My student Laura from Studio 700 created this beautiful three-dimensional bunny out of construction paper today, all on her own without any instruction. I’m so proud of her!
Archive for the ‘Random Jammin'’ Category
Here Comes Peter Papertail
Tuesday, March 23rd, 2010In the Voice of Buster Bluth: “I’m a Monster!”
Saturday, March 20th, 2010One of my students at Studio 700, Andy K, creates really cute little monster characters, so I asked him to draw one of Audrey and I. Here are the results:
More Art from Studio 700
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010As I’ve mentioned previously, I work as a sub at Studio 700, an art center for adults with disabilities, where I’m lucky to instruct or work with truly talented artists. One such artist, named Laura, works with construction paper and recently asked me what she should work on for the day. I suggested she create a self-portrait using non-traditional colors, i.e., to not use pink for her skin and brown for her hair, etc. She told me she prefers to work with animals and then created this amazing lion:
It reminds me of Henri Rousseau’s jungle paintings, such as “Surprise!”
Another student in the same class, Josh Johnsen, created this drawing while waiting for a computer. It was very offhand for him—I think he intended to throw it away—but I found in it a sense of power and mystery one often finds in more “primitive” drawings:
It actually reminds me of a recurring dream I have that seems to be a mix Edgar Rice Burroughs’s “John Carter of Mars” series and Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time, where a sweaty, heavily-muscled red-skinned warrior battles his way through frightening alien landscapes. So, I decided to color Josh’s piece, and here is the result:
Dollar Drawing Found!
Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010I Googled my name yesterday and found dollar drawings from APE created by Scott and myself. To give you an idea of how people try to stump us, someone requested “glass-penetrating ass-butterflies.” Oh, they try to stump us. And they fail. Here’s Scott’s drawing:
Someone from the same group asked me to draw “zombie moth teeth.” The image they posted online is pretty small, so I’ve enlarged it for your pleasure:
I found my drawing and a link to Scott’s drawing on the blog, “Not Funny Comics.” The links no longer work so the blog may be abandoned.
APE ’08 Halloween Costumes
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
I found this little gem whilst going through old paperwork today. Clave drew it at APE 2008 when Audrey and I dressed up as Mario and Princess Peach for Halloween but I don’t think I ever put it online, so here it is.
Drawing by Clave, Color by Jesse
Saturday, December 5th, 2009
Clave ‘n’ me!
Friday, October 2nd, 2009Here’s a little preview of Young Clave’s latest comic, entitled, “Baggs ‘n’ Me.” We brainstormed ideas for it last night and jammed up a couple of pages. Speaking of Clave, his blog recently changed URLs and can now be seen at http://clave4e.tumblr.com/
Methinks the kid draws me a little too well . . .
Revenge of Random Jammin’
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009Clave and I haven’t gotten together for a while, but when we do you know we’re trouble! Below is our latest jam comic (where we started with the last panel and then drew each previous panel to show what happened. Thanks Matt and Jessica!) and a portrait of me by Clave in the style of Roger Hargreaves. Enjoy!
Merry Christmas from Clave
Tuesday, December 16th, 2008Here’s the Christmas card I got from my student, Clave.
I think that’s the ugliest drawing of me I’ve ever seen, although it does capture our friendship nicely. You can’t make it out at this size but my shirt says, “Artoonist.” To see a larger version of the card, visit my MySpace profile.
Recent Jams
Sunday, September 21st, 2008I haven’t had a chance to post anything recently, so here are three new comics from the random jammin’ department. The first is my latest “Directed Jam Comic” with Clave based on the directions in Jessica Abel and Matt Madden’s Drawing Words and Writing Pictures (our first two jams can be seen here). This time we created an “Imageless” jam, in which “you can use words, sound effects, etc., but no representational images.”
For my birthday, Clave also created this card for me. Not really a jam, but hilarious nonetheless!
The handmade presents usually are the best presents, aren’t they?
Carolyn Main and I also recently finished our contribution to The Bridge Project. Carolyn went all out and added tones to the whole thing, which not only made our story look great but also gave the art a very unified feel. The book should be out soon; I’ll post more details as they develop!
