Art Burn

Old character challenges and a new evil ex!

2010-09-06T10:31:00.003-05:00

I have some older character challenges that I never posted up, I didn't put any work in them after inking so they don't have any fancy tones OR solid looking blacks but they've just been sitting around and need to come home to the other character challenges...

I also entered an 8th evil ex contest on Deviant art so I thought I'd post that up too!

Alex

Darkseid is my co-pilot

2010-08-04T15:50:00.002-05:00

2010-05-03T11:44:00.003-05:00

2010-05-03T11:44:00.001-05:00

2010-04-26T10:58:00.000-05:00

YES!!!!

2010-04-05T14:36:00.001-05:00

2010-03-29T17:28:00.001-05:00

Rock Band Creator at SVA

2010-03-25T13:49:00.001-05:00

Don't miss the upcoming Career Development Evening Event:

Creator of Rock Band visits SVA!

Friday, April 9, 2010
3:00 p.m.
136 West 21st Street, Classroom 631-F

Harmonix Music Systems is the creator of the smash hits Rock Band 1 & 2 and The Beatles Rock Band. Harmonix has built a world class art studio with traditional artists; painters, graphic designers, illustrators, sculptors, photographers, film and video artists and digital artists.

Jason Arnone, Art Manager at Harmonix, is visiting SVA to talk about the various art department roles and show the behind-the-scenes creative process from concept, production to final execution. With every artist's role, Jason will draw connections between the artist in school and the professional game artist. You will learn first hand how your study of foundation skills will benefit you in any commercial art application, not just in games.

Space is limited. RSVP by logging on to www.collegecentral.com/sva and viewing "Upcoming Events & Programs" on your home page.

Office of Career Development
School of Visual Arts

2010-03-21T16:28:00.001-05:00

2010-03-14T20:49:00.000-05:00

Bird Missiles!

2010-03-14T20:48:00.002-05:00

Strand Tote Bag Design Contest

2010-03-01T22:17:00.001-05:00

Dear Illustration and Cartooning Alumni,

The School of Visual Arts, Strand Book Store, Drawn & Quarterly and Fantagraphics invite emerging artists from around the world to submit their designs for the next Strand tote bag. Join the highly recognized group of previous tote artists: Art Spiegelman, Adrian Tomine and Seth and R. Sikoryak. The winning illustration and artist’s name will appear on the bags as well as in marketing/promotional materials.

For contest submission details and a full list of prizes visit strandbooks.com/totebagcontest.

Office of Career Development
School of Visual Arts

2010-03-01T21:12:00.001-05:00

Usopp!

2010-02-21T17:28:00.001-05:00

Turtle power!

2010-02-15T12:36:00.001-05:00

2010-01-30T10:21:00.001-05:00

2010-01-18T21:35:00.001-05:00

Mojo Jojo!

2010-01-06T16:48:00.002-05:00

Hopey

2009-12-21T23:01:00.000-05:00

Hopey

2009-12-21T10:24:00.003-05:00

Due to a full time job etc... this is what I got. I used sketchup to block the characters, however as one can tell I did not use enough reference. Ben's is
http://inkstink.net/blog/2009/12/challenge-week-2-hopey/

Tin Tin?

2009-12-17T16:21:00.002-05:00

Yikes, the art part of my brain must be in space as well! At least I'm drawing though (this is the first of a series of character drawings being posted every week).

C'est la vie,

Alex

Tin Tin

2009-12-14T10:04:00.006-05:00

As per Ben's request. I would consider this a roughly inked sketch instead of a finished illustration. I was incredibly busy this week with work, including Sunday, so this is what I have. Hopefully next week will better.

Biz

2009-06-18T09:15:00.001-05:00

You can buy Jon Sperry's rocketman shirt!

Open letter to female Avengers

2009-05-04T13:46:00.003-05:00

Brought To You By: The Spacepope.

I was bored at work today.

it's been too long.

2008-12-16T12:44:00.001-05:00

i haven't been arting for too many reasons. but I wanted to drop a note here about this site i have recently learned of:

The Grid System is an incredibly useful and interesting site about grids. grids make the world go, as any comics artist would know first hand.

i think seeing the philosophy behind their use in other fields is pretty valuable. also directly applicable to all the web stuff today's cartoonist/illustrator is pretty much obligated to do.

happy holidays, and may all your type adhere to a baseline grid.

Design By Humans shirt

2008-08-27T11:33:00.002-05:00

I did this illustration the other day and figured I'd give it a shot as a t-shirt design over at Design By Humans. Check it out and if you like it, please vote for it. If you don't like it, vote for it anyways (I've got student loans to pay!). Here is the direct link: http://www.designbyhumans.com/vote/detail/25972

in stores tomorrow:

2008-07-29T16:46:00.001-05:00

POPGUN 2:

featuring a story by Ulises Farinas with colors by Ben DeRosa. See previous post for some preview pages.

Art-Burn Team-up GO! Popgun 2 preview @ act-i-vate.

2008-07-23T12:33:00.001-05:00

Act-i-vate has a posted some Popgun 2 previews, including Leaf & August by Ulises, with colors by me (Ben).

read it!

batman? who?

2008-07-22T11:00:00.000-05:00

haven't seen the new batman movie yet, but...

tintin wins easily, i think. hopefully the next batman movie will reflect this (crossover?).

(photo by me. hooray)

Giraffe-man is going to be a huge hit...

2008-07-03T13:07:00.001-05:00

Here's an interesting piece on alex ross, photo-reliant/mimicking art and what it's done to comics. The comment section is mostly worth reading as well.

What drives me crazy though, (even if i agree with the central premise: ross=lame, fumetti-esque comics=suck) is how photo reference has somehow become a catch all pejorative term for quasi-plagarism/lazy/crutch-for-the-unskilled.

Photo reference doesn't mean photocopying, tracing, duplicating, or stealing a photograph. Photo reference means just what it sounds like. It's reference. It's the visual research you do, so you know and understand what it is you're planning to draw. Let's imagine I'm drawing a comic that features a giraffe (yes, the imagination is a terrifyingly powerful thing). I have a vague idea of what giraffes look like in my head. I know they have long necks, and sort of look like a cross between camels and horses, but beyond that it's pretty fuzzy. How long is the neck in the relationship to the body? They've got those knob things on their heads, but what exactly do they look like? and where exactly are they on the head; are they behind the ears, or between the ears? And what the hell kind of ears do they have? Shit if I know off the top of my head.

photo by digitalART2

photo by cornstaruk

photo by Wildcat Dunny

Oh, that's what they look like. Now I can draw any giraffe I want. Thanks, photo reference. And thanks, baby giraffe...

photo by Ron D’Raine

Creative rights may be in some serious trouble

2008-06-18T23:56:00.005-05:00

Sal Amendola just forwarded this email to his class:

"FROM THE ILLUSTRATORS’ PARTNERSHIP

A Million People Against the Orphan Works Bill
http://www.petitiononline.com/Stop2913/petition.html

The petition is now the 7th most active on www.petitiononline.com
Let’s shoot to make it first.
Please keep the signatures coming by forwarding this email to any interested parties.

Remember: you don’t have to be an artist, photographer or performer to be threatened by this bill.
Anything you’ve ever posted on the internet would be exposed to commercial infringement unless you’ve registered it with a couple of large corporate databases.
These databases would then control access to your intellectual property.
That threatens the passive copyright protection all citizens now take for granted.
And that threatens our personal property, freedom of speech and the right to privacy embodied in copyright law.

For more information about Orphan Works, go to the IPA Orphan Works Resource Page for Artists
http://www.illustratorspartnership.org/01_topics/article.php?searchterm=00185

If you received our mail as a forwarded message, and wish to be added to our mailing list,
email us at: ipa@twcny.rr.com Place "Add Name" in the subject line, and provide your name
and the email address you want used in the message area.
________________________________________________________________"

So, sign the petition and do everything you can to pass this information along.

Alex

Girl who leapt through time

2008-06-13T15:07:00.002-05:00

This week the ImaginAsian theatre is showing the girl who leapt through time. I don't know much about the movie but the Ad was pretty interesting, and I am sucker for time travel.
Any one wanna go?

An internet hug from Ira Glass

2008-05-30T09:22:00.001-05:00

A nice piece that certainly applies to anyone making art.

parts 1, 2 and 4 are pretty interesting as well.

Know Your Rights!

2008-05-27T17:27:00.011-05:00

actually, Complete Control would be a better Clash reference for this story...

caution: when you see this label, run:

so chances are you may of heard of the new tokyopop contract-y thing[pdf] going around. apparently it seems to be written in "friendly" non-legalese ("hey stupid, you should be able to understand this!"). it's actually written in sleazy con-artist-ese.

anyway brian lee o'malley has posted a reponse on his blog. it's definitely worth a read. he breaks it down, and nails all the important bits. go read it.

in closing, fuck tokyopop.

James Bond

2008-05-09T11:00:00.005-05:00

Penguin Books updated the James Bond novels with new cover designs featuring the art of Michael Gillette, proving that books should be judged by their covers after all. If you bought any of these, I think you'd be obligated to store them cover-out on your bookshelf.

Another one bites the dust

2008-04-23T11:44:00.003-05:00

Hey everyone I got engaged! Yay! Below is a picture of my fiance.

MOTRO on new ACT-I-VATE website launch!!!

2008-04-15T17:18:00.002-05:00

There's a new website for ACT-I-VATE, the webcomix collective i'm a part of. Everyone shall check it out!!!!!!

here's the web address.

http://www.activatecomix.com/

DC probably a bit upset

2008-03-30T14:58:00.003-05:00

Kind of a big deal,

Siegels now own half of Superman

Alex

Non-Repro Blue

2008-03-27T16:10:00.002-05:00

I'm about to start working on some pages but the last thing I want to do is spend time erasing when I'm done inking- I'm not too great at photoshop so does anyone know some good blue pencils that would be easy to remove in photoshop?

Hallmark Contest

2008-03-14T08:55:00.002-05:00

http://www.hallmarkcontests.com/funnyness/index.cfm

Want to make a Hallmark card?
Now's your chance. Hallmark contest thingy.
I think I may submit my Monster valentine.

Frank Stockton

2008-03-12T13:06:00.002-05:00

I've recently been visiting the blog of illustrator Frank Stockton. Not only is he a talented illustrator, but he uses this blog to give insightful tips on the business side of illustration , talk about artistic integrity in a commercial art form, and show his creating process step by step. It's been helpful and entertaining so far. Check it out.

Street Fighter Contest

2008-03-04T20:37:00.002-05:00

http://www.udonentertainment.com/blog/?page_id=86

Udon is putting out a Street Fighter book. There's an open call for Street Fighter based entries. Winners get into the book and a free copy of said book.

Interesting? I may have to do a Dhalsim drawing for this.

Ben Ross on Drawn.ca

2008-02-26T12:26:00.002-05:00

Ben Ross animation featured on Drawn

Gotta go with 'Ducky Fire' as my favorite so far.

a fancy thing for your website perhaps...

2008-02-08T12:48:00.001-05:00

FancyZoom is a lightweight javascript that enlarges images inline. there are some examples at the link.
it took me less than a minute to get it up and running on my site.

i've never been crazy about the behavior of opening images on websites. either it takes you away from the page you were on and forces you to hit the back button, or it opens up an additional window which is plain rude.

i was using the lightbox js on my website, but i was never satisfied about the default functionality. it had a cool feature for viewing sequences of images, but i felt the effect was too severe for one at a time viewing. i'm sure it's possible to alter the lightbox script to suit different needs, but that's outside my code monkey abilities.

anyway i like FancyZoom. it's from Cabel Sasser of Panic software. (if you're using a mac and maintaining a website, i highly recommend you give Coda a try. what little coding i am capable of i taught myself using Coda.) FZ is free to use for non commercial websites. if you make money off your site (i sure as hell don't) it's a one time fee of 39 bones. though i'll gladly fork over the money if things get rolling over at inksktink.net. ha.

apparently FancyZoom has issues in IE 6 (because IE 6 is terrible), but for reals... nobody worth knowing uses IE 6 anymore.

Beasts! Book Two

2008-02-07T22:59:00.000-05:00

YOU CAN BE IN BEASTS! BOOK TWO

Seriously. This is pretty big shit.

Seriously. I'm totally gonna try to do one.
Read the post for entry rules.

SUPERTRASH

2008-02-07T00:59:00.000-05:00

For those interested I did a little review of the SUPERTRASH exhibition on MY BLOG.

Pick A Square

2008-02-06T21:48:00.000-05:00

http://patchblox.com/

Simply pick a patch, upload a 50x 50 gif and add a hyper link. You can even do an image made up of several squares.

I've gotten a bunch of hits on my blog from this. So I made second one, made up of 2 squares, for my site.

Use it. Or don't. What do I care.

SVA T-shirt contest

2008-02-06T13:45:00.001-05:00

Can we do this? It doesn't say 'current students only' or anything. A little late notice though.

SVA T-shirt Design Contest‏
From: All Concerned (do.not.reply@sva.edu)
Sent: Wed 2/06/08 7:37 AM
To:

Design the SVA Spring T-Shirt. Our student body picks the winner. Grand prize is an iPod and seeing your shirt design produced.

RULES:
-Design a one-color logo
-Pick the color of the shirt
-Submit a .PNG, .AI or .PSD file on a CD or DVD to the VASA office, located in the George Washington Mezzanine, 23 Lexington Avenue
-"SVA" must appear somewhere on the shirt
-Deadline for entry is 5pm on Thursday, February 14

**Don't forget: the Fall T-shirts are on sale still. We are currently ordering more of the "grey athletics" shirts. Stay tuned.**

drawing again for the first time

2008-02-01T18:15:00.001-05:00

just a heads up: the free weekly figure drawing sessions at sva have started again recently:

Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM in the solarium of the george washington building

Thursdays @ 7:00 PM in the 12th floor studio of the west side building

i favor the thursday west side sessions as the poses are shorter (2-5 minutes mostly) and the room is set up for figure drawing specifically. it's also closer to my apartment, and i am lazy. this week i knocked off some rust along with gabe and roni.

>>edit: you can get in the buildings with your alumni card and photo id. though the guard at the west side building never asks...

WHO IS YOUR NEW GOD NOW AND FOREVER?

2008-02-01T14:03:00.000-05:00

My Funny Valentine

2008-01-24T18:44:00.000-05:00

First!

MY POSTER

2008-01-22T23:32:00.001-05:00

FOR DEATH RACE 2000!

Art Burn's '100th Post' Valentines Contest

2008-01-21T23:45:00.000-05:00

Time to create a fresh piece for your dated portfolio! Valentines day is just over 3 weeks away and what better way to get an art directors attention than with a timely relevant illustration?

Take the theme of Valentines day and make an awesome eye-catching image. Do something beyond the usual hearts and flowers. Bask in the enjoyment or dwell on the depression of such a dividing holiday.

Finished illustrations should be posted here by January 31st, and sent off to art directors within a week of completion to get there in plenty of time.

Extra non-existent points will be awarded to the competitors who send their image to potential employers and post who they sent them to here.

More trash for you

2008-01-14T17:17:00.000-05:00

here's my entry for the supertrash show:

the original, for the curious:

I'm Finished?

2008-01-11T22:02:00.000-05:00

I think I'm done. I may work on the font a bit more. And I'm not sure if I wanna add textures to this or not.

Suggestions?

*EDIT*
After a discussion with Mr.Sperry Last night, these alterations came about. Better? Worse? The Texture feels a lil tacked on, but I like the warping of the text. I'm a little on the fence about the color on the people.
#2 Did this after trying a bunch of different ways to add more depth to the monsters body. I like the pink. But again I'm a lil on the fence about the dark brown. It seems to work better on the right side of the monster.

TOOLS

2008-01-10T22:08:00.000-05:00

What are everyone's favorite tools for art making? I try new things here and there, but I'm starting to be more consistent in my process lately.

for illustration:
1. paper - usually just printer paper, since I can't afford nice texture stuff yet
2. inks - i like a gnarled up or slightly dried out micron 05 or 08. and any ink pen with a chisel tip - i got a sharpie with a nice edge and this cool chiseled pen by ITOYA called Doubleheader.
3. colors - photoshop usually, sometimes build palettes in illustrator, or pull colors from rich photos.
4. texture - if i need a little more texture, i'll sometimes pull some from old photos or grungetextures.com

Hoppy New Year

2008-01-01T00:30:00.000-05:00

Yipee! 2008!!!

Happy Birthday Ulises!

2007-12-29T18:07:00.000-05:00

Kagan Mcleod - History of Rap

2007-12-14T19:16:00.000-05:00

this one's for gabe:
History of Rap Poster by Kagan McLeod

image from the article

I love comics

2007-11-28T23:57:00.000-05:00

I know most of you guys don't like capes but its got Matt Fraction. And for the record I love capes.

COMIC BOOK CLUB
A Live Weekly Talk Show about Comic Books

Hosted by Justin Tyler, Pete LePage, and Alex Zalben

Tuesday, December 18th @ 8:00 PM

Featuring:
Brian Michael Bendis (New Avengers, Ultimate Spider-Man)
Ed Brubaker (Captain America, X-Men, Criminal)
Matt Fraction (Iron Fist, Casanova)
& Bill Hader (Saturday Night Live, Superbad)

Tickets: $5
Online: ThePIT-NYC.com
Phone: 1-800-838-3006
Questions? 212-563-7488

The Peoples Improv Theater
154 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor
Between 6th and 7th Aves.

Check us out on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/comicbookclub3

The show is sponsored in part by Midtown Comics
(www.midtowncomics.com)!

Vancouver Voice cover illustration

2007-11-17T20:39:00.000-05:00

I got the opportunity to illustrate the November cover for a local community paper - The Vancouver Voice.

Thomas Pitilli in Time Out New York

2007-11-08T12:18:00.000-05:00

Tom got one of his awesome illustrations printed in Time Out New York. Unfortunately, they don't sell Time Out New York in Battle Ground, Washington, but I can view a dinky digital version here:

http://www.timeout.com/newyork/article/24103/where-to-catch-a-cab

And I'm sure he'll blog about it, right?

Great work Tom!

Feeling brave?

2007-11-08T01:23:00.000-05:00

I feel like there are rumors going around that I go to anime conventions. I'm not really sure what that's all about but in totally unrelated news the Javits Center is having it's first anime con, the NY Anime Fest on Dec. 7-9. There are tables still available (3ft-$100, 6ft-$175) if anyone believes themselves to be brave enough to face some of the most intense fankids (that accounts for both the awesome and VERY un-awesome variety.) And never fear if your work isn't 'manga' or what have you because anime cons draw a big mix people and it's often surprising what ends up selling well. Either way, it's sure to be total mayhem cause it's the first go at this convention which is organized by the same people who did the NY Comic Con.

And uh.... I'll have a table there with Laura W. if you want to stop by.

The Storm

2007-10-28T00:38:00.000-05:00

A piece created for my computer class. The theme was 'Storm' where I could interpret in whichever way I liked. I used images from the vietnam war and world war 2. My storm portrayed acts of violence and destruction. Check out my blog to see what layers I used to composite.

I have my own blog now which is http://www.edowynvazkez/blogspot.com
Check it out to see daily work.

The Superest

2007-10-27T23:34:00.000-05:00

http://thesuperest.com/

Thought this site was cool enough to share.

We could steal this idea and do it on Art-Burn.
Just a thought.

Jacob's Dream

2007-10-17T08:08:00.000-05:00

This is just a doodle I made for the graduate program my computer teacher asked for Autumn. It could have been anything as he was teaching us how to create layers and levels. Next I have to animate this. I titled this Jacob's Dream as I was listening to Penderecki's 'Dream of Jacob'. THis is a combination of mediums slapped together including Gesso, Scratchboard, Digital coloring, and stamp.

-Edowyn Vazkez
www.edowynvazkez.com

Food Blog

2007-10-16T01:00:00.001-05:00

Hey all, I want to start a blog about food. It would have restaurant reviews, recipes, food illustrations, things of that nature. Heather and I have a lot of friends that are in the food business and they always talk about starting a blog - I figured a shared blog (like art-burn, but for food) would be a good start. Of course if any of you were interested in joining, you would be welcome. The thing is, I'm kind of blanking on names. If any of you have some ideas that you would like to offer up in that department, I'm all ears. Thanks in advance.

Originally I wanted to use 'Gleaner' for this, but some guy has gleaner.blogspot.com and did one stupid post in 2002, so that name is unavailable. Is there anyway to hijack a blog? Or report it as abandoned?

EDO

2007-10-09T19:26:00.001-05:00

New comic strip I'm doing for 'Urban Molecule'. Strip can be seen online very very soon....

Self - Portrait (in response to Edowyn)

2007-09-30T22:45:00.001-05:00

In response to Edowyn: This is pretty much what I look like when I play guitar and I am happy. This would probably be me around the end of hour 1. After a few more hours I'm much more frazzled, sweaty and my fingers are gnarled. But still happy.

A stolen moment...

2007-09-29T10:11:00.000-05:00

thought i'd use my pirated wifi to pass along these two items of (possible) interest.

Free downloads of the Best Figure Drawing Books Ever according to Process Junkie.

Layer Tennis. click the volleys to see the match.

Ulises in the New York Times

2007-09-28T13:49:00.000-05:00

One of our own, Ulises Farinas, got an illustration published in the Op Ed section of the New York Times today:

View it here

so what if i have artist's block?

2007-09-26T17:08:00.000-05:00

ok, sorry tom. this is the three word assignment you gave me when i was like 10 years old. i finally finished it. bus, blue jeans, and bubble gum.

Self-Portrait

2007-09-25T20:55:00.000-05:00

This was an assignment I had for Grad school, I colored it with knowing a little bit more tricks on the computer.

Have you ever played the guitar? Well I have...I have been playing guitar since I was 14 years old. I am not very good but it makes me happy whenever I play.

-Edowyn Vazkez

devil, worms, japan

2007-09-23T20:04:00.000-05:00

3 words = 1 image. Got this assignment from Ed. 'Japan' was a little hard to portray. I went with a bit of a Godzilla theme with an over-simplified and inaccurate Mount Fuji in the background.

Art blog??

2007-09-23T11:41:00.000-05:00

I just started an Art Blog on Blogger, here's the link if anyone is curious:

Letters and Lines

Alexander-

D.I.Y. MOCCA

2007-09-11T07:25:00.000-05:00

I (Edowyn Vazkez) will be guest speaking for Fly's D.I.Y. comic/zine class again this September 2007. This will be my 3rd time teaching but will be taking over my mentors spot of Page Design and Research. I will be giving a slide lecture showing some of my favorite artists such as Gary Panter and David Sandlin to name a few. This is not an open class, you must register and pay for the entire course to participate.

HOWL!!! Festival 2007

2007-09-11T06:57:00.000-05:00

Me (Edowyn) and Jenai took part in this years HOWL festival at Tompkins Square Park in NYC. The Logo for the event was created by Paul Pope and 150 artists painted around the park. There was music and books sold at the event where Fly and World War 3 Illustrated took a part of. Me and Jenai started to paint this painting with no real plan and were just set in having fun. Hilary Florido showed up to give support as well as Robert Pollak. Check out the website http://www.howlfestival.com/ for more information about the event. It was a fun being a part of such a large community project.

Tattoo For A Friend

2007-09-11T02:02:00.000-05:00

My friend asked me to draw him a tattoo in three days, for 100 dollars. It was pretty short notice. But i think it came out good. He liked the pencil version. hopefully he'll like the inked version and he'll GET INKED. Awesome.

Lips, SpiderWeb,Dress

2007-09-06T22:03:00.000-05:00

Okay, so my last entry of this project was pretty embarrassing, but I have no shame showing it off. With Graduate school I think I was being overwhelmed with all the little comfortabilities of starting school again. Here is something I like more which I did during my Critical Writing class which is helping me even more to open doors in my head. This may be my last digital coloring job as I feel it's getting a bit stale for me. Slowly more and more I'm stripping away the computer and approaching work with more of a hands on perspective. I still think computers are great but for me to comfront what I want to do I have to get back to the ways of past masters.

Word Assignments Mini-Zine

2007-09-06T08:44:00.000-05:00

So I think we have enough work to put in an actual zine. If you would like to have the work you have done to be a part of it please send a high resolution of the image to Edowyn Vazkez / 56 Holland Avenue / Elmont / NY / 11003
We (Edowyn & Tom) Do not own your work and you have complete control of what you want to do with it but in the form of the Word Assignment Zine will be in custody of Edowyn Vazkez & Thomas Pitilli. Template copies can be sent to those who participated if they wish to duplicate zines for own personal uses. Permission to copy the template given is allowed but not the selling of the actual entity and ownership of the project.

If you wish to have the work created in the word assignments to be a part of the first zine please send the high resolution disc or copy by September 28, 2007 for an October 2007 release.

Lips, SpiderWeb,Dress

2007-09-05T22:38:00.000-05:00

This was the word assignment given by Thomas Pitilli.

Batman, Measurment tape, Stars

2007-09-05T19:01:00.000-05:00

A new three word assignment. This one was fun, i got to draw Batman!

important news!

2007-09-03T22:01:00.000-05:00

Oh, i'm in it. This is shameless self promotion. Cool huh?

Mouse, Train, Hurricane

2007-08-31T21:21:00.000-05:00

I drew this a while ago in my sketchbook from a 3-word assignment from Edowyn. Finally, today I scanned it in, added a little color and cropped it. boo-ya bitches! gimme another!

Priest, Rocks, Sun

2007-08-29T14:46:00.000-05:00

This was my assignment given by Thomas Pitilli, Priests, Rocks, Sun. I drew this image while at work. So you can see how fast the problem should be tackled. I pencilled it and inked it at work then colored it on computer when i came back to my room.

HERE COMES A SPIDERMAAAAAN!!!

2007-08-29T14:39:00.000-05:00

After speaking with Jonny, not Sperry, but Hill about comics (likes & dislikes), i decided i'd draw a Spiderman comic how i'd like to see it done (By me). So here are the first two pages of a spiderman comic. They are sorta dark, so you can see the lines easier, since i didnt feel like inking them. So check this shit ouT!!!

WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO OUR BELOVED WEB HEAD?! Find out later...

Milk, Hitler, Mars

2007-08-28T23:29:00.000-05:00

this is the second of my two 3-word assignments. i mean, you give a guy a word like 'hitler', and all sorts of weird shit starts sprouting. i took full advantage of the icon his moustache has become. and the green lines outlining his face, plus the red of mars, conjurs up the nazi uniform, without me having to actually draw a swastika. cocksucker.

and at the risk of stating the obvious, 'bekam milch' is 'got milk' in german. yes, i did my research this time.

Buddah, Tsunami, Golden Gate Bridge

2007-08-27T23:04:00.000-05:00

This is the first of my three-word assignments. It's such a fantastic exercise, and i was really able to let go and have some fun. I actually was so excited to get going on it, i started right away....without doing any research first (doh!). oh well, so the bridge in my illo looks more like a red verrazano bridge than the real golden gate bridge. the art director who lives in my head already yelled at me and called me names, so i'm over it now.
i've got another assignment from Edo, and i'll post it soon. everyone else should really get in on this! mad fun!

cartoon

2007-08-23T21:52:00.001-05:00

I did this just for fun. its my first time inking with a wacom. tell me what you think.

3 WORD ASSIGNMENTS

2007-08-20T17:33:00.001-05:00

Me and Tom were doing this three word association art work to get each other out of our drawing 'comfort' zones. So we gave 3 random words to each other to illustrate. Not to rely on trying to create a 'masterpiece' which we both fell into for a short instant. But rather to think of just the spontinaity and building of idea to the drawing. Even if the drawing is a thumbnail to show as is. If you really like the drawing then you can always go back and build on it. But that is not the point to all this.

Also the reason why we gave each other words was not to constantly draw the same things we as artists fall into. If doing this assignment on my own i'd be stuck drawing explosions, heads being shot and clowns taking a shit.

So if you are interested in participating, email me or tom to give you your own three word assignment. We try to pull it off in a week but that's not too important if you have other more important work to finish first. Try not to take too long like a month or a year. Me (Edowyn) and Tom will be the moderaters dishing out the words, send a high resolution disc copy of the assignment to Edowyn Vazkez to keep in file and possible publication one day. If you don't want anyone to see then just don't send a disc. Post your low resolution image to this site though. For contact info on Edowyn or Tom look at www.edowynvazkez.com and www.thomaspitilli.com

my address: Edowyn Vazkez
56 Holland Avenue
Elmont, NY 11003
718.902.5930

Godzilla,Russia,Adidas

2007-08-20T10:50:00.001-05:00

This is the latest three word assignment that Edowyn gave me. I almost forgot that these were about having fun and breaking away from our usual drawing habits and themes. When i remembered, this is what came out.

Wow

2007-08-19T11:45:00.000-05:00

I just happened upon this blog by accident, unsure if you all know who he is and if I'm the late comer on this one, but check it out:

Enrico Casarosa

also check out

Ronnie del Carmen

Really good stuff.

More yet

2007-08-18T09:07:00.000-05:00

Here's mine. Enjoy. or don't.

in case people haven't checked out the drawings because the links weren't obvious:
Gabe:

Tom:

Hilary:

James:

Me:

giddy. up.

2007-08-17T21:51:00.000-05:00

great site - thanks for the link. here's mine.

i'm not dead, just in queens

2007-08-16T22:41:00.000-05:00

It's pretty satisfying to see it replay. link.

Way Calm

2007-08-15T19:06:00.000-05:00

Gabe, thats a pretty cool site, nice drawing. Here's mine.

Online Drawing

2007-08-14T20:04:00.001-05:00

www.imaginationcubed.com

Use your tablet and/or mouse to draw something digitally using this website. Save it send it to yourself via email.

Then Post the Link, yo.

Here's Mine

One Love,
Gabe

Cars, Bars, Guitars

2007-08-13T11:10:00.000-05:00

Another drawing assignment given by Tom PItilli, this one was Cars, Bars, Guitars. This was just a sketch that I colored in, going for a more spontaneous result.

Herge

2007-08-08T10:42:00.000-05:00

Here is something I ran across in the New York Times
A Congolese student has initiated legal action in Belgium to have the 1931 comic book “Tintin in the Congo” declared racist and removed from bookstores, Reuters reported. “It’s racist, and it is filled with colonial-era propaganda,” said the student, Mbutu Mondondo Bienvenu, who lives in Brussels. He is also seeking symbolic damages of one euro ($1.38) from Moulinsart, a company that owns the rights to Tintin but does not publish the comic. Belgian prosecutors said a judge’s decision on proceeding with Mr. Bienvenu’s motion could take six months. A spokesman for Moulinsart said: “The book dates back to 1931 and has to be seen in the context of the time. We are surprised to see this complaint after so many years.” Some stores in Britain and the United States have moved the book from their children’s shelves to the space for adult graphic novels. This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Georges Remi, the writer and artist who created the popular series under the name Hergé.

Faceball

2007-07-26T08:04:00.000-05:00

I nominate this as the official sport of art-burn...

An introduction to Face Ball.