senior thesis numero dos

Part two of my thesis consisting of this time Huckleberry Finn, Grapes of Wrath, and Animal Farm.

At Night

This is a reinterpretation of the children's book At Night, I really enjoyed this piece it was quite fun to work on.

I'M A REAL LAYOUT

So its about time but I finally decided to make a real spiffy and (more) professional look to the blog.  I'm really fond of it.  I've uploaded a banner (finally).  And I'm most fond of the background.  Which consist of an Awesome Cloud, and a cat with kids heads for hands.  Which can be individually below.

A Brief Cartoon

I went to New York a few weeks ago, and made a brief cartoon about my experience trying to find food.

first run of thesis images

As the title suggest, these are the first run of images for my senior thesis.  I'm basically adapting classic novels into beers.  Here is the first set of three.  These are going to go through significant changes from what they are now.  So be prepared to see these again. I know I don't normally use digital texture in my work but I needed to capture the aged paper feel I was going for, I'm probably going to print the final on yellowed paper, or yellow it myself, instead of relying on the texture.

The Catcher in the Rye

A Clockwork Orange

Memoirs of a Geisha

Story Board

This is the first part of a story board that I did for children's book illustration.  Of the four panels we did only one was to be taken to finish.  I absolutely love this guy, its probably my favorite thing I've done all year.  I'd actually like to take the other three panels to finish soon too.

Bistro Romano

The Bistro Romano has murder mystery dinner theater every Friday and Saturday.  Its a bit steep but I think would be fun to attend.  I decided to do a seasonal Halloween poster for them.

Event Poster!

I had to create an event poster this past week, I choose to connect it with cartooning and comics, and since SPX just happened; I decided to make the poster for SPX.  I've been told how cute this piece is.  I definitely think that my work is moving into that direction, in a good way.

Owl and the Grasshopper

For my children's book class, our first project was to illustrate the fable "The Owl and the Grasshopper."  The trick was we couldn't personify the animals too much and the scale had to remain the same.  We could also only do this in one image.  Mine illustrates the beginning of the fable when the Grasshopper won't let the Owl sleep because of his singing.

Global Warming Poster

One of my first pieces senior year, I'm extremely proud of this one.  We had to create a green project in whatever format or field we wanted.  I choose to do a global warming poster.  This year is off to a great start I hope to keep it up.

New COPOUT Comic!

Last friday we released our new COPOUT comics, this one featured my work as well as the work of James Kaminski.  Here is the first page of that comic,

Beyond This Paradise

I got commissioned to do a poster for the musical Beyond This Paradise!  I'm officially a paid illustrator yay!

 

You should check out the website Beyond This Paradise or follow them on facebook.

Hiatus

Hi everyone sorry I haven't updated these past two Wednesdays.  I had to put Further East on hiatus for a couple weeks, I got an actual paying poster job that I'm putting all my effort into for the next couple of weeks.  I also have been doing some fashion stuff, and I'm making a comic for July's COPOUT Artists publication, as well as working a day job.  So my free time to work on Further East is virtually non-existent.  I'm terribly sorry about this, I'll update when I can!

No update today sorry :[

I left my laptop charger in Philly, however, I did not realize this until after my laptop died.  So I'm unable to update Further East this week.  I'll be returning to Philly this weekend though and will be able update then.  Sorry about this unfortunate accident.

Further East Chapter 1 page 3

 

Here's the resolution of the the first chapter.  I know, I know its really short, but I'm currently working on chapter 2 and its much longer, it'll also answer all the questions that weren't resolved in this chapter, like who the characters are and what their overall plan is!

Further East Chapter 1 page 2

Here is the climax of the first chapter.  Two of our protagonists fight off the monster that attacked their camp sight.  I must say that I really like the third panel I think its my favorite so far.  Stay tuned next week for the resolution chapter one.

Sorry that for a little while there was a really poor quality page up.  I had run into some technical difficulties but figured it all out now.

Further East Chapter 1 page 1

Okay here is the long term project that I've been working on for the past couple of weeks.  Its an action adventure comic featuring four main characters.  I plan to update this every Wednesday over the course of the summer.  The first chapter is really short and is going to go on for the next couple weeks.  I intentionally don't mention the characters names in this chapter and what their overall goal is.  They're lost and the reader is supposed to feel lost with them.  I will reveal their names in the future and why the comic is called Further East.  I hope you guys enjoy the first page of chapter 1!

COPOUT Artist #3 out tonight!

Today marks another first friday and the COPOUT crew has made another zine, you can find us along south second street passing out zines!  Hit us up for a copy you won't regret it, this issue features the work of Mike Smaczylo and James Kaminski.

Elephant Outta Luck (new comics

Sorry that I haven't updated in a while.  I've been busy trying to secure a place to live, and finding a job.  I found an apartment, not job yet though.  I've also been working two relatively time consuming projects.  One of which I'm posting today!  Elephant Outta luck!  I hope you enjoy.  The other is a secret, but should appear on the site in a week or two, I have long term plans for the upcoming project.

Another six hour assignment

Got another six hour assignment today, had to illustrate a craigslist missed connection from Wednesday.  If you want to see the post you can see it here.

Those of you weary of craigslist, here's the text.

"Great hair cut - m4w - 27 (KOP)

You gave me a great hair cut. You have beautiful eyes and hair, wanted to say that but could not. Probably you might not even read this. But worth a try. "