San Antonio Area Illustration & Design.
Hello and welcome to Estrada Design. My name is Julio Estrada and I am a design and art enthusiast currently residing in San Antonio, Texas, where I am employed at USAA, the financial services company for military families. A web designer for the mortgage division, I began working there in June of 2007 after having worked at Verizon/SuperPages, right outside of Dallas, for about a year and a half. I've also worked in Portland, Maine, as a web designer and as a freelancer, but the never-ending cold was ridiculous.
In The Works...October 31, 2008.
Happy Halloween! Drew up a new pic inspired by cool flicks like "The Kingdom" and "Body of Lies."
In The Works...October 29, 2008.
Scored a 95 on the concept works I posted and the thing that would've helped me score higher was to have made the light on night version of the character pic a lot warmer, better depicting torchlight. Good stuff. I just wrapped up the tiling textures portion of the class, and learned some amazing stuff I can't wait to try on a model I make in Maya. The plan is to take the Maya class after this class.
In The Works...October 20, 2008.
October's been very hectic! Went to Miami and then spent a weekend in Houston, so it was all fun. Wrapped up lesson 2 of my Photoshop for Game Artists class, where I was tasked with creating day and night versions of a character and of an environment. Here are my pics, I wanted to draw my own but for time's sake I used illustrations provided by Fabio Pagletti for the class.
A Bit About Me.
Aside from design and art, I enjoy watching sports such as the UFC and the NHL. There's definitely something about events that require power, speed, and technique that I enjoy.
Gaming is another big interest. Shooters like Rainbow Six Vegas and Call of Duty 4 are my favorite and I also enjoy a good action/adventure such as Devil May Cry 4 and Heavenly Sword. Other great games include Mass Effect and Project Gotham Racing 4. In addition to games, I find movie watching to be incredibly satisfying and relaxing. Favorites include Heat, Platoon, and Any Given Sunday.
