New Sketchbook pieces

Over the weekend I was outside selling copies of street justice, some prints and my original art, I actually got some sketching done. It's been a while since I've done that because I've been so busy with other projects... Oh well I have fun anyway.

Guest artist Michelle Lagasca

Controversial Posters

So for this latest problem I was asked to pick a topic of controversy and make a poster "for" and "against" the topic. I decided to pick Palestine joining the U.N. as a state. The topic was quite... challenging but i'm satisfied with the finishes

 This is the "against" poster witch takes Israel's position that direct talk are the best way to negotiate statehood for palestine and essentially the U.N. is ineffective. On the presentation day I actually turned it in say ing "suck" and not stuck... a bit embarrassing.

This is the "against" poster combining the Palestinian people with their flag. This one reads a lot better and I really like this one. I think when doing projects like these it's harder coming up with good ideas for positions you disagree with.

 a prelim sketch. In an early version I had that androgynous shape dude with the flower... but he really had no business being in that composition... just too distracting.

                                                       

Pretty much the same accept for the crows. interrupting the composition... AGAIN!

an idea that didn't go very far. It was ok just not fully fleshed out

one on the humorous side 

Bonus! a sketch with guest artist Gabby.

Pop up book: process and final. A Double Feature!

 So I was tasked with the problem of creatively displaying the scientific concept of hearing in a way beyond traditional illustration or graphic design. My solution was to make a short pop-up book that was interactive and informative! I've made a pop-up book before but the first attempt was... ok.(you'll see) Good thing this turned out way better. Second times the charm! 

I made the pop up book out of a recycled LP case to add an extra connection with the hearing process and the book itself is supposed to be a mock album spread. above is the cover for the "band" called Hearing as you can see it's made up of earclopes.

Here's the jacket layout. The tabs allow you to wiggle the que tip and rattle the eardrum, which is filled with rice. On the other page is a diagram of the inner ear that is partial constructed out of old guitar strings so you can pluck it!

  

Aight! now the process first I took three sheets of watercolor paper and using heavy matte medium as a glue I pasted them on to the album

For those interested it was a best of Genesis album. I got it for a dollar a the center for creative reuse in Oakland (awesome place btw) it looked pretty cool

incidentally if you want the LPs I still go them... or maybe I'll save them for a shawn of the dead type zombie attack

The next step was painting it all entirely with black gesso. The cover was achieved by drawing it all out on tracing paper, cutting it out  then putting rubber cement on the back. That way when the gesso went over it I could use a rubber pick up to get the tracing paper up and have that nice white space. I used this with my Christopher Walken portrait.

Here's a mock up for the final book

So now some bonus material!

 About a year ago I tried to make my first pop up book, which was a hand guide to zombie survival. Their are parts I like(the zombie drawings!) and parts i'm not content with (the general layout) but it helped me in knowing how to produce primarily tab based pop up books. for those wondering what helped learn this, The Elements of Pop-Up by David A Carter and James Diaz. It is by far the most helpful source I found on the subject. Internet sources are ok but this book is a pop up book on how to make pop up books! so having that visual aid on how it actually functions is really helpful.