A doodle that I like.
This doodle that I did over the summer makes me happy. Here it is, so that I can remember it always.
New portfolio site.
Oh fauns, it’s been a tumultuous past couple-a months. In the meantime, though, and with the help of Fin, I’ve put up a proper portfolio site to aid in all of the graduate school applications I have to finish this month (to NYU, RISD, CalARTS, SAIC, and SFAI). Rest assured, I have not abandoned you. Here’s a link to the new site, should you be interested:
Princess Rainicorn Scarf quick video.
Here’s a quick video of the scarf, with the LEDs blinking and fading. Pretty sure this is one of the cutest things I’ve ever made.
Princess Rainicorn LED Scarf.
Princess Rainicorn is a character from Adventure Time. I built this scarf as part of a Halloween costume for a friend, and threw in some LEDs for extra cuteness. It took a few days and a lot of cutting and sewing and cursing at the conductive thread, but overall I’m happy with the outcome. Here’s pictures of it, and a video will come soon (to prove that there are five LEDs altogether, lest you doubt me).
Pardon the time spent away.
I apologize for being away and not posting recently. I’ve been a little out of it, and in the meantime I’ve been tasked with setting up a second website to show a portfolio for my upcoming application to Die Angewandte. At the very least, I did do a bit of doodling on Corel Painter 12 (which I recently got). That’s all I’ve got to show right now, though.
Photos from some abandoned train tracks.
Fin and I took a bike ride over to some abandoned train tracks (and also an abandoned rail station?) nearish to Praterstern a few days ago. Photography has never been something I’m particularly good at, but here’s a small set of photos from that outing anyway.
Laser cutter fun: Antler necklace test.
This was actually put together prior to CCCamp011 but I’ve been busy and distracted, I suppose. Thus I’ve still only printed out the yellow acrylic test of this Illustrator sketch. The antlers fit into both the stag and the rabbit, and later I hope to make more heads and attachments, to make an acrylic paper-doll sort of thing. I am fairly proud of the quality of the illustrator vector file as well — shoot me an e-mail if you’d like it for any reason.
New project: Semaphore bot.
Thanks to a hilarious comment by one Mr. Jeff Gough during a quickly nose-diving talk at CCCamp2011 (“They should conduct this talk in semaphore,”) I’ve had semaphore flags on the brain. Projects like this have been done previously, but never with the complete alphabet/vocabulary. Thus, having ordered the parts and started the sketching process, fin & I will be building a semaphore bot that will, hopefully, read out in semaphore the various correspondences my grandfather had during WWII. Woohoo!
A portrait of Adora for growabrain.tumblr.com
I was recently asked by Hanan Levin to do a portrait of his daughter, Adora, as part of a series wherein he hires two-hundred artists to draw her portrait. What an honor! I threw together a portrait of Adora as queen of the minifauna (is that a word? alas) and it was put up on the site today. Cheers!
Sketches since I’ve moved.
Since coming to Vienna, my tools have been somewhat limited (mostly by access – still haven’t managed to find an embroidery hoop/Stickrahmen) and I’ve been working on getting back into drawing (especially because the majority of my fine arts stuff recently has been digital and that gets super boring). Please enjoy the ensuing sketches, which will hopefully continue!
New business bugs!
With the help of one mister Stefan Kernjak, I built my first properly successful business cards today. Originally they were going to come flat, to be built by the recipient, but they’re delicate, so people will receive them pre-made. I’ve taken the rhinoceros beetle as my unofficial symbol for some time now, ever since I had one tattooed on my left thigh. So here they are in semi-3D, built in illustrator and on the Metalab laser cutter, and using Stefan’s custom made font for the text.
Quick embroidery project: Maple seed.
This is by far the quickest and most minimalist embroidery work I’ve ever done (text pieces aside). It took less than an hour to sketch out, prep, and complete, but I’m still pretty happy with how it came out. A friend of mine has two maple leaves on his ankle like Hermes’ wings, which I think is quite clever. I threw this together for him and will send it out tomorrow along with other mail.
Quick embroidery project: FLCL Robot.
A quick embroidery that for some reason took me forever to finish, done for my friend Christopher and based off of this artist’s decal. I’ll be sending this out in the morning along with some postcards and stuff. Yay mail!
A recipe from the illustrious Betsy Skipp, this recipe has been a family favorite for years. It uses
no added sugar, a quality that sets it apart from most chutney recipes. Use it on fish,
chicken, and lamb, or anything else that suits your fancy.
Ingredients:
- mangos (green or ripe, as you please) (you can really use any kind of fruit)
- vinegar (rice vinegar is preferable)
- garlic
- grated ginger
- lemon or lime zest
- cinnamon (sticks are best, powder okay)
- dried red chili
- whole cloves
- cumin seeds
- coriander seeds
- cardamom
- salt
- pepper
- vegetable oil
- purple onions (optional, but if you use them SWEAT THEM FIRST)
You’ll notice that no quantities have been listed — there is no set amount for ANY of
these ingredients (although your mangos should probably take up the most space).
Add or remove ingredients as you please and taste as you go.
To cook the chutney you will need a large pot and ball jars (mason jars). If you
cannot find mason jars, you can really use anything but your storage time might be
compromised as will the quality of your chutney.
Cooking instructions:
1. Put dry ingredients into the bottom of a large pot with some vegetable oil to toast
them up and bring out the flavors. If you’ve decided to use purple onions, use the
leftover vegetable oil you used to sweat the onions.
2. Add all remaining ingredients EXCEPT THE MANGOS into the pot.
3. Peel and slice the mangos, then add them to the pot too on top of the other stuff.
4. Cook on medium heat to desired thickness. If your mangos are already ripe,
cooking time will be less (Betsy recommends ten to fifteen minutes) as heating
them will just make them squishier. If your mangos are greener, cooking time will
be longer (most cooks recommend approximately thirty five minutes) unless you
desire a crunchier chutney.
Storage instructions:
1. While food is cooking, boil EVERY PART of your mason jar or other storage
receptacle. Your jars should be as hot as you can stand to hold when you fill them
to avoid too bacteria.
2. Turn them upside down on a dishtowel to drain (use tongs and pot holders!).
3. Once cool enough, ladle in your completed chutney. SEAL YOUR JARS AS
TIGHTLY AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE.
4. Turn them upside down once sealed and leave them for a bit — this will complete
the sealing process.
In case of poor storage containers:
No mason jars or other pasteurize-able glass containers? Stuck using jars with poor seals
or plastic tupperware? Then you’ve got two options:
a) Make a small quantity of chutney and eat it VERY QUICKLY. Very quickly. Slather
everything in it, because you’ve not got much time.
b) Freeze it. This is not recommended — your chutney will never taste as good as it
could have.
VU Meter Scarf.
I have been talking about finishing this for more than a year — and it’s finally done! Watch the video for more info. Here’s all mentioned links:
Bachelor of Fine Arts & Writing Thesis
Finally, the full, proper, cited, foreworded (thanks Kewagi), and complete thesis is now up and available. Enjoy!
It Was a Monster Big River Down There by Eli Skipp is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at eliskipp.com.
Mango CHUTNEY.
Oh how the light in my kitchen makes the chutney shine like gold! It’s that time again in Miami where there are so many mangos people can’t give them away. My mother & I respond to this season by making mango chutney. It’s an odd mix of spices and vinegar, onions, garlic, mango, and picante. Should I post the recipe?
Toothy Demons, purchased by Ed Platt.
Finished, signed, paid for, and shipping out tomorrow! Thank, Ed!
Commissioned toothy demons piece update.
There are some screwinesses still with the basic outlines (see: the leg in the middle piece), but with some color set in, the outlines settled on minus a few adjustments, and all the necessary materials purchased (workable fixatif, gesso, canvas, india ink, &c.) this particular triptych ought to be completed by tomorrow or the next day. Likely Sunday. Saturday I’m making mango chutney, you see.
(protip: click the picture for a massive high-rez version and look at all the seedy details!)
Sketches for most recent commissioned piece.
Last night my friend Ed Platt requested I make him a piece of art akin to this. So I drew up some quick sketches for a simple triptych that will be completed today.
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