Area 221

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Public

A number of different things this illustration is. For one, it's a spot in the next issue of Instigatorzine, it's going into the Friends of Illustration silent auction at NJCU, and it might go into 3x3 Magazine's International Student Show. I just have to convince myself it's worthy enough to submit.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Caveman

A little disappointed with myself over not being able to complete the Miyazaki Re-Marketed challenge. Gotta move on, though. Here's another sleepless sketch.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Bloodsport 5: Mononoke

Starting the new Bloodsport challenge a bit (extremely) late. I decided to go with Princess Mononoke. Gotta push it hard these next few days! Here are a few thumbnails to get some ideas flowing.

Bloodsport URL: crimsonbloodsports.blogspot.com

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Analyzing my process

A friend of mine suggested I show my process more often, so I made these. I'll probably do some more. Looking back at these I realized that I like some ideas that became mere steps in the painting more than the final itself.

I don't really have a single process I follow when I sketch or paint. The reason for this is that a lot of my work comes from random sketching. I'll spend a lot of time looking for shapes in scribbles or fiddling with color comps until I decide to render something I like.

I'm going to try and approach my work with more purpose and planning. Someone told me that I'm a concept artist stuck in illustration mode. I don't really know if that's true or that I'm just a messy artist. Time for some discipline!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Thursday, January 19, 2012

Subject 221(Alice)

This was a random comic cover idea I was playing with this week for an alice in wonderland parody of a bunny girl in a lunatic asylum.

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

SOPA/PIPA

Hey guys. Some (and maybe by now most) of you probably don't know me. My name is gj, I am an alumni from NJCU.

I am sure by now you are all aware of what's going regarding SOPA/PIPA.

There's a huge rally that will take place in NYC on Wednesday:

http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/events/47879702/

and one in Newark on Friday:

https://www.facebook.com/events/262618450470170/

I know it's a little last minute and that the semester just started so it might be difficult to make it to either event but there are other things you can do to let your congressperson know that you are against this legislation:

https://fightfortheftr.wordpress.com/flyers-info-sheets-badges-infographics-for-meeting-with-your-senator/

http://sopastrike.com/

http://www.blackoutsopa.org/

http://sopatrack.com/state/new_jersey - contact them directly via phone/email/twitter

**Apologies for any typos and/or grammatical errors.**

Please spread the word around campus.

Thanks!

[Sorry this isn't an art post but I do believe this is important.]