17 Jun 2011 | no comments »
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!)
17 Jun 2011 | no comments »
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.
16 Jun 2011 | 1 comment »
I came back to Miami after seven months of being away and found a half-completed zebra finch on my desk. I had made the frame, stretched muslin on it, and started up the whole project — I think as a Christmas gift to my mother — and completely forgotten about it. I spent today finishing the embroidery so that I can move on to new projects guilt-free. Cheers!
04 Jun 2011 | 1 comment »
Earlier this month my friend Andres was kind enough to bring his camera over and take some nice photographs of my bedroom. Each bedroom I’ve had has served as my artist’s collection and as part of my archive. The photos came out brilliantly, so please enjoy this batch.
24 May 2011 | 2 comments »
A quick ‘n dirty FLCL embroidery for a friend, the one project I was capable of working on while all of my things and supplies and tools are packed tightly into boxes and stuffed into the back of my car. Moving is annoying!
24 May 2011 | 1 comment »
A tiny painting recalled during the process of moving. Please enjoy it before it is thrown out/put in a box/forgotten forever.
14 May 2011 | 2 comments »
I completed this poster! Yay! What’s it about? I’m doing a poetry reading! Yay! Of course you want to come see me and my college buddies read absurd poetry and short stories, right? Right. All the info’s on the poster and the event is free, so come get sloshed and heckle some poets.
The text layout on the bottom half isn’t up to snuff with my general standards, but I needed to finish this and send it to my friend Jenn super quick, so take it as you will. I’m mostly satisfied with the text in the top half. And I still love the piggies. Don’t diss the piggies.
08 May 2011 | 7 comments »
Behold! A progress update! Currently the hoodie is just working off of a switch. Tomorrow my sound sensor will come in and I’ll adjust the trigger circuit accordingly. For now, the servos work properly, the hood goes up. As far as I’m concerned the purpose of it has been and always will be an automated hoodie-goes-up function.
Major massive undying thanks to Daniel Miller and Ed Bennett for all of their help and patience regarding this project.
02 May 2011 | 1 comment »
I drew some piggies! Poster layout for an upcoming poetry reading on May 17th at Innertown Pub. We haven’t come up with an acceptable name for this reading yet (got any ideas? Because “BFAW Reading” is pretty boring), but once we do I’ll sit down and finish the text layout &c. I’m pretty happy with how my piggies came out, and the color scheme, although it’s pretty pastel. I like pastel. Hush.
materials used: wacom tablet, photoshop CS5.
02 May 2011 | 1 comment »
I began this painting about two years ago as a basic sketch and an ubleached titanium white background on arches paper. It’s based on this digital piece. I’ve done a decent amount of work on it in the past week but I’m kind of stuck, and am not happy with it so far. My attempts to save it have failed. Any advice or criticisms? I am aware of the mediocre composition, and am a little lost as to what to do for the background. Also the snail shell. I will likely paint that over. Yes.
29 Apr 2011 | 5 comments »
Check out that mess on the breadboard. Look at all that delicious electrical tape. Yeah, that’s the stuff. While my circuit is completely correct, the IR emitter/detector diodes are finnicky. Without adhering to very specific and difficult-to-achieve circumstances, they won’t react to each other. It’s quite possible I’ll need to pick a different trigger circuit — got suggestions? Let’s hear ‘em.
But, on the lighter side of things, the hoodie’s been made and the servos have been sewn in. Will let you know how the mechanical aspects go later this week. The project is due to be completed by Monday the 9th.
22 Apr 2011 | 1 comment »
This piece was built in an evening for a fibers course taken my first semester of college, and then promptly forgotten about save as a decoration for my ridiculously over-embellished walls. In the process of tearing down my room and cutting down my belongings in general, I came to the realization that I want to get rid of this thing but don’t feel right doing so without quick documentation. Behold: the ram hat. Here is a picture of it when worn.
22 Apr 2011 | no comments »
I spent class last week cutting out, bending, and drilling some thin aluminum to mount my servos to. The mounts came out nicely, and I drilled perforations for simpler sewing. Building the hoodie itself today, which will include elasticized pockets for easy hardware removal.
Since some of you have asked, the high-torque servos I’m using are T-Pro MG946R, and I got them from JameCo.
21 Apr 2011 | 3 comments »
I recently started rock-climbing, and it’s probably been one of the greatest decisions I ever made. However, the equipment is somewhat expensive, and I couldn’t justify spending money on a chalk bag. Thus, today I went to a thrift store and bought two stuffed animals, and removed the belly stuffing to make a pair of pouches.
The pink one is a teddy bear minus head. It’s got a D-Ring for a carabiner and a drawstring to keep it shut. The legs and arms are sewn shut to keep chalk out of its nooks & crannies.
The panda is an old TY. The head is held closed with a hook and eye, and flops down to make a nice opening. It’s got a D-Ring and sewn-shut legs as well.
05 Apr 2011 | no comments »
In the wake of scanning in a full journal and my sophomore high school sketchbook, here are four more (much shorter) journals:
04 Apr 2011 | 2 comments »
Here’s a quick photo of the circuit layout for my current project — a hoodie that protects you when your heart rate gets too high. The circuit is taken from embedded-lab.com. I’m using only the first half as I have no need for the 3 Digit CA Display and will be using an Arduino instead of the PIC. I’ll update again when it’s been tested!
21 Mar 2011 | no comments »
With the goal of remembering that this was built in mind, here’s a picture of a frame of my Zombiegotcha sprite artwork as printed into a scarf via a Brother KH930 knitting machine in Amsterdam by some folks who are not me. Thanks to Travis Goodspeed (who also took this photo) and whoever else facilitated this creation!
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