Once again, local side streets of non-touristy parts of a popular country. Would love to visit Tuscany, Italy~ Wine countryside! ...although, I guess this sketch is more of the urban side.
8.26.2014
Daily Sketch #7: Urban Landscape - France
I've been to Paris, France once with my family. Visited all the touristy parts, but what I would really like to do is explore local neighborhoods and visit the small towns in the South, strolling on cobblestones eating pastries without drooling too much while watching their laundry publicly drying in the soft sunny breeze.
8.25.2014
Daily Sketch #6: Urban Landscape - Japan
8.05.2014
Daily Sketch #5: Social Paranoia
It's been a while since I drew something, and I DON'T want to lose it! I've been anti-social media for the longest time. Until this day, all I have on FB is an artist page. No followings in any account. It is good for corporate promotions, but I hate how reliable our world is with Internet these days. Makes me miss Manual and [non-electric] Analog hardcore.
Anyway, this post is dedicated to all the times we've stalked other people or have been the victims of stalking on Social Media. Bloodshot eyes, pale skin from lack of sunlight, and growing white strands of hair, all due to infinite hours on mobile devices and desktops checking the latest update.
Take a look at the logo list below and see if that doesn't look ridonkulous... Sure, the colors are pretty, the logos are clean and clear, but why are there SO MANY OF THEM?? Don't even get me started on Apps! Yes, yes, pros and cons to all of it--everything in moderation--but I think we're pushing past Moderate!
Logos:
PS--Anyone see the lovely irony of my logo at the top right corner of the drawing? Sigh, just proves that we can't escape personal branding... There's my contribution to society!
Anyway, this post is dedicated to all the times we've stalked other people or have been the victims of stalking on Social Media. Bloodshot eyes, pale skin from lack of sunlight, and growing white strands of hair, all due to infinite hours on mobile devices and desktops checking the latest update.
Take a look at the logo list below and see if that doesn't look ridonkulous... Sure, the colors are pretty, the logos are clean and clear, but why are there SO MANY OF THEM?? Don't even get me started on Apps! Yes, yes, pros and cons to all of it--everything in moderation--but I think we're pushing past Moderate!
PS--Anyone see the lovely irony of my logo at the top right corner of the drawing? Sigh, just proves that we can't escape personal branding... There's my contribution to society!
7.08.2014
Eve in the Garden of Eden
Painting + Photo Manipulation of Eve in the Garden of Eden ready to take a bite out of Original Sin. Always liked that fruit / apple metaphor. The piece is pretty lateral with only has two layers of depth, but the snake has some dimension [was my favorite part to work on]. Take look at its slithery tongue just barely touching Eve's fingertip as it eggs her temptation on with its hisses. I tried to shy away from being cliche...not sure how that worked out. I also didn't want Eve to be associated with any specific race, so kept her ambiguous.
I've always wanted to do an Eden piece with two parts for male and female, but wasn't inspired enough until I heard the lyrics of Wine Red by The Hush Sound:
Who shot that arrow in your throat?
Who missed the crimson apple?
And there's discord in the Garden tonight...
The rest of the lyrics can be found HERE. "Don't bite the apple, Eve!"
I've always wanted to do an Eden piece with two parts for male and female, but wasn't inspired enough until I heard the lyrics of Wine Red by The Hush Sound:
Who shot that arrow in your throat?
Who missed the crimson apple?
And there's discord in the Garden tonight...
The rest of the lyrics can be found HERE. "Don't bite the apple, Eve!"
For fun--these are the images I used:
7.07.2014
The Birth of Man
Ash, dust, bone, breath--and even human rib [yes, that's a supposedly real human rib, not one cleaned off a cow's]. All these items are described in the passage below. Since Adam was created first, he gets the older look, versus Eve's luscious environment. Kind of reminds me of a museum piece featured on a banner. Also wanted something a little harder than a delicate religious painting like The Creation of Adam by Italian Renaissance Man, Michelangelo.
From trusty ol' Wiki: "In an older Jahwist or Jahwist-Elohist sources (tenth-ninth centuries BC) in Genesis 2:4b, also known as the "subordinating (of woman) account," Yahweh fashions a man (Heb. adam, "man" or "mankind") from dust (Heb. adamah) and blows the breath of life into his nostrils."
Really? Then why is it called "The Fall of MAN?" Adam was created first, so he should have known better than to have listened to Eve over God~ Ah, the first family already messed it up for humanity...
PS--I admit these two Adam and Eve pieces are based on modern models. Just think of it as contemporary interpretations of the beginning of time. Mind-blowing! Serpents were around in mythology before dinosaurs!
These are the photos I used for reference:
From trusty ol' Wiki: "In an older Jahwist or Jahwist-Elohist sources (tenth-ninth centuries BC) in Genesis 2:4b, also known as the "subordinating (of woman) account," Yahweh fashions a man (Heb. adam, "man" or "mankind") from dust (Heb. adamah) and blows the breath of life into his nostrils."
Really? Then why is it called "The Fall of MAN?" Adam was created first, so he should have known better than to have listened to Eve over God~ Ah, the first family already messed it up for humanity...
PS--I admit these two Adam and Eve pieces are based on modern models. Just think of it as contemporary interpretations of the beginning of time. Mind-blowing! Serpents were around in mythology before dinosaurs!
These are the photos I used for reference:
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