NEVERTREND

Some slogans/graphics I've been mulling over, that a friend wants to produce for his board company once it gets off the ground.

Not wanting to be a negative nancy. But I am seeing weird cliques at the parks lately, and they're complete with costumes/jerseys. So why not poke fun at the fashionista's?? Might as well while the shit's popular. (IT WILL BE UNPOPULAR ONE DAY, YES, IT WILL....) Who woulda thought it'd be the crusties and not the G's? Guess we're out of the 90's.

Afterthought: It's very weird when in the midst of a paradigm shift, where essentially anything trick-wise, style-wise etc. is on the table, that there are still trends that follow in circles. But I like the fact that there is a prominent beyond-the-bullshit mentality (whether conscious or not), that can be part of the non-group, who can do 5 foot lien airs and turn right around and switch 360 flip a flat gap with equal attitude and style. Kids are gettin' ridonk!

Whatever blows your hair (not facial hair) back!

Q.

ARBITRARY UNIVERSALITY

Patterns beckon obsessive reproduction. Through this reproduction, evolution happens unavoidably. Accidental variation coupled with intentional derivation = progressive development. 

And I just like the shape. 

iGod

 Wood, nail, iPod, headphones. 5.5'' x 11.5''

Potentially too controversial for prospective employers, this new piece will have to land here for now. Which is goofy but true. It's really more of a commentary on our societies collective newfound habit of worshiping technology -which I call "iDolotry"- than anything to do with Christianity. (Crucifixion was a form punishment used by several major civilizations before the Roman Empire, and after.) Every time I see the masses with their heads down and hands clasped around their little phones and iPods or whatever, completely oblivious and their minds somewhere else literally high in the sky, it looks like praying to me. Brings a whole new perspective on "Cloud" technology and divine (AKA wireless) inspiration. The satellites are our angels beaming down at us from heaven, protecting us from not knowing who's posted to our Facebook...

A note about the logo: One friend told me this could be a meme (I had to look it up and still didn't get it. So another friend clarified, and told me to put a watermark on it. I later got paranoid and agreed, but I think it makes it look silly/poppy. I tried my hardest to make it look like the QAD was designed for it.

UPDATE:

Just happened upon this in a stack of papers, must be Lara's. But check the logo and compare it to the one I developed. Pretty odd coincidence...

POSITIVELY CHARGED PARTICLE

Found some old graffiti sketches. I must've just discovered DAIM. Still my favorite.

HOLIDAYS BRING ON WEIRD CREATIVITY

Paint scrapers from 6 month-long lead paint removal on our porch. Mementos of endurance, His and Hers. Composite/Masonite hand-made frame, screw-mounted. Painted with the porch paint. No alterations of any kind were made to the tools. Just gel medium to seal in the lead paint coating.

My folks have been having a bit of a rodent problem...

Same type of frame build, 1 Victor mousetrap (proudly stolen from my folks), and one old, poor HP mouse.

THE STUDIO NEEDS A PAINT JOB/S

SENORITA DE NEGRA

This was supposed to post by itself on the 31st.

Lara de los Muertos. Never done face makeup (on someone else) before. Fun.

MAN vs. SHARK revisited

Infographic made to comply with 70 - 30 (%) aspect ratio of info to space. Mega-info. But I guess it works when you're trying to bring a point home. Save the sharks, people. Thus save yourselves.

And make the message pretty.

WAYZGOOSE

First time for me and mine visiting Letter Press event at SVC, called "Wayzgoose" this weekend. Definitely need more time, to peruse and get a poster printed next year. Several groups print all day via large poster plates, hand-rolled ink, and a steam roller. They hang them from the balcony railings of the buildings successive floors. Very cool. Print shop, movable type bins and machines are inside. Highly recommended event.

MIND FIELD

Pen tool practice, in class. One of my all-time favorites...Albert, not the Pen Tool...

"The key to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."

DISPOSITION

School has consumed my life. It's all I have to show for anything lately.

Photo illustration self portraits. We choose our own battles...

Sun Over Marin

Another fun school assignment. Full re-creation, before and after. Reminds me of South Bay.

Perched Aloft

Photoshop assignment for school. Supposed to be a self portrait, using only our own photos. Smoke and ashes in city still sort of pending.....need to take smoke/cloud tutorial from my 2,343,576 page textbook. My gaiters look like leg warmers. 

The 4th Dimension is Mind

This is Elliot Ave from 2 perspectives, North-bound, then South-bound. I bent space and time. Seattle can never get its fill of colorful corners.

Eyes Wide Shut Me Down

First project in class at AIS. I put some solid effort into it, 12 layers/7 channels, and the teacher said, "eh, it was just to get you working, I don't even want to see it."

How could you deny that face??

RECORD TIME

 

Another clock. 12'' with mock label sticker. I've got a lot of unused crappy records laying around. I'm thinking they could be of use. Anyone want to commission one?

PATRON SAINT OF PATIENCE

 

Finally finished what was supposed to be a mother's day gift in 2008. (see older post about pending work here) Needless to say it swallowed many hours. Pen and ink, scanned in sections, realigned the scans, used channels to isolate sections and color in certain layers. Also made some major structural changes, such as the flames in the background, by mirroring one side and cloning it....I even made her taller by warping a lower section of her in Photoshop. 17 layers, 25 channels. Guh. But it turned out nice, Kinko's (Fed Ex, ahem) did a decent job printing, however late.

Poor angel remained crushed underfoot. I can't even remember why I was mad at him to begin with. 

Like I wrote on the back, "Happy every day Ma!"

WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE.....

AS LONG AS YOU DON'T SELL IT, IT'S OKAY.

Every once in a while, it pays to steal ideas, copying them as close as possible, to learn technique or form or whatever. I'm just lucky I don't have to replicate out The Great Gatsby or For Whom The Bell Tolls to feel the work of my fellow craftsmen.

Drawn proudly from Kyle MacNaughton's concept sketch work for Out of Picture 2.

Vermicious Knid??

Drawing can get weird when you lack a reference.