Monday, February 13, 2012

Ars Goetia

I've been working on this piece for the 72 Demons project headed by Tara, and this is the result. My demon is Prince Stolas, and he's showing all y'alls about some plants and whatnot. Done with watercolor, gouache, india ink, and some other random stuff. 

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Just Chibbin' It

Fresno Livin'





Currently lacking a scanner, but some art is happening.

Monday, September 19, 2011

Pulse





Been working on this since Friday in a sudden kick of digital creativity. I quite like the outcome.

Work in Progress at the end of Friday night.


Work in progress most of the way through Saturday.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

'Akohekohe

Finally done with my trade with Mazz! Went nuts with this one and had a blast. She requested a finch of some sort, and this probably wasn't what was expected. I actually had no idea Hawaiian honeycreepers were considered a type of finch but... they have been classified as a sub-family (Drepanididae) of Fringillidae. While this has only recently been reclassified, I couldn't pass up painting this guy. I have a thing for crested birdies.

watercolor, oil pastel, gouache, color pencil, graphite

Thursday, August 4, 2011

And a few more

Couldn't fit all that in one post. So many little kinda half assed doodles. I really ought to work on a big project soon.




Pushin' It

Damn, I haven't updated this in forever. Haven't been arting too much lately, what all with my mind set on going to my Kung Fu tournament in Baltimore. That went smashingly too; I ended up with three firsts, one second, one third, and one fourth. Placed in 6 out of 7 events. Not bad, not bad at all. I would now really like to get my ass in gear musically, but it's hard to be motivated for some reason. I have so many instruments at my disposal too, it's just a matter of using them.

Anyways, have some sketches and shit from the last month:





Saturday, June 18, 2011

Some Dreams

June 14, 2011
I was in an arid region of North Africa at an "amusement park." The only ride was a wicker basket with about seven eagles tied to it. The only other person I remember being there was the ride operator, a native of the region. I rode the eagle basket. Suddenly, a conflict broke out and a rival tribe was firing on us. I was handed an Uzi and dodged bullets for awhile.

I woke up briefly and fell back asleep. The sun was just starting to rise and everything in my room was lit with a very surreal golden glow.

I was now inside of a spaceship in a meeting with aliens from another dimension. The spaceship had the same sort of glow that I had just seen in my room, except it was made of a strange metal that shimmered with a multitude of colors. I was one of a few diplomats for the human race and the aliens were quite gracious hosts. They presented us with a box and told me to take the watch. I looked in the box and there were a few necklaces and two strange vessels that resembled vases. They were all amazingly beautiful. I went to pick up a necklace, because I didn't see a watch and I figured that was the next closest thing. The aliens corrected me and told me to take a vase. It was made of the same material as the spaceship and sometimes it was a watch, but mostly it was a vase. There was a sort of stopper in the top of the vase; it ended up being a fancy wine bottle stopper. It slipped out of my hand and a fat man sitting next to me caught it before it fell.

The faces of the aliens escape my memory, but as I was scrutinizing them I noticed that one of them was actually Sam, my first boyfriend. He sneered at me because it was Valentine's Day but we weren't dating anymore. He was annoyed I hadn't gotten him a gift.

June 18, 2011
(I don't remember if this was the exact order of my dreams. Everything got all jumbled)
1. I was wandering around the UCSC campus with some people, though I can't quite remember who (Greg?). The campus was all different, as if it had become overgrown and abandoned. I don't remember seeing any students. I think I was trying to purchase marijuana, but I had no cash and I didn't know if I would be able to find someone with any. I was searching for an ATM to make a withdrawal. I couldn't seem to locate one. Old bridges were broken and the trees looked older, greener. Not sure if it was the same dream, but I recall being in an area full of concrete, and rain beginning to come down.

2. Very vague and misty: I was some sort of demon queen and my father had just died (?). It was time for me to take a husband. Lakes of fire and mirror portals, I had black spikes all over my body. A human man being turned into a demon. Everything else is fuzzy.

3. Was laying in a hazy void with Maru. Rested my head on his side and told him I was having trouble dreaming. The sun is too bright through my blinds.

4. Kim (next door neighbor I grew up with, but she's down in So Cal right now) rings the doorbell and I tell my mom to answer. I am hiding behind the wall that forms our house entryway, but Kim knows I am there and makes me come outside. I forget what she said to me, but all the neighbors' sprinklers are on and their lawns are flooding. They resemble the mirror portals in my demon queen dream. I try to select them with a mouse cursor, but it only selects a few lawns. I am frustrated that my mouse won't work properly.