Beasts! Book Two
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.
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.
Posted by
Gabe
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10:59 PM
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For those interested I did a little review of the SUPERTRASH exhibition on MY BLOG.
Posted by
Jon Sperry
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12:59 AM
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Labels: illustration, promotion
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.
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Gabe
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9:48 PM
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Labels: promotion, Things That Are Cool™
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.**
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Jon Sperry
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1:45 PM
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just a heads up: the free weekly figure drawing sessions at sva have started again recently:
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.

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Ben DeRosa
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6:15 PM
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Labels: drawing
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.
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Jon Sperry
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11:45 PM
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Labels: Art Contests
here's my entry for the supertrash show:
the original, for the curious:
Posted by
Ben DeRosa
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5:17 PM
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Labels: design, illustration
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.
Posted by
Gabe
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10:02 PM
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Labels: drawing, illustration
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
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Jon Sperry
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10:08 PM
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Labels: drawing