More Tentacles... oh and Fish!

Well unfortunately my two days of freedom are winding to a close.  On the bright side of that I got some really nice drawings done, and another is in the works.  I also got to go to probabaly one of the best museums I have ever been to.  The Noguchi Museum.   It was quite a trek to make it out to Queens, but if you ever have the opportunity it is well worth it.  It is a right across from his studio, and much of the building used for the museum he used for storage.  He later bought the surrounding lots and deigned a building around the original building, and opened it as a museum.  It has a wonderful open feel with so many of his works.  Its so peaceful and wonderful there.  I will definitely find my way back there.  My drawings for the day have nothing to do with him, but maybe they do in a round about way, who knows. 

Image 1 here is a some more tentacles, since I have been on a tentacle kick.  This is a bigger drawing, about 11"x5".  The texture on the dome took forever!! So I just had to do it again on Image 2.  


It is even larger 11" x 8.5".  I don't know if I was just looking to drive myself crazy with this one, but I wanted to have a lot of intricate texture.  I was also trying to have like 5 different line thicknesses.  It was really hard for me to not put a hard black line on the horizontal fish, but I think by not doing so some really cool things happen.  I wanted you my viewer to be able to see the small things better so I have included a detail image below so you can enjoy.  As always thanks for looking!! 

Tentacles and Balls

Well I made it through another 5 day work week.  I was sick most of the time which made it go even slower, but overall I had a good week.  It is still early so I don't think I have a lot of extra hooplah to say at the moment.  So pictures! 

The first image is the tentacle part of the title.  I have found that when i am faced with a square sheet of paper it always throws me for a while.  I have a desire to fill the space which sometimes makes for boring shapes.  Anyway, this is what I came up with.  

Image 2 is a long overdue inspired piece.  Mostly because I couldn't think of anything else to draw, and partially because I really love this lamp.  The GLO Nightlight.  I thought it looked like something I would draw.  So I did.  P.s. the balls are glow in the dark and actually come out of their sockets, SO COOL!


   


As always thanks for looking!

Ungrateful...

Well I have to start by apologizing for not posting sooner.  The work week as always is hectic and doesn't allow for a lot of excess energy.  With that being said for, my faithful I have made 3 new images.  2 are quite nice and one was kind of testing.  But before we start I think I must say as the title of the post insinuates I feel I have dealt with a large number of ungrateful people this week.  The most stand out was a man in a wheel chair that was stuck going up the side walk ramp after crossing the street.  I decided to go and help him, then he asked me to push him a little further, and then to a store, and then here and there, all the while he was being extrememly rude and telling me I wasn't listening and being a stupid F#$%ER.  And eventually I decided I needed to go home because it really wasn't working out.  At this point he choose to call me a F#$%ING N#$%ER which I found interesting.  Needless to say some time you try to produce good Karma and sometimes you can't.  Haha.  Sorry to bore you with uninteresting this so without further ado, some images.

As always thanks for looking!!     

September Sinuses...

Well the seasons are definately in the midst of change.  In order to celebrate my sinuses have decided to throw a party in my head.  Ugh...  My way of celebrating included my one shopping day a year where I got some new pants and shirts.  Yay for new clothes!  

I also got to attend a cool panel discussion on street art tonight.  It was all that could be expected from an Upper East Side gallery trying to sound sophisticated and knowledgeable about such a raw subject.  The best part was I got to see COST, and one of my favorite artists ever Buff Monster. 

Two smaller pieces and a larger piece for the drawings today.  The top one is one of my favorite kind of compositions, jsut playing with some line and texture combinations.  The 2nd is kind of experimental, not my favorite drawing as of late.  It's one of those you look back and and see about a million things you should have done different.  I guess that's why they make pen refills and blank paper.  The third is a fun little piece.  Revisiting some older style, because I got some inspiration from an instagram artist.  I think its pretty cool.

  P.S. I watched Highlander today, it was great.  I watched Rise of the Planet of the Apes yesterday. It was AWESOME!!!  

Scribble, scribble, scribble, scribble

Well it has been a long 5 day run at work as usual, but even with all the hair flying I was still able to make a few pieces of work.  The first is a larger scale like the previous post.  Trying out a few things here and there, I am somewhat pleased with it.  I do like the bubble rod thingy.  

The second one is a smaller scale one, I wanted to be able to get another drawing done tonight.  I am continuing to play around with different line weights in different areas.  I'm sure you can see the comparison between the two.  I am really liking the way this one turned out I think I will kind of follow the lead and see where it takes me.  As you can also see this shape has been continuing to show up very frequently in my work as of late.  I have liked it for a while, but its constantly in my head right now for some reason.  As always thanks for looking and enjoy!  Comments are always welcome. 

Back breaking work...

 This is going to be a quick post tonight, I just wanted to put up the finished product on my latest drawing.  It is by far the largest drawing that I have done in quite some time, almost flling a 9"x12" sheet of paper.  I really like making larger scale pieces.  I just bought an even larger pad in order to push myself to create some larger more intricate images.  This is a familiar composition for me, but I wanted to play around with some new and some old patterns.  I have included a detail from one of the neatest interactions in the drawing.  I hope you all enjoy!  Thanks for looking.

Cats and Balls

So the past few days have been quite eventful.  I had two quite busy days at work, which was marvelous.  Putting up with all the crap of being an underling, I tend to forget how much I enjoy doing my job, when I actually get to do my job.  I have had some excellent clients, and top it all off today with one of my favorite all time models.  Magnifique!      

Jessica and I also got to go to a store that just sells light bulbs, called Just Bulbs.  It was super crazy, but made me want to just hang lights from every part of the hosue.  They even have the cool retro looking bulbs with like the orange glowing wire, super cool.  We also made the trek back to Ikea yesterday.  We always end up spending more than planned, but there are such nifty things there!!  The best part about going to Ikea is taking the water taxi back and forth from there.  The weather has been absolutely amazing the past couple of days, and being on the water was just so wonderful.      

Well as always thanks for looking.  I hope you enjoy the doodles for the past few days.  The color one got smeared for some reason, so I'm not really happy with it.  The three baller I did with Microns.  I still think I prefer my Hi-Tec-c pens more so, but it is nice to have some variety.  The last one is a silly drawing I did for a friend of mine.  I also completed the drawing for Brain, which will be in the mail shortly, but I didn't want to spoil it before he got to see it. 

A Breathe of Fresh Air

 

I am quite excited that I am finally getting around to posting these pictures.  It's always hard to get my art work done, when I am at the salon doing hair.  Although, I must say my Denman blow dries are getting pretty sparkling.  I also did get to work on my first fashion week show, and it was awesome.  By far the best show I have worked on so far.  The were presented in a scene instead of on a runway.  The Bowery Hotel was a beautiful setting as well.  The next three days will all entail work as well, but at least I'll be on the floor doing hair.      

 

I hope you all enjoy the pictures, the first is the biggest picture I have drawn in a long time.  The second is quite small and a possible sticker idea.  The third is kind of a revisit to old ideas, and I am super excited about the outcome of it.  Seeing that only two people commented on my giving free drawings away picture I see it only fit to give them both a drawing.  So Brian and Corin leave me a comment letting me know what you want a drawing of.  Mind you it will be my interpretation.  :)  As always thanks for looking!

   

Rainy Day Orange.

Well I have to say that I for whatever reason I am feeling better today.  I went in today and got a hair cut by Clare.  I also needed to pick up my bag and tools to get ready to work on a Fashion Week show tomorrow with Veda.  Not sure what all its going to entail, but the looks seem pretty cool and so do the clothes.  I will try to snap some pictures if I am allowed to.  I think one big factor in my happiness is from a return trip to The Cotton Candy Machine.  Partially because its an awesome store and is like the happiest place in the world for me.  Partially because one of my long time favorite artists Andrew Bell is part of a show that is up.  Seeing his super clean line work and awesome attention to detail gets me excited about drawing and just excited.  While they look good on his website in person his drawings are even better.  Like wise while my drawings scan in ok I wish you could all see them in person.  There is a chance of course to win a drawing if you comment on This Post.  I am pretty stoke about the image for this post.  It took an extra bit of effort, but sometimes that's what it takes to make cool stuff.  I wanted to play some more with using the same pattern in different ways as well.  I added a detail of the image at the bottom so you could see whats going on better.  As always thanks for looking.

P.s. For all you non art kids out there, Orange is opposite of Blue...

The things that hold us together

 I'm not really sure what to write about tonight.  It has been a very low week.  I am not sure why, but sometimes all the lights aren't green up top.  I did get out of the house for a bit today, but it didn't really help to brighten the mood.  All though the negative feelings have been high, I must say that I have produced some of my best work in recent memory.  While I like both of these images I must say that the first one hits some kind of chord inside me.  The image quality is as good as I can hope for, but I really wish you could see it in person.  I like that the second uses the same technique, but creates and inside and an outside.  I like the soft line that's created to :).  I hope you all enjoy looking.  Thanks as always. 

If its called "Labor" day, why do we not work?

Well I must say last night started off the holiday weekend with a bang!  I actually made the effort to be social which is a rare occurrence.  Tim and Tabitha, two of my coworkers were kind and invited me to come hang out with a bunch of people from work.  They have access to the roof of their building so we were able to enjoy perfect weather and wonderful company.  It was one of those times that I sit back looking at the Empire State Building and realize though I am poor and struggling to make it, I am rich with good friends and I am so lucky to be living in the greatest city I have ever been to.

   

With that being said as many a glorious New York night tends to do, it leads to a less that spectacular or motivated morning.  But seeing as I didn't have to work today I took it as a perfectly acceptable excuse to sit and home and watch TV and draw.  I started off with Super 8, and have been watching Hell on Wheels the rest of the day.  Excellent show!   

As always thanks for looking, and be sure to look at the previous post for your chances to win some drawings!!