I had planned on giving my summary of how I wished Iggy had come with his full tank of danger and maybe done one of his real classics if he was going to do American Idol, but, I'll pass. I'm of the opinion that if I'm still around at 64 I can only hope to still be stage diving and be half as energetic. Happy 64th, Iggy. I hope it was a good one because you've got a right. 
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Birthday Wishes for Iggy
I had planned on giving my summary of how I wished Iggy had come with his full tank of danger and maybe done one of his real classics if he was going to do American Idol, but, I'll pass. I'm of the opinion that if I'm still around at 64 I can only hope to still be stage diving and be half as energetic. Happy 64th, Iggy. I hope it was a good one because you've got a right. 
Friday, February 25, 2011
Art envy- Criterion-von Trier
Last year, I was deeply envious when Criterion tapped some comic artists to do posters for a show of theirs. It seemed like such a fun thing to do. This is in addition to a real love I already had for Sean Phillips' and Kent Williams' work for them. All I could think about would be how I'd love to be in on this.
This happens from time to time when you're a fairly obscure art bloke like myself. So I figured why not do something about it? Thus, art envy is born.
When the posters came out I had just recently seen von Triers' Antichrist. Lars von Trier is always one to push boundaries and sensibilities in film. I don't always think his ideas work but they at least make for interesting viewings. Antichrist is such an emotionally and physically brutal film that reaches the point of an endurance test. I honestly can not in good faith recommend anyone seeing it. That said, there were scenes in it that haunted me for weeks afterward so in that respect it was very effective. I also thought I could twist some of the imagery into an image of my own that would be a decent representation of the film and feel similar to some of the work I've been doing as well. So here are a few ramp up sketches and the final image itself.
I hope you find it effective. If it spurs you to see the film... good luck.
I plan on doing more film based pieces again. In and out of Criterion's catalog. This is not the big plans hinted at in the last post. Those are still coming.
The theme song of this post comes courtesy of William de Vaughn.
This happens from time to time when you're a fairly obscure art bloke like myself. So I figured why not do something about it? Thus, art envy is born.
When the posters came out I had just recently seen von Triers' Antichrist. Lars von Trier is always one to push boundaries and sensibilities in film. I don't always think his ideas work but they at least make for interesting viewings. Antichrist is such an emotionally and physically brutal film that reaches the point of an endurance test. I honestly can not in good faith recommend anyone seeing it. That said, there were scenes in it that haunted me for weeks afterward so in that respect it was very effective. I also thought I could twist some of the imagery into an image of my own that would be a decent representation of the film and feel similar to some of the work I've been doing as well. So here are a few ramp up sketches and the final image itself.
I hope you find it effective. If it spurs you to see the film... good luck.
I plan on doing more film based pieces again. In and out of Criterion's catalog. This is not the big plans hinted at in the last post. Those are still coming.
The theme song of this post comes courtesy of William de Vaughn.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Part 1- New Years and Rope Burns
Oooh... (blush with embarrassment) I missed two months of updating this rigmarole. I honestly never can seem to balance the making of/posting of art unless good reason calls for it. I end up showing close friends this work by one method or another and I'm not entirely convinced there are many other folks paying attention so it becomes easy to neglect. It is nice to have it on record though and, boy, do I have a few scans to show today.
I do want to give a very belated thanks to the Young Blood Gallery. The show was great fun and one of my pieces found a new home. You can see the rest of the excellent pieces by using this link.
As promised, I had a few sketchbook pages of boxer distractions piling up. Frankly, I'm addicted. I think I may have possibly found a good outlet to push this stuff a bit further. We'll see if I make the time to use it.
I have a tendency to run myself down about my obvious inability to turn my art into what amounts to even a slightly modest source of income. That said, it's the New Year and I've got a lot to be thankful for. I've always done the art whether I was clever enough to catch anyone's eye with it or not. I think that's what I'll focus on this year. If I have to keep making time to make art merely for the sheer joy of it and no other reason, there's nothing wrong with that not. As for making income off of it and getting exposure for it... I'll just keep singing Bobby Byrd's words of wisdom and see what happens.
I'm going to drop these oldest to newest. Happy New Year folks!
I have to comment on this last one. I usually don't worry about or think about composition that much at all when doing multiple sketches on the page. These are just terrific fun and sometimes the end results can be a pleasant surprise. This last one did definitely fall under the surprise category. Paging Doctor Freud.
I do want to give a very belated thanks to the Young Blood Gallery. The show was great fun and one of my pieces found a new home. You can see the rest of the excellent pieces by using this link.
As promised, I had a few sketchbook pages of boxer distractions piling up. Frankly, I'm addicted. I think I may have possibly found a good outlet to push this stuff a bit further. We'll see if I make the time to use it.
I have a tendency to run myself down about my obvious inability to turn my art into what amounts to even a slightly modest source of income. That said, it's the New Year and I've got a lot to be thankful for. I've always done the art whether I was clever enough to catch anyone's eye with it or not. I think that's what I'll focus on this year. If I have to keep making time to make art merely for the sheer joy of it and no other reason, there's nothing wrong with that not. As for making income off of it and getting exposure for it... I'll just keep singing Bobby Byrd's words of wisdom and see what happens.
I'm going to drop these oldest to newest. Happy New Year folks!
I have to comment on this last one. I usually don't worry about or think about composition that much at all when doing multiple sketches on the page. These are just terrific fun and sometimes the end results can be a pleasant surprise. This last one did definitely fall under the surprise category. Paging Doctor Freud.
Friday, October 22, 2010
Day of the Dead Show 2010! (Part 1)
Well now, that was one hell of an intermission, no? Good news is I've kept my word and I'm posting something other than boxing sketches (although I've got buckets of those to show and probably will do so soon). Better news, it's that time of year again the Tweet Design annual Day of the Dead show. This is the third year for the show and the second that I've been in on it.
Last year the show was at the estimable Eyedrum Gallery but this year it is taking place in the Young Blood Gallery. I haven't been in a show at theYoung Blood since waaaay back in '01 ( at the old location no less). The gallery has grown mightily and I'm excited to be there again. Click the image below for details.
I created two coffins again this year. I wanted to approach the Day of the Dead themes in my own way once again and try to top my pieces from last year. I tried to think of different approaches to the coffin that might be something that hasn't been tried before or at least felt that way.
For the first one I decided to pay tribute to one of my art heroes, Robert Rauschenberg. He used a good many parachutes and things resembling them in his silkscreens and some of his performance pieces so that led to the coffin trading its heaviness for this kind of purpose. He's also famous for his combines in the art world. One of the most famous is Monogram. Throw in some angelic wings and several nods to other bits of his work and you have this:
I should mention that the backing board was merely for display purposes and isn't part of the piece.
Last year the show was at the estimable Eyedrum Gallery but this year it is taking place in the Young Blood Gallery. I haven't been in a show at theYoung Blood since waaaay back in '01 ( at the old location no less). The gallery has grown mightily and I'm excited to be there again. Click the image below for details.
I created two coffins again this year. I wanted to approach the Day of the Dead themes in my own way once again and try to top my pieces from last year. I tried to think of different approaches to the coffin that might be something that hasn't been tried before or at least felt that way.
For the first one I decided to pay tribute to one of my art heroes, Robert Rauschenberg. He used a good many parachutes and things resembling them in his silkscreens and some of his performance pieces so that led to the coffin trading its heaviness for this kind of purpose. He's also famous for his combines in the art world. One of the most famous is Monogram. Throw in some angelic wings and several nods to other bits of his work and you have this:
I should mention that the backing board was merely for display purposes and isn't part of the piece.
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