OTHER WORK
DIGITAL ART
!["Wrenvyx Self Portrait" Nov 2022. Program: Procreate [stylized self portrait using my logo as inspiration]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1671412197481-JFIR3DBMUD71UCMRA8AC/wrenvyx_portrait_frame.png)
"Wrenvyx Self Portrait" Nov 2022. Program: Procreate [stylized self portrait using my logo as inspiration]
!["Walk Cycle" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [frame by frame animation of a walk cycle, done during 2020 quarantine]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/972fe656-50fd-454c-b694-9958793768a8/WalkCycle_Inbetweening.gif)
"Walk Cycle" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [frame by frame animation of a walk cycle, done during 2020 quarantine]
!["Rosemary" Dec 2019. Program: Procreate [portrait of Rosemary from Rosemary's Baby, using complimentary two tone colors for a sinister and mysterious effect]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583082929544-3NGVBZFFPMS8XZ6OQ229/rosemary.PNG)
"Rosemary" Dec 2019. Program: Procreate [portrait of Rosemary from Rosemary's Baby, using complimentary two tone colors for a sinister and mysterious effect]
!["Isolated" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [vent art done during quarantine, personifying my loneliness and raw emotions]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/3f663391-50f3-4189-962a-54f629c36725/isolated01.png)
"Isolated" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [vent art done during quarantine, personifying my loneliness and raw emotions]
!["Character Design Concept Art" Oct 2021. Program: Procreate [character design inspired by filipino culture]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/24906a15-1144-484c-8c47-b134705271ac/Copy+of+wrenMercado_conceptCharacterDesign_wk01_v0001.JPG)
"Character Design Concept Art" Oct 2021. Program: Procreate [character design inspired by filipino culture]
!["Smushy Smile" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [experimented with gifs and simple animations, wanted to make something cute and wholesome]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/b0598f88-5673-4e38-8fcc-0e78be1a8876/smile.gif)
"Smushy Smile" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [experimented with gifs and simple animations, wanted to make something cute and wholesome]
!["Rick" Sept 2022. Program: Procreate [stylized drawing of one of my favorite characters from Rick and Morty]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1671402965886-OSXD3EB5WJ40XZJ5V0KD/rick_n_morty.jpg)
"Rick" Sept 2022. Program: Procreate [stylized drawing of one of my favorite characters from Rick and Morty]
!["Mother!" Dec 2019. Program: Procreate [inspired by the film Mother! where the blood from her beating heart fuels his typewriter, her love and passion used and exploited for fame and narcissism]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583082937575-MQ3HULKE270IE7QJM4E4/mother.PNG)
"Mother!" Dec 2019. Program: Procreate [inspired by the film Mother! where the blood from her beating heart fuels his typewriter, her love and passion used and exploited for fame and narcissism]
!["Hips" Aug 2021. Program: Procreate [experimented with gifs and simple animations, unreferenced so I could practice anatomy in motion and cause I admire the female form]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/3b65063c-9835-435f-be87-749b16c227b5/booty.gif)
"Hips" Aug 2021. Program: Procreate [experimented with gifs and simple animations, unreferenced so I could practice anatomy in motion and cause I admire the female form]
!["boo!" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [experimented with gifs and simple animations, wanted to make a drippy ghost that could be dancing]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1969353a-0dcb-4af8-8e02-97e3b5308fe4/ghost.gif)
"boo!" Dec 2020. Program: Procreate [experimented with gifs and simple animations, wanted to make a drippy ghost that could be dancing]
!["Sailor Moon" Nov 2021. Program: Procreate ["draw this in your own style" of Sailor Moon]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1f337035-bb7b-480d-af97-5a90de4af210/sailorMoonRedraw.png)
"Sailor Moon" Nov 2021. Program: Procreate ["draw this in your own style" of Sailor Moon]
!["Memento Mori" Nov 2021. Program: Procreate [design made for a ceramic piece I later painted]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/5b112a5e-2184-4e55-83d8-f99161c86eea/moth.png)
"Memento Mori" Nov 2021. Program: Procreate [design made for a ceramic piece I later painted]
TRADITIONAL ART
!["Anatomy" Mar 2018. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [anatomical drawings]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1671412296991-4TFPYDRLF4VDLC0AKOHN/IMG_4217.jpg)
"Anatomy" Mar 2018. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [anatomical drawings]
!["Bite Me" Apr 2017. Medium: Graphite and Colored Pencils [drawing of a cat skull with two tone colors]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583082450363-YYB89Z1N2J0IXOADIZME/skull.PNG)
"Bite Me" Apr 2017. Medium: Graphite and Colored Pencils [drawing of a cat skull with two tone colors]
!["Cold" Jul 2017. Medium: Graphite [portrait of a cold stare]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583082917298-IFU56G9YF0EK1FU0TDZX/portrait.PNG)
"Cold" Jul 2017. Medium: Graphite [portrait of a cold stare]
!["Venus" Mar 2018. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [drawing of a statue]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583049871743-UM55WBNXUFV0VJO1XZ89/IMG_4231.jpg)
"Venus" Mar 2018. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [drawing of a statue]
!["Statue Studies" Mar 2018. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [studies of a few statues]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/84c4af44-63ff-48fe-bfa8-e7cec3f9fd8f/IMG_4231.jpg)
"Statue Studies" Mar 2018. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [studies of a few statues]
!["Almost Drowning" Nov 2017. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [vent art]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583049456968-FYSBCUAA47LU4BKARZE4/IMG_4220.jpg)
"Almost Drowning" Nov 2017. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [vent art]
!["Tension" Apr 2018. Medium: Colored Charcoal [study of Ugolino's feet from the statue of him and his sons at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/efd2f2b1-ddfc-406d-b860-d4bd236b75c9/DSCN0290.JPG)
"Tension" Apr 2018. Medium: Colored Charcoal [study of Ugolino's feet from the statue of him and his sons at the Metropolitan Museum of Art]
!["Twig" 2019. Medium: Coil Tattoo Machine with Tattoo Ink on Skin [tattooed a leafy fern on my friend's ankle]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1583050039169-FENYMWUS1DKN86JHY05M/IMG_6307.jpg)
"Twig" 2019. Medium: Coil Tattoo Machine with Tattoo Ink on Skin [tattooed a leafy fern on my friend's ankle]
!["unphased" Apr 2017. Medium: Graphite [portrait of an unphased girl]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/9c06c654-c986-4085-9cdd-9c5668a9276e/IMG_2526.PNG)
"unphased" Apr 2017. Medium: Graphite [portrait of an unphased girl]
!["Wapati" May 2019. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [drawing of a wapati done at the Natural History Museum]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/80fae413-0a8a-433a-9443-61eba54dfa66/IMG_4233.jpg)
"Wapati" May 2019. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [drawing of a wapati done at the Natural History Museum]
!["Possum and Secretary bird" Jan 2017. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [drawings of a possum and secretary bird]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/9b938f1e-aa8a-4739-8dcd-33bec122b037/DSCN0352.JPG)
"Possum and Secretary bird" Jan 2017. Medium: Ballpoint Pen [drawings of a possum and secretary bird]
!["Nengajou" Mar 2017. Medium: Colored Ballpoint Pens [New Year's card "nengajou" drawing of a chicken for the Year of the Rooster]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/8f775c87-6cce-49fa-8aba-ffa3c4c8a1c3/cock.PNG)
"Nengajou" Mar 2017. Medium: Colored Ballpoint Pens [New Year's card "nengajou" drawing of a chicken for the Year of the Rooster]
!["Bitter Truth" Aug 2017. Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas [abstract painting]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1671410890787-7CHDBOVN4Y2GICA9CBXL/DSCN0267.jpg)
"Bitter Truth" Aug 2017. Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas [abstract painting]
!["An Oddly Realistic Dream" Aug 2017. Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas [abstract painting]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e5921d830c30712af50d0a3/1671410922321-IWE5GHC3NAZ06D1GC43C/DSCN0274.jpg)
"An Oddly Realistic Dream" Aug 2017. Medium: Acrylic Paint on Canvas [abstract painting]
METALWORK
FLOWERS
My first metal flower using steel. Learned to cut, weld, buff and smooth, shape and hammer metal, as well as how to use an angle grinder and rivet.
My second flower used more rivets and was set on a wire to uniformly articulate each of the petals.
BAKUNAWA MASK
This piece was inspired by the mythical Filipino dragon, the Bakunawa. It’s both a mask and an armored alien shell.
THE PROCESS
CONCEPT
Drawing out the blueprint and cutting out a paper draft.
CUTTING AND DRILLING
Cutting the 17 gauge sheet metal using metal sheers and smoothing the edges using a sand belt. Then drilled rivet holes into the flat sheets.
SHAPING
Roughly shaping each piece using hammers and other tools against an anvil or wooden stump divots.
REFINING AND FINAL DETAILS
Carefully defining the precise shape and edges, as well as sanding and buffing every surface. Then connected each piece by hammering in the rivets, before finally brushing steel blackener all over for a more finished look, and waxing to maintain the longevity of the piece.