I still remember, from those school years, feeling that some of my backpacks were like home. Check the creative process below.
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CAV Gear Centaur
Here’s a remake of an older original character I made back in 2022. I always felt a bit unsatisfied with the result of the original piece, so here’s a new version and some explorations on how I came up to it.
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Here’s a remake of a funny t-shirt design I made originally in 2012. A co-worker was leaving for the U.S. branch where I worked back then, and this was more like an internal joke between him and his pals. They asked me to do the illustration, and this was the result:
Broom Speeder Concept (Color)
OK, here’s the final colored version of the broom speeder concept art. I hope you like it. Check below some monochrome versions, sepia, and grayscale.
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This is a remake of a drawing from 2019, made for that year’s Inktober challenge. Over time, I noticed how disappointed I was with the result, considering how I saw the original idea. So, this was the perfect candidate to have its full remake, and now, here it is. Click below to check on the original 2019 drawing.
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This is an illustration I’d been running away from for a long time. I usually don’t draw sceneries and landscapes, but I have to admit I really enjoyed this one. Here, Aurelio briefly reveals to Stella where that thing escaped in my short story “The Ishume Day”.
You can read it online via WATTPAD in English and Spanish versions.
You can also download both on your mobile device via GUMROAD.
Check the process of creating the illustration below.
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I have made quite a few illustrations for this short story, “The Tiny Paper Man,” but this time, I think I hit the mark I was looking for. I hope you like it.
You can read it online via WATTPAD in English or in Spanish version.
Or download it for mobile devices here.
Check the process of creating the illustration below.
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A remake of a drawing I made in 2020 for the Inktober of that year (check at the bottom of this post). The original prompt word was “BULKY,” and looking at it again, I couldn’t help but remake it. This version captures more of what I originally intended to do, with the dirt surface and plant leaves surrounding them. I love making new versions of my old pieces.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 8 minutes
We made sure the six of us gathered around the fire. Only Mary’s closest friends. The sun was set, the tide was low, and now, thanks to Melanie and Rita, who fooled the other guys away from this part of the beach, we were ready to begin.
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Written and Illustrated by Luis Roding
Reading time: 7 minutes.
I was just about to be done with my third cup; that’s how I knew the old man talking to me was real. I was broke then, so I could not afford another round unless I accepted his invitation, which I did not want because that meant only one thing.
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