Topic #6: Flight Departure? Arrival?

Not really sure.

Retro Movie Poster

Alright, this took forever!
(I hope Shaun Collings doesn't see my halfassed typographic bastardizations.)



Flight is in transit. I'll show you guys once it arrives :)

flight_WIP

A tribute to my anime upbringing... cool planes that go up into space exploring an asteroid orbiting a planet in a far off galaxy. This should be fun, hopefully I can get this done... and maybe catch up on the rest.

Flight Work In Progress

I want to finish this one, but I figured I'd post my progress for comments. It's inspired by my tattoo, which I'll post when I put up my final for this one. I was raised Catholic and have always been fascinated by Christian iconography (despite having since left my faith behind). Saint Luke is the patron saint of painters, and in illuminated manuscripts he's represented by a winged ox. I love the image of such a lumbering, ordinary creature with these angelic wings. So anyway, I'm struggling with how tightly I want to render the ox because I'm liking the simplicity of the background. It's taking on a slight art nouveau feeling that I may play with. Thoughts?

Topic #6: Flight

Hey, so here's a very broad topic:

Flight.

I wished I could do it since I was six years old. Airplanes are scary the first time you fly, and probably boring and annoying the most recent time that you've flown. Birds bones are filled with air. Hang gliders are probably the coolest thing since sliced bread.

Enjoy!

PS. I replaced my topic from yesterday because I thought it was LAME.

Retro Movie Poster

Don't try to read the titles/copy yet!

I've spent 4.5 hours on this so far.
Another 2-4 and it'll be done.

Eunice, you picked a hard one, and I hate you for it.

JJJKKs!!!

Retro Movie Posters Extended

No posts for the retro movie posters huh? Well I'm guilty too. The holidays can really mess with one's free time. Shall we extend the topic another week? I feel like this subject is a very cool idea and I'd hate to just skip it.

retro movie poster!

We all love retro movie posters... this week you get to create your own!!
you may choose your favorite old movie and remake the poster,
or take a modern movie and retrofy it,
or even make up a whole new genre and a movie and give it a retro perspective. let's say it's really open ended!
It can be as cheesy as it can get ;) have fun!!! ..........while i try to catch up with everything...hahaha...*hides*

New Subject...

Garlicandy, I know you have a good topic to toss our way. I'll leave it to you. Ladies and Gentlemen, Garlicandy...

Claus

A darker take on Claus. I wanted to capture the spirit of a solitary North Pole wanderer. It occurs to me now that he now looks like an emo Santa. What you can't see is that under his cloak, he's wearing a Dashboard Confessional t-shirt he got at Hot Topic. This one took about an hour and a half. I'd love it if you guys would mention how long your posts take to make. Happy Holidays folks.

How would you like this guy in your chimney? That's what I thought.

I wasn't told lies about Santa, instead I was always grateful that my parents would watch out and buy us the things we really wanted. Santa isn't too big in Turkey, and maybe that's because Santa is Turkish. I know some of you will try to deny the truth (and by some of you, I mean Michael), so just read the first sentence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Nicholas.

Now that I've ruined your Christmas, Happy Holidays!

Greetings!

Rudolph was an Orphan. Is an Orphan, this is the morning he found out.
Some think Santa was behind it all... makes sense.

MERRY FUCKIN CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

Bah~!

Man, half way through I thought "I should have done something more creative" bah humbug! happy holidays everyone!

Opera

Sorry I'm so late... I'll work on my christmas one now.

Topic #4: Holiday Theme

And this wont be the last bicycle post that y'all see!

Topic #4: Obligatory Holiday Theme

Okay, so I'm hijacking this week's topic and suggesting a totally original and unexpected, non-denominational, open-to-interperetation winter-solstice-proximate holiday theme. I have to force myself to get all holiday-ed up every year here in Los Angeles thanks to the not-very-wintery weather, so what better way to get the spirit than to draw things and put them on a blog? Bring on the cheer.

Who's coming up with the new topic?

Meow?

Opera Something or Other

I haven't posted until now because I spent all week being apathetic and stumped by my utter lack of clever takes on this week's topic. You see, the sum total of my knowledge of Opera can be summed up by Chuck Jones' "What's Opera Doc?" So what you'll find here is a rushed (it took about an hour) and ill-considered color study of a theater's exterior. You'd think that having gone to Art Center's grad show last night would have inspired me to excel and really dig deep to push myself. Well maybe you don't know me so well after all.

Catching Up

Hey everyone! Sorry about the late post/s, I've been trying to catch up. I'll be more timely from here on, I promise!

#3, Opera. Somebody had to do it.

#2, Heist. This was a toughie. Hmmm.. I think my genius plan would be to steal a Sargent, and tell people it's a print (yea like that would ever work).

#1, Auto-Portrait. T-Bot. Yep. I drink too much tea, so i'd def be a tea bot. Why are my eyes glowing? Uhmm... Yea, don't ask.

Subject 3: Opera

This is the finished sketch:




YAY!

Oooooooooooopera!

The first thing that came to my mind was the scene in Amadeus when Salieri is describing Mozart’s work. The beauty and complexity of one instrument taking over another and finally coming together to complete the song. So I wanted to show the process of an Opera.

Opera WIP

After thinking about what I could for this weeks subject... several thumbnails later I just decided to do an Opera singer from the future being showered in roses during her performance. I was greatly influenced by Alexander McQueen and Chinese Opera. I love his work... there is just so much there to play with. I can't wait to finish this one up. I love theatrics =)

CUT THROAT SEMEN

Catfood Caper: Final

I just finished coloring the my Catfood Caper, hope y'all like it. Basically its a Cat women hanging by yarn in a Mission Impossible/ Cirque fashion. Thought it would be fun if she used her talents for good. In this case helping feed all those unloved, forgotten strays.

Sorry I was so late guys. Crazy weekend =) Can't wait to see more.

Subject 3: Opera

There's a very distinct picture in my head when I think of Opera singers. I'm gonna go hella simple on this one!

Part I & II

Heist: !!#@%^$#&^%*^%(^&%$!@$ (???)

Possible translations:

"That's what i'm trying to tell you, Zorlac, they are just humans wearing makeup..."
"Zim, stop teasing your brother about his Blue Man Group."

"These people are so adorable"

"Where's the nearest "cafe" ?"

"if you're feeling ufo sick, keep your eyes on the milkyway"

"I could get used to this..."

ANY SUGGESTIONS!?

Robot Self Portrait: I'm late!

Bit off more than I can chew with my robot self portrait. eek! Heres its ises.
That's me serving royalty i guess.

Pirate's Booty

Hey guys, first off, thanks for inviting me to be in on this! Sounds like a great idea.

This was the third idea I had, after bombing 2 others, haha.

Sunny Side Up

This blog is bad for my sleep patterns. But this way I don't have any homework for the week. And now I'm off to bed. Good topic, Carte. Macks out.