Awesome Misadventure

"NEW"

2009-09-07T18:40:00.000-07:00

We're in the first week of school here in SF and though the sun is still out, the Summer vacation has come to an end. It's been the best one so far. I am feeling really lucky even though I got hardly any of the "Summer Projects" done that I had such big plans for. Such is life.

This is some work that I did over the Spring semester for my Intro to Printmaking class. It was a really cool class and I got to play around on Saturdays with acids, ink, $10,000 presses, and all kinds of scrapers, burnishers, solvents and cutters. WHOA. I only stabbed myself twice, yay!

"Recollection"

"Shake Your Moneymaker"
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"Combat Ready"

"Primal?"

This semester is all about Etching and Still Life Painting, peppered with some extra curricular bidness and doodles! My oh my oh my.

Pure crap.

2009-04-17T20:41:00.000-07:00

MY ROOMMATE HAS HAD A SCANNER THIS ENTIRE TIME.

Airports in December.

Niko

And then of course there's Analysis of Form work.

If you can guess which model this is I think I did a decent job...

A 6ish (including lecture time and blah blah blah I'm lazy and take long breaks) hour pose. I took way too long doing the initial line drawing that I only ended up with 40 mins to fully render. Oops. I just threw some core shadows in there and hoped for the best.

Here's my drapery. I'm still not used to the charcoal pencil technique so this is a bit heavy-handed and all stripey looking. I have until the end of the semester to fix it so... there's that?

I am gathering all the images up for an exciting printmaking extravaganza in possibly multiple parts upload so... stay... tuuuuunnnedd. It's what you've been waiting all year for and never knew it!

Not gonna lie... that hurt just as badly as I thought it would.

2009-03-22T11:51:00.000-07:00

Yeah. Here's some old stuff I don't really have the energy to introduce. It's pretty self explanatory I think.

I'm tired.

My teeth keep falling out. This must mean change.

2009-03-02T13:46:00.000-08:00

I have thankfully been far more productive in my sketchbook lately and keeping away from the television which is good. Doors are closing and it feels like there's no open window, but being hyper-observant will hopefully change that.

These are all pen and those fancy prismacolor markers that I don't need anymore.

I'm Ron Burgundy?

I'm sad about the bleed through On these last two. So it goes.
What fun.

the same as doing laundry, i suppose.

2009-02-25T15:59:00.000-08:00

A HA! So my sis has been kind enough to haul away all my finished paintings and take good pictures of them for selling/making posters (more of that story to come). here's some oldies from 2007 and the last one is 2008. a little trip down mammary lane. jokes.

[edit] i don't know why blogger is not thumb-nailing(:O) these so apologies in advance. you can see the non-chopped image by clicking on it [/edit]
"sister wine"

a (birthday) gift for my turdle dove. she loved it and so does my mom. obviously there are some technical issues but we don't talk about those anyway. it was a freebie. one of many.

"the tragic love story of carmichael, camichael"

one of my favorite ones that i sold to my sister's friend sometime last year for less than i should have. it doesn't matter. i've since spent the money i earned on something silly like a dress or groceries or more black paint or something. money well spent i like to imagine. (but probably not).

"moonlight sonata a la vicki and anthony"

also sold to the same lady. i don't know how i feel about this one. it's alright if not rushed. this sale bought me some beer and a bus pass.

"we've got to dovetail"

aaahhhh memories. bad ones. i was still living behind the mall at the time, in a rut. i gave this one away for christmas and it came back a few months shy of a year later. needless to say, dovetailing did not occur.

"it's a distraction. the trick is to keep your eye on the hat"

i miss this one. i wish it didn't get shipped off to san diego to shack up with the rest of them. only two people know it's secret and that's because i couldn't keep my damn mouth shut. so it goes.

well that's all i have to say about that. i might divulge the non-edited versions if asked, but probably not. it's nice to have something that's all yours. even if it's only a memory or a feeling.

till next time...

missed connections

2009-02-04T10:18:00.000-08:00

more drawings from the fall semester. various workshops and in class stuff.

some pipes and walls at brannan. pen and pastel on a paper bag. 20 minute diddy.

whatever this is in marker

i forgot what this girls name is! c-something. chanel? chchchchchchchhhhh.

the last workshop drawing session of the semester. ink, watercolor, pen, gold pen, pastel?

this one guy from my class that i didn't like much. pastel and marker.

yayayayaya. it's a new year, major, semester, life and i'm slowly figuring out what i want and what i don't. printmaking is pretty much the best thing i have going for me right now, and i think i'm alright with that.

we like the cars, the cars that go BOOM

2009-01-25T19:08:00.000-08:00

samplings from the fashion illustration class last semester. there's a few more but blogger won't allow that many uploads. boo.

i'm relieved to be out of the fashion department and into fine art. however, my only drawing class next semester is analysis of form and i won't get to play around/experiment like i could last semester. it's for the best though. i can play in my spare time. blah.

tony and the grid suit.

some guy. watercolor, ink, pencil, ???, soft pastel

more tony doing the 'dinner jacket sans shirt' routine. wait... what? ink and shit.

my classmate alexis, faceless. i'm terrible with faces. ink and shit, again.

alexis, again faceless. i need to stop avoiding the facial deets. i guess that's what art school is for? this was from the last day of class which was... interesting. i'm going to miss being the big fish in a small pond... oh fashion department.

jueves gigante!

2009-01-15T12:42:00.000-08:00

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... sighs of temporary relief. my computer is back online until the 20th. still no wireless, though....

here's a mass upload in two parts!

composition assignments from class of which two (sculptures) are still in the hands of one carol nunnelly. oh yeah and these are up for sale if anyone wants 'em. email me for pricing.

"that one piece about how scared i am of child-rearing"

"study" (sorry about the barbara walters mood lighting)

"the eyes of the argus"

"an alternate take on the two-headed boy of milk"

"world view" (self-matted. can you tell? i'm going to re-do the mat job someday.)

one day soon i'll get some better pictures taken and a godly scanner.

alright. that's all for today and now it's time for some thai food. people, animals, and pipes to come. stay poot.

regrets

2009-01-14T22:47:00.000-08:00

i want to be right there, crying in the front row. please.i want to be a part of something bigger than myself. to be at the launch pad of a rocket ship, witness a phenomenon, to be present in the face of something that will change the world. it's a new year and a door has opened. it's up to me to walk through it i guess.

a moral center of pure awesomeness and probably ripe strawberries.

2008-11-30T20:14:00.001-08:00

so it's been a long time since the last post. a lot has happened in the past few weeks. mostly it's been the lack of wireless internet after moving into the new place (read: living room). i've turned on my computer three times since moving and blogging on another computer feels traitorous.

i am disgusted with myself currently.

it's about 8 o'clock right now. i'm sitting here watching star wars vi, the '97 remastered version, both disappointed and relieved. it's been over a decade since this version came out, but i've never seen the remastered movies until now so there's that. not forcing you to read my late-in-the-game post. anyway!

i'm now convinced that if lucas had the technology he had making star wars that he had remastering it, it wouldn't have been the praised, beloved series that garnished so many oscars and fans. (actually the latter would probably still be true. many people still lack good judgement and a tasty moral center!)

either way, watching the remastered version is disappointing. there's so much unnecessarily hokey crap that doesn't do anything to make the movie better. lame gags and weird for weirds sake aliens. like the singer in jabba's club in this movie. am i crazy? the special effects the studio added to the actual landscapes were great, but all the add on creatures just don't fit in with the rest of the film quality which breaks the willing suspension of disbelief. i am unimpressed and cringing. give me the non-tinkered version any time over this, please.

till next time....

dirt and whiskey. cheap thrills. up chuck loader.

2008-10-18T23:34:00.001-07:00

so heres to two weeks of successful (debatable) composition assignments. now in 2 popular dimensions!

"that dirty, buzzing relationship meant something else to you"

apologies for the poor lighting, cluttered floor, and dog. sorry dad, things haven't changed since i moved.

"define flying with eagles, please"
this was the seven hour sculpture-thon from tuesday. i'd love to work under the same conditions all the time, but it's probably not healthy. working on this piece opened my eyes to "the process" in ways i can't really explain, but i hope to keep with me and apply for the rest of my life. mind-altering, indeed. apologies for that vague blip of information. do with it what you will.

and that's all for now. tomorrow is reserved for buying packing tape + actually packing, sleeping in, and drinking a fine beverage or two.

the placeholder entry.

2008-10-15T22:21:00.000-07:00

the end.
so, as promised, here is the after picture of the 1984 composition.

lost a good soldier.

and then week...5's croquis

these are from week 6. my teacher made photocopies of these, which felt good.

not the most exciting post, i know. i got sick yesterday and have been trying to recover. last nights fungus may or may not have helped me get better, but it did produce my favorite composition piece so far. which says something. what exactly i'm not sure. i'll post the pictures up tomorrow. that and maybe some other stuff....

nyquil kicking in...

binary solo

2008-10-08T23:04:00.000-07:00

hey you three! it's been a minute since the last post but here's what i've been working on lately. it's all homework assignments, same as usual. soon i'll put up more sketches. there's a few worth posting.

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war is peace.
freedom is slavery.
ignorance is strength.

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last weeks fashion illustration 2 composition. unfortunately since the picture was taken the figure, due to a wire-frame oversight, has fallen apart. maybe i'll upload some post-critique pictures sometime in the [tomorrow] future.

week 5: watercolor face chart. simple and efficient.

first weeks homework assignment was faces in marker. five-heads, loppy-eyes, and big hair runs rampant in my blood, apparently.

also week 1. large faces [with too much lipstick + 'tude.]

ultra hip!

2008-09-29T07:43:00.000-07:00

so in true treasure island style, the power went off last night right in the middle of an awesome degrassi: tng episode. time for some art via candlelight.

i'd post a picture of what went down that night, but it's a birthday present and i don't want to ruin the surprise over the internet. i'll post pics in the next few days.

for now here's the homework from last weeks croquis design + fabric rendering class:

"the latin(a) kings"

[edit: credit to jon for the dog idea]

and last weeks fashion illustration 2 composition assignment in two parts.

deviation #1 + homework

2008-09-18T19:48:00.000-07:00

an homage and an apology to mr. ellis.

rushed homework job. under an hour.

composition assignment for my fashion illustration 2 class.

so. there it is. i feel asleep on the bus again today.

sexperiments

2008-09-01T00:30:00.000-07:00

surprise! new drawings.

i was caught up in a weird mood last night to try something completely different. i went through my iphoto stash and started 'caricaturing'. first attempts always require critique, but i was pretty happy with what happened. can't wait to get a scanner, though....

a self portrait. no real facial features made things easy.

the one and only tennessee matt. these actually go in reverse order of creation, so this was really the first.

i need a lot more practice, especially with inking, but i'm going to ride this coaster out and see what happens.

it's been a while and i've got no tape.

2008-08-30T23:03:00.000-07:00

hey you two!

i'm a pretty lazy, unproductive person naturally, and ever since the sims 2 came in the mail it's been even more so. BUT! here's some doodles that occurred in between life in front on the computer.

guess who this is and you get the prize

this asian man kept staring at me while i was drawing on the plane. it was uncomfortable and stifling.

MASTADON! sort of.

haven't we been through this already?

2008-07-06T19:22:00.000-07:00

a little pen + acrylic on watercolor paper. 9 1/2" x 13"

this could be the shortest project to date. [hopefully it doesn't show.] i finished in about four days from concept to completion. which is cool. followthrough is a trait that doesn't come naturally, so this is a milestone in a way. you can see all my mistakes if you click on the picture!

i feel pretty good about this new medium + style experiment. here's to something better in the future.

my job has some perks

2008-07-03T20:33:00.000-07:00

so working as a nude model is pretty cool sometimes.

[edit! haha not me but the exact same pose.]

[oh, the blonde.]

this pose was form a photo shoot. photo shoots are awesome.

[both pieces are done by zack zdrale. he's got a solo show going on at the john pence gallery until the end of the month, i think. both of these pieces are in the show, along with a bunch of my co-workers.]

and that's all. i'm currently working on another [hopefully] sweet watercolor + ink piece right now. with any luck and no distractions it'll be done in a few days.

pen + ink

2008-07-03T13:27:00.000-07:00

these are a couple of pen + ink pieces i did after hours of flipping through a book of heinrich kley sketches. he's such a badass and i will never be at his level, but it's a good bar to reach for. dammit.

that's pretty much it for now. i've got the next few days off so between eating, sleeping, and scrabulous there shall be posts a-plenty.

sketchbook round 1

2008-07-02T22:32:00.000-07:00

so i was flipping through my sketchbook tonight and was disappointed. i'm running out of room for more sketches while the ones in there are... horrendous. that and the camera isn't as sharp as i thought it would be when i bought it. there's a few more that i'll upload at some point within the next few days.

eh...

a quick study form one of those fancy clothing magazines that always get sent to me. they're worth something after all.

jesus christ vampire hunter.

autographed pictures of classy hos -or- self-portrait in the fourth dimension

2008-07-02T22:09:00.000-07:00

acrylic and ink on skateboard. diy hanging (hey hey hey).

so this was my first skateboard piece (i think.... memory fails me lately). it's still one of my favorite/better pieces. not much else to say about that.

arthur's taking a nap right now

2008-07-01T21:36:00.000-07:00

mixed media on broken skateboard. diy hanging apparatus.

the swiss is biting.

2008-07-01T20:57:00.000-07:00

dinner is served.

so, apparently the walgreens near the terminal doesn't sell bread. i have just eaten the saddest sandwich and this is a good start for my blog-reer.

more later.