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LUIS E. APARICIO

ILLUSTRATOR–DESIGNER-CARICATURIST–CARTOONIST

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iPad Sketching on Location

Luis E. Aparicio

Jul 5, 2018
1 min

iPad Sketching on Location

It’s been a long time since my last post. My life has taken some unexpected turns, but my love for sketching remains intact. From now on I intend to post much more regularly, upload more videos to my YouTube channel and much more. I am now living in north Texas, so I’ll be sketching a lot on location as I get to know my new surroundings. Lately I have been using my iPad a lot for work so I’ve been getting much more comfortable with it, to the point I have been using it a lot

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Luis E. Aparicio

Jul 2, 2013
1 min

My new places

My family and I have recently moved from Puerto Rico to Wilmington, Delaware. We’re looking for better alternatives of treatment and rehabilitation for our son. A change was probably very needed in so many ways though. This means I have not only one, but two cities to sketch! If everything goes well, I’m about to start working in Center Philadelphia next week, and Philly has so many interesting things to sketch. Besides, in the first few days I met Joshua, a local caricat

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Luis E. Aparicio

Apr 1, 2013
1 min

Caricatures on the iPad

For the past few weeks I’ve been learning some things I had wanted to do for a very long time. I’ve been taking video lessons on how to sketch portraits, human figure, different techniques and different media. I’m been really curious about pastel pencils. I remembered I had one of these pencils but am having trouble sharpening it… Also I’ve been practicing caricatures on the iPad. I’ve tried different apps, like Sketchbook Pro and ArtRage, but my favorite has been Procreate.

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Luis E. Aparicio

Jan 7, 2013
1 min

Virtual Paintout @ Isle of Man

It has been a long, long time since I engage in one of the Virtual Paintouts. After joining the Urban Sketchers I have exclusively sketched on location, but tonight i was bored and wanted to practice with the bamboo pen. This month the group is sketching via Google Street View at Isle of Man. I only had heard before of the place because it is home to my former side job, Pokerstars… Here’s my sketch for tonight, done with a bamboo pen, a kabob skewer and Higgins ink on 11×14 s

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Luis E. Aparicio

Jan 1, 2013
1 min

¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

This may probably the last sketch of 2012, but is certainly my last post of 2012. We’re waiting for the New Year in my home, just family and arghh, no beer! I forgot to go to the store… I only have “coquito”, too sweet for me. I did the sketch with a kabob skewer, dippin on Higgins ink. Thanks to everyone for your visits, comments and likes. Hope next year is great for you all. See ya on 2013! #ink #sketching #skewers

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Luis E. Aparicio

Dec 28, 2012
1 min

“Stick” figures

Today I sketched with sticks… I had a bamboo pen, kabob skewers and a sharpened chopstick, dipping into Noodler’s Bulletproof Black ink. I really like the primitive feeling of sketching with sticks, will need to use china ink; the Noodler’s won’t dry unless it has contact with paper, so it kind of messed up a bit while watercoloring. By the way, this was in a very nice beachside eatery, El Salpicón in Barceloneta. So, beside enjoying the sketching, I spent a nice afternoon wi

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Luis E. Aparicio

Dec 13, 2012
1 min

Sketching at Abracadabra

I have sketched a few times while having a beer at one of my favorite spots in San Juan, “Abracadabra”. This time I was in a bit of a rush, but liked the looseness and sense of informality of the sketch. I did it with felt tip pen, markers and watercolors, 8.5″x5.5″. #abracadabra #PuertoRico #Santurce #sketching

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Luis E. Aparicio

Oct 23, 2012
1 min

Sketching on both sides

Today one student told me another professor had taught him that he should never use the left side of his sketchbook. It is the second time, in two different universities that a student tells me the same thing. I would’ve thought this would be true with markers or Sharpies, because of the bleed-through, but actually both students were using pencil.. I am really enjoying finally being able to use both sides of the sketchbook, even with a heavy application of Copic markers. The

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Luis E. Aparicio

Oct 16, 2012
1 min

Campechada 2012

This past weekend I went out sketching to La Campechada 2012, an artistic event in Old San Juan. It was an excellent atmosphere, with dozens of participants doing their art on the streets and hundreds of visitors stopping by. I did some watercolor and coffee sketches, but I really enjoyed experimenting with markers, a Sharpie and a pen brush. I was fast and loose, even on the small format I was working in, 6″x 4″. I also did some in my letter sized sketchbook while having a

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Luis E. Aparicio

Sep 30, 2012
1 min

Getting more comfortable with markers

I’ve been getting more and more comfortable using markers on my sketchbook. True, I hate the bleed thru, but I just ordered a sketchbook that apparently solves that; will write a review after I try it. I have ventured a bit into using colors, both on a small 6″x4″ sketchbook as well as on a larger 8.5″ x 11″ one. I still mess up one of every three sketches (at least), but getting more comfortable every day. Here are some of my latest efforts: #markers #PuertoRico #sketching

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Luis E. Aparicio

May 31, 2012
1 min

Loosening up once again

For a couple weeks I’ve been trying fountain pens, but I really haven’t get used to them. I feel much tighter, thinking too much about holding the pen in such a way that it doesn’t skip. Today I got out an 8B Kohinoor Progresso woodless pencil and a Prismacolor Sanguine pencil while having lunch at a nearby Subway. I hadn’t sketched that much in a while, so sketched the customers while in line waiting for their sandwiches. I really liked how both felt on my Strathmore Windpo

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Luis E. Aparicio

May 10, 2012
1 min

The Pen isn’t my Friend

I’ve been reading a lot about sketchers using fountain pens and I decided to see what all the fuss is about. I went to a local shop and purchased a Lamy Vista, medium nib and a bottle of Pelikan 4001 brown ink to start. The pen is a joy to write with, but sketching with it is another story. I have the habit of rotating the pencil from when I started architecture school and drafted by hand. This is terrible for a fountain pen, it simply stops writing. This had never been a pro

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Luis E. Aparicio

Apr 7, 2012
1 min

Sketching Pluto

Today we returned to Hollywood Studios and Epcot. Our vacations are almost over, we are dead tired but it was worth it. Today I made some more sketches, and ended with probably my favorite of the whole trip. Since our first day I was amazed by the topiaries shaped like everyone’s favorite characters, and this afternoon I had the chance (and the courage) to sketch one. It’s a Pluto topiary; what these guys do is simply amazing… I chose the easiest, done with pencil and waterco

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Luis E. Aparicio

Apr 6, 2012
1 min

Two Caballeros

I woke up very early this morning so I had a chance to sketch the sculptures at the pool of where we are staying. I didn’t know the characters, apparently they are the Three Caballeros. However, from the spot I was sketching I could only see two, the third one was almost totally obscured. Maybe later I can “sketch-shop” him in… Here I only used a Crayola set of 12 colored pencils. #coloredpencil #sketching

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Luis E. Aparicio

Apr 2, 2012
1 min

Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow

Today we are at Epcot, an acronym of a very interesting proposal by Mr. Walt Disney, which wasn’t pursued by his company after his death. What we know as Epcot isn’t exactly what Mr. Disney had envisioned, although an awesome experience nonetheless. We have made a few rest stops and I have taken the chance to do some sketching. #epcot #sketching

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Luis E. Aparicio

Mar 26, 2012
1 min

Charcoal it is

This past Saturday my wife and I decided to do some sketching with charcoal. We stacked a few apples by a glass vase with daisies on our dining table. I can count with my fingers the times I had done compressed charcoal before, but nonetheless this was a fun and interesting exercise. #charcoal #PuertoRico #sketching

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