Naturally Artificial

You are just as real as fake grass.

Writing a Song

Just watched this cute video on YouTube created by The Coloured Scribbles called, How To Write A Song - Top Ten Tips, which explains a simple formula on how to write music. (my brain is melting)





Enjoy.

Francoiz Breut

Holy shit where has this music been all my life!? She's absolutely amazing.

Jacob Lawrence

I've totally seen this guy's work as a kid. Some of his paintings are absolutely fantastic. Totally dig his style and color choices. Big bold colors and interesting compositions, what more can you ask for?

Harriet Tubman leading the way.

 

his portrayal of violence is sort of disturbing

Jacob Lawrence is definitely one of my favorite image makers.  

Printed Robot T-Shirts

So Today I took my silk screening class at Works In Progress NYC. I had a great time playing with a few inks and equipment I have not used since college. It felt good to be in that sort of creative environment again. My good comrade, Kosinski, was an excellent teacher showing the ropes to the newbies.

I'm pretty happy with how these robot design t-shirts printed out. Definitely plan on making more down the line.

I made this color scheme specifically for Colin.

 

The Gods Demand Sacrifice

I have no idea who the artist is for this piece, but it fucking rocks.

MASSACRE

My good comrade, Stephanie, is currently teaching a silk screening class at WORKS IN PROGRESS NYC 

I'm totally looking forward to screen printing again, I loved doing it in college and I'm sure I'm going to love it all over again this Saturday. 

I decided to go with a robot theme, since that is what I would wear on my shirt naturally, hopefully if others are interested I'll sell a few. 

Here's my process of coming up with my ROBOT SILKSCREEN MADNESS.

It all started with the idea of a robot getting shot from behind:

 Here are some explosions I tried out...

this one looks like Jesus rays

this one looks more like hair...

A little too cartoony for my taste, but just right for the occasion.

Here's what it looks like together:

I showed my buddy Colin who has been my critic and partner since high school. He's brilliant at taking my simple ideas and turning them into awesome ones.

Conquistador firing squad.

That poor robot native never knew what hit him...

Merciless.

 Even with all that, Colin thought it could use more...


"...a dead robot on the floor is a must, and pieces of dead robots strewn all over, slag and oil everywhere."


I wish I had more time to finish up that amazing image. I started on one of the dead robots, but I know to make this really work, it needs to be ridiculous. 

Yeah, I'm influenced by German Expressionism.

That's what I got for now. Unfortunately, Saturday's lesson is only going to be working with one color. I can't wait till I can start playing with more COLORS again.

Till next time... MORE ROBOTS.