Art It Up

3 half banners

2007-10-30T16:56:00.000-06:00

another banner up!

2007-10-30T12:57:00.000-06:00

created 5 banners!!!

2007-10-29T17:38:00.000-06:00

very proud of my accomplishment today!!
5 banners!

new design

2007-10-29T17:36:00.001-06:00

new t-shirt design completed!

pen, black and white acrylic paint.

finished design

2007-10-26T09:22:00.001-06:00

i've completed my hoodie design: the design you see on the left goes on the left sleeve, the right on the back.

single color ink

ive had 3 people show me interest in this piece so far.

just started designing the next piece: t-shirt

thinking about a skull design

hoodie design

2007-10-22T16:59:00.000-06:00

just finished the design for my first hoodie. after thinking about where to place it, ive decided on the back. still concidering a simple and skinny design for the left sleeve.

hoodie design --in progress

2007-10-20T11:14:00.000-06:00

while creating hoodie designs, i've become more and more interested in the designs of airbrushing on hoodies. love that tat feel of a single color!

this is still in progress. started the design for the left sleeve, but since it got so deatiled im thinking itll look better on the back. but i will wanna see something on the sleeve then...

still figuring it out...

job application

2007-10-17T17:46:00.000-06:00

Found a Tat gun I made up my mind to buy.

Applied for a part-time job I get to peirce people.
Hoping to get the job for it'll get me used to stabbing people with a needle.

Wish me luck!

tag

2007-10-13T16:29:00.000-06:00

hmm... need to work on this a bit more....

Airbrushing Practice

2007-10-11T14:55:00.001-06:00

I've been practicing airbrushing recently.

Since Halloween is coming up I've been creating skulls.

"Twin Skulls (2007)"

Acrylic on Pannel

Tattoo

2007-10-03T11:02:00.000-06:00

The final virsion that was tattooed.

Mountain View

2007-09-22T10:32:00.000-06:00

A great mountain view I just took.

My current location.

Orange Cat 2

2007-09-16T08:44:00.000-06:00

More pics from Orange Cat.

Tatoo Design

2007-09-15T23:32:00.000-06:00

A tribal tatoo design.... still in progress.
The dragon is shaped to form the Om symbol.

Orange Cat 09/07

2007-09-08T09:41:00.000-06:00

I worked on 9 models at the Orange Cat on the 7th!! Spent most of my time working on this one model.

I used metallic blue, white, black. Personal theme: "Flight"

(photographs by Buddah)

Finished!!

2007-09-04T10:38:00.000-06:00

I just finished adding gold leaf to my gallery print.
It's due this week, and is going to be shipped to China for an exhibition.

Wicked.

...
I wish I chould go along with my print, but being an emerging artist usually means you don't have extra money lying around...

FINISHED!

2007-08-26T15:34:00.000-06:00

Title: Shinjyuku 2007
Year: 2007
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Time: 4 weeks
detail shot

Thinking about...

2007-08-26T15:02:00.000-06:00

I'm thinking about doing a whole series that goes along with "Shinjyuku 2007". Anyoen have any opinions??

80%!!!

2007-08-25T14:19:00.000-06:00

Finally about 80% done. This is when it's getting really interesting to paint. Most of the basic things are done so all there is to do are the details... on buildings, in the main focus points, and as a whole.
I painted in the main figure... she's all ready except for the mask she'll be wearing and some things that'll be going along with her. Other then the main figure the people are painted in to be blurry as if they are in motion.

65% Done

2007-08-25T14:16:00.000-06:00

This is a image from last night. Added in trees, white lights, a bit more details on top.

60% done

2007-08-23T10:54:00.000-06:00

I've been slacking a bit.

This is how far along my painting is right now.

About 60% done.

I sketched the main figure but decided against using it. Had to erase it after I had lightly painted the outlines... just didn't feel "right".

Painting and me

2007-08-17T17:04:00.000-06:00

Current photo of me (from yesterday) and how the piece is turning out.

Didn't add much onto the painting, but layered the reds and blues a bit more.

Myspace

2007-08-17T15:44:00.000-06:00

I set up myspace site for work.
Visit me sometime.
http://www.myspace.com/airbrushtown

50% done

2007-08-14T19:51:00.000-06:00

Hit around 50% today. The main city view is starting to take shape. I need a few more things in the buildings, then quite a few things to "filling in" the gap between the buildings and the road.
I'm still not sure if I want other people then the main figure in this piece, nor am I sure if the main figure will be male or female... though I'm leaning more towards female.

The piece

2007-08-12T12:09:00.000-06:00

Updated image.

Still filling in the back ground., but is about 40% done.

Design Festa in Tokyo

2007-08-10T18:55:00.000-06:00

http://www.designfesta.com/index.html

Site I've been checking out a lot lately.
Annual event in Tokyo, this November.
Heard it was pretty cool, only I haven't been in Japan when it's going on. I'm planning on seeing if I can go, either as an artist with something to show or just to see what's they have there.

The oil piece

2007-08-10T18:51:00.000-06:00

More added onto the oil painting. Again, I have to wait for most of what I've painted to dry before I layer it... this is because I like sharp lines in my work.

The painting that's underway

2007-08-08T20:03:00.000-06:00

So this is the painting I'm doing in oil at the same time along with the others.

It's going to be the night scene of Shinjyuku, Tokyo. Keep in mind this is just going to be the background!

Board

2007-08-08T19:54:00.000-06:00

Pic of the boards I have. I just finished priming three of them sizing about 24"x48". Here I used black geso and black acrylic on top.

New piece underway 2

2007-08-04T12:51:00.000-06:00

Same design after I worked on it a bit more.
Thinking about using this as the final idea for the piece.

Took off the sharp edges and squiggles. This is the basic outline, will be working the inside a lot.

New piece underway

2007-08-04T10:04:00.000-06:00

Started a new project while I'm waiting for my oil painting to dry before I can put on another layer.

I have 6 pannels of masonite boards. These last a lifetime and then some, sturdy, and not too heavy to paint on.

I'll be doing a series of 6 pannels with graffiti...

this is a sketch of the first. Of course, this will probably change around quite a bit while I'll be spraying paint onto the boards. Thinking about a black background and yellow and green colors, possibly a light puple outline.

Will keep you posted.

Bushism

2007-08-02T11:31:00.000-06:00

Old drawing from 04.

The small figure (Mr. Bush) in the middle is cutting the oil lifeline of the two large countries. I had fun doing this piece...

Party with Lunaclips

2007-08-01T14:31:00.000-06:00

Airbrushing some models with blacklight paint at a rave party.

Can't remember... but I think I brushed 3 models.

Love this neon paint. Esp. when I brushed neon pink underneath the model on the top the paint glowed really well. Paint was a bit thick so I mixed water and paint 3:2. Only prob. was that the paint took a shit load of time to dry even when it wasn't mixed down.

I used a different type of blacklight neon paint in tubes also. This paint was awful. Didn't dry and rubed off really easily. It glowed more then the paint I used for the airbrushig, but too messy.

From ill.it.er.ate's ILLRelease 2

2007-08-01T14:21:00.000-06:00

These are photos I snapped while I was on break. Air brushing hours on end is pretty damn harsh.

The models here were really easy to work with. Knew how to keep still. Sounds like an easy thing to do, but trust me, most models aren't professional and move a lot. I use acrylic so if they move the acrylic smears and cracks.

But some of these girls were pretty cool. Esp. the one on the left. I keep bumping into her around town.

You rock girl.

From ill.it.er.ate's ILLRelease

2007-08-01T14:13:00.000-06:00

Photo from when I was invited to a magazine release party to do live airbrushing in 07. Got to meet cool people here! Who knew this was gonna be the begining as a body painting artist?

(Photographs provided by http://jeff.zxweb.com/)

06 Inking

2007-08-01T14:01:00.000-06:00

Inking on a friend.

Photo from 2006.

The design is something I've been working on for a while.

I used India Ink with a brush... prob. took about hour and a half. Towards the end started flaking a bit and the ink didn't brush on smoothly. This is when I started getting interested in body painting.

Gotta Love Art!

2007-08-01T13:51:00.001-06:00

No, this isn't me. I'm the one taking the photograph.

But the vision is what the artist is about!