Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Comics about Life

Holy cow, guys!

I've been making a few comics for fun as you can probably tell from previous blog posts. I've been looking at a bunch of web comics lately and realized there isn't much out there that really makes me laugh. My sense of humor is stupid, but not that stupid...so I decided to make my own comics with my "taste" of funny.

Cause and effect. Life's brilliant way of making things interesting. It's in the physics, look it up!

And now, I present to you, the loverly prettiful pictures I drew.

Foul Comic by Alex Ariza
Foul

Twig Steal Comic by Alex Ariza
Theft

Intro to Dance Comic by Alex Ariza
Into to Dance



Sunday, October 7, 2012

Comic Strip I - Confetti Eggs

I'm going to be making short stupid comics for fun. Here's the first one.

GLITTER CONFETTI EGGS ARE DANGEROUS. DO NOT USE THEM.

Friday, September 21, 2012

Making the Old New

While cleaning and organizing my things in the basement, I had come across a line drawing I had done a while back of a lamb boy on a DIY watercolor card. The drawing was meant to get the idea down before going to a larger scale.

So yesterday, I decided to paint on top of the drawing. Not crazy at all about anything in this piece, but it was fun to paint for the sake of painting.

Lamb Boy Painting by Alex Ariza
Lamb Boy in a Catholic School Uniform Acrylic on Watercolor Card 2012


I really need to finish this painting though...


Sunday, September 9, 2012

My Trip to the American Museum of Natural History

Dinosaur Skull Graphite Drawing in Moleskine Sketchbook by Alex Ariza
Skull Drawn from Behind Graphite in Moleskine sketchbook 2012

These are a few drawings I got out of my awesome trip to the American Museum of Natural History. These skeletons took a lot of patience and serious observation to get down proper.

Dinosaur Skeleton Study Graphite Drawing in Moleskine sketchbook by Alex Ariza
Dinosaur Skeleton Study Graphite in Moleskine sketcbook 2012

Dinosaur Skeleton Study Graphite Drawing in Moleskine sketchbook by Alex Ariza
Dinosaur Skeleton Study II Graphite in Moleskine sketcbook 2012




As I was drawing, I began to realize how amazing living things are. Just from looking at the design of individual bones with all their ridges,curves, and angles, I saw that every single part of a living thing serves a purpose for survival. Anatomy seems pretty fucking cool if you can appreciate that.

I'm pretty sure once I start my Anatomy and Physiology class in October, I'll be hooked to want to learn everything there is to know about bones, muscle, tissue, blood, and all that other great gooey stuff that fills up your insides.

I definitely need to go back to the Museum to get lost in observing and drawing those dinosaur bones again.