BASEMENT RECOVERY

I've been cleaning up my basement lately...getting rid of a lot of stuff that I don't use anymore to make more space to work and keep my musical instruments in order. I ran into this CD full of old drawings I did in college for Karen Santry's class. I still wonder if this is any good at all. You can be the judge of it.

Native Ghost

Ghost Graphite on 9x12 paper 2012

Native Ghost Floating Through Forest, Acrylic on Paper, Alex Ariza 2012

Gyorgy Ligeti

If you've never watched Stanley Kubrick's, A Space Odyssey: 2001, then you are missing out on one of the best films ever made. This film was made in 1968 and till this day looks fresh and cutting edge. The music for the film really made it all the more amazing for me.

Gyorgy Ligeti's Atmosphere was a fantastic beginning and had me mesmerized from the very beginning of the film.

I became a huge fan of his music after watching the film.

Here is a portrait I did of him with the iconic monolith behind him.

Portrait of Gyorgy Ligeti Graphite, Ink, and Digital Drawing 2011

Here are some of my favorite songs by him.








Super awesome stuff to creep you out with.

The Well-Informed

I was recently commissioned by Paul Loren of The Well-Informed to produce a few drawings for a booklet he is providing his fans for his upcoming Fancy Chance Tour 2011. Let me start by saying that I was flattered for him to pick me as the artist to represent their visual style this year. It was lots of fun working on this project, especially since all I had to do was draw the way I like to draw.

Here are the set of drawings he requested:

Brian Ver Straten

Brooklyn Bridge

Evan Duby

Grand Army Plaza

Famous writer, Henry Miller

Paul Loren

Carroll St. Subway Station

I'm excited to see them printed. The Well-Informed are definitely a band to check out live. You can go listen to their music on their bandcamp site.

Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now | Sacrificial Ritual Drawings Series Continuation

More stuff from that sacrifice bru-ha-ha.

The High Priests must rotate shifts to sacrifice their young victims, otherwise they go crazy...

The Highest Priest watches with approval as the followers worship the blood drained of their victims.

The ghost of the victims must be cast away.

The Highest Priest demands more blood to the gods.

Still need to ink this one.

This has been a very trying week for me. I hate the Smiths...but this song clearly knows what the hell I'm feeling currently.

Sacrificial Rituals Resumed

Took a break from these images...had the time today to work on them, so I finished 3.

High Priest sacrifices yet another virgin.

The victim is drained of her blood. Her spirit rises.

The followers watch in utter fascination of the victim's spirit.

The gods demand sacrifice!

Mars Volta

Ha, I don't remember why the hell I drew them this way...poor concept, sure makes me laugh though.

Long Live The King

I Dream of Sacrificial Rituals

A virgin captured for sacrifice.

The Sacrificial Ritual has begun.

AMEN.

So lately I've been dreaming about sacrifices. Thoughts?

Daily Doodle 4

"I Fahted" Prismacolor marker, highlighter, ink on 8.5 x 11 on paper 2010 

Daily Doodle

Dead Head Glow Highlighters on 8.5 x 11 in. paper  2010

Yeah, let's see how far this goes.

Halloween is for Chumps

I will be spending my first Halloween away from home this year. I wonder how Chicago celebrates it? Probably nowhere near as good as New York, but you can't blame them for trying. We'll see. I really hate this kind of art but decided to do it anyway. Need to loosen up more!

Boo, you dirty son of a bitch.

This makes me feel so damn itchy.

I so need a vacation.

You Reek of Alcohol

My sketchpad got soaked in beer. Can't have a better primer than that. Unfortunately it's all to waste with these incomprehensible images. Make sense of it if you can. 

I hate this one the most because it reminds me of college.

This one sucks as well.

The model was so boring I ended up drawing some of the people.

Favorite spot.

Yeah, not a fan of too much from this session. A mixture of feeling like I was back in school (model was boring as fuck) and not warming up properly lead to crappy results. My good comrade, Kosinski, actually got some pretty good stuff out of it though (like a butt load of PBRs).

I've been recording all sorts of stuff as of late which explains the delay in the visual department, but not to worry, I will have better things to show in the future.

Drawings from Third Ward's Drink and Draw

Truth be told I like to drink. Some may say that I enjoying the occasional drawing here and there. Putting the two together must be a dream come true for me right? Of course it is. These wonderful nude model drawing sessions take place in Brooklyn at a wonderful place called Third Ward. These drawing sessions have the Alex Ariza stamp of approval for great price (just ten bucks!) and unlimited PBR. The following are drawings I did from the two times I attended. The first week wasn't all that glamorous at all.

Hipster chicks look very very weird in the nude.The second week I really wanted to stop playing it safe so I drank a bunch of beers, which may or may not have helped in drawing but it definitely loosen me up. I laugh every time I see the progression of drawings after each beer.

One Beer In

 

 

 

   

 

 

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