brush pen quickie

draw chimp, draw!

Self portrait, chimpanzee-ed.

MONKEYS vs MONSTERS

What could possibly be the stupidest idea ever for an animated movie.

The image itself is largely ripped off of Frank Frazetta's "Strange Creatures" painting.

In other news:
http://aidancasserly.blogspot.com

http://www.scapulacomic.blogspot.com

Check 'em out!

CE # 27: Monkeys & Monsters

New Topic, thanks to Aidan & Micah for suggestion, self portait as

1) Monkey
or
2) Monster

Have fun!

Courtesy of Sophorn

Sophorn testing out my tablet... and drawing himself in 40 years.

Clara Beara

I'm teaching a multimedia class this week. One of the things we did was make up nicknames for all the instructors so, I decided to embrace my long time nickname. Lately I've been trying to do some work that is not based on reference because I feel like my over dependence on reference has been handicapping my creativity as an artist.

SJSU is hosting a Dreaworks gallery and a film festival this week so make sure an check your SJSU email list for details.

man-witch

Darn, well, I wanted to do a portrait in the style of Adam Ford, but his stuff manages to have much softer edges. Oh welllll. 8) Fun assignment!

All that's missing is a cigar

Self portrait inspired by the talented Shepard Fairey. ((ObeyGiant.com))

The Year 2049

I will be wrinkly and really dark from spending all my time on a tropical island!

at 66....

40 years from now I'm going to be a goofy ass semi-bald looking man. With botox lips to keep looking sexy.

Old!

Just a quick one... me in 40 years.

DITKO

Done in the style of my favorite comic-book artist, Steve Ditko (The Amazing Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, The Question).

#26 SELF-PORTRAITS 01 (Ends 4/03/09)

First of all thanks for all the great topic suggestions. I think we are going to use all of them in some form or another. Please continue to suggest more ideas as they come to you :) Also thanks to everyone for contributing their beautiful work on the Zodiac Topic. And also thanks to the many visitors of the blog.

Since there were many suggestions regarding self-portraits we are going to have several rounds of self-portrait topics through out the year. We will then use the other suggestions in-between the self-portrait rounds. Here is round one:

SELF-PORTRAITS ROUND 01

1) Self-Portrait in the style of a favorite artist. (Not frightfully original, but a nice opportunity to see who's influenced by who.)

2) Self-Portrait Forty Years from Now.

Thanks to Aidan Casserly for the suggestion.

Have fun everyone :)

Virgo

sans paint

Capricorns in the house ...

This is for my fellow Capricornian, Amie.

Pisces

I'm a fishy, my birthday is on the 24th of this month. I thought I would play around with some odd comp colors, and this is what I ended up with.

Capricorns

Capricorn

December 22
to
January 19

Capricorn, whose constellation is known as Capricornus, is one of the oldest of the astrological interpretations.It is ruled by Saturn.

Its symbol is the goat. This is sometimes depicted as a sea borne hybrid or Dolphin. The image is often an animal with the body of a goat and the tail of a fish. The Capricornian is generally a serious character possessing a wry sense of humor. Independent, steady as a rock, Capricorn reflects earthy qualities that range from clever to vacuous. Mostly cautious, confident, strong willed, reasonable and hard working, Capricorns are a rock upon which to build. They are often aloof, shrewd, practical, responsible and persevering.

Did I do this right?

I don't blog often. Here is my take on a cosmic star. Actually, cosmic villain.

Join me as I get my nerd on. Nerd what? Nerd on.

-TB

#25: ZODIAC (through 02/13)

One more to tide us over until we get to the suggestions. Please continue to add comments to previous suggestion thread. Hey, some fun/funny ideas. Look forward to getting to them... For now:

ZODIAC
1) Basically, any interpretation of your sign or a any other. If its your sign, let us know.
2) Make up a new one - that might be cool

until Feb 13 09

While we're waiting...

Sorry, just a dumb idea I had. I wouldn't imagine this would offend anyone, but if it does I'll take it down.

SUGGESTION THREAD (Comments Please...)

First off, some awesome stuff as always works itself onto the blog. Nice surprises as usual. Thanks to everyone for contributing.

With the new year, we wanted to have some new ideas for the Blog, and we're asking you to please contribute some suggestions as future topics. Good idea to keep things fresh. Please reply in the comments sections of this post. This will topic will be up for a little while...

- Nelson

Peter on a Pirate Ship

Peter and Tink headed somewhere. Perhaps the slightly brighter dot. I'm going for a cut-paper look in this.