EL PACIFICO

LOAD THE GUNS (Cannons)

2006-11-20T08:47:00.000-08:00

At long last, I have posted once again on El-Pacifico. I know things slowed down here at our Pirate Club, but here is my installment.

More cruel humor at the expense of our humble Padres.

The reason I had been absent from our Pirate Club is because I had some fantasy illustration work I had to tend to -- so I haven't been able to do my page. I hope you will all forgive me, when I get the "all clear," I'll post my latest fantasy illustrations on my Vignalistudio blog. There are a couple illustrations in the group that I'm REALLY happy with. All painted digitally of course.

Thanks to my patient wife, our gratis online comic El-Pacifico sails forward.

--Marcelo

Cabrera!

2006-10-05T14:24:00.000-07:00

Oh man, finally! our pirates are approaching the island of Cabrera but of course not without a fight. It's all yours Moe...or Marcos (whoever is available).

--Armand

A New Page !

2006-09-08T18:32:00.000-07:00

Well, we haven't had that much time recently to work on the blog, but still Marcelo showed me a general sketch he had done for the next page including the story lines. Since he didn't have time to go ahead and do the final artwork for it, and I didn't have much time to think of the plot either, I asked him if I could do the final version of his idea.
Anyway, here comes the first collaboration work -ever- in the history of this very blog as we know it !!!
-Marcos.

2006-08-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

I find this one intriguing.
Anyway, I hope we are going to have time to catch up with some drawings soon after this summer season!
-Marcos.

2006-08-18T20:42:00.000-07:00

Well...

2006-08-18T20:39:00.000-07:00

some more shots from the area (as a substitute for actual artwork?).

Hesus To The Rescue

2006-08-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

Finally I got to finish this one. Sorry guys, an unexpected deadline came my way. Anyway here he is...Hesus!

--Armand

2006-08-02T06:17:00.000-07:00

2006-08-02T06:15:00.000-07:00

-Nearly- on location

2006-08-02T06:06:00.000-07:00

The thing is I wanted to visit Cabrera again now that I´m so close to it...but I just might not have enough time.
Here are at least a few views of the Island from a distance, just to get the flavour of the area. (The one behind the big sailing ship is still Mallorca though!)
-Marcos.

That was quick

2006-07-07T17:40:00.000-07:00

Well, I won't be able to do much for a few weeks now, so I just wanted to make sure I got this one done on time.
So here it is.
-Marcos.

THE BEAT DOWN...pirate style!

2006-07-06T18:27:00.000-07:00

Sorry Armand, I warned you. I told you that if you bring that Bible thumper on board a ship full of pirates, these pirates will kill him! Or, at the least give him a good thrashing.

Hey Marcos, are you going to finish this guy off? I'm leaving it open ended...

--Marcelo

A Newfound Friend?!

2006-06-21T16:34:00.000-07:00

Dinga-man and his crew will have a surprise "guest" on their way to Mallorca that will be an interesting addition to the crew. Have fun...

--Armand

2006-06-11T01:12:00.000-07:00

Here it is.
-M.

This is out of control !

2006-06-11T01:06:00.000-07:00

It so happens that I did so many panels for this page (with the idea of composing them together later on), that by the time I was done I realized I had done too many.
Anyway, rather than keeping the extra panel, here it comes as well !
-Marcos.

Pacifico Plotting

2006-06-03T22:12:00.000-07:00

I thought I would go ahead and twist the plot, come up with a plan, and continue the web of intrigue by weaving El Pacifico himself back into the story.

Enjoy!

--Marcelo

Last Stand!

2006-05-19T13:11:00.000-07:00

I apologize for the delay, guys. I got sick for a few days. But here it is and got some more action to set the mood for our gang to sail away...

HI again !

2006-05-09T20:53:00.000-07:00

...This one took quite a bit, huh?
Anyway, here is some more pirate stuff !
-Marcos.

Attack!

2006-04-23T23:01:00.000-07:00

Hopefully, this one was worth the wait.

--Marcelo

Action!

2006-04-10T09:56:00.000-07:00

Can't wait for some action...so here it is!

-Armand

So day time it is ...

2006-04-01T11:58:00.000-08:00

Change of time ... and location !
-Marcos.

2006-03-30T14:27:00.000-08:00

Fighting his way into an acting career.

2006-03-30T14:23:00.000-08:00

An early sketch
-Marcos.

A Full Page!

2006-03-26T19:46:00.000-08:00

Marcos, Armand and I were talking about our comic experiment, and we are all going to try to add an extra tear. So, we'll start with a minimum of two tears, and the ideal would be three tears. We found that two tears just weren't enough to convey our ideas to the next artist.

In my case, I felt that I needed a full page to finish out my idea. We'll see if this works better.

--Marcelo

The Knife 2...

2006-03-20T21:10:00.000-08:00

Here it is.

--Armand

The Knife...

2006-03-20T15:32:00.000-08:00

Here's my first share. The next one to follow later this day.

--Armand

Dinga-man

2006-03-14T21:00:00.000-08:00

This is a rough concept design for Dinga-man, our lead character. We have an idea where the story might lead, but that could all change with every new installment into our story. "Dinga-man" or, as he is referred to in the story, is not his real name (we'll discover his real name later on).

Captured in Africa at the age of fifteen, this Mandinga warrior is on a quest. Rescued from slavery when his slave ship was sacked by pirates, Dinga-man is now himself a pirate. Oddly, although he's been liberated for eight years now, he still wears the shackle around his neck and on his left wrist. Symbols of his heavy burden. Later on in the story we'll have an opportunity to explain that too.

For now, he'll just remain a mystery.

--Marcelo

And second

2006-03-14T08:09:00.000-08:00

2006-03-12T22:50:00.000-08:00

For this first time we are producing two strips each...but since it'll take me a few more days to do the second one, here comes the first right away !
-Marcos.

First Serial Posting Of EL PACIFICO

2006-03-11T21:35:00.000-08:00

--Marcelo

PIRATE SKETCHES from Marcelo

2006-03-09T14:31:00.000-08:00

Here are some rough character sketches for my upcoming first sequencial story post. The Black pirate will be nameless, but instead called, "Dinga-man."
--Marcelo Vignali

Asian Tribe 2

2006-03-09T04:24:00.000-08:00

Here's another one.

--Armand.

Asian Tribe

2006-03-08T16:04:00.000-08:00

El pacifico voyages to the far east and there's got to be Asian tribes. Here's a study of a malay native in Southeast Asia c.1400-1700's.

--Armand

2006-03-07T15:46:00.000-08:00

...And a last one for now.
'Soon
-Marcos.

2006-03-07T14:49:00.000-08:00

2006-03-07T14:44:00.000-08:00

Got my references out of a hair saloon for this one

2006-03-07T14:38:00.000-08:00

1600's ? (just for the sakes of variety...we are still exploring as they say...etcetc...)

2006-03-07T14:37:00.000-08:00

Some 1700's Inspirational Stuff.

2006-03-07T14:25:00.000-08:00

HI everybody,
since Marcelo and Armand did not have time enough yet to come up with some inspirational drawings based on this whole "Pacifico - Pirate" idea, I'll just go ahead in the meantime and post some stuff I recently did for it, just general character and atmosphere ideas... now let's see where this whole thing takes us !
-Marcos.

El Pacifico

2006-03-07T13:38:00.000-08:00

Ahoy!