Porco Rosso - Tribute

Hi all,

Hope things are going awesome at your end. Sorry if I haven't been active much here. These days I've been posting more often to my tumblr: www.charlessantoso.tumblr.com :)

Here's my contribution to ‘The Movie Show’ (http://the-movie-show.blogspot.fr/) at Maghen Gallery Paris (France) - http://www.danielmaghen.com

The groupshow will run from June 28 - July 30, 2013.

TITLE: Porco Rosso

Medium: Pencil on Arches Paper

Big thank you to Seb Mesnard and Olivier Souillé for the invitation! :)

Passing Hope & Hope

‘Passing Hope’ & ‘Hope’. These were originally done after the terrible Japan Tsunami. Hope your 2013 has been great so far.

Wood Work Show

Here are several pieces from my ‘WoodWork’ solo show at Wedge Gallery, Sydney on November 2012. To view the entire series, please visit my website: http://www.charlessantoso.com/wp/woodwork-show/

Hope you enjoy :)

In Between - Moleskine Project #2

Here’s my contribution to an upcoming group show (Moleskine Project #2) at Spoke Art, curated by Rodrigo Luff and Ken Harman. Have a look at crazy talented artists in the participant list. I’m really honoured to be a part of this. If you’re in San Fransisco area, please have a visit! The show opens on 6th December 2012.

Title: In Between
Medium: Pencil on Moleskine paper

Meanwhile, my ‘WoodWork’ solo show is still up for another week. Please check it out if you’re at Sydney :)

The Boy

Title: The Boy (Tribute to Adventure Time)
Medium: Pencil on Arches watercolour paper

My contribution to the “Adventure Time” OhNo!Doom Gallery group show, Chicago.

If you’re interested in purchasing the original drawing, please visit http://ohno-doom.myshopify.com/collections/adventure-time/products/the-boy. Enjoy :)

Goodnight

TITLE: Goodnight (Tribute to Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are)

Medium: Pencil on Arches watercolour paper

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Here’s my contribution to the “Book Show” group exhibition in Paris. I feel extremely honoured and nervous at the same time to be included on the side of Giants of the illustration and fine-art fields. Please visit the blog to see what I mean: http://the-book-show.blogspot.fr/

The groupshow will run from July 3 - July 28, 2012 at Maghen gallery Paris (France) - http://www.danielmaghen.com

Special thanks to Seb Mesnard and Olivier Souillé for the invitation :)

For Ralph

My buddy at work, Jerome Moo asked me to contribute to an event to honor Ralph McQuarrie (a legendary concept artist of original Star Wars movies). As a fan of the movies (and of course the design), I was more than happy to jump in. My first reaction was to make Darth Vader image.. but as time went by, I changed my idea into something hopefully more personal, I wanted to show how the movies and Ralph designs have opened up people imaginations and brought some sparks in their life (this was certainly the case to me).

Farewell Ralph,
Thanks for the inspirations...

Tea Time

Cheshire Cat and the Dormouse.. having a Tea time. :)

The print will be on sale on 30th March at http://acidfree.bigcartel.com/product/by-charles-santoso (limited edition). There are awesome artists works in there. Go and check it out :)


Hope you enjoy!

Tributes..

Hi all,
I've recently created a tumblr account to post my tribute/homage images. Here are 2 new images that I've done recently there. Do you know where they're from? Should be quite simple.. I hope :)



The link to my tumblr is: http://charlessantoso.tumblr.com/
Stay tuned for new original contents here :)

Nightmare Before Christmas Tribute

Wow.. it's been a month since I last posted? Sorry for the sudden disappearance.. I just got back from several weeks of holiday. It was really relaxing but I'm ready to roll back and start creating again :)

Here's my contribution to a Nightmare Before Christmas group show in Paris (Arludik Gallery) - 28nd Feb - 10th March 2012. So honoured to be in the company of so many wonderful artists for this one... I really wish I can go to Paris attend the gallery show.

Title: Lock, Stock & Barrel
Medium: Pencil on Vellum




Stay tuned for more posts soon! Meanwhile, hope you enjoy this one :)

Home is Where the Mind is

Happy 2012, everyone! I'm going to start the new year with a drawing that was done for the Drawing Dreams Foundation's upcoming charity auction.

It'll be will be held at the Society of Illustrators, NYC on January 19th. Proceeds from the auction will go towards purchasing wholesale art supplies to hospitalized children.

I'll post more details about the event soon.

Title: Home is Where the Mind is
Medium: Pencil on Arches Paper
Size: 20 x 25 cm (including the frame)


and here's some of the early sketches photo



I'll share some of my personal 2011 highlights on my next post :) For now, I hope you enjoy the drawing :)

Happy Holidays

Whoops! I thought I've posted this here.. I must be dreaming.


Hope 2011 has been a wonderful year to you :) I'll see you back here in 2012! :D

Mr. B

Once upon a time,
there was a bear
who loved telling stories
with his songs...



Happy holidays to all of you! Thanks for the visits, all the support and comments this year :) I truly appreciate it :D

NB: For those who missed it, I did an interview at Sombras Blancas' blog :)

Thinking of You, Japan

Hi all,
All my time is currently occupied with my day job and my preparation for my solo show. Still so many drawings to finish with so little time. Wish me luck.

Here's a drawing that I did few days after the massive Japan earthquake.. quite a while ago but I still pretty much thinking about it even now. Hope things are getting better in there.

I'll keep you posted about the event on closer date. You can follow me on Twitter to get updates on the WIP drawings too :)

Title: Thinking of You, Japan
Medium: Pencil on Arches paper


Hope you enjoy. :)

Companion

Hi all,
Things have been really hectic after my US trip - all good though :) Here's a really late submission to Gallery Nucleus' Harry Potter Tribute. I wasn't able to send the piece on time for the physical exhibition so the original will stay in my place for now :)

I'm posting the digital sketch for you guys too - as I'm still liking it.. I feel that there always something in the sketch that got lost in the process of finishing the piece. Do you have the same feeling when you create your work too? :)

Title: Companion
Medium: Pencil on Moleskin sketchbook paper
Dimensions: 10cm x 15cm

UPDATE: Original work is no longer available. It's going to a new home soon. Thanks for those who've emailed me regarding this piece :)




PS: I'll try to post some kind of report about my US trip, hopefully soon. Also, I'm having a solo exhibition at the end of August - in Sydney, Australia. I'm currently finishing a couple of early pieces. Hope to share with you guys at some point - there're some low-res photos of the progress if you want to have a look. I've been posting them through my twitter: http://yfrog.com/h44cvggj :) Details regarding the show will be up in a couple of weeks time.

Pair...

Hi all,
I'm still alive and kicking here :) I just finished an intensive week of painting workshop at Amherst, Massachusetts. It was a really great experience.. learnt a lot.. and most importantly, I met some of the most wonderful people. Definitely a memory that I'll keep dearly in my heart. Below is a small drawing that I did for one of the faculty there (this one was for the amazing Julie Bell) :)



Hope everything is going well with you all. I was learning oil painting and will try paint more with the medium in the future.. I'll post something new hopefully soon :)

Woofie and the Bird

Woofies always looked as if they're thinking too much.. maybe they are.. :P


As usual, pencil and a bit of digital :)

Please calm down, Earth

My thought and heart go to people of Japan today :(... I wish the Woofies are successfully calming the earth with whatever methods that they can use (currently they're hugging the earth to calm it down).


If you're in Japan or you have relatives and friends there.. I hope they're all ok. Stay safe and take care, guys.

The Woofies

I call them 'The Woofies'. They walked around in my dream last night.


Hope you like them :)

Rabbits.. Rabbits..

To keep up with my yearly routine.. here are some drawings to celebrate the current rabbit year.

Rabbit family:


and some rabbit character sketches:


Hope you enjoy :)