Finding More Stuff in the Back

ha, wordplay.

Nightmare Before Christmas - Sally As A Slut

Every so often I like to see how my blog is being discovered by people's searches. Sometimes they make sense, they type Alex Ariza in hopes of learning more about Pacquiao's (the Filipino allstar boxer) trainer. Then there are searches that kind of make sense, drawings of the Brooklyn Bridge, Sleep Paralysis Women, The Mars Volta, The Smiths Suck...etc. etc.

and then of course we have this...

Yeah, you read that right...nightmare before christmas sally as a slut. I had uncontrollable laughter when I saw that. How that search pulled up my blog is beyond me. Doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever.

I felt compelled to satisfy the needs of horny emo/angsty/loser dudes who want to see that beloved Tim Burton character whore-ified. I picked up a discarded piece of cardboard and had at it. Felt good to paint that way, quick and enjoyable...almost how those boys will...oh nevermind.

Anyway, here's the painting of Sally (from the nightmare before christmass) as a very well endowed slut. Used acrylics this time instead of gouache, it's nice to change mediums every so often I guess.

FUN!

This is NOT fan art. I hate fan art.

This is probably how Jack Skellington would react if he saw those new and round undead chest puppies on his woman.

MERRY  CHRISTMASS!!!

Still Alive, Just Busy...

Went back to school. Attending Queens College, majoring in Technical Theater (set design, lighting design, etc.) and minoring in Music (always wanted to learn music proper). I still draw, I just don't post as often as I should.

Death of a Phoenix

The colors in this photo don't represent the actual colors of the piece...damn shame.

Daily Doodle 6 & 7

Another piece of highlighter art.

Bacterial Leviathan Highlighter and Prismacolor markers on 8.5 x 11 in. paper 2010

Note to self: Stop painting on printer paper, it warps. 

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.

The Mystery of the Park

I have always been fascinated by Forest Park at night. Growing up in the small town of Richmond Hill, Queens I would see all sorts of stuff. On many occasion as a child I would see figures in the dark on the playground. Naturally as a kid I always asked my parents what possibly could be going on at the playground so late at night. Everytime I asked my parents the question the answer was always the same:

"Teenagers."

I think I'm finally going to take up the project that I've been wanting to do since college.

Norman Rockwell became a famous illustrator for portraying the all American family. He captured the essence of good values, strong male figures such as fathers, soldiers, athletes, soft loving women such as mothers, sisters, aunts, grandmothers, and a humorous take on not so loving women and their incompetent husbands, and of course your All-American wholesome kids.

Imagine if Rockwell were still living and captured the America we live in today. I think it would be hilarious. Black kids, spanish kids, ghetto white boys, emo kids, hipsters, spoiled children, teenagers getting their first car, texting, sexting, internet junkies, video game addicts, people smoking pot, coke heads, strippers, mafia, gang bangers, politicians and their scandals, abusive fathers, struggling single mothers, dysfunctional families, divorce, muggings, economical hardships, teenagers in a world of shit, rape, drugs...just to name a few subject matters non-existent in Rockwell's work.

I want to be the anti-Rockwell.

So this is a color sketch for my first painting in the series of America's youth.

Teenagers at the Park: Drinking, Making-Out, and Up to No Good.

Sometimes I miss being a teen....eh, not really.

"Esploded"

A giggle parade gone horribly horribly wrong.

All you heard was chaos.

 

Sounded  a bit like this.

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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