tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57586812547610809152024-02-19T08:00:29.668-08:00DrawnNickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-2678917868451176572014-06-12T07:57:00.001-07:002014-06-12T07:57:08.146-07:00SappyA lil' pinecone.<br />
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That is all.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-88391589768436182892014-04-28T03:35:00.000-07:002014-04-28T03:35:35.063-07:00Indian Paintbrush<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Quick little gouache sketch of my favorite alpine flower. Wish Mt. Rainier's snow would melt a little faster...</div>
Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-62598025996928924292014-04-24T11:23:00.003-07:002014-04-24T11:23:50.190-07:00Close UpTwo one-hour studies with acrylic on masonite. Didn't get everything quite right, but I think they represent time well-spent. Click to enlarge.<br />
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Designing for one page is tough, because there is a lot to convey, and very little room to do it. I'd cluttered up the whole panel with lots of exposition and explanations, but it wasn't adding anything. I realized that there was not point explaining the encounter when the whole crux of the story was how unsettling the unexplained can be, so I cut out nearly all the text. Now it's pretty lean, and leaves things very uncertain, but I think that better serves the mood I was going for. <br />
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If you are the kind of person who likes ruining mystery, or just a science geek, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_lightning">this is what I think we saw.</a><br />
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That area has a long history as a rail depot and open air market. More recently, a developer transformed the massive railway depots into hundreds of new apartments. But not everything was retrofitted, and the hundred year old retaining wall from the railroad was looking pretty shabby:<br />
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Tired of seeing ancient, rotted paint flakes flapping in the wind, residents of the University Commons, The University Village Lofts, and the University Village Townhouses worked with Alderman Danny Solis's Art in Public Places program to clean up the wall and create a unifying piece of art for this new neighborhood. That's where I came in.<br />
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The project started with a huge amount of research. I worked with the Mural on Morgan committee and local historians to better understand the themes they were going for. Then I worked out a design concept that layered significant data patterns, historical figures, and vignettes of their daily work. I scrounged around the Chicago History Museum's archives for all kinds of neighborhood maps and surveys. It reinforced just how awful my handwriting is...<br />
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These old drawings provided me with beautiful, meaningful patterns for the architecturally-themed background to my mural. Check out the stunning detail on the hand-drawn insurance map below:<br />
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I also dug up some old Eastern-European posters, which were great resources for some of the text that I used as graphic elements. The open air markets had large Jewish, Russian, and Irish populations at one time, so I wanted to use those foreign alphabets to invoke the signage of a busy multicultural market.</div>
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With all that historical information, I built up a visual timeline with the different layers showing people, their work, and the resulting development of the whole neighborhood. The whole area grew from the rail yards, so the first of the work images was a settlers cabin (eventually cut from the design,) followed closely by the rail lines:</div>
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Finally, it was time to paint. A lot. You can see the completed 'work/activity' imagery below, which I painted into the silhouettes of the historical figures who made these things happen. The line work for those figures came next, and the background blueprint elements were last.</div>
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This great photo was taken by Margaret Vincent. <a href="http://mfivephoto.com/">Check out her work!</a></div>
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After burning through every single episode of <a href="http://snapjudgment.org/">Snap Judgement</a> and <a href="http://99percentinvisible.org/">99 Percent Invisible</a> ever released, I finished it up.</div>
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<br />Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-47079419357611224412012-03-15T19:23:00.004-07:002012-03-15T19:35:25.181-07:00The Big OAt Platform Studio's we've been busy getting ready for our May 11 opening. Having an Oprah Network film-crew do a segment about us certainly doesn't hurt! Pretty funny to hear the great and powerful Oprah talking about our figure drawing group <span style="font-size:85%;">(shameless plug: 7-9:30 Tues. Wed. Thurs.)</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.oprah.com/own-supersoulsunday/blogs/Breathing-Space-Light-and-Form">Check it out here.</a><br /><br />Here are some images for a mural proposal. Funny thing about moving into the big city is that suddenly I am interested in landscapes...<br /><br />Click them to see the full-sized foliage.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfqCqzcbK1RSQo1MFobbRQJPyHml89p7ytcl4FI_hTcAn9q7-gnsMTgMJgM6KyLMCZIwlWpylEVoRb9FrY2H2oWrDipU_p7zzqF9heTqdqpKdPBcN4ifuFdFCCg9oClWIUNJa7nDgjiAu/s1600/burien+mural+nurse+log+crop+72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkfqCqzcbK1RSQo1MFobbRQJPyHml89p7ytcl4FI_hTcAn9q7-gnsMTgMJgM6KyLMCZIwlWpylEVoRb9FrY2H2oWrDipU_p7zzqF9heTqdqpKdPBcN4ifuFdFCCg9oClWIUNJa7nDgjiAu/s400/burien+mural+nurse+log+crop+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720315429526438018" border="0" /></a>Ink and brush work.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNA-GZTEdWMS4m0MhgBXoPv8tR-ObNPv7XINGCpxrQ-IMun3ewG7mmLelrYlDj4gZ4-ahyphenhyphenHyimCpDH4s3iCfSXuqDA87RNK7lFMYgt8ZQnb2fNDpnLq88sNKROW1UZkqoONDAo3ZSSHDQe/s1600/older+nurse+log+72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNA-GZTEdWMS4m0MhgBXoPv8tR-ObNPv7XINGCpxrQ-IMun3ewG7mmLelrYlDj4gZ4-ahyphenhyphenHyimCpDH4s3iCfSXuqDA87RNK7lFMYgt8ZQnb2fNDpnLq88sNKROW1UZkqoONDAo3ZSSHDQe/s400/older+nurse+log+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5720315729610200290" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-85330762802839039892012-01-04T10:56:00.000-08:002012-01-04T11:24:47.383-08:00The South-Lawn IconHello 2012! I keep hearing that <a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xbizzs_penn-and-teller-bullshit-2012-the-a_news">this year is our last,</a> so I figured I'd look back a year, rather than forward...<br /><br />I was invited to participate in <a href="http://kateclarkprojects.com/2011-2/callbox-project-3/">The Callbox Project in Washington D.C.</a> a while back. I'd been fascinated by the religious tradition of icon paintings for a while. This project was the right opportunity to paint some icons of my own.<br /><br />I'd once met a young man who spent a while in prison. He didn't turn into an animal, join a gang, or hatch a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSN-ZU6jYig&feature=related">"so-crazy-it-might-just-work"</a> escape plan. He taught himself to read so that he could help his daughter with school once he returned. He kept is head low, got out, and was living a very normal life when I met him. I was deeply impressed by his accomplishment, which he achieved despite his deeply unhelpful circumstances at the time.<br /><br /><a href="http://kateclarkprojects.com/">Kate Clark,</a> the formidable artist and project curator, installed my work across from the White House...not bad! Thanks Kate.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewdLC6_lcW3YYPQLDGIRoxy7ULuNFx_NXclipy9fCsfqeTeZh3OzBSEg9b2OBk4GLyDymg4rfwAl9g1xe99fC4Wbnuyuu8uSb0wqqzhCqzRAZEaIP_oeRl1FCeWXG0xTU3hgY3GxnuWKV/s1600/28.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjewdLC6_lcW3YYPQLDGIRoxy7ULuNFx_NXclipy9fCsfqeTeZh3OzBSEg9b2OBk4GLyDymg4rfwAl9g1xe99fC4Wbnuyuu8uSb0wqqzhCqzRAZEaIP_oeRl1FCeWXG0xTU3hgY3GxnuWKV/s400/28.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693839933750257826" border="0" /></a>One box is closed, and one box is open.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQ7Pur97r08vdAocwQ0IO9R9stR4n6-Ju-1dmvHvu0Yd523vCQi1BwapPPlv_2u_stYX9BTPxItGgJB1XtZy4-ZCnWyZQyT8HCCcsZ-8OyzlLT4eN_YBTYpnJrp_qUltXuemAJhXcty-M/s1600/7+cropped.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQ7Pur97r08vdAocwQ0IO9R9stR4n6-Ju-1dmvHvu0Yd523vCQi1BwapPPlv_2u_stYX9BTPxItGgJB1XtZy4-ZCnWyZQyT8HCCcsZ-8OyzlLT4eN_YBTYpnJrp_qUltXuemAJhXcty-M/s400/7+cropped.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693839935234492434" border="0" /></a>Yep. That is a Top-Ramen offering.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9A8nvAAZ5RzVG3H-WIrfmdaJ3bZn8GnBuSad0kZa-hHIMbXGCbsjp-P8S7YeVE0BRrxpf25WGFVWXnhcfCmer960D8_ZmGKd4T9Q-xwzurSlXskbgoVtgN9WzYWg0NXTqeGjA4pcklb7/s1600/layman+icon+smaller.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho9A8nvAAZ5RzVG3H-WIrfmdaJ3bZn8GnBuSad0kZa-hHIMbXGCbsjp-P8S7YeVE0BRrxpf25WGFVWXnhcfCmer960D8_ZmGKd4T9Q-xwzurSlXskbgoVtgN9WzYWg0NXTqeGjA4pcklb7/s400/layman+icon+smaller.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693839939482432962" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-85670269482899804562011-11-07T18:32:00.000-08:002011-11-07T18:38:27.395-08:00Free-Hand Farm HandHere's a little work I didn't get around to posting until now. The first image of a CSA basket is a logo for a fine Portland farm. The second image was for a manual about better management practices. I enjoyed the challenge of creating interesting images from abstract, dry business leadership concepts.<br /><br />Both of these are ink and brush drawings (or paintings? I think of the process as drawing...)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqC80ulB6btcMZ_Kqs-LyN-57Gq9jqjPme0E21Nia3Hqv-jOx8IsWZOfFBwcH7u89AVozyljb7_r9CDO3n7BNHuX_98ENAcEkPOBbV6BdalTX7LcVb-ENT1NcXr8fucr3sm7WM_to105F/s1600/CSA+basket.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaqC80ulB6btcMZ_Kqs-LyN-57Gq9jqjPme0E21Nia3Hqv-jOx8IsWZOfFBwcH7u89AVozyljb7_r9CDO3n7BNHuX_98ENAcEkPOBbV6BdalTX7LcVb-ENT1NcXr8fucr3sm7WM_to105F/s400/CSA+basket.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672447559217315298" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaqGfyZysK5kBmiOznDUgdGofq-P64lPS9ILxSUcjKflnD8CyTC63kAOtXW115qhqNQhqjuhyUXdOxrVqHb_D8RnnhgNGW1YQYB9CpoZ_yTf1zWX8bPCTCfMgglbmNqOm6lbpZPvSs2eN/s1600/balloon+crew+700+tall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxaqGfyZysK5kBmiOznDUgdGofq-P64lPS9ILxSUcjKflnD8CyTC63kAOtXW115qhqNQhqjuhyUXdOxrVqHb_D8RnnhgNGW1YQYB9CpoZ_yTf1zWX8bPCTCfMgglbmNqOm6lbpZPvSs2eN/s400/balloon+crew+700+tall.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5672447561445067522" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-58478522888764237632011-10-27T22:20:00.000-07:002011-10-27T22:30:44.743-07:00ZombieDrawHappy Halloween!<br /><br />I was finally able to attend one of <a href="http://www.aaronbmiller.com/">Aaron Miller's</a> illustration workshops, and this month was a zombie-draw session. The model, painted up with makeup and prosthesis, looked rancid and undead. Unfortunately, from my angle I was unable to see a lot of the makeup, but I was still able to make a nice conte' and acrylic sketch.<br /><br />Enjoy. <span style="font-size:78%;">(click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2AmxhWHRU-TXrh0efA6p00mOgKHvIesNbMZp_oL_8vkTVpHkjJx6uJsEom6fJCXrd6hoX4SMvVr-lpJqEnUDcGEsbKjuUmkCNlY_DyXkDDStSMhQ6JRxJdca5ShkPyTZ4hYys-J1Hv0q/s1600/zombie+girl+paint+sketch+72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK2AmxhWHRU-TXrh0efA6p00mOgKHvIesNbMZp_oL_8vkTVpHkjJx6uJsEom6fJCXrd6hoX4SMvVr-lpJqEnUDcGEsbKjuUmkCNlY_DyXkDDStSMhQ6JRxJdca5ShkPyTZ4hYys-J1Hv0q/s400/zombie+girl+paint+sketch+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668410864714012002" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLh7H8jZV8YFcN7FEC9HLfWfYtxG9xSCZMwhb0fi85ksFbTOJqhrfOKHssFvlEBAFhFgqF9wg3V8M8_cToqjyCmueKVQHpt38CvzwA6X0pJFDu3prlOjA0GifR0065tZeunP99JJA65UV/s1600/zombie+girl+72.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 159px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTLh7H8jZV8YFcN7FEC9HLfWfYtxG9xSCZMwhb0fi85ksFbTOJqhrfOKHssFvlEBAFhFgqF9wg3V8M8_cToqjyCmueKVQHpt38CvzwA6X0pJFDu3prlOjA0GifR0065tZeunP99JJA65UV/s400/zombie+girl+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5668410870210025074" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-27703570368602114882011-10-03T11:59:00.000-07:002011-10-03T14:12:44.994-07:00Taco Time!<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">Hungry folks rejoice, because <a href="http://www.bigstarchicago.com/">Big Star</a> has a taco truck! They asked me to paint it, and I gladly agreed. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"> </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"> This was, of course, a big project made trickier because I painted it outdoors. Chicago's weather is no friend to an artist working with oil based enamel. But launching into a chilly October, I'll certainly miss those scorching summer afternoons before long...</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwfnTwk2BotaFrBmQ2SmPonPjjxoGi-WY5NFY52rwS-F3Z1gNX9uD3g69iilLR_xgkCeB3-IP7PxQFrNCpkHRcG35jVoa-ZwUFZJ2tW2DVe8QQSnhjwWidRI1FHb81AiPRYjCu2DDE4CU/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+front.jpg"><br /></a></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">Some cheesy Chicago laws are preventing the truck from hitting the road just yet, but its live for catering and events. Lets all cross our fingers that the city get some sense, or payoffs, or whatever it'll take to let the food trucks get cooking...time to give Portland a run for its money!</span><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91GmHFpfFfBVzyEptFjFg10ww_N6yXyZ-46YmOhVvmLbb1peKn5_e7AeOQDJrLqgPEZnErlOV5ZjI57GaZ_Aw1Zj9F-d8x1MrFWi43l8DgoIzdkHu8bYz20Sca0VBbT8KvRcO5yQQo38W/s1600/working+on+taco+truck.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 394px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91GmHFpfFfBVzyEptFjFg10ww_N6yXyZ-46YmOhVvmLbb1peKn5_e7AeOQDJrLqgPEZnErlOV5ZjI57GaZ_Aw1Zj9F-d8x1MrFWi43l8DgoIzdkHu8bYz20Sca0VBbT8KvRcO5yQQo38W/s400/working+on+taco+truck.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360116499789394" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">The great looking photo above was taken by </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">Bill Guerriero. Take a look at more of his </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/70842820@N00/">fine photos at his Flickr stream.</a></span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZAJDt-DFCVU1vWJrU4ujRFUyUS5zqPfMYkg3SrCNyaD69NjRuhNJB5kR2ledqQ3o5ZL3uPX7uBllnlD_CbeUzv-NR7cH9o_m-bNPD_FDBfTeyow3rq7zHU3qmVblJ2TwuEhE1EioeVR8/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+roadside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZAJDt-DFCVU1vWJrU4ujRFUyUS5zqPfMYkg3SrCNyaD69NjRuhNJB5kR2ledqQ3o5ZL3uPX7uBllnlD_CbeUzv-NR7cH9o_m-bNPD_FDBfTeyow3rq7zHU3qmVblJ2TwuEhE1EioeVR8/s400/bigstar+taco+truck+roadside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360120848355634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;"><br />I wanted to create an image that notes the burbon-bar style of Big Star while recognizing that the truck is sort of a booze-free entity of its own. Style wise, its sort of a child of Big Star, rather than a direct extension of it. While I was designing the images, the truck's menu hadn't yet been decided. So I tried to evoke some classic ingredients of taqueria cuisine. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(All these pics get bigger. Click 'em!)</span><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL34PVELWpIViGyXSImAxsMw5b81YhdXbtC-BI4NVpexCIb7kPY_iLkt6f5vKHJWghuuRh3f47CbRKHHhqh3C52EP4k_OQwVfV7hsWWptyWFP6W2wael97aXXby43vnJLx7JZ52kr9HMQ1/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+rooster.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 330px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL34PVELWpIViGyXSImAxsMw5b81YhdXbtC-BI4NVpexCIb7kPY_iLkt6f5vKHJWghuuRh3f47CbRKHHhqh3C52EP4k_OQwVfV7hsWWptyWFP6W2wael97aXXby43vnJLx7JZ52kr9HMQ1/s400/bigstar+taco+truck+rooster.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360135022415858" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZAJDt-DFCVU1vWJrU4ujRFUyUS5zqPfMYkg3SrCNyaD69NjRuhNJB5kR2ledqQ3o5ZL3uPX7uBllnlD_CbeUzv-NR7cH9o_m-bNPD_FDBfTeyow3rq7zHU3qmVblJ2TwuEhE1EioeVR8/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+roadside.jpg"> </a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;">I realized very quickly that drawing a <a href="http://hilahcooking.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/tacos-al-pastor.jpg">big old al pastor taco</a> just wasn't going to work in a sign-painter style. A taco would just look like a pile of mush, lacking any eye-catching hook. I decided that the images should promise the food without illustrating the simple looking dish. So we've got a rooster on the bottle, along with an onion, garlic, and cheese. </span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi91GmHFpfFfBVzyEptFjFg10ww_N6yXyZ-46YmOhVvmLbb1peKn5_e7AeOQDJrLqgPEZnErlOV5ZjI57GaZ_Aw1Zj9F-d8x1MrFWi43l8DgoIzdkHu8bYz20Sca0VBbT8KvRcO5yQQo38W/s1600/working+on+taco+truck.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ixXVyVEHYs7gdt0RcoRI55zdImeE3RP4DX21_UERyZ0nO6bHFCmMNFUyLnq3W58nerVewR8Alc94SUl_OxBF5eGkdWT3B_qw-PU_bWLdUodn3_NewkoMiAL57ozov_DSOs2hsyx-g-yl/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+pans.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7ixXVyVEHYs7gdt0RcoRI55zdImeE3RP4DX21_UERyZ0nO6bHFCmMNFUyLnq3W58nerVewR8Alc94SUl_OxBF5eGkdWT3B_qw-PU_bWLdUodn3_NewkoMiAL57ozov_DSOs2hsyx-g-yl/s400/bigstar+taco+truck+pans.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360142682453554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Some Chillies too.</span></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp1Rzd7rK1tRNEnKsP1QaeVh0kgxoGk1gE3hEoSmW4XBaSKbNSOCyy4gSCEWHZ_iq72tp9Ypugn-MKqc4q5_OdzejMz1owB2XtMMjleRAQgBXvftBSYbCgQJzgojcG9L6I5S-iM5TKZ1X/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+curbside.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 190px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizp1Rzd7rK1tRNEnKsP1QaeVh0kgxoGk1gE3hEoSmW4XBaSKbNSOCyy4gSCEWHZ_iq72tp9Ypugn-MKqc4q5_OdzejMz1owB2XtMMjleRAQgBXvftBSYbCgQJzgojcG9L6I5S-iM5TKZ1X/s400/bigstar+taco+truck+curbside.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360139210659842" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What would Mexican food be without maize? The painted area and windows make up an awning that flips up when the truck is serving food. </span><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7ZtGbLXoSID2y19smRqt2JtUlGfkNSqI6lnAbvo_KrtKiUKp5fbwHSQGuh_yirLj75sEyxm5GYQUqUgt-tmsI31yHCe6zGyvw8hmu0UQ1ZEMBVtZ-TXw3Kgxa5Fm3pGfAooMec5Zq-ep/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+back.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz7ZtGbLXoSID2y19smRqt2JtUlGfkNSqI6lnAbvo_KrtKiUKp5fbwHSQGuh_yirLj75sEyxm5GYQUqUgt-tmsI31yHCe6zGyvw8hmu0UQ1ZEMBVtZ-TXw3Kgxa5Fm3pGfAooMec5Zq-ep/s400/bigstar+taco+truck+back.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360910862117234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We talked about having mariscos and drinks. Again, a simple painting of seafood stew didn't look nearly as appetizing as it tastes, so I stuck to the ingredients. </span><br /></span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwfnTwk2BotaFrBmQ2SmPonPjjxoGi-WY5NFY52rwS-F3Z1gNX9uD3g69iilLR_xgkCeB3-IP7PxQFrNCpkHRcG35jVoa-ZwUFZJ2tW2DVe8QQSnhjwWidRI1FHb81AiPRYjCu2DDE4CU/s1600/bigstar+taco+truck+front.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZwfnTwk2BotaFrBmQ2SmPonPjjxoGi-WY5NFY52rwS-F3Z1gNX9uD3g69iilLR_xgkCeB3-IP7PxQFrNCpkHRcG35jVoa-ZwUFZJ2tW2DVe8QQSnhjwWidRI1FHb81AiPRYjCu2DDE4CU/s400/bigstar+taco+truck+front.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5659360918818015554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Keep an eye on"Consuelo's" </span><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://twitter.com/#%21/bigstartruck">Twitter feed</a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> to find when and where the truck will be serving. </span></span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-75069814936363060092011-06-21T12:41:00.000-07:002011-06-21T13:48:17.142-07:00Welcome To The JungleI've been painting. This 'Jungle' painting below was created with open acrylics, which allow a certain amount of blending. I wanted to create an image that you could relax with, to just let your eyes wander...which you won't experience until you click to see the full picture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7vDsMu-EXVYHglbc-RQimDSt_N67rroPQaSL6ciuCQ-ASy5Dt__TJk-AEkJ_NT9xNAQYAGxKjq5zTokxDikhb4EFVtdXW_LArJevqPuNBrUctF4wCs5jTdA36pzTQi6SVQ0VnHD8E4Yg/s1600/Jungle+overview+watermarked.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-7vDsMu-EXVYHglbc-RQimDSt_N67rroPQaSL6ciuCQ-ASy5Dt__TJk-AEkJ_NT9xNAQYAGxKjq5zTokxDikhb4EFVtdXW_LArJevqPuNBrUctF4wCs5jTdA36pzTQi6SVQ0VnHD8E4Yg/s400/Jungle+overview+watermarked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620774778087329602" border="0" /></a><br />Here's a detail of the little man in the center. He's about the size of a nickel.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXFhVfm11L8ds48hFate1ApgZkRVJ10oSXTeqPGkK48Bexfq5c1ggWG5NtCtATNd_iQWDarwOap2RB06SZ8OqsdhD7E2VH7Zw-5ebljTAcdYGp4ScTGVsT5uF-yKs5NehCHni68bBIt2L/s1600/Jungle+man+detail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 319px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXXFhVfm11L8ds48hFate1ApgZkRVJ10oSXTeqPGkK48Bexfq5c1ggWG5NtCtATNd_iQWDarwOap2RB06SZ8OqsdhD7E2VH7Zw-5ebljTAcdYGp4ScTGVsT5uF-yKs5NehCHni68bBIt2L/s400/Jungle+man+detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620774788846649298" border="0" /></a><br />I also, finally, tried painting from a live model. This was a 1.5 hr pose. My goal was to get comfortable painting very fast, and to not get overly tedious with the paint or blending.<br /><br />This little study isn't perfect, but there are some portions that I am really pleased with. Painting from a model was a lot of fun, so there will be much more in the future. Click the pic to look closer.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_v-B53c1OuYEIjR8jAsgkHa2HimK0_MmPTv29wUTvPEAVuo4KyZVsijkZ4TKwIfP9OecAoJfdgbJcgUHDbIhPQgtVW3RWctkruygG_PNW_pJ9Kpd8ghHPZRw_oJNecsfZWUzCU9fGNe3/s1600/Figure+painting+watermarked.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 262px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir_v-B53c1OuYEIjR8jAsgkHa2HimK0_MmPTv29wUTvPEAVuo4KyZVsijkZ4TKwIfP9OecAoJfdgbJcgUHDbIhPQgtVW3RWctkruygG_PNW_pJ9Kpd8ghHPZRw_oJNecsfZWUzCU9fGNe3/s400/Figure+painting+watermarked.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620774789288937730" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-91040588215027218672011-06-06T16:00:00.000-07:002011-06-07T10:21:26.210-07:00Muralizer -The ReckoningAnother season, another mural. The brewers at <a href="http://www.lagunitas.com/home.html">Lagunitas</a> (yum,) teamed up with Big Star and <a href="http://thepublicanrestaurant.com/">Publican</a> to brew The Zephyr, a new summer beer that launches today. The owners used <a href="http://www.theviolethour.com/">The Violet Hour's</a> ever-changing mural wall, directly across from Big Star, to celebrate the new brew with Zephyr inspired art.<br /><br />The eminent tattoo artist <a href="http://www.hannahaitchison.com/gallery/">Hannah Aitchison</a> created a lovely <a href="http://www.bayareacraftbeer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/2_Lagunitas_Zephyr-Hannah-Aitchison.jpg">black and white illustration</a> for the project, which I was in charge of translating into a mural. I wanted to stay as faithful to her image and drawing style as possible, so I focused on designing around the central image (which didn't have the decorative border at that point,) in a way that enhances and compliments it, rather than competes for attention. A simple, graphic, summer-time interpretation of the <a href="http://www.bayareacraftbeer.com/beer-news/brewed-and-tattooed-new-lagunitas-chicago-collaboration-zephyr-ale/">Zephyr rail line</a> (the beer's namesake,) was the theme.<br /><br />After a lot of chalk, sweat, grid work, paint splots, and worried glances at looming storm clouds, the mural came out exactly as I'd hoped and the neighborhood seem to enjoy it.<br /><br />Enjoy the images by clicking to enlarge, and take a swig of a Zephyr to toast summer's arrival.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1K1XVM8QYhKVmPZlp1NOwlBPjsnOuVJU8GBkn8CeLsoI-Gy0JBJkVzFPmB5Ep2IWeRpxh8LHXX_a3sXQyYgi5o3qkZkZL0xCXE-e005Qd3Xk03-5AIRSkGHH0G9MGTuffbKLuvMmDpEq/s1600/mural+overview+1000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY1K1XVM8QYhKVmPZlp1NOwlBPjsnOuVJU8GBkn8CeLsoI-Gy0JBJkVzFPmB5Ep2IWeRpxh8LHXX_a3sXQyYgi5o3qkZkZL0xCXE-e005Qd3Xk03-5AIRSkGHH0G9MGTuffbKLuvMmDpEq/s400/mural+overview+1000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615250694671150274" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCEwUzx9pN_iNyxiL2uxSSJJXi3I4Q-FCgCmwqH8g-4pgKLjeKUVTJsW2LOAzMQi5_RC3218VBZjd39pqKDP74wMTLqP4xyFAHdWMORMh-YphVaiWC7_tPDIv7W-HPCCkHD5OC849BrhS/s1600/great+lakes+detail+800.jpg"><br /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5e6GOe7sF76SSrXF3UrK0gigHMhth6oWuKmu7dkgXc56seMOOxqe3qWRyPixqDeq_IUblTX9erIdzbAMJqTDQnl3FV4dPzE1Zbm0VH-afydoc_YQlp79J_X9kHias5Pt3W6ZlpzhiBdwD/s1600/mural+illustration+1000.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5e6GOe7sF76SSrXF3UrK0gigHMhth6oWuKmu7dkgXc56seMOOxqe3qWRyPixqDeq_IUblTX9erIdzbAMJqTDQnl3FV4dPzE1Zbm0VH-afydoc_YQlp79J_X9kHias5Pt3W6ZlpzhiBdwD/s400/mural+illustration+1000.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615250698155730066" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCEwUzx9pN_iNyxiL2uxSSJJXi3I4Q-FCgCmwqH8g-4pgKLjeKUVTJsW2LOAzMQi5_RC3218VBZjd39pqKDP74wMTLqP4xyFAHdWMORMh-YphVaiWC7_tPDIv7W-HPCCkHD5OC849BrhS/s1600/great+lakes+detail+800.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaCEwUzx9pN_iNyxiL2uxSSJJXi3I4Q-FCgCmwqH8g-4pgKLjeKUVTJsW2LOAzMQi5_RC3218VBZjd39pqKDP74wMTLqP4xyFAHdWMORMh-YphVaiWC7_tPDIv7W-HPCCkHD5OC849BrhS/s400/great+lakes+detail+800.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615250707712127138" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdjT9iOd8E9WQMa_imWlKV-J26BD7vKeBUIs5YZzZgvs7EPAa7FvZBEag-iaVJ8tMlt52qGky5PQD7c7_smjYl1WoefcKFzSNp76QkVPCZAgWo18iD3_028Cd2uTNfxsOIZ0o8gUCOQ51/s1600/mural+ocean+view+800.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdjT9iOd8E9WQMa_imWlKV-J26BD7vKeBUIs5YZzZgvs7EPAa7FvZBEag-iaVJ8tMlt52qGky5PQD7c7_smjYl1WoefcKFzSNp76QkVPCZAgWo18iD3_028Cd2uTNfxsOIZ0o8gUCOQ51/s400/mural+ocean+view+800.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615250716853933858" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-49520362270741759172011-04-09T16:27:00.000-07:002011-04-09T16:43:23.651-07:00Chicago TypewriterRun for cover! Its Nick's awesome ASCii Art of the terrifically terrifying tommy-gun!<br /><br />I always liked the the tommy-gun's "Chicago Typewriter," nickname, and the look of old Underwood typewriters that the authors used to write those cheesy noir stories.<br /><br />Business as usual in Chicago...<br /><br />(Click to enlarge the pic, 'caus that ascii tommy-gun took some doing!)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMZsOhEjqlUe7aunEb1hGm_ZOD5ZXtonB5fPpdzWacE2MxYOWU6KAX_o22dre85NQ1WVNcQxKuhsRVgSBmkyedc_1vYUyhH0BMb3UjyXttM_IthHud_9mX79rL9LITXHIfW53jOEUrx84/s1600/chicago+typewriter+blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 356px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipMZsOhEjqlUe7aunEb1hGm_ZOD5ZXtonB5fPpdzWacE2MxYOWU6KAX_o22dre85NQ1WVNcQxKuhsRVgSBmkyedc_1vYUyhH0BMb3UjyXttM_IthHud_9mX79rL9LITXHIfW53jOEUrx84/s400/chicago+typewriter+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593733171590025010" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-91538331562914812762011-04-07T15:33:00.000-07:002011-04-07T15:52:20.808-07:00High FiveLots of big news this week!<br /><br />I've been selected as finalist for the <a href="http://www.ideasforimpact.com/">Ideas For Impact</a> 'Noble Prize for Social Impact' award. Keep your fingers crossed, and maybe send some cake or chocolates to the contest committee on my behalf! Read about it <a href="http://blog.ideasforimpact.com/post/4346242065/drumroll-please-announcing-our-semi-finalists">at their blog.</a><br /><br />I've also officially joined a studio! The Platform Six Studio is alive and kicking. I'll be working along-side some great artists in a stunning work space. It is huge, framed with giant timbers, shares a building with many other great creative folks like <a href="http://www.spudnikpress.com/">Spudnik Press</a>, and it has an incredible view of the downtown city-scape.<br /><br />Finally, I sat down one evening and figured out how to make 3D images, because why not. Dust off your red n' blue 3D specs' and take a look at this picture below...it works!<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57aNiI1jH9lMVnr1k1_Z5Ln51W662iv55gO6iZK97axtk-Nq4sWr5f4F3VaAdnMbyw_i5saPGT8PudP5KCOvdRcA3WevPvA9bncDaqVl-El-caK9OhKk5-ke8Wdl6Q1mbdgVTE_fw-ljP/s1600/potshots+3D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 127px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj57aNiI1jH9lMVnr1k1_Z5Ln51W662iv55gO6iZK97axtk-Nq4sWr5f4F3VaAdnMbyw_i5saPGT8PudP5KCOvdRcA3WevPvA9bncDaqVl-El-caK9OhKk5-ke8Wdl6Q1mbdgVTE_fw-ljP/s400/potshots+3D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5592973616409190562" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-66515169548184359562011-03-24T15:21:00.000-07:002011-03-24T15:27:54.497-07:00GluttonyI've been busy. Click the pic to see why...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROOXxyEq09T4ryFBD1hhCSGrF64aCI9MIG7n0n1vZkCtCSRsQR_43f3XLt_0dZclYYtxJxBIgbb2eqeKINRZ_-Pyoc2kbOesltDP4-MACySETmA0PgOTM5GuOk89BZsqcT5Y1XAsyi2qN/s1600/Everything+color+72+watermark.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROOXxyEq09T4ryFBD1hhCSGrF64aCI9MIG7n0n1vZkCtCSRsQR_43f3XLt_0dZclYYtxJxBIgbb2eqeKINRZ_-Pyoc2kbOesltDP4-MACySETmA0PgOTM5GuOk89BZsqcT5Y1XAsyi2qN/s400/Everything+color+72+watermark.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587775885000595410" border="0" /></a>These items will be part of a scrumptious poster. Soon...Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-25977320472464546892011-03-08T13:19:00.000-08:002011-03-10T15:55:26.580-08:00A Moveable FeastAll these drawings are from the nutrition poster, which we'll be printing and selling soon. I've enjoyed creating the different textures for each plant and animal. These all start as ink drawings which I refine and color in Photoshop, as seen in my previous post. These actual images aren't part of the project, nor is the relative size of the items, but I slapped together these pics to show the different textures and to enjoy the groupings.<br /><br />The little herring, just below, is probably my favorite item from the whole project. Click them to enlarge.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsJaZuuUsedYrEJawtFs2Yz6ppw0dMgTXjCAcH6kwASwvs4p3wO7ADerxpJxUFiqyyk7ab5Xt6w4JtlGrvy121-DHbtr188lqaqMVVi87NlUdxoZntn2M9yqkmL_GM1c2Tw7AjK0-WeGC/s1600/seafood+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsJaZuuUsedYrEJawtFs2Yz6ppw0dMgTXjCAcH6kwASwvs4p3wO7ADerxpJxUFiqyyk7ab5Xt6w4JtlGrvy121-DHbtr188lqaqMVVi87NlUdxoZntn2M9yqkmL_GM1c2Tw7AjK0-WeGC/s400/seafood+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581822897999356418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipC_oF4MkHTVc1Zrp_ztD6mnc9stZIqV9uRn1BUKXWMqu0mv8fyT5gvVzXL2idNvbHeB7q7CSV9lKdfqbwArTczOUWEoKMdVgND50mR8X3NrmSiXWVqb8SeZZQ8b1c22FXDc_5gnBRhJH6/s1600/herbs+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipC_oF4MkHTVc1Zrp_ztD6mnc9stZIqV9uRn1BUKXWMqu0mv8fyT5gvVzXL2idNvbHeB7q7CSV9lKdfqbwArTczOUWEoKMdVgND50mR8X3NrmSiXWVqb8SeZZQ8b1c22FXDc_5gnBRhJH6/s400/herbs+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581822904625395922" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsJaZuuUsedYrEJawtFs2Yz6ppw0dMgTXjCAcH6kwASwvs4p3wO7ADerxpJxUFiqyyk7ab5Xt6w4JtlGrvy121-DHbtr188lqaqMVVi87NlUdxoZntn2M9yqkmL_GM1c2Tw7AjK0-WeGC/s1600/seafood+72.jpg"><br /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dOTEuy9reB7cop1QJBPz5Kb96VLWLOxHLKfR2BhCJ-X2mXDvkSIzEEj7z8YM8CMXL_JFMqkLFOosOJPgd0rdghSDgdXxqUJe9ZXWJiNJ83-WpmbBTwqyz1sflcpmcGH1MaaIare-HwBv/s1600/meats+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dOTEuy9reB7cop1QJBPz5Kb96VLWLOxHLKfR2BhCJ-X2mXDvkSIzEEj7z8YM8CMXL_JFMqkLFOosOJPgd0rdghSDgdXxqUJe9ZXWJiNJ83-WpmbBTwqyz1sflcpmcGH1MaaIare-HwBv/s400/meats+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581822902086953346" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-8205205154093717192011-02-28T16:01:00.000-08:002011-02-28T18:08:12.785-08:00Where's the beef?This cow is from the nutrition poster I'm finishing up. I sketched him out, in the context of being a delicious food item, and his indignant personality accidentally emerged. Maybe his glower is a reaction against my hungry eyes?<br /><br />Every time I look at this sketch, I crack up! I laugh when a drawing's created-personality has some beef (ha!) with its intended use.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvC4krWeiTxJ2zyEyAW7RXSwW9eU6JB47gfTBUeQuJ_WpSnCMNtKZnPbDVfAxkl_hhTG7rC-egSLc_LHWLME7YDhFbYi07CCHSROBM0_mmQ8gPyzIbkhAhjveJgMWgyB5vuUXlUsndrFGX/s1600/cow+sketch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvC4krWeiTxJ2zyEyAW7RXSwW9eU6JB47gfTBUeQuJ_WpSnCMNtKZnPbDVfAxkl_hhTG7rC-egSLc_LHWLME7YDhFbYi07CCHSROBM0_mmQ8gPyzIbkhAhjveJgMWgyB5vuUXlUsndrFGX/s400/cow+sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578895131696906962" border="0" /></a><br />Here he is in color, with dull cow eyes and a vapid stare.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg828v2ojmnqt7OQ-RkOc0HxD4uc4OuVF1iY2SNn57Hy5LNftJdqrjDSOZflEwy6ODUU9RaGMxIKjPAhWR_60hgEH2eyO-YbC4kIzlUaeItggT4pW8si4-VGxzt7afYqzQppERjNpuOYVyx/s1600/cow+color+sketch.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 360px; height: 377px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg828v2ojmnqt7OQ-RkOc0HxD4uc4OuVF1iY2SNn57Hy5LNftJdqrjDSOZflEwy6ODUU9RaGMxIKjPAhWR_60hgEH2eyO-YbC4kIzlUaeItggT4pW8si4-VGxzt7afYqzQppERjNpuOYVyx/s400/cow+color+sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578895132993225346" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-31975686787083432552011-02-17T16:08:00.000-08:002011-02-17T16:32:34.589-08:00Fox V. HareThis stunning fox and hare image was painted by Liz Longo; an extremely talented artist. We had a V-day art challenge and my first frivolous sketch was embarrassing when compared to hers.<br /><br />(You've got to see the textures, so click through to a much bigger view.)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSKxSRtQurQyoTAHEBcLrmfsp209GED6wN2Ls_9PnE5tYuLofQ2G6hbz0PYejp39cMjRs720YjqHf9Frhaf9C18J7q9Xb8f5ZJMPQXcI56_swI9K04J-ARqztWYUL-r-t48gbQKWalF4J/s1600/Liz+Valentine+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBSKxSRtQurQyoTAHEBcLrmfsp209GED6wN2Ls_9PnE5tYuLofQ2G6hbz0PYejp39cMjRs720YjqHf9Frhaf9C18J7q9Xb8f5ZJMPQXcI56_swI9K04J-ARqztWYUL-r-t48gbQKWalF4J/s400/Liz+Valentine+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574815623045609954" border="0" /></a><br />I went back and drew a new image, doing my best to answer her skillful picture. <br />(Dinosaurs should never be small, so click to see the bigger beast.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsBLhSrftBR6kA4yz2PDcTJguyBxyK9WNTBGxONZtJnXPjxb-UDZEkkWOcLJCCZVawJ8byZdOWy_wDclfhW_247CrH0hPsZRUrDxWy7A9Ww7nJQDCM9qfPD9gByCwr_fbViAZihbsxoEc/s1600/triceratops+valentine+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtsBLhSrftBR6kA4yz2PDcTJguyBxyK9WNTBGxONZtJnXPjxb-UDZEkkWOcLJCCZVawJ8byZdOWy_wDclfhW_247CrH0hPsZRUrDxWy7A9Ww7nJQDCM9qfPD9gByCwr_fbViAZihbsxoEc/s400/triceratops+valentine+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574815624084269874" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-87990800362378960172011-02-16T15:15:00.000-08:002011-03-10T15:54:17.407-08:00SketchyI tend to prefer conte' crayon in a larger format, as it's so expressive and fresh on the page. But this week I've been doing smaller drawings with pencil to sharpen my precision, and the results have been satisfying.<br /><br />Click the pic for full size.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh6aqkxER-W6gwPy1Cxq8724MzPD3GNplEg-k12KuirmTctcExwVWaN8YdNJMZG_qW649QCylHDLJH7sRlsYYHkp4V9-pwu63Ql3M22EwPfKabYKGWTXhC80Hkck9dP5aVSqhCjpFFdNb/s1600/Older+woman+pencil+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYh6aqkxER-W6gwPy1Cxq8724MzPD3GNplEg-k12KuirmTctcExwVWaN8YdNJMZG_qW649QCylHDLJH7sRlsYYHkp4V9-pwu63Ql3M22EwPfKabYKGWTXhC80Hkck9dP5aVSqhCjpFFdNb/s400/Older+woman+pencil+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5574430058438841586" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-70335578368204646962011-02-06T16:36:00.000-08:002011-02-06T16:47:30.467-08:00Rob0_Rom@nce.Love capacitors are at full charge! This early valentines-day image is an expanded concept from an earlier project. I enjoyed the idea and narrative, so it was time to give the image another iteration.<br /><br />Too small? Click it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hfYWrj1x-jUHnsAbmCJ6vNqbFby-x9JVTBgJsANfWOYH6cIfYU28PTEBnJFHEa9sOq6JKZBRDMo4-xgLrWn-q37TKujmAm6t-Cvab_VOLepoxhNvC-eRl6J6tVF3cl7SQOd_jZ-Yr3tz/s1600/robot+love+72+web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 349px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_hfYWrj1x-jUHnsAbmCJ6vNqbFby-x9JVTBgJsANfWOYH6cIfYU28PTEBnJFHEa9sOq6JKZBRDMo4-xgLrWn-q37TKujmAm6t-Cvab_VOLepoxhNvC-eRl6J6tVF3cl7SQOd_jZ-Yr3tz/s400/robot+love+72+web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570742510740681506" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-78211532227803891602011-01-31T15:38:00.000-08:002011-01-31T15:51:06.994-08:00FossilsBelieve it or not, the two illustrations below (of Charles Knight paintings) are from a resume/portfolio that I've submitted. We'll see how that turns out soon. But the project provided a good chance for a retrospective of my childhood drawings, which are awesome!<br /><br />Enjoy...and click to enlarge.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPt2adnjXVYDpgcBltqJ1u6lPS5kXDC42WIURE2Phj-e0tidXCOquH8Qeui8KEroNKCBQhE7oufulI_mIBRW_MDFvRZYib-Sgcc_QqedS0Ilbf7EICM3w9uz1jpwYqsWM4LRek_dN3suHh/s1600/Knight+allosaurus.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 398px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPt2adnjXVYDpgcBltqJ1u6lPS5kXDC42WIURE2Phj-e0tidXCOquH8Qeui8KEroNKCBQhE7oufulI_mIBRW_MDFvRZYib-Sgcc_QqedS0Ilbf7EICM3w9uz1jpwYqsWM4LRek_dN3suHh/s400/Knight+allosaurus.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568499433543120754" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_p8QwZda0yElb1GgLto27znWUuDusbQAe8hVK9gPKJmfzWF_H43CrOVsPmtB9D8BCOzjvQneYkDaHfIaD8Y0F_VZ0j6iBOW7ctGNXt6mg4ipU3EE3sc8dwYhnMeRGHruuyvONjGwiHnT/s1600/Knight+dimetradon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 338px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_p8QwZda0yElb1GgLto27znWUuDusbQAe8hVK9gPKJmfzWF_H43CrOVsPmtB9D8BCOzjvQneYkDaHfIaD8Y0F_VZ0j6iBOW7ctGNXt6mg4ipU3EE3sc8dwYhnMeRGHruuyvONjGwiHnT/s400/Knight+dimetradon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568499431068191346" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjff9sbUwUyS4Rng9sguGwbinQT6-Q4RGXzg3VsT-4BtDYJq4wBPheqCaHxV0Xgh6I_UwoMla5DlsKjtlRsYg1lLDw4FNG1rZUw-wtg7kHrimjg1uuxJuIhYVgVa1D4NGvGh8dbi6WmmrRu/s1600/Colordino72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjff9sbUwUyS4Rng9sguGwbinQT6-Q4RGXzg3VsT-4BtDYJq4wBPheqCaHxV0Xgh6I_UwoMla5DlsKjtlRsYg1lLDw4FNG1rZUw-wtg7kHrimjg1uuxJuIhYVgVa1D4NGvGh8dbi6WmmrRu/s400/Colordino72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568499419464784146" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX33XvUK2rpXjZCpVWpjz0qrlA2J6tC8dNpNWFacaYfre9Wg8jUqUXqUcMGVJTb7fMCvn8lNx-81C-AWqdKJjmf_CaAIIgbS0Ii9JBUUhA3cWM9E1jb68twxLDnAP73LNCeEzjroKFY7ua/s1600/Knight72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX33XvUK2rpXjZCpVWpjz0qrlA2J6tC8dNpNWFacaYfre9Wg8jUqUXqUcMGVJTb7fMCvn8lNx-81C-AWqdKJjmf_CaAIIgbS0Ii9JBUUhA3cWM9E1jb68twxLDnAP73LNCeEzjroKFY7ua/s400/Knight72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568499418466289010" border="0" /></a><br />Laser dragons are serious business.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoJGuHb_7AW_kJAZh5unc3xOJyJQLsNhdmobnU9KcyrnWsRMj6mvJwSn4S8wywetmwkanuB9S4s_Ipoay6qsD_kcu1RTyWdT2pJl1pNCqBxUbuWst9HMBA8EJFn7vBTcN5v2Bv-IipdEG/s1600/Cobra72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoJGuHb_7AW_kJAZh5unc3xOJyJQLsNhdmobnU9KcyrnWsRMj6mvJwSn4S8wywetmwkanuB9S4s_Ipoay6qsD_kcu1RTyWdT2pJl1pNCqBxUbuWst9HMBA8EJFn7vBTcN5v2Bv-IipdEG/s400/Cobra72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568498996812272130" border="0" /></a>Notice the hilariously sinister weasel.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4QVogtD3_Nc0BDEhqpp4EvDa8fsVYRxsfdroyXS2R7w6gt5nWIglChvDSXMWs6t68EwmDKA1SVix8emzSF0K3Q0zwmBQZGtE9qms1LGTsD-VoOveF87dVi1ehPrYtt8AGnI4QoLSMzX9/s1600/Moby72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ4QVogtD3_Nc0BDEhqpp4EvDa8fsVYRxsfdroyXS2R7w6gt5nWIglChvDSXMWs6t68EwmDKA1SVix8emzSF0K3Q0zwmBQZGtE9qms1LGTsD-VoOveF87dVi1ehPrYtt8AGnI4QoLSMzX9/s400/Moby72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568498990329385362" border="0" /></a>This makes one of my favorite books...favorite-er.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp83yvaEUg2dgyCW1gclGEJFePjjrKa3_DDXrKCg8k1C8bp00_XdWWVoPuuPcWBhi6M6mT-FQAAM-ro_4Rh0qQpUvVfhEqaOojTzcfKlXRPsae8p5G-vw5tAowgXxrg7auM6xhFAdNi64/s1600/subsquid72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 285px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYp83yvaEUg2dgyCW1gclGEJFePjjrKa3_DDXrKCg8k1C8bp00_XdWWVoPuuPcWBhi6M6mT-FQAAM-ro_4Rh0qQpUvVfhEqaOojTzcfKlXRPsae8p5G-vw5tAowgXxrg7auM6xhFAdNi64/s400/subsquid72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568498989102887458" border="0" /></a>Note the torpedoes on the sub. They knew what was coming.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbAE5kTdT7xsB4u5acT0IyrAQCh5B6cCChl5_NuBYS8i2CZTdJz9e5qUECoLs4IMeKsywr8qXjqysVqyW9r24tZzFHa-1Kzr1oueTfZweu4R4-sJvZWcvh8EfKkhFzuhWecERGEFg7nQ5/s1600/Duckbill72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLbAE5kTdT7xsB4u5acT0IyrAQCh5B6cCChl5_NuBYS8i2CZTdJz9e5qUECoLs4IMeKsywr8qXjqysVqyW9r24tZzFHa-1Kzr1oueTfZweu4R4-sJvZWcvh8EfKkhFzuhWecERGEFg7nQ5/s400/Duckbill72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568498984479416546" border="0" /></a>Duck bill = obvious affinity for water.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnwBSy2x81C8J3WtD4Q9DEnmTkCZAXpcBsz3a4cqYzFRolbTiER17HRVL3MjbrbzZXrIS0dj-NVe6GgRsHvcSkZPJNIkht7jm19Ci6BwPlJ_PpHcFQ_WZcisaCAavlTQfU7-G_txYOObU/s1600/Dinofight72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 299px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghnwBSy2x81C8J3WtD4Q9DEnmTkCZAXpcBsz3a4cqYzFRolbTiER17HRVL3MjbrbzZXrIS0dj-NVe6GgRsHvcSkZPJNIkht7jm19Ci6BwPlJ_PpHcFQ_WZcisaCAavlTQfU7-G_txYOObU/s400/Dinofight72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568498978677216274" border="0" /></a>Hahahaha...Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-66801971137096516362011-01-26T10:20:00.000-08:002011-01-26T10:29:21.035-08:00Tools o' the TradeI don't always sit in a dark room scribbling on a wacom tablet...<br />here's an illustration of some other tools I enjoy, from an illustrated portfolio/resume I'm putting together. Sadly, I forgot to include the best of them all: a pick-axe.<br /><br />It gets bigger...just click)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bb8HbpHgQkahVKpaLO1WwYzxmwyJ6f5_baPpjjiIvkQ2GnvYHPUltqOWKWCCBSRUOF7K0O1D8lwFGabmSj3NFxcG_eEpQg-8PCCXXwJozppt9fbaROdr6Ave2Rl9FHHnM_t2E-XXn73l/s1600/tools+72.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 184px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bb8HbpHgQkahVKpaLO1WwYzxmwyJ6f5_baPpjjiIvkQ2GnvYHPUltqOWKWCCBSRUOF7K0O1D8lwFGabmSj3NFxcG_eEpQg-8PCCXXwJozppt9fbaROdr6Ave2Rl9FHHnM_t2E-XXn73l/s400/tools+72.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5566561488577000370" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-32429577271909723172011-01-18T12:50:00.000-08:002011-01-18T13:01:41.977-08:00GristleHere are some images from for the Puffin Foundation grant that I've been working on. These are part of a booklet on basic art anatomy. The drawings of limbs, bones, veins, and contorted figures piled up around my workspace are starting to look a bit macabre. Fortunately, the veggie drawings go a long way toward lightening the atmosphere.<br /><br />Click to enlarge, if ye be brave...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsdLmPJcyttCEV_3GDm1LpcKKNzgc2Vy7cx16ePRn_tQbkPo6MDHTpfp0mK0adhanQopV_EBWAIbT-d-cO1-OT_1mnNlmF6vNCbHbwD9b_d4TE-t7loVECf7EPKORfPdS4zyuS8zvRi5s/s1600/Muscle+and+skeleton+blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixsdLmPJcyttCEV_3GDm1LpcKKNzgc2Vy7cx16ePRn_tQbkPo6MDHTpfp0mK0adhanQopV_EBWAIbT-d-cO1-OT_1mnNlmF6vNCbHbwD9b_d4TE-t7loVECf7EPKORfPdS4zyuS8zvRi5s/s400/Muscle+and+skeleton+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5563631555405634242" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-70827887436944230112011-01-14T14:54:00.000-08:002011-01-14T15:33:56.037-08:00Taters?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs79F0WjA54u2JOxIOEm29PH5LUE_nrNORH6P5B1tSiiHNb40yHX-w7LKqqtOB9wANqndZrT2_hPD8hqITQZhfD-OUYJPqYqHWsv57jRbfYkCklGAsh3W-ID6MKmlUBCVieRJHkuwl67AZ/s1600/Veggies+blog+950.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 332px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs79F0WjA54u2JOxIOEm29PH5LUE_nrNORH6P5B1tSiiHNb40yHX-w7LKqqtOB9wANqndZrT2_hPD8hqITQZhfD-OUYJPqYqHWsv57jRbfYkCklGAsh3W-ID6MKmlUBCVieRJHkuwl67AZ/s400/Veggies+blog+950.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562187267000234402" border="0" /></a>Click on the veggies for your daily serving of fullsized visual-nutrition. These are the raw (pun!) veggies that I am incorporating into a nutrition poster which was conceived and designed by a friend. Teamwork!<br /><br />And, speaking of "teamwork". . .<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEavbwh0vSaGxUUJlconabFRYZz14CI-vfC7Z9fzvQD9cgRzuS_mxtD9OHEXaGBuUVPRlHDtQ6udiHQb2r1WCc_FfeApt908IuSZZRUzFCn8Bcpw7-2pMOqeZPQKds23J7USIhwUwE7qbC/s1600/chicken+tag+photo.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEavbwh0vSaGxUUJlconabFRYZz14CI-vfC7Z9fzvQD9cgRzuS_mxtD9OHEXaGBuUVPRlHDtQ6udiHQb2r1WCc_FfeApt908IuSZZRUzFCn8Bcpw7-2pMOqeZPQKds23J7USIhwUwE7qbC/s400/chicken+tag+photo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562187277496816898" border="0" /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5758681254761080915.post-66476657353125934522011-01-10T09:03:00.000-08:002011-01-10T09:14:03.427-08:00Cockfight!Art fight! .... Well here's the next element to go up on the mural. It's my take on the antics that a couple of disgruntled graffiti artists have dragged us into. These are pretty detailed images (Photoshop screamed and howled at the original file size,) so click through to see how artists argue. <br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-bXBkAMmF0EaB6F-ZqWRJs9EOCekFxZrj_2H9GdLl1JALaW-3bLKb2AsJt793osHraGKhTLnoprJSDtqiRSlStb4Ab4bpV7T9LbH3OGBXVwhXDHTKsNAufMVtfBtipJ_jNP9gxCKYVpN/s1600/Chicken+600wide.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-bXBkAMmF0EaB6F-ZqWRJs9EOCekFxZrj_2H9GdLl1JALaW-3bLKb2AsJt793osHraGKhTLnoprJSDtqiRSlStb4Ab4bpV7T9LbH3OGBXVwhXDHTKsNAufMVtfBtipJ_jNP9gxCKYVpN/s400/Chicken+600wide.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560604279855502178" border="0" /></a>detail<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM0vEihOMGgTWbyZUqmqfspPXwJTjOFd1voeudWYWh9nFt49glT-oSUFaEDnV3U0mR1FE0WEATidf62gVxXp89b4LZCymaa-FO86vib71RtjoZHo_VyMkATcTICjCdn1vurW5PAEAdzoo/s1600/Chicken+Closeup.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqM0vEihOMGgTWbyZUqmqfspPXwJTjOFd1voeudWYWh9nFt49glT-oSUFaEDnV3U0mR1FE0WEATidf62gVxXp89b4LZCymaa-FO86vib71RtjoZHo_VyMkATcTICjCdn1vurW5PAEAdzoo/s400/Chicken+Closeup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560604280175953890" border="0" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiJYT54-nYo9hfF8oz-_faVazdI0tf7Sf4qU4vf8y7Fm_kSnnepfPWxUsBPTZCHng_dd6jhX82WgokjYKYF2j_eKXrVPH4VjsP3cERMr2_YJtUpr6mj2E2DoJA0gwy7wdFgIluYIG8uYI/s1600/Chicken+CAN.jpg"><br /></a>detail<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEJsF3Cf1zUJT7aflfiCXUd_ecNT0hic4kK86aIG8GLbSdRkU_ctsRXEO8pfykB4T5WWPTzXTW0kCSpLkf837BXVDJB8-TEvw7wSIKhqKQRF6MhIV8a_iXuzBMWujdQb3WpGN4YAgKTrf/s1600/Chicken+Feather+detail.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEJsF3Cf1zUJT7aflfiCXUd_ecNT0hic4kK86aIG8GLbSdRkU_ctsRXEO8pfykB4T5WWPTzXTW0kCSpLkf837BXVDJB8-TEvw7wSIKhqKQRF6MhIV8a_iXuzBMWujdQb3WpGN4YAgKTrf/s400/Chicken+Feather+detail.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560604290362914546" border="0" /></a>detail<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiJYT54-nYo9hfF8oz-_faVazdI0tf7Sf4qU4vf8y7Fm_kSnnepfPWxUsBPTZCHng_dd6jhX82WgokjYKYF2j_eKXrVPH4VjsP3cERMr2_YJtUpr6mj2E2DoJA0gwy7wdFgIluYIG8uYI/s1600/Chicken+CAN.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAiJYT54-nYo9hfF8oz-_faVazdI0tf7Sf4qU4vf8y7Fm_kSnnepfPWxUsBPTZCHng_dd6jhX82WgokjYKYF2j_eKXrVPH4VjsP3cERMr2_YJtUpr6mj2E2DoJA0gwy7wdFgIluYIG8uYI/s400/Chicken+CAN.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560604287089238978" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq-bXBkAMmF0EaB6F-ZqWRJs9EOCekFxZrj_2H9GdLl1JALaW-3bLKb2AsJt793osHraGKhTLnoprJSDtqiRSlStb4Ab4bpV7T9LbH3OGBXVwhXDHTKsNAufMVtfBtipJ_jNP9gxCKYVpN/s1600/Chicken+600wide.jpg"><br /></a>Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09270973040830714304noreply@blogger.com2