Thursday, March 17, 2011

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

More stuff from that sacrifice bru-ha-ha.
High Priest Sacrificial Ritual Drawing by Alex Ariza
The High Priests must rotate shifts to sacrifice their young victims, otherwise they go crazy...

Sacrificial Ritual Drawing by Alex Ariza
The Highest Priest watches with approval as the followers worship the blood drained of their victims.

Sacrificial Ritual Drawing by Alex Ariza
The ghost of the victims must be cast away.

Sacrificial Ritual Drawing by Alex Ariza
The Highest Priest demands more blood to the gods.

Sacrificial Ritual Sketch Drawing by Alex Ariza
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.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Sacrificial Rituals Resumed

Took a break from these images...had the time today to work on them, so I finished 3.
Sacrificial Ritual Drawing by Alex Ariza
High Priest sacrifices yet another virgin.
Sacrificial Ritual Drawing by Alex Ariza
The victim is drained of her blood. Her spirit rises.
Sacrificial Ritual Ghost Drawing by Alex Ariza
The followers watch in utter fascination of the victim's spirit.
The gods demand sacrifice!

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Mars Volta

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

Thursday, February 17, 2011

What are you up to lately? Attempting Industrial Design School

I got laid off from my job on January 31st 2011. I'm not too upset about it, though, in fact, I'm very happy it happened. I now have time to work on a new portfolio gear towards industrial design. My new plan would be to get myself into Pratt's masters program and land a REAL job utilizing my talents.

The following is all the stuff I've been working on lately for the portfolio:













 It's been a long process. I won't even bother putting up all the reference I went through to get ideas for this robot of mine. I really wish my sketches looked nicer and on better paper, but I feel way more comfortable drawing on scrap paper. This piece is definitely coming together though, and I'm excited to tackle the creation of this robot. I'll probably begin next week on constructing the prototype. I have way more drawings to do, but lord knows I have the time to do it all, and that's the beauty of it.

Saturday, December 18, 2010

Daily Doodle 6 & 7

Another piece of highlighter art.

Drawing of an imaginary Leviathan-looking bacteria by Alex Ariza
Bacterial Leviathan Highlighter and Prismacolor markers on 8.5 x 11 in. paper 2010

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

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Daily Doodle 5 - Seahorse Painting

DAILY DOUBLE!
I love horses. I love the sea. When some brilliant dudes thought to put the two together they came out with:

Sea Nymph on Sea Horse statue in Neptune Fountain photograph taken by Alex Ariza
X-Rated Material: Sea Nymph on Sea Horse statue in Neptune Fountain  Photo Credit: Alex Ariza
Painting of an Ancient Mythological Seahorse by Alex Ariza
Mythological Seahorse Acrylic on 9 x 8 in. paper 2010 

And a blind contour drawing of my beautiful sister, which, this drawing does absolutely no justice for her.

Blind Contour drawing of Alex Ariza's sister by Alex Ariza
Darling Sister Blind contour drawing with pen and ink on 8.5 x 11 in paper 2010