SVA T-shirt contest

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

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?

My Funny Valentine

First!

MY POSTER

FOR DEATH RACE 2000!

Art Burn's '100th Post' Valentines Contest

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

here's my entry for the supertrash show:



the original, for the curious:

I'm Finished?

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

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

Yipee! 2008!!!

Happy Birthday Ulises!

Kagan Mcleod - History of Rap

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


image from the article