T-Rex ROM Style Guide

So you've seen my phony T-Rex tooth, now here is the phony ROM (Royal Ontario Museum) style guide sheet. What's that you say? Boooooring!? Shutup! I get marks for this bad boy!

Say AHHHH! T-Rex Tooth!

This assignment was by far one of the most challenging for myself since I am not much of a sculpter. I made my very own recplica T-Rex fossilized K9 Tooth. I have included some of the pictures to show the process. Enjoy! Let me know what you think.

Step 1: Make wire framework for model (shirt hanger)

Step 2: Make tin foil bulk body for model (scale included)

Step 3: Super sculpy mold into shape with hands (rough shape)

Step 4: Bake that bad boy.

Step 5: Precision sculpt with Swiss utility knife, tooth pick, and tweezers.

Step 6: Blow torch model because you're impatient and totally burn it. Then sand down the burnt portions to hide your mistakes.

Step 7: Prime the model

Step 8: Paint model

ET VIOLA! Thats the process I used to make my T-Rex fossil tooth. Hope you like it, don't forget to comment! Thanks!

Quick Paintings

In Sketch class we had to paint some still objects that our prof put on our table. He gave us 10 minutes to draw each.... The following paintings we used water paint without any sketching or preliminary lines. Check em out and let me know what you think! Enjoy!






Matrix Sentinel (I didn't quite finish all the arms but this was a general idea of the object)

Mr. M&M (sadly, I had a rear view at my table)

An alien from Universal Soldier (I liked this one!)

A Wooden Human Figure (This guy came out well but I ran out of paper for the foot)

A rocker chick I painted while the prof was talking and showing videos... Started with the rolling stones mouth icon and continued to look like Courtney Love in a typical papparazzi shot of her on drugs.

Little Red Riding Hood

For a class assignment we had to make a mind map for Little Red Riding Hood, write a new version as well as a sketch of Little Red's new outfit. I really am pleased with the turn out for my sketch. I always thought of Little Red Riding Hood as a small child but I've grown up and I figure maybe so did she... The only thing that didnt grow was her outfit ;)

Hole in the Earth

This post has nothing to do with art but I am just blown away by this 'natural disaster'. It truly is unique. If you have seen the movie '2012' or 'War of the Worlds' you might be shitting in your pants at the sight of this photo. I almost did... but I was on the subway so... I resisted. Anyhow they blame this gouge in the Earth on a leaky sewage pipe. Its about 200 ft deep and 140 ft across. There used to be a 3 story building there but it was consumed by the Earthly orface along with 3 people who sadly did not survive but they have been retrieved! It's crazy. I wonder if the world is slowly coming to an end? If the 2012 prophecy is true, the world will end on my birthday. December 21. Hahaha sucks...

image: Reuters/Stringer

T-Rex Mind Map

Inspirational Artist Assignment

I had to draw 2 sketches that were inspired by the work of a modern day artist. (I actually get marks to do this stuff!) and I was thrilled to find out I was assigned Tim Burton to use as my inspiration. Tim is pretty well known for his work with films. He has directed and produced hit motion pictures such as Edward Scissor Hands, Batman, Batman Returns, Beetlejuice, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Mars Attacks, and Corpse Bride. Also mentionable, he directed the recent rendition of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) as well as Alice in Wonderland (2010). However, his illustration talent which lead him to producing is not as well known as his film work. Tim Burton drew and designed his characters for many (almost all) of his animated films. Jack, Edward, Corpse Bride, the dark and dreary version of Penguin and Cat woman from Batman and many others! I had a great source of work to give me ideas. So... Check out my rendition of Tim Burton-esque art.

P.S. I used pencil for sketches and outlined my lines with a fine point pen. Critiques welcome.

If I Had A Super Power

I would definitely want the ability to become invisible whenever I wanted. If I were able to visually dissappear I would become a super hero, knighted by Flava Flav, and known as Invisaboyeeeee!!!

WHERE?

If I could turn invisable I know exactly where I would get my powers from. The Invisaliens of Planet Invisalon. They would give me the ability to turn invisible just like them for being their amazing tour guide of the planet Earth and introducing them to the two greatest things on the planet. Pizza and Latinas.

WHEN?

They would probably give me the powers when the tour of Earth was over. I know they would be hesitant at first. After all, with great power comes great chicks. But after I took them to Rio de Janeiro for Brazil's Carnival they would ultimately give in to sharing their talent.

HOW?

The Invisaliens have special mind powers that allow them to turn invisable, travel at light speed and move things with their mind. They can use their telekenetic powers to change the order of neucleotides in my DNA. Their enormous mental capacities would allow them to break down my genome and figure out how to change the pigments in my body. After they do the genetic mutation they would have to give me a pill with a highly radioactive element they call Invisaline (it would be 117, on the periodic table if it went that high)

WHY?

After high school when I suddenly became very aware of the insignificance of each individual on Earth I would decide I didn't want to be one of the insignificant others that fade away into the past without making a mark on mankind. So I would set out to communicate with the heavens only to be answered by life forms from another Galaxy. They would tell me they were doing an assesment of the different planets with intelligent life and they wanted me to give them a tour of our planet to evaluate the value of our species. Little did I know, they would give me the power to turn myself invisible and I would use those powers to help people all around the world. Thus, creating a world-renowned reputation as INVISABOYEEEEE!!!

Fractal Zoom

Ever wonder what a fractal would look like if you zoomed in like 1 gazillion times!? Me either but if you got time to burn full screen this baby in a dark room!

http://kottke.org/10/02/insanely-deep-fractal-zoom

Create a Rabbit

My sketch class prof told the class to create a rabbit in 5 minutes. So we had to sketch it up and paint it with watercolors. Pretty damn preschoolish but it was refreshing doing something non digital using classical mediums. Heres a picture of it for y'all to see. Im thinking of vectorizing it to fix it up so stay tuned.


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