BERNARD JOAQUIN

New Year

2012-01-01T18:01:00.002-05:00

Awakening

2010-05-15T17:37:00.002-04:00

It's been a while since I last posted something on this blog. I been working on some production work and haven't had time to sit down and do some drawings for myself. It felt like I been hibernating like this bear for a while and just awaken. More drawings soon...unless I get sleepy again.

Waiting

2009-08-14T21:03:00.004-04:00

Negotiating

2009-05-12T21:00:00.006-04:00

Draw

2009-05-12T14:41:00.010-04:00

Gambling

2009-05-06T12:17:00.004-04:00

Life is like a big gamble. You never know what cards you'll get. Sometimes you get lucky with a royal flush and other times you have to bluff. In the end all that matters is that you win the pot. I really should learn poker.

Development

2009-02-21T20:54:00.016-05:00

I finally got the go ahead on posting these, the early development for the "Miser Brother's Christmas" at Cuppa Coffee for Warner Brothers Animation.

A LONG TIME

2008-11-18T13:52:00.006-05:00

It's been a long time...I did this at the House of Cool for a show idea created by Shawn. Revising the blog , looks like I need to catch up on posting more work.

Spring Time

2008-04-08T23:56:00.010-04:00

Spring in Toronto. This year's winter seem to have made up for the lack of snow we had last year.
I just wrapped up designing on a tv movie based on one of the Rankin and Bass Christmas specials that I grew up watching when I was younger. It was really neat to see the process of stopmotion unfold in front of you everyday. Being exposed to people that specialized in fields like carpentry, sculpture, metal works, mold making, costume designers, things that I've never learned or focused on in animation school. It was very enlighting and refreshing experience, also stressful on certain days...
I think I picked up some carpentry skills and learned about what tools to use when building miniature sets. Also I got some tips on my own sculptures on refining and tools to use.
The show is in the animation stage and from what I saw it's looking really nice...should be on tv this december 2008.

NEW YEAR

2008-01-01T18:24:00.000-05:00

Some sculptures to start the New Year, I call them the "Rhinoplastic Sculptures". I approach these sculptures in a painterly way keeping them loose and gestural, so that the imperfections in the face would be visible than having it all rendered smooth.

Cowboy Junkie

2007-11-03T13:58:00.000-04:00

So I started to draw again..came up with a Cowboy Concept....

LaMancha : The Shadow Walker

2007-10-18T16:09:00.000-04:00

Ahhhh..LaMancha....This is a sculpture I did for a friend of mine, Kareeem Thompson who came up with the idea for LaMancha, the shadow walking hero...or villian...who knows, well kareem would..probably...Anyways you can check out the animatic trailer at the new HOC site.

The Teddy Bear "Bobo"

2007-09-21T11:36:00.000-04:00

Immortalized

2007-09-14T14:43:00.001-04:00

For Those of you who know him...you know Saud can't stop laughing once he starts...I figure for his birthday I give him an immortalization of his laughter.

August Already

2007-08-18T13:37:00.000-04:00

I admit I been away from the blogs for a while...but I'm back!!
I'll try to post more often like at least more than once a month. This is a view from my new place in Toronto...makes me want to paint on the balcony...

May- Morning Paper

2007-01-08T00:38:00.000-05:00

ORANGE - line drawing

2007-01-07T19:02:00.000-05:00

April 2006

The colour paper

2007-01-02T00:49:00.000-05:00

I tried drawing on different coloured paper to compliment with the medium colour...lots of exploration but I think this is the only drawing that turned out well in green.

April 2006

Commute to Work with friends

2007-01-02T00:41:00.000-05:00

Ken and Andrew were working downtown during the summers

I think this was a trip going back home that day...cause they seem tired

April 2006

GRAY-APRIL 2006

2007-01-02T00:20:00.000-05:00

Marching into April 2006

2007-01-01T23:53:00.000-05:00

A NEW YEARS POST

2007-01-01T23:25:00.000-05:00

March 2006

Just trying to catch up on my blog posting.....I finished 9 sketch books last year full of Go Train people it's starts from march 2006 to december 2006.

Happy Holidays Everyone

2006-12-29T19:37:00.000-05:00

And Happy Birthday to My Mom

MoNstERs

2006-10-31T01:43:00.000-05:00

I thought it would be nice to post something today, Ces't l'Halloween!!!

studying on the train

2006-09-15T19:12:00.000-04:00

Oh yeah....I have a BLOG

2006-09-05T23:32:00.000-04:00

Hey guys I know it's been a while but I posted something.......you like?

the scorpion forest

2006-03-29T18:31:00.000-05:00

PROJECT SHERLOCK HOLMES

2006-02-28T10:38:00.000-05:00

This is a sculpture I did of Sherlock Holmes in first year for character design class. That was the year mister Pearns was teaching it.....I think alot of us lost alot of sleep doing alot of projects that year....thanks kris.
I made Watson as well...but he didn't make the photo shoot due to accumulation of dust and dropping him...I will have to fix him up, but for some reason the plasticine is not being made anymore...or they got bought out and going by a different name....

Ladies in RED

2006-02-06T08:10:00.000-05:00

the ballet

2006-02-01T05:21:00.000-05:00

winter wonderland

2006-01-28T03:51:00.000-05:00

Happy Holidays

2005-12-25T23:16:00.000-05:00

Sugar Plum Fairies

Art Of Cooking...THE GIE CHEF

2005-12-07T13:49:00.000-05:00

My Mom Gie-Chef.blogspot.com
Just started a wicked new blog of her own...all about cooking and art. She will put the recipes soon.

Go Train

2005-11-16T16:24:00.000-05:00

Go Train Waiting with Markers

2005-11-10T09:45:00.000-05:00

Go Train Waiting

2005-11-10T09:43:00.000-05:00

Little Russian

2005-11-06T17:45:00.000-05:00

Pumpkin Patrick

2005-10-24T07:41:00.000-04:00

Halloween is coming!!...what are you going to dress up as?...This is what my story is about....Pumpkin Patrick...about a boy with more weights on his shoulders...than usual.....
I been trying to get the story all summer...these are just two sketches I did after describing how they look like and getting their personalities to come out....but now the story is starting to change direction...from a sad to a happier version...hope it's better.....Going to be alot of work.....

Made with Pastelly

2005-10-16T16:52:00.000-04:00

This was created in our last year in sheridan.....it was in the little section we called The Regular Schmos....inhabited by Robin Joseph, Saud Boksmati and myself....This rough painting is Mister Patch of Orange working...I think he was animating his film...while I played around with pastels...

Short in development

2005-10-14T07:37:00.000-04:00

Thanks

2005-10-11T20:52:00.000-04:00

Just wanted to thank
Cartoon brew and Drawn
for advertising my blog
....really appreciate it

Thanks

The Scavenger Hunt

2005-10-11T07:13:00.000-04:00

Four the Mathematics

2005-10-11T00:18:00.000-04:00

The first concert I went to in the summer was a band who my brother plays bass for...the group is called Fourthemathematics...a very cool band...these are just 2 sketches I did of him and his main..They are Indie, Alternative and Experimental....check them out.. http://www.forthemathematics.com

Go Train

2005-10-10T22:16:00.000-04:00

A smoother ride then the bus

More Bus Rides

2005-10-10T21:23:00.000-04:00

Bus Ride

2005-10-07T23:47:00.000-04:00

The Film Credit

2005-09-30T20:54:00.000-04:00

Hey Guys....apparently the version I put up has no credits, which is wierd..but it was the smallest compression I had....and the one with credit is 40 mb..... So I just wanted to thank the people the helped me out making the film...
I'll get the credits in when the website is put together....

But just wanted to thank some people now for their help

Chris de Castro
Kenneth Turner
Trev Jimenez
Louis Norris
Pete Lamont
Andrew Ross
Robin Joseph
Kareem Thompson
Saud Boksmati

Without these guys the film wouldn't have been completed...Some supported me mentally and help keep me motivated...but.....still need more fine tuning... but for now it will have to do, for the amount of time it was given.....

Grandfather Concept

2005-09-27T15:02:00.000-04:00

Student Film Temp Post

2005-09-27T14:42:00.000-04:00

To anyone interested... I posted my studentfilm for a bit, while trying to put the website together...... please check it out and tell me what you think.......
The Film is about my Grandfather and his Alzheimer.......In the Ottawa Film Festival, it won 2nd place in the Teletoon Most Promising Student Category......though it won the best award when I finished it and showed it to my family and relative.....thanks for visiting guys

Student Film Link
http://www.artofbenerd.com/images/studentfilm.mov

Film Festival Funtime

2005-09-27T13:57:00.000-04:00

Film Festival People

Compelling Characters

2005-09-26T14:05:00.000-04:00

While in the Ottawa Film Festival...

I went to see two compelling characters Jerry Beck and Ellen Besen...who had a workshop about Creating Compelling Characters....lots of fun, lots of laughs, lots of information...but why didn't Ellen like the Incredibles?............

Character Design

2005-09-21T15:20:00.000-04:00

Just some sketches of characters I did early this year

The Game Addiction

2005-09-21T05:19:00.000-04:00

Well, I'm back... was busy for a while...doing.... I don't really know....... In anycase, the Ottawa Film Festival is coming, just getting ready for that.
This guy is Nelson ....very talented designer of the computer arts... who was drafted by Bioware in Alberta....which he is liking alot ....currently I been inform that he has undertaken alot of videogames and is finishing them one after the other.....what a trooper.......

Life Drawing

2005-09-12T04:34:00.000-04:00

Well I don't have any lifedrawing from this year scanned.........but this year was more about my film............ so lifedrawing didn't really get to what I really wanted it to be ....these are life drawings I did last year that was in my computer...........I like this ones because I was just starting up using different colours........had to experiment alot and learn which colours work better together..................................

Photo Album Concept

2005-09-11T14:11:00.000-04:00

This was one of the early development I did for the Photo Album..was just trying to picture a moment in the story...this took a while to do but was worth the time to do it....captured the autumn feel that I wanted to show in the Photo Album...........really important

The 15 Minute Bus Ride

2005-09-08T23:20:00.000-04:00

The bus I take to get to work is around 15 minutes...might as well do something while sitting.....

The Photo Album

2005-09-08T17:37:00.000-04:00

The Photo Album is the title of a film I made for my family, it's about my Grandpa and his azheimer. Here are some of the development to look at ....and when I get my website all together I will post up the short film.........

Magnum......

2005-09-08T17:11:00.000-04:00

This was a doodle I did around the same time I painted the spiderman...for those who don't know it's Ben Stiller from Zoolander......who plays a super model who can't turn left......

THE WEDDING DANCE

2005-09-08T17:07:00.000-04:00

my cousin's wedding ...this image captured it the best.....

SPIDERMAN

2005-09-08T16:27:00.000-04:00

This is something I did on photoshop last summer.....when spiderman2 came out ...though I didn't have a blog then....It was just stored into one of my computer folders.....

More Flash Employees

2005-09-08T15:38:00.000-04:00

Flash Employees

2005-09-03T17:23:00.000-04:00

Mike Barth, was painted on flash as he animates through the night, this guy learned flash in a week and is the fastest animator they have at Pip for Carl Squared.... the show is about a kid and his clone.....Though I think Mike has clones on himself working for him....much like the show he works on....

Giovanni the Violin Artist

2005-09-03T17:08:00.000-04:00

When animating in flash one's mind often wonders and end up doing something they like.......eventhough flash is harder to handle than photoshop....the challenge was fun....................

My Partners In Crime

2005-09-03T16:28:00.000-04:00

Kenneth Turner

Andrew Ross

I went to the convention with Ken and Andrew. It was Andrew's first time in the convention so he was a bit overwhelm on the amount of people who were active in there beliefs.........Though no picture of Frodo this was the closest we got.......

The COMICON adventure

2005-09-03T15:59:00.000-04:00

The Toronto Comicon, fun time taking pictures of really devoted fans.........though didn't get a picture of elijah woods.

For the guy in the B Studio

2005-09-03T15:41:00.000-04:00

This was a sketch I did for my friend Kareem, a while back when he was yelling out what caricature he wanted to see done.....though he gave me alot of stuff when he left for vancouver...I haven't given him anything yet....so here Kareem take it.......

The sepia light outside

2005-07-22T19:41:00.000-04:00

Well, I guess I should go outside it......

Margarita The Shoe Protector

2005-07-22T01:11:00.000-04:00

This is my parent's dog Margarita, named after a drink she is always wired and ready for action. .....you can find her guarding my mom's shoes. Some say she is stupid..... but she is a good guard dog ....what a trooper

Who's Party is this?

2005-07-22T00:43:00.000-04:00

well just joining the party, hopefully not too late...