A #workinprogress of considerable size for me (6' x 9'). initially I had been thumbnailing several different ideas for it, but then decided to simply start by doing what I would normally do on an easel, which is the kind of go in to a Zen-like state and just start applying paint (#abstract #painting is one of the few things that qualifies as truly meditative and cathartic for me). I actually started by creating some broken hypotrochoid patterns, then using that to start guiding the filling of space. I suspect this is going to take a lot longer than my normal ones though because I will have to go through layer after layer after layer on a much larger scale. I'm pretty sure the finished project will look nothing like this. . . . #art #contemporaryart #emergingartist #408creates #abstractpainting #abstractart
#workinprogress #art ideas....I used sumi-e ink with a brush on rice paper to make a bunch of patterns/glyphs...now I'm scanning them in to figure out what's next.
#mixology experiment from the weekend: @stgeorgespirits NOLA #coffee #liqueur , @wrayandnephewuk #rumcream , @jitteryjohns cold brew, @bittermens xocolatl mole bitters, and cardamom. (I added a splash of ardbeg for smokiness, which worked)
Some fun #wonky reading to tide me over until the next round of congressional subpoena parties commence. . . #muellertime #derangeddonald #corruption #indictthemall
#robot #Doodle while on hold.
#sketchbook April 2019, a very quick (~90 seconds) #doodle of a #Trumpeter , loosely based on #jazz deity Miles Davis. . . . #art #drawing #musician #sketchoftheday #artistsoninstagram
#sartorialism of #footwear ....#maisonforte #loafers for lazy weekends. . . #ootd #shoes #menswear
The ladies who continue to guard the flank at the studio. . . . #art #painting #workinprogress #408creates
I know some spectacularly unique, fine people in #DTSJ ... They are what makes the downtown corridor what it is, for better or for better.
A bittersweet evening...the last #jazz jam sunday, and the last night with @soo_k_mah behind the bar. #slaintemhath . . #DTSJ #sofadistrict
#zeruchontour this weekend is...Davis, California (I did my undergraduate at #ucdavis, and still love visiting from time to time). This is my first time at @dunloebrewing and I'm pretty pleased with the spot. They remind me of a local equivalent to San Jose's @caminobrewingcompany , right down to the dog friendly environment and solid breadth of #beer offerings. #drinkanddraw #drinkandink
Last night decided to go to ye olde Alma mater Davis this AM. so far it's been worth the drive. #foodporn #jorgedesena #ucdavis
#sketchbook April 2019 (although started ass #fbf from 2016), a #portrait #illustration of #sktchyapp user "Jessica Garcia" . . . #art #sketch #sketchoftheday #desenho #pixlr #Prismaapp #mixedmedia
#sketchbook April 2019. A #sktchyapp user, "Veera Helena" . . . #art #drawing #portrait #Prismaapp
I'm selling this one of a kind #art print. The print was of the original ✏️ work, which I decided to #paint over using acrylics, gouaches, and alcohol based paint/inks. . . . #art #mixedmedia #408creates #contemporaryart #figuredrawing
Nearly two decades ago at the now defunct restaurant "First Crush" I had a conversation that culminated in the saying one of the greatest things I've ever heard: "Monk isn't even a pianist...he's a motherfucking prophet". She was right about @theloniousmonk then, and it's still true now. This #graphicnovel about Monk is proving to be mad decent, yo.
#tbt , because the new season of #americangods is out, here's an old #drawing of quite talented thespian #orlandojones . . . #art #sketches
This game got pretty tight before it got pretty right. #sjsharks #stanleycupplayoffs #DTSJ #hockey
#foodporn ...salmon and fried sweet potato (the garlic bits were supposed to be caramelized, but we're in some cases a little too 'crispy'... overall still passable).
#sketchbook April 2019. A Monday #figuredrawing in a #pinup style. Muji pen, Pentel brush pen, with kuretake and Pitt markers...plus digital tomfoolery on top. . . . #art #sketchoftheday #pinupart #lingerie #gonemild
#peteandrepete opens Monday night at @theritzsj ...this like at least my sixth time catching these dudes. . . . #DTSJ #rockandroll #livemusic
#sketchbook 2018. A #figuredrawing of 'stilletos in repose' . . . #art #drawing #sketchoftheday #desenho #pinupart #highheels
I drew this #portrait in 2006, of fellow #deviantART volunteer staffer, "mooboy", part of my #devianomicon series. I don't think anyone's heard/seen hyde nor hair of him in at least a decade. Originally mixed media on bristol, slightly tweaked in #Prismaapp . . . #art #illustration #mixedmedia #drawing
I don't normally take panoramic shots, but when I do, it's for stuff like this, up the #californiacoast
It's been a gruelling week (month...well really 9 months) and it's Friday on a clear night in #DTSJ . Time for a nice #beer from Modern Times, and some #fernandopessoa to read by rooftop.
#sketchbook April 2019. #reddit user "nymphasis" done in #parallelpen and water brush pen, with some #prismaapp🎨 thrown in. . . . . #art #drawing #Doodle #sketches #redditartistnetwork #redditgetsdrawn #artistsoninstagram
#sketchbook abril 2019. I'm on a #portugueseliterature Kick (again) but this is an author I've not read, but wish to...Guerra Junqueiro. Muji, Parallel and brush pen + digital. . . . #art #portraits #drawing #literaturaportuguesa #desenho #beard #autor #guerrajunqueiro #sketchoftheday #artistsoninstagram #emergingartist #sketchoftheday #Doodle #Prismaapp
Another fine evening of mirth, merriment and ego-nuking gonging. It's another "the best and the worst San Jose has to offer". So far it's all hits and no misses....and the judges are also talented AF. This is very helpful. #DTSJ #gogogoneshow
#throwbacktuesday because all my current sketches are turning up crap. I don't even recall what #deviantART user this was, as I did it back in 2003. then I just started messing around with it in Prisma, Pixlr and chroma lab. . . . #art #drawing #mixedmedia #illustration #sketchoftheday
La Honda is a lovely tucked away spot in the mid peninsula. It's known for its lack of being known. I was not aware that there was even a winery in la Honda. This cab proves otherwise. Quite nice with some pork tenderloin and cous cous. #wine
A 2019 #Prismaapp / #pixlr remix of a 2013 #mixedmedia #illustration ..."poppy". . . . #art #portrait #drawing
Issue 3 of the esteemed @bellesfmagazine , which includes a back cover #illustration by yours truly. The original image will be going up for sale at the next open studio event at @localcolorsj in May, so watch out for announcements. . . . #art #artscene #painting #contemporaryart #emergingartists #dtsj #408creates
So a little while back I posted a time-lapse of a small #sketch I had started doing of model @alyssabarbara, one of many that I've started and never finished (I have it with a lot of subjects i pick, because I can't seem to stop drawing ones that I like and have an interesting look, often far beyond any number I can complete). Here is another I had started a while ago, it's a little bit bigger and still has a ways to go before it carries the right likeness, but I feel much more confident with this one in terms of direction. as with everything else, that could always change, or improve, or whatever... . . . #art #drawing #portrait #mixedmedia
I bought this gigantic (6' × 8') Masonite frame from @driftin via @fco1980 (because the #artscene down here is all a cartel, and we look out for each other...lol). I'm going to start chopping and screwing it this this week so let's see what kind of mess I can make.
#sketchbook abril 2019. The ever talented frontwoman for Portuguese band @thegiftofficial , this is a #workinprogress #illustration of @soniatavaresofficial , who I put dangerously close to the same camp as people like Grace Jones and Siouxie Sioux for her sheer uniqueness. . . . #art #desenho #bellasartes #soniatavares #musicaportuguesa #drawing #penandink
#sketchbook #fbf from 2011, of singer songwriter @penguinprison
#flashbackfriday when a @deviantart user named "evilhomer" took one of my weirder #Mekanixa #gynoid designs and rendered it in full 3d. . . . #art #scifi #scifiart #conceptart #robots #androids #biomechanical #warbot
#sketchbook April 2019. More #figuredrawing based off of #reddit user ",ruby kodama" using parallel pen and water-brush pen. . . . #art #nudefiguredrawing #drawing #Doodle #dibujo #desenho #redditartistnetwork #redditgetsdrawn
#sketchbook April 2019. A quick #figuredrawing using a reference from #reddit user "sheepgoboom" using a Muji pen and a Pentel brush pen (and some #prismaapp🎨 ) . . . #art #drawing #nudefiguredrawing #redditartistnetwork #redditor #artist #desenho #dessin
When stuck in line at the DMV...break out the #sketchbook and a pen and start filling in blacks.
A slight remix of a #portrait #illustration I did of @deviantart user "interstellar" back in 2005. #mixedmedia on Bristol. . . . #art #drawing #devianomicon
Every 3-4 weeks I try a new #mixology experiment. This one turned out quite well. I started with the intent of making a mule by mixing Nikka Coffey gin with Vila das Rainhas #ginja (a Portuguese sour cherry liqueur), but opted instead to use a mint infused simple syrup, and some citrus elderflower soda... Top it with a chop-length of raw sugar cane. Quite refreshing on a warm evening.
I really need to do some spring cleaning in the studio.
#sketchbook April 2019. Had a pen, saw the cover of the latest @downbeat_mag with #JoeLovano on it...started pseudo blind contour drawing his #bowlerhat topped head. . . . #art #jazz #saxophonist #Doodle #drawing
Throwback to that one time I crossed the finish line at a #toughmudder (at Squaw Valley). I blame @blueandmoose for (as per usual) egging me on to doing it (solo, as the day before the event the rest of my team disappeared/cut out), which is admittedly her usual MO...bless her. Yes, that is a mohawk I'm sporting, and yes I have big ass legs.
#sketchbook April 2019. Just a quick #doodle using a #parallelpen , a water brush pen and #Prismaapp . . . #sketchoftheday #art #halftone #drawing
Going through another phase of wannabe Jasper Johns inspired stencil-word stuff. . . . #art #workinprogress #wip
#sketchbook April 2019. Another based of a reference from a #sktchyapp user, in this case "Athena Martinez". . . . #art #sketchoftheday #gothgirl #artistsoninstagram #portrait
This feels like a lot of SF these days. #coolmarketingstillcrapthough
