Posted: November 21st, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists | Tags: action figures, awesome!, badass, battles, board games, brutal, collaboration, creative, drawing, Ernest Conception, gamer, geek, geekdom, illustration, imagination, line wars, mixed media, multifacited, opponents, painting, pen drawing, priest, strategy games, style, video games, violence, vs., war, weapons | No Comments »
Ernest Concepcion is a BBC artist, that is an artist whose work is Badass, Brutal, and Creative. His drawings are filled with so much content that one can get lost in them even from a computer screen. I would absolutely love to see his work live to truly appreciate his taste for detail.
Here is part of his artist statement pertaining to his Line Wars Series (images below):
From tables vs. chairs to cowboys vs. aliens and cookies vs. milk, The Line Wars began as a series of over 100, 9×12 inches, ink drawings that emerged from sketches and doodles–the most rudimentary expression of visual thinking. The images are based on the entertainments of childhood and adolescence: Video games, action figures, strategy board games–always two forces opposing one another. The Line Wars is a celebration of making impulsive, nonchalant drawings, as well as a personal journey into nostalgia and an homage to geekdom.
Here are some other artworks of Ernest’s:
Additionally, here is a link with some images of one of Ernest’s most recent collaborations.
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Posted: June 4th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Projects, Sketches, Thoughts | Tags: artillery, battle, close combat, collaboration, drawing, guns, infantry, monsters, painting, ranged, war | No Comments »
These are recent drawings spawned from an idea for a collaborative painting. The idea of the painting is that each artist builds his own army of creatures/monsters and there is a big battle.
^ Heavy Support ^
^ Heavy Infantry ^
^ Fast Attack/ Close Combat/Stealth Infantry ^
^ Anti Material Artillery/Long Range Infantry ^
The premise of my species is a mix between human and machine parts in a way that blurs the humanness of the creatures. They are so intertwined with mechanical parts that it is futile to distinguish them as remotely human.
I’m quite supprised by the low contrast in my recent drawings. Normally I crave that black and white clash, maybe I’m mellowing out a bit with some grey..
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Posted: February 23rd, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists, Projects, Thoughts | Tags: clark stamm, collaboration | No Comments »
1. A collaborative venture with an amazing young creator: Clark Stamm
2. Metal.
3. A vision by Nathaniel Haack.
4. A long history of battle drawings and badass warriors with guns and armor.
1* Clark and I are doing a collaborative homework assignment (the theme is palimpsests so this collaboration supports the theme literally and hopefully visually). He did a bunch of drawings, I did a bunch of drawings, we trade, he draws on my drawings, and I draw on his. The finished work I will show later, but for now I’m just showing the cropped down and slightly altered version.br
2* As an avid metal fan I automatically feel inclined to explain my love for this music. This is not because I love it THAT MUCH, but it seems that the majority of folks dismiss it as the toxic ear vomit heard on the radio. As with any genre, it should not be generalized. To me, metal represents the epitome of epicness. This epic quality I try to replicate in my drawings like this one (as you can see it is still a work in progress).
3* As I was working on this drawing (using PS and a drawing tablet) my roommate watch and offered his opinion as to the direction of this drawing. Having not studied art intensively his opinion is always fresh and from angles I have a hard time reaching. Inspired by Dethklok, Yngwie Malmsteen, and King Crimson Nathaniel was able to envision a truly metal topic – slaughter. For the record I am anti-war and anti-violence, but one might not read that from some of the drawings I do.
4* The complete drawing, which I’ll show later, has opened a door. Upon entering art school I felt very discouraged to draw what I had been drawing from the first day I picked up a pencil: war. Its a dark subject, and most people mistake my work for visual fan fiction of sorts. In the drawing I was able able to combine my other visual interests (portraiture, physical environments, etc) with my battle drawings. Call it a personal renaissance if you’d like, but I think that returning to my old style and revamping major themes in my work (battles, cities, space vehicles, architecture, warriors, etc) would make my work better. I should embrace my artistic past, not reject it.
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Posted: February 20th, 2009 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists, Finished Works, Projects, Thoughts | Tags: collaboration, painting | No Comments »
I recently worked on a collaborative art project with one of my co-workers (Check out the UWM Union atrium space right outside of the Union Bookstore). Each canvas had between 4-5 people working on them. Its interesting because I have received many comments about the work, even strangers from other classes. I think it is because I have a photo up there, so I think I’ll definitely consider putting photos up with my next shows.
Inspired by this show is my idea for the atrium space which I will have to fill on April 5th. A good friend of mine have been thinking about collaborating on work (and homework). After this Tuesday we shall see how this first (serious) collaboration turns out. I’ve got one thing on my mind and that is collaborate collaborate collaborate. Other people kick ass and they have so many ideas that I could never conceive. People I need you.
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Posted: November 25th, 2008 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists, Thoughts | Tags: collaboration, parallax print series, sharing | No Comments »
Building this new social network has been consuming what little time I don’t have, but almost every second has been enthusiastic. Amidst the flurry of activity that is now ensuing I am dedicating the next minutes to a post on collaboration. The type of collaboration I’m talking about is not necessarily active, but more along the line of sharing ideas. Many people think it is best to lock up their ideas in the fear that someone will “take” them and gain from it. This ridiculous because no one will gain anything from an idea in a box. For me at least I have a huge surplus of ideas that I would love to give away, I get sick when I think about hiding them from other people.
Two summers ago I began making my Parallax Print Series. After making some posts in the art forum at 40konline I got a response from a fellow gamer over in Australia told me my work was inspiring to him and wanted to know more about how it was made. I told him my entire process. This is 3 of the 20 he produced. I was quite shocked. In my opinion he did way better with this process than I have done yet. Enjoy Derikari’s work.
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Posted: November 14th, 2008 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Artists, Finished Works, Sketches, Thoughts | Tags: art jam, collaboration, drawing, electronica, mr. Squirrel, school | No Comments »
I particularly enjoy this blog because it allows me to reflect on my own work as well as the work of others. This helps me chart my growth as an artist as well as give me some bearings of whats going on in the art world.
This my most recent drawing and I think it is one of my best. In terms of technical aspects I think the proportions are good, and I have a very solid figure ground relationship. This is a drawing in which I can see the physical weight of the figure. Also I think I did pretty well on the lighting, especially in the drapery. There are some value structure issues in some of the limbs and elsewhere, but this drawing has made me proud of my emerging visual skills.
I would now like to introduce one of my favorite emerging musicians and artistic collaborator a Mr. Squirrel. Specializing in electronica Mr. Squirrel displays a unique sense of sound which enables him to create some really awesome songs. I have known the squirrel (as I will refer to him herein) for many many years and it has been inspiring to watch him progress. He has provided many new ideas for my idea bank and given me some new perspectives on artistry and life in general. To the right is an image that I worked on for the squirrel’s first EP (which comes out Christmas Eve btw) in collaboration with Katie Drake (another artist full of potential).
One of the collaborative ideas sparked between the squirrel and I was that of an artist collective. The clash between visual and sonic arts we feel has great potential to produce some kick ass art. Art jams are an idea that the squirrel gleaned from the British electronica group Underworld (whose art jam page can be viewed a here. To the left is the result of an art jam between the two of us a while back. In the upcoming months we hope to start doing art jams more frequently. An interesting part of this cooperative is that while it is better conduct these improv creation stations in person they can transcend distances. All hail the machine god.
In today’s age collaboration is absolutely necessary for things to get done. This is reflected in all aspects of our daily lives, after all human progress needs humans to work. Cooperation and the sharing of ideas is one of our greatest assets as a species (adaptation being the other). As artists, and a people, harnessing this potential could yield amazing results (amazing art and music included).
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Posted: October 7th, 2008 | Author: Sean | Filed under: Projects, Thoughts | Tags: art jam, collaboration, mr. Squirrel | No Comments »
The product of last wednesdays art jam with Mr. Squirrel:
Still some slight issues with proportion and I think the negative space could be investigated further, but for now it is at least a good foundation.
Lately I’ve been thinking about illusions. Sprouting from my meditation, the concept of reality has become much more abstract. In art classes also we are training to create illusions. We rub materials around on a flat surface to create the illusion of something 3 dimensional. I find it interesting that we can convince people of space where there is no space. Thus as opposed to an artist I’d like to consider myself an illusionist.
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