# 95. Advertisement

This is the Spring 2011 recruitment flier for my professional business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi, created by yours truly. As much as I really dislike returning to school this week, I am excited to start a new semester with my fraternity brothers.

Additionally, stuff like this really makes me want to get into digital art. I’ve been thinking about purchasing the adobe photo shop lately. What took me hours on Microsoft power point would have only taken minutes if I had photo shop. I took a digital photography class my first year in college and it was a real bust. However, I found several photo shop tutorials on the internet, who needs a professor anyway?

# 24. No Time

I’m not sure why but I admit I have a fascination with clocks and here are a few reasons why:

1.       I think it might be because they are easy to manipulate artistically.

2.       They have mechanical innards that you can choose to expose or leave hidden within

3.       The numbers on the face of the clock present their use for uniqueness. (different fonts and styles of typography)

4.        Location or type of clock. Is it a grandfather clock at the top of a stairwell or a hand watch on a morning jogger.

5.       The face of a clock can always be a work of art on its own. I mean really any work of art can become a clock all you have to do is cut a hole in the middle and insert the battery operated clock arms.

And since I’m on the topic I thought I would include 2 older drawings that I did many years ago.  These were the first on my fascination with clocks. I use to go through magazines and cut out all the advertisements for watches along with everything else that showed mechanical parts. I used them to create both of these. The pencil drawing (the one on the right) is one of the pieces that I've sold.

# 52. Deep in Thought

Hmmmm, I wonder what she’s thinking about. Well, she’s probably thinking she’s pretty and that she’s making a lot of money because she’s a model in a magazine. The medium is oil pastels. But, I have to say she worked well for a model for my drawing. Haven’t you ever looked at someone staring off into space and wondered what they were thinking? 

My recent thoughts:

Mean people suck! Just because you are unhappy with your life it is not okay to take it out on other people. I’m actually not talking about a single person or a particular situation although I can think of many. But in general, there is nothing I hate more than someone I do not know expressing excessive rudeness towards me for no reason, especially when I have done nothing but be positive and greet them with a smile.  Furthermore, just because you are in a position of power doesn’t give you the right to push people around and act like you are entitled to the world. If I were in that position I would want to be admired not despised.  

The way I see it life is so much more pleasant if your attitude toward life is more pleasant. And, I strongly believe that good things happen to good people. I saw a commercial once I think it was a phone commercial or something but it played two scenarios side by side. In one scenario a girl drops her ballet shoes at the same time some famous ballet producer walks by and helps her pick them up, the other scenario she misses him. It then shows her having dinner with the guy vs. her being the waitress serving him wine and finally she’s on stage dancing vs. she’s in the stands watching. I would like to think this applies to the “good things happen to good people” rule. When you decide you want to be a positive person over time more random opportunities come your way. If you choose to be a grumpy mean person those doors of opportunity never open or you can just call it karma. Anyway, I just wish there were more nice people in the world and less mean people that suck.

# 9. Drive

I added an extra detail picture of the eye. The full scale picture of the drawing just doesn't seem to give it justice.

As I was drawing this I couldn’t help think of the theme and think of a couple of songs that really came to mind. Two in particular Drive by Incubus and Don’t Look Back by Boston

“Sometimes, I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear

And I can’t help ask myself how much I’ll let the fear

take the wheel and steer.” – Drive by Incubus

“Don't look back, a new day is breakin
It's been too long since I felt this way
I don't mind where I get taken
The road is callin, today is the day

I can see, it took so long just to realize
I'm much too strong not to compromise
Now I see what I am is holding me down
I'll turn it around

I finally see the dawn arrivin
I see beyond the road I'm drivin” - Don’t Look Back by Boston

It’s kinda interesting how drawings come out sometimes. This one seemed to finish with a bit dark and sad haze which wasn’t exactly what I was going for. But sometimes even a slip up in a line actually ends up really cool. Just for giggles here is the 2 minute sketch I did on my lunch hour. You can see where the idea came from and how it grew. Who knows maybe I’ll even turn it into a painting some day.

 

# 68. Hero

Every little kid needs a hero and someone to look up to. I decided to go with Buzz Lightyear. He’s not a run around save the world kind of character but a more silly, playful like hero.

# 5. Seeking Solace

For me, I think of solace as places that personally bring me physical and mental peace. A place to go and admire the beauty that is all around you, and the chance to gaze upon the godliness that is far away.

The flowers are hand drawn by yours truly; the background is a picture I found long time ago that has been the back ground on my computer for a long time. The observation was taken by the Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys in July 2004, (NASA). I also adore the picture because if you look closely you can almost see a face within the stars and you know I love illusions like that! I thought of drawing it but I decided I really like the way it looks as is. However it does leave me with ideas for another theme.   = )

# 85. Spiral

I do have to admit M. C. Escher was my inspiration for this drawing. I like the thought of stairways and doorways arranged in a way that the direction of gravity becomes confusing. It’s almost like you lose your own sense of gravity just trying to comprehend it. I took that concept and twisted it to my own style. However, I left the feel and points of gravity to the center and partly to the lower right corner.

My older brother married his gorgeous fiancé last night on New Year’s Eve. It was a truly beautiful wedding. As I was finishing this drawing, a thought came to mind,” life is like a twisting stairway you never know where it might lead or what surprises await. However, with marriage you know you will never have to climb those steps alone.” Congrats big bro!

P.S. Happy New Year!