-08:00

I would like to finish this preview of I Can See by submitting a few stills from the short itself. More pictures as well as detailed information about the film will be posted here in the next couple of months. Meanwhile, you can take a peek behind the scenes of I Can See on its official site where a bunch of storyboard drawings, concept designs, animation test and story reel are already available for viewing.

ICS Preview - Part Two

2006-12-16T14:16:00.000-08:00

Okay, here's the teaser poster for my forementioned animated short. But don't get too excited about it! The plane, the bats, the angry tribesmen, the dirigeable, the Paris sequence and the sacred ruins, were all discarded due to low budget restrictions...

Oh, and the title got changed too. But it's only a teaser after all...

ICS Preview - Part One

2006-11-17T15:54:00.000-08:00

Meet Uli. He plays the leading part in my latest short animation called I Can See. The less-than-three-minute-long flick is inspired by Johnny Nash's greatest hit "I Can See Clearly Now" and tells the story of a drawing trying to escape from its creator.

Intro

2006-11-04T04:13:00.000-08:00

Just to get things started, here's an old self-portrait that I recently uncovered while delving deep into my artwork archives. I'm really sorry for its bad condition and I promise to put up soon an updated version that reflects more accurately the results from my 14-week program for massive biceps...

...I was going to forget -- Welcome to my Strawberry Tree blog!