UpDAyTes For the DAAY

well hello blogging commuunitee. not a whole lot to say. but ive been working on this big painting that i actually started at the jesse reno thing. its for this lady. so far its got 2 big plants on it. i dont know if i should bring the plants out alot, and have that be the focus, or make it more abstract. ill stare at it a bit more. if you have any input feel free to share. THANKS. see yall in art tomorrow. updayte out. 

Concentration pieces

My concentration is deconstruction of the human mind

WOW! lots to talk about. first up is the piece with the red white and blue. titled ameritard. I was flipping through a book of portraits when i came across this fantastic photo of a guy from new york holding the american flag. so i pulled out some paper and started drawing. i took some key ideas from the photo, and then threw my own little spin on it. i played off of how wierd the guy looked, and the fact that he was holding an american flag. i tried doing the whole making the eye follow something, so i carefullyplanned where the yellow went and how the whole movement was down and to the right. i also just distorted the reality and made it all grotesque.

Second is the martini man piece. they other 2 pieces actually go together. its a top half and a bottom half. i also started out with this one by looking through a portrait book. this particular photograph was of a man in his kitchen sippin on some martini. gettin faded. i took the over all posture of the man, and modified the line quality and colored it differently. i also did the top half of the man on one sheet, and the bottom half of the man on another. crazy huh. i also did all the color on one half of both the top and bottom. the value and errything is really partially distributed on purpose. added a dimension to the character. implying that i partially knew him. he was very to himself, not very talkitive. mysterious

heyo updayte

yo yo yo. its goin down. lots of stuff to update on. i entered a couple of pieces into the art magazine national competition. so we'll see where that goes. hopefully i will win. that would be sickkkkk. some of my concentration pieces are on their way. im doing one of this old lady. shes super creepy looking. ive also got a bird house decorated with u of o stuff. it looks cool. fun to work on. woot woot

lots to update

first off. scholastic. the reception was hectic. and really hot. but it was great. got a scholarship to pnca which im suppperrrr psyched on. it was cool to see so many people there reppin the pacers. gotta love it. everyones art looked awesome. 

Next up is my concentration piece. its goin alright. doin a split drawing of some homie holdin a martini. im gonna do the top part of him first, then do the bottom half, on seperate sheets of paper. gonna try to bring 2 different styles together, and incorperate it into a cardboard background, or maybe some wood. 

finally.  with the help of the MC i finally got my portfolio put together to send out to colleges. its up on my facebook if you want to scope it. psyched. maybe ill get into college. ye ye

PORTFOLIO DAY!

portfolio day wasnt that bad!! last year it was awful. i talked to 3 schools and got some good critiques. at first we were just looking for the shortest lines, and i was standing facing away from this one table, and the guy started talking to me. turns out it was SVA from new york. and i used to live in NY, so we talked about that for a bit. then he critiqued my work, and he turned out to be really cool. he gave me this huge book to look at. then i talked to this equally cool dude from MIAD. he gave me some good critiques as well. i guess i need some meaning to my work. i didnt really come prepared with anything to say, and wasnt ready to be interrogated, so i told them basically the truth, and that just wasnt gonna cut it for an art school. basically i learned that you shouldnt have to bullshit anything, it should have the meaning from the beginning, and thats what im lackin. so now i have something to work on! the lady from PNCA talked really quietly and i couldnt really hear most of what she was saying. plus she just got really mad that she couldnt see the thumbnails i brought. get some glasses. stop drinkin that hatorade

LSD NO NO

A little while ago i found this clip dedicated to dock ellis. the legendary baseball player who threw a no hitter on acid. not only was this clip extremely entertaining, but the types of illustrations really hit home for me. im thinking of trying to incorperate some of this style into my works. any thoughts? 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14&feature=player_embedded

This is awesome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVSgx7gKc_k

Its an art form. and its done really well. dont hate.