im out!

so i have made it out of first semester senior year alive. though it was a pain in the ass to actually get out of the city. its wonderful to be home and see snow every where and play with my fat rabbits. as i mentioned in a prevous post i was able to scan in my last two pieces, though they were scanned in on a small scanner and not the big one, so they had to be done in pieces. see if you can find the cut make form photo shop! yeah, i will ra-scan these but for now, here is the blip fest final. i was really happy with this one and i hope some one will buy it or something. the staten island ninja still need some color corrections, but it will be up soon. happy holidays

faces

ive been trying to loosen my wrist and get back into free flow and gesture. so every day when i get to the studio i do a couple of portaits in bursh and ink. its a lot of fun, and i end up with a ton of mediocore drawings, but i get a few really nice ones. here are the best 4 out of of about 30.




heres a page out of one of my sketch books i did about a month ago. i dont really get to work in my sketch books anymore.

revise the revisions

ok, so my last sketch for the the blip fest ended up getting change a little bit, but it's done and painted! i cranked it out in 26 hours. ill have that up before i head home for winter break. (this is will be the first year i dont bring home tanglable artwork, just my computer, baybay and her third brain) ((long story))
so heres the revised sketch

my next illustration is on the staten island ninja story. crazy true tales of a ninja burgular who's been hitting staten island. no clues as to who the person is. i got the sketch done and will have it done ASAP.i would like to have this up before brake as well, but i got a ton of work to do, so we'll see.

man, i dont know why, but a bunch of people from days long past have been popping up. i then realized i barely remember anyone from high school, guess i just havent thought of it since i got to college. why is that? i know i didn't like high school, but it was still fun and i have good memories from then. i do still feel my self slipping into the same agitated mixed up person at times, and im making a earnest effort to change this. in portfolio the other day we had a guest artist show us some work, he was from mexico and has lead an amazing life and he was the nicest person. granted his work wasnt terribly great, but he seemed to be really happy do it. being whiny isnt going to get me any where.
in more pop culture news, i just saw the film tekkon kinkreet, and it was absolutely amazing. such amazing animation, such a beautiful story, i highly recommend it!

bleeps and bloops

heres the rough sketch (after about a million and a half sketches and ideas) for my next illustration. its for the blip festival (8-bit music) that just happened in New York this past weekend. if it turns out good i will try to sell it for next years fest.
the fest was pretty awesome as well, got to see anamanaguchi, nullsleep and virt. anamanaguchi was insanely awesome. my arms are still sore 3 days later. good times. check out 8-bit music for free here
http://www.8bitpeoples.com/discography_gfx.php
http://www.myspace.com/anamanaguchi

let's knife!

man, im slowly becoming the music illustrator. heres a painting i did for shonen knife, this was for a a promotional poster for a ticket giveaway we did at our college radio station. it was cool, got to meet shonen knife for the second time, and they signed the poster i made for the giveaway, way cool. the illustration is super cute, (maybe too cute) but it was fun to do.

go!

hey all,
been super busy and i still somehow feel like i havent made any new art. christmas is coming soon! crap! i dont know what im getting anyone! ill figure it out though. so here is a piece i did for portfolio for the band the go! team. i wanted to capture what they sound like in an illustration, went with a more graphic image for it. hope you like it.