September 17th, 2011

Tempestuous Timelapse

Ok. Now that I’m finally working on The Tempest full time it would be really easy to just “check out.” BUT, I realize that people DO actually care a little bit what I’m working on. So, to stay updated I’m gunna try and post timelapses once a week exhibiting parts of the painting I think to be interesring with music that I like. So, without drawing it out too much here is the first of many. This is a five hour session.

Oh and ps. I’m gunna start listening to some rosetta stone. Because I have countless hours of my life to sit and listen I may as well be learning new languages while I do it.

August 25th, 2011

The Tempest: The long wait begins……g

I guess its only a wait for you, for me its a lot of work, maybe around 2000 hours. But anyways…..So, for a few weeks now I’ve been back to work….goin’ HAM.  All the excitement finally settling down. Spent some of the w.a.m., bought a shelf…nice; a new computer…for my new digital tablet!(my big purchase); and some frames, art supplies and other boring things like plane tickets home and stuff. I may also look into buying a video camera that does time lapse, cause I know how badly everyone wants to see me paint….not. But it will be sweet to show how long things take. and the detail work that goes into my paintings.

I was looking back over some of the entries for the foot locker comp,and I just wanted to note a few people that stood out to me as not only awesome people, but awesome artists. Also, these people made an effort to come and “bidness” it up with me, which, as far as i’m concerned, that’s half the battle. So, definitely some artists to look out for in the future: Jenna Vincent, Elliot Stansfield, Alex Tomkins, and Sarah Jane and her brother (who may or may not open a designer cake store……)

Finally, i just want to give a shout out to my people from Head of the Herd. They made the top three in a massive competition over in BC and performed in Canada’s best venue…. in front of about 1000 people and killed it. ON TOP OF THAT they  may have gotten hooked up to do an album with a pretty major producer and could be touring next summer….so…..check em out, download the free album and…. HOLLA!!!!!!

Now time for pictures…. (Oh, and the the tempest pictures are from the first part of the first act. Like 1/36th of the full piece.)

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July 28th, 2011

ArtPrize Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

So after attempting to sleep last night, ( went to bed at 2, got up at 5:30. Just an awesome, full nights rest….not ) I decided to post a post. Mainly, i just want to thank everyone. All my friends who voted, all the people who didn’t know me who voted, my family, my girlfriend, everyone who knew me but i haven’t talk to in years. Foot Locker, Sapient nitro, DEC, for hosting the competition and giving me the amazing opportunity. My love goes out to everyone. Thank you all so much. This is litterally a life changing experience and all of you were a part of it.

I know i don’t need to touch on this but i even enjoy the negative stuff. Its an honor to me that people think i’m worth while to even comment on. Two, three, years ago people would never have given me the time of day, but now i have the honor of getting feedback from everyone, positive or negative, that i never would have had in the past. Thank you so much, it truly means the world to me.  Here are some pictures. And there will be more to come!!! The one it links to is serious face but that was probably the only one i was able o wipe the big dopey smile off my face for. consider my life changed. Thank you so much Foot Locker.

July 24th, 2011

X-clusive Y‘all…. Z

Just thought I’d shoot out a quick update as the competition comes to a close. First off i want to thank everyone who has helped me out; voting, spamming, “liking,” sharing my entry to help me collect votes. Means a ton to me that people I don’t even know would help me out and the people I do know got my back. Now that that’s done, I just want to share some of the highlights from the past few weeks.

Primarily, I have acquired a new wardrobe for the exhibition on Thursday. For those of you who know me, I’m a bit of a scrub in the way I dress. Let’s put it this way, TLC would never give me no love….and that’s saying a lot considering TLC stands for Tender Love and Care. Some bullshiiiit. Anyways, Imma look sharp on Thursday, which is pretty significant for me. Next, I’ve been getting a lot of good publicity over the past few weeks. Which is great. Entering this competition has already paid off ten fold. I got some play in the Brisbane newspaper, as well as a few art blogs. Most recently and probably most notably a site called Design Montage. A nice little interview and some sweet shots from the production of Forbidden Fruit (Thanks Jenica!).  And, Because I quite like those pics and I ALSO have a blog/website of my own, I figured I could post the ones I like. So, check em out and enjoy! “Making The Fruit”….

AND!!! IF you haven’t voted yet, Get it done!!!! TWO DAYS LEFT!!!!  VOTE FOR FORBIDDEN FRUIT!!!

June 12th, 2011

Footlocker Art Prize 2011

Forbidden Fruit

80×60cm
acrylic on wood

My ambition with this piece was to look past the idea of the template and to use the space provided to create something different. What makes this competition so intriguing is the question that it poses: Can shoe art be art? Where and how does one draw the line between art and design? Is this a design competition or an art competition? In my mind these were the questions we were faced with.

My resolution was to strive to include both elements. Shoe culture is too deeply rooted in design for the shoe itself to be neglected, but simple coloring and patterning may not be strong enough to bridge the gap into the realm of art. I made it my goal to balance these elements in the production of my piece.

420 hours, 190 shoes, 60 boxes, about 25 books on tape, 3 pencils, one entry

Go Vote!

May 14th, 2011

Foot Locker AF1 Entry

I know i havent posted for a while but busy i have been. Newest hotness: librivox.com. Tempest:finished the drawing awaiting painting. Prjoctes: hong kong jerseys and Foot Locker Art prize 50,001 Dollores.

February 28th, 2011

The Tempest Sketches

This is a large piece I’m working on based on Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” Its modeled loosely around the Japanese emaki mono scrolls or story scrolls. The dimensions are 30 cm high and about 4 meters long so far, the final will be around 10-12.

So far i only have the plans laid down for Act one and two and i’m somewhere around 100 hours so i figured I’d take a break from drawing and throw together a short trailer to get a little hype going for this thing.

The piece follows the general happenings of the play almost to a T, with some design and setting choices that i got from reading the play… around six times. The Character assignments are as follows:

Prospero: Mandrill monkey

Ariel: All birds

Miranda: Young girl wearing a veil….shes kind of stupid and innocent in a childlike way so i made her real young like, and veil is for virgin.

Caliban: deformed hunchback faun,

Ferdinand: Fatty wearing a mask ( fat cause he’s hungry fo’ da’ sexin and a mask… because i find it hard to believe his true intentions.)

Alanso: Elephant King

Gonzalo: The friendly bear…sometimes.

Antonio and Sebastian: two headed snake (i thought very fitting)

Trinculo: a man/chicken jester, grumpy

Stephano: A hilarious drunk with an octopus on his head to hold all the booze (perhaps a friend from the storm….)

I apologize if the quality of the video is a little shitty. I posted large pics below so you can go through at your own pace…Enjoy!!

Feel free to share this. If you like it maybe others will too!

Act I

Act II

February 7th, 2011

‘bout Time

Ok, again, its been a while since i posted last, and i remember that i had said that i would try to get better at posting more often, but i’m not gunna lie to you….i have severe ADD. Anyways, some new stuff bumpin around the studio lately. To simplify the basics:

t-shirt desgn

disc design

2011 snowboard design finalization

some sand sculpting

some new hook up, and…

…..the tempest.

I’m starting a new piece based on japanese emaki scrolls. (Story scrolls). For the past week or so i’ve been

working on creating an emaki remake of shakespears, “the Tempest.” I’m remaking it with my own twists and characters etc, but it follows the story almost directly. The storyboard itself is about 4 meters long. so it will be interesting to lay it down on wood and see the final legnth. The final product will be broken up by act, probably be about 8 meters long and take me somewhere between 500-800 hours….aka, new hotness. it would be great if i could pull this off. Anyways, enjoy some pics. i don’t think anyone reads the blurbs anyways….(just kidding, props if yougot this far)

Vulture Bear

Vulture Bear detail

Tester

Sand Sculpture

Story boarding

January 4th, 2011

Complete Overhaul

First off, happy holidays. I spent the last few weeks back home visiting with family and friends and all in all it was a great time. My Sis is preggo her eggo and seemingly about to pop, although word on the street is she’s due the end of febuary. (Note to self: don’t reference any part of my sisters pregnancy as being in any way related to the word on the street.) Along with that, my mother got married, in which i gotta say congrats and a shout out to my new step family, very cool people.  Anyways, back in brisbane now ready to start off the new year with a bang,( maybe a belated bang, i’m pretty jetlagged at the moment. ) Just doing some updates on the site etc, new paintings added, new sketches, new news. The show went well…. and is STILL going quite well. Overall, very well recieved, some pieces sold, some press coverage, some people…….impressed. If you get a chance, definitely go check it out. Nice. So now onto the new year. Themes for this year: budget, get more focused, blog more, up my game, and OVERHAUL!!!!! in the new year i will be trying to simplify and coolify the site. So keep an eye out for updates here and on facebook. Its gunna be a big year!!!

…and because i hate to read….

This years tattoo