Frontpage Action!

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Following my last post where I unexpectedly won entry into the October Design Gallery on ArtBistro, I received an email today where I was informed that I am currently being displayed on the front page with the other winners. I took a screen capture so I could treasure the moment forever. It has my name up there and everything, just like a real artist. Vincent is glowering at the links on the left, greeting people on the main page.

Above we see the magical rainbow unicorn, a revamp of an older t-shirt design from college, back when rainbow farting unicorns were both witty and rare.
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ArtBistro October Winner!

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I've been on hiatus for the past week so I could get my creative juices flowing again. It came as a big surprise to me when I checked my inbox and discovered that I was chosen as a winner for the October Design Gallery on ArtBistro.

"This album represents excellent level of professionalism that ArtBistro members exhibit in their art work. Congratulations to all the winners!"

I didn't know that anyone actually looked at my work on that website, but I'm pleased nonetheless. Interestingly enough, it was the illustration of Miss Kinash's character, Vincent. His dashing good looks and upbeat attitude save the day again.

The picture to the right is completely unrelated, an art trade with Mr. Kyle Bishop. He requested that I do a portrait of him, and he would do one of me. Still waiting on that, but I had been planning on doing a portrait of him anyway.
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Art Show

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Tonight I am going with friends to Andrew Noel's art show at a winery on Bainbridge Island. Last time I saw his work, it was impressionistic and full of colour. We still talk about the "fourth dimensional bubble" incident. I can only wonder what he has been doing for the past year, and how much he has improved on his style.

Lately I have been swamped with the amount of work I have to do, but I'm not complaining! I have almost finished up adding the text and information to the album cover for Grape Juice. I knocked out most of the hard work on a private illustration for another friend, and after that I'll begin work on the single-strand text for Ben Masters' business card. I think I hear my ride, so I'm cutting this short.
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Breasterits

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I was having an online conversation with Ben Masters about how much artists will charge, and how much people will pay for relatively simple paintings such as abstract impressionism. Not that I do not like abstract impressionism, but aren't people tired of paying $6,000 for a painting that could be made with a Spirograph and a willing elementary student?

"Maybe I should use my breasts to paint a picture, and then attach a huge price tag to it."

Mr. Masters seemed supportive of the idea [pun intended] so I think I may go through with it. People like big canvases, they like good colour combinations, and most of all they like breasts. So I am going to dig out one of my old giant-sized canvases from before I quit painting and go to work on it. At the very least it will be a temporary amusement that should elicit a few laughs at the next pARTy I attend.

To the right we see "Tulip"a genital painting by the talented Stephen Murmer.
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Coming Soon!

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With all the the digital portraits, or iDents as I grudgingly call them, being proudly displayed on my friend's social networking pages, I have started the grueling process of coding a website from scratch. I have also started researching possible advertising methods other than word-of-mouth to get my artwork seen, sought, and bought.

Already I have had three requests for commissions that have popped up since the weekend, two being portrait commissions, the other is typography work for a business card. That's not counting the requests for trades and giftart that have started trickling into my inbox. With my low-low prices and meticulous attention to detail, I'm sure that this enterprise will start reaching new heights.
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Temporary Hibernation

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I haven't updated in a couple of days due to a combination of losing track of my schedule, and going to a party hosted by Mr. Draper. It was fairly interesting, getting to see people that I had not seen in years, as well as a handful from the NCA crowd. Funny how often the KSS and NCA lines cross like that. Either way, we discovered that Mr. Draper does an excellent Dr. Girlfriend impression.

To the right is a poster I've been playing around with for a while. Note that there are a lot of anatomical exaggerations going on, but that's what makes it fun. I did not include the second "wing" because it made the image a lot more visually confusing. I think the clouds are a pretty nice touch. I'm thinking about going back and touching some things up, but we'll see how it looks in its skateboard incarnation.
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Inkwurk II - In Living Colour

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It has been yet another productive day of inking Miss Kinash's wonderful sketches. Today I woke up at a decent hour, began an inking project, finished the one to the right, and was also added to the link list by Toxiferous Designs. A link to the blog will henceforth be located to the left, in the blogroll. Click it, you know you want to.

After inking the first sketch of Olivia, I recalled that I had started inking this some months ago and had not finished it for some reason. This is because I did not have the organizational skills I have nowadays. Against all logic and reason, I had everything on one layer. This was before I realized that having fills on an individual layer was a lot easier and better looking than having adjusted strokes lurking just below the surface.

As for the question of Olivia's colour theme, Miss Kinash mentioned that she has "imagined her in sages and oranges a couple times." With this in mind I stuck with the dark blue linework, and went with a light brown with red-orange trim. This is because Olivia is in a more 'conservative' outfit than her usual flapper fare, so I imagine that when she is planning on going out, her clothing brightens up substantially.
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