the leave-behind

Going tonight to a meeting with an art director for Penguin Group publishing.
No time for portfolio reviews, but we can do leave-behinds.
My leave-behind is a scented candle.
my portfolio smells like sandalwood.

the Columbia Lion

a friend of a friend is running for student government at Columbia. I was asked to do a lion with the Columbia crown for campaign materials.

It's good to hook people up. Especially Columbia people. They have a tendency to go on in life and be very successful and influential . . .

I hope he wins!

sketch night at society

I am in . . .

nood of the month

hey team,
todays nudey-doodle celebrates the triumphant return of Santiago!
this month I spent a full three weeks on this figure painting, and how nice to be able to paint at such a relaxed pace. Usually I have to paint away as fast as my little fingers will go, but this month I got to be lazy. What is also nice is that Santiago is the only model we have competent enough to hold a standing pose, and as though the stars were aligned just so I arrived to class on the first day of the pose with a tall skinny canvas.
I am quite pleased with how this one came out. the skin tone is more chromatic than even I usually go, but I don't think I over-rainbowed it (as the students of the great Nancy Mitter were often wont to do back at CCS). My favorite part is the cast shadow. It's shape has a Lautrec flavor to it that I am quite pleased with.
As always, this is for sale on the Etsy (and OH BOY do I ever need the cash). Since I spent 9 hours and not 3 on it, I will be asking the king's ransom of $220. *gasp*
it is 15 x 30 inches and would look great in YOUR bathroom or kitchen.

p.s. Nancy Mitter doesn't have a website apparently. That's so oldschool!

the (completed) head of Carl Titolo

well team,
I showed you the marionette head I was sculpting of Mr. Carl Titolo
when last you saw it it was merely sculpted,
well now it is painted and flocked, done!
all he needs now is a body (wearing a paint-streaked sweatsuit with a bandana around the neck) and rigging and then I can make some fun videos for the interwebs!

another visual pun

ladies and gentlemen,
team,

"Poppycock"

for
An Appointment in the Dreamworld
by A.E. Kieren, 2011