Johanna Enriquez

I put a spell on you...

2011-05-09T16:37:00.000-07:00

Just a few sketches from a work in progress. Shamans, spirits? What more could you ask for. :) Hope you enjoy!

Go Pippi!

2010-10-15T15:02:00.000-07:00

Whoa, it's been a long, long time since I've posted anything. Well, here's something I've been working on to help fill that void...Pippi Longstocking (my take on her at least). I've been having a lot of fun with this project and hope you readers out there enjoy it, too!

Below are some character designs for a variation of the Pippi Longstocking story. It takes place in the Andean Mountains, a bright and colorful culture, and includes big brother Adelmo, which means noble protector, his little sister Evita, a.k.a. Evie, Pippi, and Rhenna - Pippi's pet. Being orphans, Adelmo carries the weight of looking out for Evie and is always with his special walking stick left behind by his parents. He's responsible, wary of his surroundings, but still youthful and loves his little sister.

Evie, on the other hand, is a curious little girl. She is playful, eager to explore, sometimes stubborn, but surely looks up to Adelmo, whom she calls Addie for short.

As the story takes place in the Andes, Pippi's adventurous, confident, and ever-so-powerful character is explored as a gaucho who comes into the ordinary lives of Adelmo and Evie.

Pippi is accompanied by her pet, Rhenna, whom she encountered in Rhenna's native Andean wilderness and immediately befriended. Rhenna is a bit clueless, fearful, yet loyal enough to endure Pippi's wild adventures.

That's all folks...thanks for visiting!

A little quicky...

2010-03-29T17:03:00.000-07:00

A quick little exercise to fill in the absence on this page...

Show and Tell...

2009-12-16T02:13:00.000-08:00

I've never gotten around to showing the stuff that I do at work, so here goes! The postings below show some of the art/concepts I developed (left side) for internal and external product lines and how they look (right side) once they're all sculpted, painted, and ready to be marketed and sold at gift stores like Hallmark. I worked on these products earlier this year. I've got more to post, so stay tuned!

Product Line: Tusk

Product Line: Mwah! (Magnetic Salt & Pepper Shakers)

Product Line: Mwah! (Magnetic Salt & Pepper Shakers)

Product Line: The Wizard of Oz, Copyright of Warner Bros.
Project: 70th Anniversary Character Shoe Collection. Each shoe was inspired by the Wizard of Oz characters...can you tell which is which?
(You can see how the rest of the shoes turned out here.)

As always, thanks for stopping by!
(All images in this post are copyright of Westland Giftware, Inc. unless otherwise noted.)

What a dump...

2009-10-21T17:38:00.000-07:00

People are so exciting at the airport...enjoy!

Fuzzy eyes...

2009-09-11T19:52:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I had to get my eyes checked and so had my pupils dilated before my doctor saw me. I had to wait for quite a while, got bored, so decided to try to sketch a bit, even though everything was fuzzy looking. Here was the outcome... a bunch of heads. =P Not bad? Hope you enjoy!

Little lovebirds...

2009-06-02T23:06:00.000-07:00

Nothing too fancy here...just a sweet little card. Enjoy! :)

A few sketcharoos...

2009-05-12T22:30:00.000-07:00

Just a few sketches done while at the airport recently...hope you like! =)

Creepy crawly..

2009-04-01T01:29:00.000-07:00

Wouldn't want this crawling around in my backyard..

Mini sketch dump :)

2009-03-20T17:42:00.000-07:00

A little sketch candy...more to come!

Happy Belated Vday!

2009-02-18T22:24:00.000-08:00

Happy belated Valentine's Day! In honor of Vday and my favorite guy, I made a quick a little card. Hope you like!

Hummingbird Art

2008-11-25T17:53:00.000-08:00

I never posted this up on this blog, but I thought I'd share a piece that I illustrated for the National Geographic Magazine for an article about the endangered Juan Fernandez Firecrown Hummingbird. It appeared in the September 2007 issue...better late than never. Hope you enjoy!

Images in this post are copyright of National Geographic Magazine.

Update!

2008-10-14T16:00:00.000-07:00

So sorry for the long absence...I think it's due time for an update. So, recently I had done some contract work for a company called The Trail of Painted Ponies. (The company originated in Santa Fe, New Mexico as a public art project that invited over a hundred artists to transform life-size fiberglass sculptures into beautiful works of art...now it's a distinguished collectibles company.) I had the opportunity to complete three designs for them, one of which became part of an autographed series (Summer 2008) - Stagecoach Pony...the other two are part of their Holiday collection - Twas the Night Before Christmas and Wooden Toy Horse Pony. From concept to reviewing the last sculpts and samples of the figurine, I had a great time working on these and I look forward to working with this company again in the future. In the meantime, you can check them out at your local Hallmark store or at the following websites: www.trailofpaintedponies.com or http://www.paintedponiescollectibles.com/index.asp. Now, go get yourself a pony! =) Thanks for dropping by!

Speedpaint

2008-07-22T13:05:00.001-07:00

Just for fun...

2008-07-11T20:51:00.000-07:00

Speedpaint

2008-07-08T10:28:00.000-07:00

20 min. speedpaint to get the juices flowing...

More sketch-a-roos =P

2008-04-05T12:02:00.000-07:00

Finally, some new sketches!

2008-03-06T22:26:00.001-08:00

Just a few pages of some random sketching...enjoy and thanks for dropping by!

More Speedpaints

2007-05-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

Haven't posted up any work in a while, so here are some newbies...some speedpaints (about 20-30 minutes each) done after the work of two photographers. The top after Alexandra Avakian and the bottom after J.P. Blair. Hope to post more soon. In the meantime, enjoy and thanks for dropping by!

Speed Paint Warm Ups

2007-01-19T21:28:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone. Decided to post some speed paints that I did recently, one after a photo taken by J.E. Wulsin...the one at the bottom began as a scribble and ended up as the little guy you see here. That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!

Sketches for the New Year

2007-01-16T13:14:00.000-08:00

Hope everyone had a great holiday season. Here are some sketches done in and around some cafes and airports...Happy New Year to all!

Creature painting...enjoy!

2006-12-15T15:37:00.000-08:00

Sketches!

2006-12-11T12:14:00.000-08:00

More color...

2006-11-15T13:07:00.000-08:00

A little bit of color...

2006-11-01T15:00:00.000-08:00

Hope you like! =)

Update!

2006-10-30T17:14:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the extremely long delay. It's been quite a while since I've updated this blog. So for a little jumpstart and to bring a little life to this page, here's a few sketches of some bears from the NGS courtyard in DC.=) Thanks for coming by!

Keeper of Myth

2006-03-31T15:58:00.000-08:00

Some work I did for the Keeper of Myth Project for class...I really enjoyed this project. We were to design a trainer with a significant prop, and a mythological creature, trying to make the trainer's design or attire specific to the creature that he/she is training. I ended up using the two character designs at the top for the trainer and the mythological creature, the Menehune (from Polynesian mythology). The trainer's attire is reminiscent of Paupeuo the owl god, who is feared by the Menehune...attached around her ankles are bunches of bananas, the Menehune's favorite food - she uses them to award and tempt the nocturnal, hill dwelling creatures. She uses her prop, an ancient instrument, to call for them in hopes that she can train the creatures to protect her village. Lastly, some ideations. Currently working out a piece to show the two characters' relationship to each other. That's all for now. Enjoy!

Gibbon King

2006-03-27T17:05:00.000-08:00

Some more work...these character pose ideations and photos are from a maquette project last semester. In brief, my character is this lazy but jolly and content Sumatran Gibbon King seen here munching on some scared little bugs. I do plan on revisiting the project to do more detailing.

Puppeteer sketch

2006-03-27T12:59:00.000-08:00

To quickly start things off, I decided to post one of my character design ideations from class for our Travelling Puppeteer project. I actually had more fun drawing this guy than the two designs I wound up using for the project. More to come.

Something New

2006-03-27T10:37:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my blog everyone... i thought that starting up a blog for myself would be a great way for me to share some of my work with the public. It's also inspired me to squeeze in a little more drawing time each day for myself and to push to explore different drawing styles. I'll be posting some of my stuff soon. Thank you for dropping by!