A fox I drew twice over the weekend. 0.3 mechanical pencil.
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Firefox.
Monday, July 21, 2008
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Graphic Novels
Just something I threw together last night/this morning to hone my skills for a potential upcoming collaborative project.
Whee!
Friday, July 11, 2008
I Am From Battles!
Various detail shots of the main attraction. It's very gestural. Used water, gloss medium, a wetting agent, granulation fluid (to break up the pigment molecules - these last two are esp. visible in Conquered Rabbit details below), powdered gold and dripping and wiping to get the effects. I've been preparing the panels for over a month and it took about two hours to paint this far. 98% of the game is half mental, you know?
Compare to prelimiary work here.
I Am From Battles!
Progress on Conquered Rabbit. Might be done. There's a moderate amt. of detail on the head, while the hindquarters are jsut the bare gesture I initially laid down. Will seek second opinion.
Details:
Break At Dawn - I don't know if I've ever posted this - probably. But now it has a glossy new coat of black on the clouds. maybe will put in the rabbitx tomorrow.
gesture for Snared In Its Glory
Compare to prelimiary work here.
I Am From Battles!
Progress on Conquered Rabbit. Might be done. There's a moderate amt. of detail on the head, while the hindquarters are jsut the bare gesture I initially laid down. Will seek second opinion.
Details:
Break At Dawn - I don't know if I've ever posted this - probably. But now it has a glossy new coat of black on the clouds. maybe will put in the rabbitx tomorrow.
gesture for Snared In Its Glory
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
Dinner
Tonight I made us (Philip and me) some food. It was a concoction of my own, Hot Honey-Lime Glazed Chicken. You should make it; it came out really well!
le recipe
Combine the lime juice, honey, soy + Tabasco sauce and spices in a bowl. Cut and clean the chicken and put it in the marinade [if you pierce it with little holes all over it will absorb more sauce! -Ed.]
Heat up some vegetable oil in a pan or on a skillet. Add the garlic and onion and let cook til golden. Add the chicken and remaining marinade, and continue to cook until done. The marinade should have reduced into a sauce at this point; leave it a little longer if you want it thicker.
Serve immediately over jasmine rice.
le recipe
a package of chicken (I made it with 4 small breast pieces, but I would recommend more. Philip and I had to continue eating for several hours after this course - "The abyss demands sacrifice!"- two limes, thoroughly juiced
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- two tablespoons of honey
- a teaspoon of Tabasco sauce (you could vary this. I didn't put in a whole teaspoon, just 5-6 drops, and it wasn't really hot enough for the recipe to warrant it's name)
- freshly ground black pepper
- a teaspoon of ground cumin
- a teaspoon of turmeric
- a small onion, coarsely chopped
- two cloves of garlic, treated similarly
Combine the lime juice, honey, soy + Tabasco sauce and spices in a bowl. Cut and clean the chicken and put it in the marinade [if you pierce it with little holes all over it will absorb more sauce! -Ed.]
Heat up some vegetable oil in a pan or on a skillet. Add the garlic and onion and let cook til golden. Add the chicken and remaining marinade, and continue to cook until done. The marinade should have reduced into a sauce at this point; leave it a little longer if you want it thicker.
Serve immediately over jasmine rice.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
From Out Of The Gloom
Some pictures I took directly upon arriving at the studio last night, when all th elights were still off. I love the Byzantine effect of the dim light glimmering off the gold.
Having this mounted with Conquered Rabbit underneath as they will be once installed has really helped me figure where to go next with it.
Photographing it in the half-light has this great negative effect as the gold reflects but the rabbit does not...mmm yum.
Resurrection/Revolution/Resolution Rabbit (still have not figured out which one is quite right) after some work last night. I've been really cautious about this and have not worked on it for a few months (since Feb?) because it's really delicate and I don't want to overdo it. I think at this point I'm leaving it and will come back for continuity s necessary once the rest of the series is done.
The gilded half of from battles! freshly glazed and out to dry.
A firefox I drew while on the phone with Liz.
Studio set up for visits.
Having this mounted with Conquered Rabbit underneath as they will be once installed has really helped me figure where to go next with it.
Photographing it in the half-light has this great negative effect as the gold reflects but the rabbit does not...mmm yum.
Resurrection/Revolution/Resolution Rabbit (still have not figured out which one is quite right) after some work last night. I've been really cautious about this and have not worked on it for a few months (since Feb?) because it's really delicate and I don't want to overdo it. I think at this point I'm leaving it and will come back for continuity s necessary once the rest of the series is done.
The gilded half of from battles! freshly glazed and out to dry.
A firefox I drew while on the phone with Liz.
Studio set up for visits.
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Open Studios
So open studios is over and went pretty well. Thank you to all who came by.
As usual such gregarious pursuits have left me fatigued, but I'm a lot less worn out than I was from Dec. open studio, so I think I might head back in tonight for some gold leafing.
I hung everything up on the walls to get it out of the way and make it presentable, and it really helped me wrap my mind around what I have going on, where things need to go (with some help from the excellent Michelle I have come upon a compositional solution for Revolution Rabbit, a longtime bane of mine), and what needs to happen next. I am pleased to announce that most of the prep/craft work on the panels is done, and soon I will be able to *gasp* actually get out the paints again and paint.
Crazy right?
As usual such gregarious pursuits have left me fatigued, but I'm a lot less worn out than I was from Dec. open studio, so I think I might head back in tonight for some gold leafing.
I hung everything up on the walls to get it out of the way and make it presentable, and it really helped me wrap my mind around what I have going on, where things need to go (with some help from the excellent Michelle I have come upon a compositional solution for Revolution Rabbit, a longtime bane of mine), and what needs to happen next. I am pleased to announce that most of the prep/craft work on the panels is done, and soon I will be able to *gasp* actually get out the paints again and paint.
Crazy right?
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