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[ | | 08.1.09, 9:48AM] |
I feel as if I should make some sort of disclaimer..
if you found me through my artwork, my art posts are almost entirely public so you have the awesome option of just friending me without me friending you. i'm only sayin' because i also post a lot of non-art things and because my bio is kind of vague you may not expect, ya know, the rest of my journal (but i guess that depends how you found me).
so here's some basic information you should know if you're in this for the long haul:
1. im queer and i talk about gay things including: gender, gay sex, carpet munching, penises that like other penises, drag kings, drag queens, whatever; it's not all i talk about, but it comes up.
2. i don't identify as a girl and i don't like pronouns, please don't use them when referring to me. i'm currently flirting with the idea of using male pronouns so that might come up at some point or another (to friends offline who read my lj: surprise!).
3. try not to use anything against me when i get famous or at the very least have a "real" job; this is kind of an honor-system thing (i don't want to mislead you, there's nothing too risque in here, but still, you never know); what happens on lj, stays on lj
4. i rarely lj-cut to keep things pg-13 so the words "faggot" and "dildo" might appear on your friends page without warning. so might jenny shimizu's boobs.
5. between work/school/art class i don't have too much time to check my flist but it's not cause i don't love you! just because i'm busy. i love you long time.
if you're still interested, press the "post comment" button and lemme know that you want to be added, otherwise i'll assume you're here for the art.
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[ | | 07.22.08, 10:04PM] |
i want to write a letter to someone expressing my disappointment what's happened to our city's museum. it has been so dumbed down, i actually felt patronized. who are they gearing this stuff towards?! it was kind of like wikipedia only it cost $22 to get in and i think wikipedia may actually be more in depth. the new building also seems to be too big, there is so much empty space and not nearly as many artifacts as there used to be. instead there are more dioramas and long, unnecessary stories that are supposed to be contextual.
but that's not even the worst part. during their horrifying renovation they moved the entrance of the museum from Philosopher's walk (a beautiful old entrance with huge wooden doors and a big mosaic dome ceiling connecting to the university lanes) to "Million Dollar Mile", a strip of the street also occupied by prada, gucci and club monaco. how very appropriate.
the rom has never been an "amazing" museum, but at least it used to have some dignity. now i just think it's an embarrassment.
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[ | | 07.22.08, 9:52PM] |
moar artists:
matt woodson
becky cloonan
i met her once, i was so excited i think i peed myself a bit.
i should go to bed, huh.
life drawing was interesting. so much room for improvement but feeling optimistic about me eventually learning it.
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[ | | 07.22.08, 6:56PM] |
no time to respond to awesome feedback from last nights art post cause i've gotta run off to life drawing. but in the meantime here are some terrible photos of stuff that came out alright from last weeks gesture drawing:
i genuinely dig this:
two attempts at the same thing:
i think this one is more successful, at least depth-wise:
this is actually from a couple of weeks ago:
hey this one is pretty neato! was having a really hard time figuring out how to draw his WHOLE body so i tried to pretend he was a cartoon character and focussed more on the pose and action rather than obsessed over anatomy that i don't know yet.
that's all for now, off to art!
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[ | | 07.21.08, 10:27PM] |
on sunday my drawings kept looking the same, so i tried to do something absolutely completely different. it was exciting to try something so free and new. and in case you're wondering, i wasn't thinking picasso, i was thinking jillian tamaki.
chalk on carbon paper. i can't remember the size, but its big. colours off, it's actually black/white.
hangin' in there. got some more stuff to post tomorrow but i need to take better pictures.
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[ | | 07.10.08, 10:35PM] |
sick of hand studies? too bad!
this one is wrong somehow but i can't put my finger (no pun intended) on what it is - something with the palm/thumb? i'm struggling a bit with thumbs!
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[ | | 07.10.08, 8:44PM] |
i've been really interested in typography for the last while - it's always been one of those little niche things i like to read about and look at but i've been more than usually engrossed since watching Helvetica. It's a documentary. About the font. And it's GREAT!
anyway here's a cool link: http://www.jeremypettis.com/
also, pinup typography: http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/studio-pinups-p1.php (i don't think this is safe for work..even though it is type)
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[ | | 07.8.08, 9:55PM] |
hands drawn in various spare moments during my day as a receptionist monkey.
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[ | | 07.7.08, 10:19PM] |
s'more drawings of good ol' Lefty:
from life drawing (this woman had an awesome nose!):
not perfect, but i'm a'learnin'.
chalk pencil.
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[ | | 07.6.08, 10:55PM] |
still practicing!
more to follow.
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[ | | 07.4.08, 10:32PM] |
this one turned out alright, the line between the side of the palm and the thumb is a lil' too long, though.
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[ | | 07.2.08, 9:44PM] |
ok. i have looked and seen one or two things that i can do to bring the painting closer to what i want it to be. i'm how i'm going to approach the whole thing but a couple of baby steps are better than no steps at all.
just the feeling that it's not as horrific as i was worried it would be makes me feel so... i can't even explain it - like i'm running through a field really, really fast!
sometimes art, making it and looking at it, makes me feel electric, explosive, filled, like i'm going to burst into a million pieces and just mix with everything. it's a rush i've never found in anything else. i think it is as close to spiritual as i ever get.
less talk, more art. i have been slacking so much lately. arg!!!
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[ | | 07.2.08, 8:33PM] |
oh Lefty, my most reliable model!
still practicing - a little awkward in places but all in all i'm pleased
i think i'm only trying to draw hands because i somehow feel that if i can draw hands convincingly then i can draw ANYTHING.
the clawww!
this one was hard to draw convincingly because it's such an abnormal position for a hand to be in to start with. there's something wrong with it but i'm not sure what it is... i think the fingers are going in weird directions and they might be a little too short.
i am only on page 18 of my sketchbook for JUNE. I AM WAY BEHIND. but i don't feel too bad because i've been painting more than drawing and when i do draw i'm drawing on big, cheap paper with conte or a giant pad of scrap paper stapled together on my desk at work. i find my sketchbook makes me feel very restricted and squished at life drawing and i have better results when i draw really big. i do have some stuff to post but i'm too lazy to take pix tonight.
im going to go paint now. i put on my painting shirt and everything!
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[ | | 06.25.08, 8:17PM] |
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i've decided to try to understand hands better - can't fake drawing those things forever, right? gotta learn sooner or later. so here is some practice from today drawn while cover for reception. i packed one of our mini bridgeman anatomy books to cross reference while i was using my own hand as a model. while i'm drawing i'm trying to understand why my hand looks the way it does instead of just copying what i see - "which bones are visible when my hand is in this position and why", "what is going on on the other side of my hand when my hand is in this position", etc.
anyway these aren't perfect but i am more pleased with them than i thought i'd be. i'm allowing myself to make lots of mistakes. trying really hard to get a sense of form which was tricker in some positions than in others.
notes to myself: "tendency to make hands short and stubby", "think about fingers tucked in here"
notes to myself: "fingers naturally come together", various anatomy labels, "these two normally close together". this looks more like my hand.
notes to myself: a note about the receptionists upcoming drs appointment that i forgot to remind her about (oops), "confusing area, think of layers of shapes", "what is going on with fingers?"
i'm going to keep doing these until they're second nature!!
and here's an experiment from life drawing class. i am happy with the concept but man the drawing is so poorly executed, i slipped into "idealized model" mode and it looks nothing like him. but hey!
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[ | | 06.17.08, 6:26PM] |
dr. sketchy's last night was great - Coco Le Creme (from Skin Tight Outta Sight burlesque fame) is hands-down my favorite model ever (although mina le fleur is a close second) - she is so fun and cheeky and she can hold a pose, with an expression for 20 minutes at a time. now that is hard to do. also she did this sexy little striptease to the song from the triplets of belleville, that woman really knows how to squish her umph around!
it helps that i had a great drawing night, too.
these don't look like her, but i still like them, i kind of went with the face that was "appearing" as i drew - artistic license, ok?:
them boobs have a mind of their own!!
here's a portrait ref'd from corbis stock photos:
and this is as far as i'm going with this study (scanner ate my yellows again but my cams out of batteries... again):
im going to go to life drawing but man right now i feel so drained.
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[ | | 06.15.08, 9:57PM] |
s'more but still not done!
this is a scan, my scanner doesn't pick up yellow very well. but you can see the texture of the wood and paint:
here is a photo with more accurate colours:
have to redo the ear.
i wish i were more patience. i paint like someone is going to take my brush away from me. i think its cause i get so nervous.
i have a reference, just in case you're wondering :) but i got lazy. also for some reason it kept going all manly on me even though i was originally trying to paint a woman. one day i will have the patience to paint something that looks like the original something. er, i hope.
c&c?
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[ | | 06.11.08, 8:25PM] |
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i really like this one.
flickr self portrait galleries are so useful for practicing portraits. this is user Green2Photo. i know it's kinda "riding on coattails" (to quote marc taro holmes when you copy photographs since the has photographer essentially done all the hard work already but it's a great way to practice!
( here's some other stuff and some drawing rambles )
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[ | | 06.9.08, 10:13PM] |
still not done. i had to redo the ear.
here's a portrait i drew while watching a really bad movie - bonus headlines from my junkmail inbox!
i was trying to do more value stuff and less..erm. line-focussed stuff? don't know how well it worked but i'm getting a bit better at interesting angles. ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh k then.
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