Comic Faces

I'm thinking about doing a huge piece of paper like this even though this small one took forever and was not too fun to do. I like how it looks.

Sports

This was a theme I gave my students to create a drawing around this past quarter, so I thought I would do it too.

Light

I decided to be illustrative and a tiny bit conceptual. I went with a lightbulb and light as a feather.
I have included my planning sketch in order to show my complete process...

Sitting on The 1 Train

Sunday, on the 1 train...I was headed to Church, this guy was just in my head.

Chaos

This word was the theme for my students' homework this week. Here is what I drew. It looks more chaotic on the small page than the big computer screen.

A Day Off, Sitting At the Museum

MoMA on Columbus Day.

Inspired by Jaime

I was at the New York Comic Con this past weekend and I found a huge book with drawings by Jaime Hernandez. It was hardcover, really cheap, and signed so I had to have it. I know he is one of the most famous and best comic artists, but I haven't really seen his stuff. (I'm relatively new to comic art.) I love the way he draws women. They are beautiful and sensual without so much of the feeling of the male gaze. Here's my drawing of some of his women. Mine aren't nearly as beautiful as his however...

Point

Homework that I made my students do. This week the theme was "point."

The Uptown Girl Mural Celebrates Hunt's Point and its Women

Here is a video by the Hunts Point Express with my students and me talking about the new mural in our school community. Go here for the full article and click on "Art" then click on "Mural celebrates Hunts Point and its women."

Friend #1 Background

I have finally finished Friend #1! Yay.

Now I have to finish Friend #4... :)

Student on Ladder

It only took 30 hours! (That's sarcasm btw.)

Sneak Peek

Although these are not my friends they are students of friends, and it's the same style of those pieces.





You can see that it's not quite finished, but I thought I would share what I have been working on this summer.

Inspiration in Unlikely Places

Who knew that comic artists, such as those in Mad Magazine, were inspired by Balinese Shadow Puppet Theatre?

I saw this at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC in the section about Bali.

A Little Cheesy...

...but this is all I have had time to work on lately besides freelance stuff.

This Semester's Tessellation

I didn't quite get finished, but I think it's a fun one.

Current Social Issues

"If the shoe fits, wear it. If not, throw it out."

More amazing work by students.

Straightedge:




Pollution:




Animal Abuse:


Violence:


Save the Oceans:

Gay Rights:

Abortion:

Pollution:

Peace:

Bus Ride Home

I drew this on my way home from work one day this spring. I have never boasted about my draftsmanship, nor will I. The bus was bumpy and my hand is always shaky, but I think this drawing has a lot of character.

Wet Paint

Students' Tessellations

My students are amazing.







Tessellations by 7th graders.

Draw What You Know

January Bat

This is one I made in January for my niece's birthday...

Finished?

Not quite. We still have to crop it, but I'm thinking it looks pretty good.

Painting

Six sixth graders and I started this painting yesterday.


The music concert at my school is based around civil rights this spring, so of course the art club is helping by creating big paintings to be hung in the auditorium during the concert. Here's the first day on the first painting.

Hand Sculpture

What can I say, I love making hands out of plaster. I can't explain it. It's not high art by any means, but there is something in it that is quite satisfying for me.