Harmony of Composition

In an effort to make this more of an educational blog, I decided to analyze some compositions I found on the internet machine. Take a look at this first image. It is a good example of leading the eye...

Where does your eye go? The cute kittens, right? Anywhere your eye starts on the image, there is an element to lead it to the kittens. The contrast between the majestic white unicorn and the dark oranges and blacks of the playful calicos really

makes the middle of the piece the center of interest. 

The addition of kittens elevates this from a good composition to a dynamic one.

Next image...

Again the darkest part of the image, the bushes, frames the kittens head, which makes it the emphasis of the piece. Also the cat on the balcony, not as cute as the kitten in hand, but still very important to the composition. It breaks up the huge dark bushes and leads your eye like an arrow to the cuter one.

This next painting, although great, could be more dynamic with a well placed kitten.

Like this one...

or this haunting one....

I think in compositions we should all look to find where the unicorn needs the kitten, and vice versa. I have a note above my workspace that says "Does this unicorn compostion need a kitten?" to which I always reply "Yes, yes it does"

Guy in wolfs clothing

I saw this guy the other day whilst driving to work... 

This was my reaction...

Three years ago my reaction would have been this...

But after a couple of years of CalArts, a man who looks like Pete Wentz in a wolf costume on a unicycle seems like just another Monday.

Jonas Brothers + 1

The Jonas Brothers are successful, but I think they could be more.

You need the smart one, the cute one, the talented one, which the J Bros. have, but you also need the chubby unpopular one. Like this guy:

He is a very important point of reference. Justin Timberlake looks like just another dude when he stands next to Brad Pitt or  a young Leif Garrett, but if you stand Timberlake next to the chubby one from NSYNC...BAM! You got yourself a teen idol!

So I submit to you brothers, an applicant for the fourth member of The Jonas Brothers....ME!

Bookin it!

On my way home from work I saw the fastest man alive. He was a businessman running with traffic. 

Not since Tom Cruise in The Firm have I seen a man in a suit run so fast.

Lost...

I've been flying a lot lately,going north to south and south to north. And like most things, if you do them a lot, you get really good at them. Well, I have really stepped up my flying game over this last year, it is now bordering on professional. I don't wear a belt through security, I wear shoes that can easily slip on and off, and I ask for the ocean spray cran-grape before the flight attendant even gives me the options. I fly with the greatest of ease.

Or, at least I used to. My friend let me borrow the first season of Lost and now....

I get it. Now I get why everyone likes that show and why people are terrified to fly. I realize now the plane could potentially fall out of the sky and crash land on an island of polar bears and angry fog. 

I find myself looking around the cabin wondering who would be the Jack, the Locke, the Charlie. I fancy myself as a Kate, the deadly outlaw with even deadlier good looks. Next time you are on a plane see if you can spot the Hurly, the Claire, the Turniphead.

To keep the plane theme rolling, my friend and office mate James, sent me this funny video of comedian Louis CK. The plane jokes are really funny.

Everything's amazing, nobody's happy

Jack Donaghy

I met a Baldwin on Sunday at urban outfitters. Alec, to be exact. Here is an artist interpretation of said meeting...

I wasn't going to approach him at first, but I did, for three reasons:

1. I love 30 rock, he is hilarious on it.

2. He looked bored.

3. I met Stephen Baldwin four months ago backstage at a concert....

In order to complete the Baldwin trifecta I will be frequenting restaurants I know Billy likes. 

I'm hoping after I meet all the Baldwin brothers, they will take me in as one of their own and teach me how to act for television, be handsome, and call my children rude little pigs without legal ramifications.

Bear Thoughts

This bear is thinking about life's mysteries. How do all the bee's fit in such a small hive? How do I sleep through the entire winter without starving to death? If Nadya had six babies already, why did she have eight more?

Man Grab

This ever happened to you guys?

You go in for the hug with your buddy, but he's thinking hand shake...

so you switch to hand shake, but now your buddy is ready to hug. 

By the time you connect, you end up in this weird thing that nobody is invested in.

Solution: Man grab. You hold out one hand to shake and the other to hug,
then just get ready for the best man grab you'll ever have.

A coyote of my own

www.dailycoyote.net is a blog I like to look at. It is by Shreve Stockton who writes and takes pictures about her pet coyote, Charlie. I love this blog because I too would love a pet coyote. I hope to one day find a recently orphaned coyote baby and raise it up to be my loyal dog.

The closest I've gotten, was jogging near CalArts. I was running through some high brush, and the head of coyote popped up only ten feet away from me. I took a moment to try and tame the wild dog with my eyes. It was a good half minute of locked looking balls when I decided I needed to take our relationship to the next level. I knelt down slowly. She turned her head to take off, but my eyebrows went up in an expression that said "don't go". She got the message and turned back towards me. I took this as a good sign, so I held out a hand to invite a nice pet, but she had enough. The kiyoat jumped over the hill and out of my life forever. I ran those same hills over the next few weeks with corn chips in my pocket. I was hoping to see her again, and use the corn chips to lure her in close to me. I thought just as she came to snack, I would wrestle her to the ground and wait until she gave in to our friendship. Now I know for next time you befriend wild animals through force, not patience and respect.

KILLER CACTI

                                    "How bad is it?"

I once fell into a cactus bush. This drawing is no exaggeration, I nearly died.  I remember this situation happened not long after my sister had fallen into her own cactus bush. I did not heed that warning or the warning found in the theme song for Hey Dude. But these days I hear it loud and clear. "Watch out for those man-eating jack rabbits and that killer cacti, heeeeeyyy dude."

 

Star Trek

Here are some production designs I did for the new star trek movie. I didn't think the designs needed to be updated. I hope the final film will have the same energy as these three vignettes.

NEW STUFF

These guys are for a story I am working on in my free time.