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Comic Strip III - X-Ray Room 301

Comic Strip II - Pupusas

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.

Henry Starving Rides the Tree Horse by Alex Ariza 2012

Wooden Acrylic on Masonite Board 11.5 in. x 22.5 in. Henry Starving 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 in a Catholic School Uniform Acrylic on Watercolor Card 2012

I really need to finish this painting though...

My Trip to the American Museum of Natural History

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 in Moleskine sketcbook 2012

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.

  

Anchovy, Portrait of a Distinguished Lady Cat

Finally finished this cat portrait for a friend of mine. I'm not too crazy about it since I think the piece itself is very boring in nature. I was going for a stately look, much like a Victorian painting...but it's lacking. It's too plain, not enough going on for my taste. I'm on a new path of completing paintings and work in general, though, so I had to finish this regardless of liking it or not.

Anchovy Watercolor and India Ink 9 x 12 in. 2012

  My next painting of a cat is going to be far more interesting and fun to paint.

Old Sacrificial Ritual Drawing

Finally got to scan an old image that I drew in my friend's sketchbook a while back. I should make more of these drawings again.

This show is going to turn into a blood bath.

You can see my previous drawings of sacrificial rituals at the following links:

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