Stuff No One Told Me

Vermont Diaries #1

2012-09-15T23:57:00.005+02:00

Click on the comic to see it bigger, dude.

Mountains

2012-09-13T04:56:00.001+02:00

Self rant

2012-08-09T03:29:00.003+02:00

Sorry that this is not a comic related update... But for once in my life, I'm pretty proud of how I'm looking. Here're two photos of me comparing my weight loos from 2010 until today. Still I want to loose around 20 more pounds. I hope you guys don't mind this comicless post... I'm working on a couple long comics for the blog, bastards.

81 - Don't try too hard

2012-07-07T18:58:00.001+02:00

The easy way is hard enough

Everybody else

2012-06-27T10:52:00.002+02:00

If you wonder where I've been

2012-06-27T01:52:00.003+02:00

Sketching in Taipei

2012-04-29T17:48:00.001+02:00

Today I decided to grab a sketchbook, some pens and leave the house to sketch people in the street and take a break of the book.

I discovered that kids aren't shy to sit next to you and watch you draw... I loved the feeling of being watched and watching people.

What a day in Taipei

2012-03-20T14:31:00.001+02:00

all photos by Dewaal and Roelin!

Roelin is a southafrican girl that I met in Taipei (and her boyfriend Dewaal). She draws very cool sketchbooks and illustrations and wrote a post about the time we went together to draw at the Lin family garden. Check it out!

Only in Taiwan

2012-01-17T15:39:00.002+02:00

I'm going to stay in Taiwan until May... I guess I will experience enough new stuff for more comics like this one.

Working (revisited)

2012-01-14T14:07:00.000+02:00

Some time ago, a few people asked me to show my working process and I made this self portrait to explain it a bit more graphically.

Today, Maido from Estonia sent me this photo that he made inspired by my drawing.

I look a LOT better naked than him.

Taiwan

2012-01-11T17:29:00.000+02:00

Goldfish 3rd part!

2011-12-10T01:25:00.001+02:00

Finally, the ending of Goldfish. You can read the first part here and the second here. Enjoy!

You can also download the whole comic in cbr format here.

The weight of things

2011-11-23T18:39:00.001+02:00

My sporadic obsessions

2011-11-14T22:46:00.001+02:00

One year in Africa

2011-11-07T19:42:00.001+02:00

Read a bit more about Mozambique and its history here

2011-10-28T22:44:00.001+02:00

I didn't make this, nor have anything to do with it, but the style, colors and character look suspiciously similar to my work. Maybe they forgot to send me a check? ironic for a bank!

edit: Thanks to everyone for your support. I WON'T sue anyone. It would take me too much time and energy, plus, I agree, it would be very difficult to prove that this is a rippoff. However, it's not cool to do what they did with this ad.

80 - Somewhere, someone

2011-10-18T11:36:00.001+02:00

Let's be friends!

79 - Nobody listens

2011-10-13T09:58:00.002+02:00

Hey there! I'll be in Taiwan this christmas to visit my girlfriend's family and eat stinky tofu... anybody have some recommendations of places I shouldn´t miss?

78 - Sleeping is healthy

2011-10-06T18:57:00.001+02:00

77 - Not your friends

2011-10-06T03:23:00.001+02:00

76 You're not lazy

2011-09-20T17:10:00.002+02:00

Isn't it ironic that I'm uploading a cartoon about being lazy when I actually didn't put any new stuff in more than a month?

Irony is my middle name.

Goldfish (second part)

2011-08-12T12:14:00.000+02:00

Hi there! Here's the second part of Goldfish. You can read the first part here. There will be a third concluding part soon. I hope you like it!

The 1st SNOTM anniversary contest results and submissions!

2011-07-31T20:55:00.003+02:00

Alas, here are the results of the SNOTM contest. This took me super long because of my recent apartments change and due to the suckiness of the internet here in Maputo. I apologize about that to all the contestants. Ok, here are the three winner:

1st prize with the best combo of art/phrase goes to ...

Al Romuald Estrella from the Philippines (I think)... His/her entry is probably the nicest regarding color, composition and character design.

2nd prize goes to ...

Itchy Uvula from the internet!... (you should have written where you are from, dude). His/her entry is probably the funniest in my opinion. The simple drawing makes it even funnier and the color are simply very cool. If I had an indy band in the 90s, I would ask Itchy to design our cd cover and probably our videoclip too.

Now, the 3rd prize with the most inspiring phrase goes to...

Kang Sarmiento from the Philippines too! Her entry is not the best drawn, but I love how sensitive, calmed and positive the message is. Kang, I wish I was rich enough to buy you a scanner :)

Thanks so much to everyone that sent drawings and ideas, I wish I could send you all an original drawing!

I had a great time reading all your comics and ideas. You guys rock!

Here are the rest of entries to the contest... some are creepy, some are cute... but they all are interesting and entertaining.

Thanks again and congratulations to all the winners!

delusions of grandeur

2011-07-05T17:52:00.002+02:00

Hey! I've been interviewed by the fine folks from E-junkie. You can read it here.

Also, I got a TON of commissions requests and I'm going to be without internet for a few days ( we're moving to a new apartment)... So, I'm sorry if I'm not answering fast enough.

The picture is totally unrelated to this post. It's a dog!

Commissions are sexy

2011-06-29T15:06:00.004+02:00

Just to clarify, its alx_noriega(at)hotmail.com

edit 1: Ok, so as I expected, a lot of people want to have an idea of what a commission would cost before considering it. It makes sense. For one illustration (or a one panel comic, however you want to call it) think about 100 dollars. This changes depending on the amount of details (it´s not the same to draw your grandma on a bike, than drawing the battle of Waterloo in color... it simply takes longer) . If you want a whole one page comic in color, it would be around 200 dollars... and so on. This is just so you have an idea of what you commission would cost. But at the end it depends of the time I have to put into it.... It is expensive, but you have to think about how many of these I need to draw to make a decent salary... now think of the time you spend at work surfing the web and actually getting paid. Now think of a pink elefant wearing a hat and a monocle...

Voilà!