Perspective

Beh.
Client with shitty taste likes your work, should you be happy?
Happy Thanksgiving you yankees.

Dear Beloved Stranger

Latest chapter *almost* done. Lots of fine-tuning lately, rephrasing sentences, moving panels around, taking out panels, adding panels, and constantly trying to re-read it pretending I've never read it before. I feel like a tube of toothpaste down to its last drops trying to squeeze this shit out of my ass.

Much needed change of pace

I went out for an afternoon of reportage at the park drawing sk8er bois. It was a much needed change of pace, and now the balance is somewhat restored between the two sides of my brain again.

"Plastic Dynamism" portrait series

After a fruitful study trip to Florida in August, I made a series of illustrations when I got back in the studio to sum up and remind myself of what I learned.
The result is a series of portraits with emphases on capturing the motion and body language of their subjects rather than physical likeness. We all carry ourselves with our own unique ways in our everyday lives, and the way we carry ourselves reflects our personalities perhaps as much as our physical appearances do, if not more. This series of illustrations are based on my observations on that of the subjects - their movement, their pacing / timing, their dynamic, and how their personalities are reflected through these characteristics. The portraits are displayed in the same order I completed them in - Lars Ulrich (drummer / Metallica), Maria Sharapova, Robert De Niro (as Travis Bickles), and Kobe Bryant. Lastly, a brief explanation of the term "Plastic Dynamism" from my main man Boccioni.


"Plastic dynamism is the simultaneous action of the motion characteristic of an object (its absolute motion), mixed with the transformation which the object undergoes in relation to its mobile and immobile environment (its relative motion)."
-Umberto Boccioni

Song and video

Dear Beloved Stranger update

After a lot of drawing, writing, rewriting, and redrawing, I have finalized the first 60 pages of my comic book "Dear Beloved Stranger" and scripted the rest of the book. It has been a painfully long process, but considering that I was a novice in the field of writing when I began this project and how much I've grown (and enjoyed working) in that area, I guess it makes a little bit more sense that it took me so long just to get this far.
Below is a link to the first 60 pages of my blood, sweat, and tears. I do hope you find it enjoyable. Feedback welcomed.

http://dinomight.net/dear_beloved_stranger/01.html

Figure Drawing

Been going to a studio on Main Street for some figure drawing sessions to get ready for Florida. Poses are 30 seconds to 5 minutes long.