Kevin's BBQ front

So here's the front of one of the postcards for Kevin's BBQ.

He loves BBQ so, that Kevin.



I did this at school and the font I used for the tag line isn't on my computer so the tag line looks a little funky. It's the same as the "KICK" part but I imported that from Illustrator so it retained it's font characteristics. Not that any of you guys would have cared, but just a small techinical note.

Little Superstar!! ちっちゃいスパースター！！

I had to take care of the last ends of my leases signing today and had to miss class, so I was feeling so-so today, but the Toast sent me this...

今日学校サボってやっとにアパートのリースのことするから何とかまあまあな気分してた。

しかし！トーストと言う友達からそのビデオをもらった。

He slapped the bejeezus out of that guy...awesome.
ちっちゃいさんは連続してやつの顔をパッと叩いて最高！

Neuroplasticity

So here's a comp of my new illustration. It's supposed to be a piece for Time Magazine's 100 people issue. My person is Richard Davidson, he did research on neuroplasticity by studying TIbetan monks. It seemed the most interesting to me so I took it up.

Basically, I worked out some ideas and wanted to make the eastern influence is clear, also to make sure the subject, neuroplasticity is communicated.
I did some research, went to the Reuben Museum of Art (which I reccommend)and decided to use eastern/oriental art as a motif. Also to have the guy meditating on a brain that looks similar to the asian style clouds that I see in much of eastern art.

As for my process, it was inked, scanned, then colored and messed with in photoshop. I used some gradients here and there to get that smooth and flat color look, then painted on top for some parts. I made a custom texture by scanning part of a batik that my dad had left from West Africa.

Not sure if it's done yet, i just sent it in for approval, so we'll see what corrections i'll have to do if any.

The Long Awaited Return

So...

Yea...

It's been a while hasn't it. Since I've been in New York I've gotten more and more and busy and have had to adjust my life to a different speed that I was used to living in Florida. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately...) one of the results of this has been that I've been distanced from the internet.

I hardly download anything (Shock!!), I rarely use AIM (I've opted for MSN), son't reallyt use mixi, myspace, facebook, etc. and I just don't have the arsenal of crazy videos and sites that I used to in college (don't you miss that carolina?).

But in my life there have been several significant changes for the better. For instance, I'm generally content. Actually that can be a bad thing, cause as an artist I'm supposed to have lots of grief to create art with, but I digress...

I also have had a girlfriend since may or so. That's going pretty well, and I feel pretty lucky to have such a patient, nice, and beautiful girlfriend.

So with that said. What have I been up to?

Uhhh...a lot, but it's too much to go into I guess. I'll just briefly go over what I did during the summer.

For the most part I was working as an assistant at my school. Getting my bills paid and doing a whole lot of nothing, which was pretty nice actually. For a 9 to 5 it wasn't so bad; I enjoyed it. At one point I ended up getting an internship as a graphic designer, which didn't really seem to fit for me, so I ended up leaving due to time contstraints and it not fitting into my "occupational road map" so to speak.

I also ended up getting two new roomates, both are my friends for highschool and that has been working out quite nicely. My apartment is pretty pimp right now.
So basically I've been having a decent time...but my life is never without problems.

Drama.

Drama.

Drama.

I had a lot of it concerning my apartment, was worried about losing it a few times, and in fact I still am slightly worried but for the most part it seems that I'll be here for another year.

Anyway, with all that out there, let's get to the dessert you've all been waiting for.


I started new semester, so that means new drawings and paintings...






My first assignment for my printmaking class. A simple collagraph with found objects.





New painting #1. Our first assignment was to do a greyscale painting, I didn't have black on me and didn't feel like mixing it, so I did a monotone in blue. Oh this was done in less that 3 hours btw.





The first assignment for editorial illustration 1, a simple black and white portrait. I did Johnny Knoxville and Steve-O. The picture was modeled off of a pic of spanky and alfalfa from the little rascals I found on the net, it was fitting for the oft childish antics of the jackass crew. Waterproof ink on watercolor paper.





The second painting assignment, this time we could do full color. I still limited my palette though, since I used blue, I thought I would make a warm pallete for this one. This was also done in less that 3 hours, cause I don't play around when it comes to painting.





Finally, we have what I'm working on now. This is an illustration for Advertising Illustration 1. It's supposed to be a travel piece. I chose Miami. I still have a bit a work to do, but I think it's shaping up nicely. Acrylic on doublethick illustraion board.

Kevin's BBQ WIP

A preliminary sketch for Kevin's BBQ, a postcard project I have to do...hope my teacher approves it.