Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Summer Sketchbook 2012!

Summer Sketchbook 2012 1st pg.
Insert from sketchbook.

Sketchbook Insert, German Actor Conrad Veidt.
Blas off kids?

This one reminds me of an Albrecht Durer etching.



Older Work from 2012



One of my first pieces to have ever been published through Syracuse's own Jerk Magazine.  I worked within the magazine's music review section about a young hip hop artist's new EP.  This was one of those occasions where an image came to me while I listened to the artist's new single "Tha Dollar".  I found the rather upbeat song to have a lurking dark content about artist's selling their work for cheap commodity consumption.  Overall a favorite, gave the original to an old friend.

I really enjoy drawing animals, especially within a strong pen and ink rendering they can develop this really cool lithographic look within the strong details.  This rooster has a very "cool and confident" expression to it that I like.

A published piece that was used to promote within a poster for a film student's film.



Steve Buscemi!
An anthropomorphic family, I particularly enjoy the squid father's expression.

A spot drawing for Kafka's "In the Penal Colony"

An very editorial piece for "The Dancer" by Arthur Miller.

A piece that is still in the works, this was my first endeavor into utilizing a moquette for reference.  This was my first "conceptual art" piece that I have done.  I kind of envisioned this as an homage to the old 1950s Kaiju films I used to enjoy when I was kid.  Toho Studios and Gamera would be proud.

The moquette I built for reference for the piece above.  I am planning on doing a series in the near future of monsters combined with old WWII machinery.