Original Wonders by Gus Higuera

Re-Evolution Season Two Petition

GusHiguera — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 10:33:06 +0000

Re-Evolution needs your help. Our initial run on DC's Zuda Comic site has ended and we need your support to continue telling out story. Please sign our petition to ask Zuda to renew Re-Evolution for Season 2 and bring back Chehuahua. It's very easy:

Step 1 - Fill out and submit the form below

Step 2 - Check your email and click on the verification link in the message

Step 3 (optional but we would highly appreciate it) - Pass on the link to this page to your family and friends

We appreciate your time and support. Viva La Re-Evolution!

Regards,

Gustavo Higuera & Juan Felipe Salcedo
Creators of Re-Evolution

Gus Higuera,
Yes, please renew

2012 Mini-Comic Now Available on IndyPlanet

GusHiguera — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 11:19:59 +0000

For those of you who didn’t get a chance to go to comic con this past summer and pick up a copy of my 2012 mini-comic I have made arrangements for it to be available for purchase on Indyplanet. Stop by and take a look, they’ve done a wonderful job of presenting the comic.

Sunday’s Creative Stroll Part 1

GusHiguera — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:38:46 +0000

Part of being an artist and designer I have learned is all about training your eye to find a way to communicate ideas visually by finding a new perspectives on things. As I’m getting more into art direction lately I’ve decided to make Sundays my “training day” so to speak. My first creative Sunday stroll started off with a water jogging session at the beach. I took my FlipMino HD cam with me hoping to take some interesting video but alas the footage was just too shaky and unusable. Looks like the FlipMino will need to stay grounded to get good footage. Will take a note of this for next time.

After my beach excursion, a nap on the sand and some yummy lunch I grabbed my camera and set off to take some pictures around my neighborhood. I wasn’t too happy with the results of the photos either but it was a good start. I took about maybe forty pictures and about ten or so stood out to me. Check out the gallery of photos on Flickr.

Well, it was a very nice day to start these creative exercises and hopefully there will be many more that I will be able to share with you. As I’ve learned with today’s Sunday stroll, as things didn’t turn out they hoped I would, it doesn’t really matter as long as you take the time to appreciate your surroundings and enjoy your day.

Until next time.

The Original Wonders of Hawaii

GusHiguera — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:11:13 +0000

It has been a little over a month since I have moved to Hawaii and although I knew this was a special place before I decided to make it my permanent residence now so more than ever I have come to one single conclusion — Hawaii is one of the last Original Wonders left on this planet. True, I am still in the “honeymoon” phase of my transition but nevertheless it has become quite evident to me that there exists an energy on this island that captivates everyone who visits it. Island life has taken hold of me and I hope to never go back. And I am not just saying this because of the beautiful awe-inspiring beautiful surroundings…there is more to Hawaii than that. My favorite stories to hear while I’ve been here are about how people came to this island: “I came on vacation and stayed”, “My father fell in love with a local girl”, “I came here to surf”. Every single story I’ve heard so far has some kind of magical element. Perhaps one day I will be telling my own story to a new transplant and inspire them to stay. This island has revitalized my soul and I can’t wait to see what it’s got in store for me.

Inspiration and Love

GusHiguera — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:03:40 +0000

Been reading a lot of inspiring quotes lately and wanted to add one of my own to the list. This is something I firmly believe in and have always lived by.

“Inspire those that love you and love those that inspire you.” — Gus Higuera

Product Marketing and Zuda Feedback

GusHiguera — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 04:47:54 +0000

I saw this today while checking my Facebook account, it’s an ad featuring a Chihuahua on the top of the right side of the page.

This makes it very clear to me how a Chehuahua marketing campaign could potentially be greatly successful. Just take a look at the success of Disney’s Beverly Hills Chihuahua movie. They had a huge guerilla marketing campaign with billboards and social media. People for some reason love those frikin’ little dogs and even the people who hate them will probably end up giving in to buyin some kind of Chehuahua merchandise because of their kids or someone they love.

I’m already seeing it now, Chehuahua shirts, Che mugs and of course Chehuahua comics! Well, this is a good inspiration to start the Re-Evolution marketing campaign again. If you haven’t already, please visit the Zuda feedback page and send Zuda an email saying you want more of Re-Evolution. Tell all your friends, family, whoever you know has access to the internet — we need your support. Viva la Re-Evolution!

60 Second Sketch Challenge

GusHiguera — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:57:25 +0000

At this year’s comic con, Dean Hsieh the creator of Zudas’s Devils Wake was going around asking artists to draw something in his sketch book in sixty seconds. I took video of some of these sketches including Re-Evolution’s own Juan Felipe Salcedo doing a sketch of Chehuahua. Also included in the list are Tone Rodrigues the creator of Image’s Mayhem and Facundo Percio the creator of Ana Mercury for Avatar.

See alll the videos with the links below

http://www.flickr.com/photos/adydas/sets/72157622406535398/

Zuda Inspired ComicsFox Persona for Firefox 3.5

GusHiguera — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 05:19:57 +0000

I’m a big Firefox fan because of it’s great utilities for web development so I decided to make a Zuda inspired Persona for the new Firefox 3.5. A “Persona” is a sort of skin for the browser. Here is a screenshot.

To install it just visit the following link and click the install button. Note: you will need Firefox 3.5

http://www.getpersonas.com/persona/34480

Portfolio Links

GusHiguera — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 00:40:20 +0000

Well it took me long enough to start focusing my blog back to displaying some of my non-comic work so here is a list of some projects I’ve worked on in the last ten years.

FLASH
Official Site for the motion picture In the Valley of Elah
Official Site for the motion picture December Boys
Official Site for the motion picture The Simpsons Movie
Official Site for the motion picture Breach
Official Site for the video game based on the motion picture Spiderman3
Official Site for the video game Tony Hawk Project 8
Official Site for the video game Call of Duty 4

FLEX/AIR
Warner Bros. Studio Facilities site
Warner Bros. Pictures Publicity site

WEB DEVELOPMENT / DESIGN
Insider Pages
XPrize
MGM
Nautica

E-COMMERCE
WBSHOP.com
GMBuyPower

SDCC 2009: Re-Evolution on Robot6

GusHiguera — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 22:42:32 +0000

Well, we just got into San Diego and got the great news that Robot6 posted the exclusive image we gave them to celebrate the end of season1. Here is the link

We are off now to set up the Re-Evolution base camp and will be posting images and notes throught the convention. Stay tuned!