Community-Jedi Style

So I'm a huge fan of Dan Harmon's Community. Hell, I've been a fan of Dan since the Deadale Wives and Channel 101. Anyhow, from the minute Abed called dibs on playing Han Solo during the season 2 finale,  I've been kicking around the idea for this. Of course, it's based on the poster for Return of the Jedi, which I've had a soft spot for since I was a kid. 3-Peirce-O and R2-Winger are a cheat since the droids aren't on the original poster, but it seemed like a fair compromise.

Here it is without the text.

Forry-A-Go-Go

My Tribute to Forrest J Ackerman. Inspired in equal measure by Basil Gogos and Arcimboldo. See if you can spot all the creatures making up the face of the Acker-Monster!

Watercolor.

Costume Figure no. 2

Zen and the Modern Cow.

Silkscreen. (Concept by my pal Patrick Sung.)

A Light Shower, an Oncoming Storm

A ballpoint sketchbook drawing of the Seventh Doctor from Doctor Who.

Smash It Up

Silkscreen.

Watercolor self portrait, Spring 2010.

Costume Figure Studies

Ink, Ink wash. Done in my Costume Figure Drawing class at CSULB.

Calligram in Your Soul

This is a calligram using lyrics from one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite bands, "Birdhouse in Your Soul," by They Might Be Giants. A calligram, if I can loosely and haphazardly define it, is an image made with words and letters. In my Lettering & Typography class, the assignment was to create an image with either poetry or song lyrics, and after banging my head around songs that were too abstract (like ELO's "Twilight"), it all came together when I went back to sweet lovin' TMBG. It's partially influenced by a bird calligram written in Islamic. My lettering is kind of ass, I know, but I'm reaally happy with the way it all came together.

The ink is cyan darkened with a couple of drops of black, and its done with a calligraphy nib no. 3, a "spoon" nib, and a little brushwork in the tail/M.

Birdhouse In Your Soul lyrics Copyright 1990, They Might Be Giants.

First Contact

Hey world. I finally decided to start a sketch blog. And since this is my first post, I figured this would be an apt piece to start with. CMYK silkscreen, 10"x15".

Test? Test,

Let's see how this goes...