JULIA SCOTT likes drawing a lot

Love Gone Wrong

2012-01-25T00:41:00.000-08:00

here's my piece for the Love Gone Wrong show at Artspace in Richmond VA this month. THE COLORSSSS AHHHHH

Pirates of Coney Island

2012-01-25T00:34:00.000-08:00

Pinup for the returning issues of the most excellent comic series by Rick Spears and Becky Cloonan.

fan farts and space bros

2011-11-12T19:04:00.000-08:00

After all these years, I think drawing fanart is still my favorite game. Pretty much all of my warm ups before getting to work are devoted to drawing characters from different series that I have loved. It's also a lot of fun to look at series like Gundam Wing, which I have loved utterly since it's 1995 American debut. Looking at my GW stuff, I can see how I drew it then and how I draw it now. I can lay out a definitive map of the development of my skill over time by looking back at my fanart, and for me that is so much fun. Fanart is fun. The most important part about drawing fanart is that you think about how you enjoyed that series, and then find a way to convey that pleasure into a piece. I feel like certain characters are my property by this point, to some extent. Characters I've drawn so many times, I'm pretty sure I can see inside their minds. Inside their twisted, fictional minds. You know? YOU KNOW? YOU KNOW RIGHT

I feel like anybody who has ever drawn fanart is with me here.

SPERA's She Saw it Then

2011-11-10T06:08:00.000-08:00

Check out "She Saw It Then", my most recent contribution to Josh Tierney's SPERA universe. Scope my pages here, and make sure to go back to the beginning to get the original story if you ain't already caught up.

RVA Mag

2011-11-09T22:45:00.000-08:00

Huzzah, RVA Magazine interview!

Check the website version of the article at this link, and check out the print version in the full size issue #6.

reflections on anime and time travel

2011-10-08T21:23:00.000-07:00

Time traveling plot devices, secondarily to amnesia, are some of my favorites. Trunks, therefore, is clearly one of my favorite characters in Dragonball Z. His relationship with his fake dad Gohan is strange, and I can't imagine traveling back in time to see your super tough fake dad as some weird overly muscled cabbage patch kid that gets shrieked at about studying all the time can be very easy. I'm surprised not more characters just go insane. This excluding Vegeta, who I'm pretty sure everybody suspects was insane from the beginning.

I think I read on a forum once, some nerd making the comment "Dragonball Z isn't about fighting. It's about never giving up!" Often times I find myself mumbling this sentiment over and over, and humming the Bruce Falconer theme songs while I power walk with my coffee to work. Nerd zen.

static colors

2011-10-08T21:21:00.001-07:00

CANNOT STOP USING HASHY STATIC COLORS FOR EVEEEERYYTHINGGG

D:

Warhol and Basquiat

2011-05-30T23:39:00.001-07:00

Weirdest best friends ever.

I've been looking at a lot of Basquiat recently to help get the creative juices churning for a self-portrait class I'll be teaching over the summer. I still can't stop kicking myself in the pants for not seeing the giant Basquiat retrospective in Paris last year, but the more I think about it, the more I justify it by thinking he probably wouldn't have agreed with his work being displayed alongside the art he spent so much of his time mocking. I guess we'll never know. He's off with Andy up there in the sky somewhere, peeing on the clouds. Geniusly.

ROTA Race to Purgatory III

2011-05-04T18:51:00.000-07:00

See you there, maybe!

BULLY (Canis Canem Edit) Zine

2011-04-09T01:34:00.001-07:00

OH SNAP WHAT IS THIS
Gosh, I better go to MoCCA to find out.

Telepath Generation

2011-04-05T18:52:00.000-07:00

OH, what's this? Could it be a newly unveiled comic project with Spera creator Josh Tierney and company? WHY YES, I BELIEVE IT IS. Will the first issue be printed some time late this summer? WHY YES, I BELIEVE IT WILL BE.

hoh hoh hoh!

BORFDAEEE

2011-03-28T00:22:00.000-07:00

Birthday card for the boss man's lady. It's 3am, there's no food in my house, and the smell of maple syrup is being carried around on the wind. :(

EDIT:
A secondary version which is less cute and more badass. In other news I still have no food, but now my house just smells like cat pee. :( :( :(

Akira is so awesome

2011-03-27T00:02:00.001-07:00

I'm in kind of a slump tonight. I drew all weekend and didn't really get enough work done as I would have liked. I am pretty tired of working like a maniac and being really poor. Isn't there some kind of instant good luck slot machine I can play and win every time? Can it shower me with gold coins too?

I love Akira. I love it so much. I'm using that movie to attempt to kickstart my brain again. Drawing Banzai!

madatoms article sampler

2011-03-25T14:49:00.000-07:00

Some recent samples of work for a few madatoms.com articles. A couple of these are already up, so check out the website to see them in their full glory, accompanied by humorous articles!

fantasy movie night

2011-03-20T11:58:00.000-07:00

I wish I had...

2011-02-03T23:41:00.000-08:00

I wish I had the time and equipment to pursue animated project ideas. :(
I think I know what to ask Santa for next Christmas.

sketching, postcards & process, oh my!

2011-01-24T22:25:00.000-08:00

half done projects have a really good way of stacking up on my desktop. From time to time, I get to dig through them and figure out which ones I still have an invested interest in, and which ones I can just trash. Recently, though, I've been having a nearly impossible time of it trashing anything! So all my for fun projects, in the exception of the rare three or so things, remain the same and yet go for the most part untouched. One day, I will get to these fun diamonds.

On the work side of things, I designed a postcard for Yours Truly. There is another one in the set done by someone else, but they share the same back. I've decided that I love pink. I used to be afraid of it, I think. Now all I want to do is mash my face into giant swathes of magenta and fuchsia.
I went for a similar feel to the ad I drew for us recently for RVA magazine in an attempt to give the people in our tiny city some sort of familiar visual cues. Pink. leaves. feathers. Greens and blues. decorative texture.

Here, I think is probably as close to a tutorial as I'm going to ever get. My coloring process takes much longer than the initial inking process. I try many different color combos before I get to something I like. From every version I create that appeals to me, I take maybe one color, or one piece of contrast, and bring it to the next level. Thus I obnoxiously birth art. But I think coloring is the most enjoyable part of the process for me, who feels a bit like a wizard putting together a complicated jigsaw puzzle.

until next time!

RVAnthology site launch!

2011-01-08T22:48:00.000-08:00

Yes, it's true. Now you are free to purchase your copy of the RVAnthology online! For a mere pittance, you get five excellent and beautiful stories about love, fear, homelessness, death, sex, and cats! What more could you ask for? Check it out immediately! RVANTHOLOGY.COM

I want to go to there!

The RVAnthology release party...

2010-12-15T00:09:00.000-08:00

... was a complete success!

Thanks to everyone who came to the Whitley Gallery December 10th for the release party for the RVAnthology! I'm pleased to say that these photos are some low-key action shots, because at one point the gallery became so full that the windows fogged up and it was impossible to walk around! Neato! (Unless one finds oneself carrying a glass of red wine. yikes!) The turnout was much better than I expected, and we are well on our way to meeting our financial goals. It's been a weird, long road up to this point, but I hope to do it again soon!

For those of you interested in picking up one of these bad boys for yourself, if you live in Richmond you can swing on down to The Whitley Gallery on 17th and Main across from the old farmer's market and purchase your copy there. All 200 first editions are autographed by everyone involved, and are selling for $25 each. Select original works from all the artists are also on display, and available at very reasonable prices. When the show comes down in January, the book will be made available at your local Virginia comic book store (including the very badass Velocity Comics, who always show up full force in support, as well as mine own shop, Stories Comics) and on the internet.

Thanks again, to everyone else involved! Y'all know how to make a girl feel special.

Kill Bill: Curse of the 31st

2010-12-11T05:44:00.000-08:00

Wraparound for my most recent client. The album is still en process, but when you can pick it up I'll make an edit to this post.

Curse of the 31st

2010-11-28T15:26:00.000-08:00

Doing the whole CD package for this handsome guy!
Watch out for Kill Bill, Curse of the 31st, coming in January!

More when there's more.

RVAnthology promo video teaser

2010-11-25T09:21:00.000-08:00

Rvanthology, Yours Truly, misc.

2010-11-16T23:02:00.001-08:00

Hey guys! Happy almost thanksgiving!

Finally, after much adieu, my pages for Sink Slow Down got finished, and the RVAnthology is now officially off to the printers! Boom Boom Burgers as just come forward as a sponsor for our opening, so fortunately we can now afford to buy better booze and get a better DJ! Neat! (I wonder if there will be complimentary burgers? ah-hee- hee :d )

Now what is left to me is to assemble some few personal works of my choice for the show which is happening simultaneously. I'm bored with the prints I have now, and have been making a concentrated effort to try and whip together some new stuff. Mostly I've only managed to lamely photoshop some blown out reference pix together, but here and there a glimmer of something cool is showing. Moo.com can turn around postcard prints so fast, I won't really have to make any ultimate decisions until probably the end of the week or a little later. Also I've been separating some original line from the comic for prints as well, so we'll see how people like those.

Additionally to the seeming future success of the anthology, I've also gotten a second job! Cool! I am now the only illustrator at my friend's fledgling graphic design company, Yours Truly LLC. Here's a spot ad we're running in Richmond Mag and RVA mag:

Drawing is so fun.

Remember friends, The RVAnthology is on facebook! Watch for updates about the release.

RVAnthology progress

2010-09-30T22:30:00.000-07:00

Holy Toledo! Progress! Tonight was a good inking night. Sometimes I feel like I'm reaching down and grabbing my inspiration and dragging it out like yanking up a stubborn tree root. But it's on nights like these that I remember why this is so hard for me, and furthermore, why it's so important I tell my story right.

I also cannot get this song out of my head for the life of me:

RVAnthology Promo Poster

2010-09-17T00:10:00.000-07:00

Gave my script a facelift, and honestly, I couldn't be happier. You'll see.

a'commin December 2010. SO WATCH OUT , because it's gonna rule the school.

the cat came back & other stories

2010-06-18T20:52:00.000-07:00

Drawing a short for a little anthology all about stories based in Richmond, my home city in Virginia. This is the first super personal story I've ever done that's gonna go to print, so I'm a little nervous about it! uhhhh! But I am very excited to draw more buildings than I normally do. That will be a fun challenge. Also, the whole project is going to be in color, which I would like to develop some other, more tactile method for. Maybe watercolor? Huh? Humm! Hm.

Anyway, I'll be sure to post about the release party when we have a solid date.

a little of this, a little of that

2010-05-02T21:52:00.000-07:00

Hey Guys! I've been in such a jumble of activity recently that I haven't had too much time to draw! Or, strike that, I've been spending all my time doing work for other people, ie, the mural I'm working on at a local bar (pictures forthcoming), but here are a few little things.

Here is a gouache-y commission thing I did for a lady who wanted cute goat men? Haha. Hairy nipples. All the furries have hairy nipples.

And here's an illustration for a BULLY fanzine I'm making with a friend who works at Rockstar. There is a serious lack of pinups of handsome dudes, if you ask this lady. Sure, most nerds are dudes, and a lot of dudes like drawing pictures of cute ladies. It's in their nature, like it's in mine to draw muscly ....high schoolers? Huhhhh... gonna have to think that one through again...

REGARDLESS, best atmosphere of any adventure game ever, the end.

FMA, Munich 1921

2010-04-15T15:19:00.000-07:00

Yeah, uhh, I'll admit it. I like Full Metal Alchemist.
There, I said it.

Not Simple by Natsume Ono REVIEW

2010-04-15T13:24:00.001-07:00

HEY GUYS! Lets talk a little bit about...

NOT SIMPLE by Natsume Ono.

True to it's name, be that referring to the relationships of the story, or to the involved people themselves, Not Simple is a lot to take in. I've read things before that were definitely more complicated. Longer, more difficult plotlines, more complex drawings to look at, etc... but for some reason this graphic novel struck me as one of the best and most perfect examples of the saying, 'less is more'. In this case more. A LOT more.

Ian, a seemingly homeless hitchhiker, spends his life traveling the world attempting to track down his missing sister, who may or may not also be his real mother. He befriends a gay novelist who is amazed by his life story and begins to chronicle it. Split into two halves, the first part is told from Ian's perspective as he rehashes old memories. The second is lived through the lens of his novelist friend, Jim.

The story itself is excessively depressing, and left me feeling both contemplative and disquieted. Not because reading it was unpalatable... It was merely a sad story with a sad ending, made obvious to the readers within the first ten pages. Much like Grave of the Fireflies, the reader already knows the main character dies from the very beginning, and it is a slow, painful ride from an opportunistic beginning to the dirty, ruthless end. With incest, child prostitution, alcoholism, divorce, homelessness, and disease all weighing down the migrant main character, Ian, our hearts break a little every time we see his childlike optimism worn down. I got the impression, also, that Ian may have suffered from some sort of mental disorder, keeping him simpleminded and sweet even as he grew older, in the face of especially horrible adversity. This might be an offshoot of his DNA, or it may not be. A sudden change in his mood at the end of the book however makes it confusing, suggesting just extreme mental duress more than anything else. Regardless, your heart goes with him %100 of the way, to the very bitter, and strangely ambiguous end.

The linework, which is stark and simple, is barren enough to simply reveal the facts. Anatomy is guesstimated, backgrounds are drawn as more of a suggestion than a fleshed out world. And the faces are both traditional manga with their simple, overly-huge eyes, and yet nothing like that at all. (strangely, Ono draws stuff that looks like this the rest of the time. whattttt?) More than anything, the art feels hungry to me, as if asking the reader to fill in the missing space with their imagination. Much of the book is in the minutia, between looks and quiet pauses. Ian's eyes are two vacant, scribbly circles, that seem to get wider and hungrier as you go, in stark comparison to everybody else's lidded, suspicious stares.

The way Ono approaches family relationships, sex, and the infinite number of cruel daily human interactions is bold and straightforward. She doesn't pull any punches, making me feel sometimes like I'm intruding on someone's really personal business, as opposed to the feeling of falling into another world that I like so much about reading comics. It was definitely a strange, absorbing experience, sort of like watching a nature documentary where you're rooting for the dying gazelle, that ends up getting eaten by the alligators in the end anyway. But it was an experience that I found profoundly interesting, and that, after I've let the story process a little, I will return to for a second and third read. Despite the stark drawing style, I feel like there are still some things I missed, and I expect to pick up on the minutia even more the next time around.

you can read the first chapter online here. Though it took me a little bit of time to warm into the story, I really suggest this for people who like indie manga and have a taste for sad stories. It's one of the best character studies I've read all year.

SPERA pinup

2010-02-28T08:34:00.001-08:00

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ROTA race flyers

2010-02-17T11:58:00.000-08:00

IF you happen to find yourself in Richmond Virginia on March 4th, and if you happen to love the shit out of your bicycle, then come on down and hang out with me and my homies in ROTA for their second annual really fun RACE TO PURGATORY, with sweet prizes!

DATE CHANGE: MARCH 14!!

mark your calendars!

Jimmy Lounging

2010-02-11T22:45:00.000-08:00

I wanna do more experiments with gradients. I hardly ever finish something off in black and white or greyscale anymore... a habit I'm going to have to learn to break if I'm trying to get cheap and DIY about publishing any of my comics.

picture post!

2010-02-08T09:28:00.000-08:00

I think it's official that I have now spent 1/2 of my total money pool on comic books instead of paying off my student loans. ah ha... ha ha ha... hahaha... hahahahaHAHAHA ! oh no.

recent reading both old and new:

Last Call by Vasallis Lolos
completely nuts. This guy's inking drives me crazy, I must have read this little buddy a dozen times and I still can't stop looking at it! It makes my eyeballs feel soooooo goooooodddd. Lolos is maybe my favorite illustrator right now.

Notes for a War Story by Gippi
I love love love love love Gippi's scribbly linework. His sensitive watercolor over top gives it an effortless, and yet somehow carefully premeditated, thoughtful feel. Plus his stories are so sad and good, in weird slice-of-life ways, even when the book itself is about something as major as what war does to people.

Unloveable by Esther Pearl Watson
more bathroom reading, really, but every girl (and sometimes guy) has felt like Tammy at least once. I feel like we were friends in another life.

A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Taking in both Tezuka and Tatsumi to figure out who is the real grandfather of japanese comics. My experiences thus far with Tatsumi have been thought provoking and mortally depressing. I'm learning all about gekiga, cool!

Red Blinds the Foolish by Est Em
a weird and rare BL novel that tells a couple of really provocative, well written, and realistic stories. Especially poignant is one short about a grown man whose lover, a shoemaker, discovers an old cherished family memory, and makes his sean connery-lookin ass boyfriend a pair of beautiful red high heels.

MW by Osamu Tezuka
Scary, disturbing, and on/off hilarious. Tezuka's childlike style throws me off a lot of the time, making it weirder and worse when something really especially sick happens. But I think that might be what I like so much about his stuff. It's going to take me a lifetime to collect his complete body of work. I think I also like that.

New House plants from the Lowes for my drawing table! That honking cactus-lookin palm was only 10 $$$! Say whaaaaattttttt? Thanks damaged plant cart. Brian and I are planting an herb garden in our kitchen window too, look out springtime!

Expect better photos next time, as these are courtesy of my laptop photobooth. Macs are better than PCs, the end.

self portrait

2010-02-06T23:44:00.000-08:00

I realized today that I hardly ever draw pictures of myself that aren't giant wads of dough with legs. Hahaha! I totally did myself some favors here! But this was a pretty fun 30 minute experiment. I look like some kind of crazy squishy somnambulist.

Afrodisiac full poster

2010-02-05T18:00:00.000-08:00

Here's the full poster version of my entry for Velocity Comic's AFRODISIAC book release contest! And guess who won? Yeah, that's right, go ahead. THIS girl. uh-huh.

The event itself was small because of terrible snowy weather, but good. Actually, I always tend to enjoy things more when they are on the small side, due to my inability to always be able to navigate around awkwardly loitering nerds. I hate awkward loitering, and find myself doing a lot of it whenever at a signing of any kind. So it really doesn't help the situation when there's ten other dudes doing the same thing, except way taller and/or fatter and weirder. Not that I can't appreciate my own kind, but I sort of wish more lady nerds had come out. Street Angel was an important project for me as a lady, especially a lady who has had her fair share of destitute living situations. But whatever, their loss. Sorry nerd ladies.

So Jim Rugg was obviously there, celebrating and signing copies of AFRO, as well as talking up Street Angel. It seemed strange to me how many people were there that hadn't even heard of Rugg's work. What? Why trudge through waist high street-sludgy snow in the rainy dark just on a whim? Though maybe those were just the people I was lurking on while attempting not to awkwardly loiter. A difficult task, when Velocity is all chockablock full of comic books instead of floorspace, and every other dude there was like some hugely tall yet softspoken geek over the age of 26.
In retrospect, there were a lot of questions for Jim that I had that I ended up completely blanking on, when it was my turn to stutter stupidly for six or seven minutes about how I loved Street Angel so so much and especially issue 4 and especially when this thing or that thing happened etc etc. But hindsight's 20-20, they say, and I'm left wondering only if the one photo I saw someone take with me in it will turn out with me looking glazed and pink in the face, with dribbles of sweat or spit somehow irreversibly dripping down the side of my fat face. I feel like I'm 14 years old, kind of.

EDIT: that picture. AWKWARD LOITERING EVERYWHERE

Rick Spears was also there, who is a little younger and who I've met before, so it was both a relief and a lot of fun to talk to him about his projects. He's a pretty nice guy! I had a good time, I think! And winning the contest was a nice thing. Jim apparently liked my print enough to ask to keep it, so I'm stoked! I'm happy he likes it! I actually can't really comprehend it, but I can appreciate.

Hello Velocity comics, hello hello! Tomorrow I return for my winnings. Thanks Pat! yessssss... yessssss

Harris Mendel CD design

2010-02-04T21:30:00.000-08:00

For my friend Harris's CD release! His shit hits the shelf Feburary 26th, check him out!
http://www.myspace.com/hornandtusk

I like making CD designs... somehow the organizational structure makes me feel zen.

Spera-comic.com

2010-02-04T20:45:00.000-08:00

ch-ch-check it out! My part in the Spera online comic anthology can finally get posted because part II is now officially live! See some sweet writing by Josh Tierney, and a host of other cool artists in the complete story at spera-comic.com

it really is a cool project, a lot of really stupidly excellent people are involved. Look at it!

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!!!

Afrodisiac poster tease

2010-02-04T20:36:00.000-08:00

In light of my comic book store's release party for Jim Rugg and Brian Maruca's book AFRODISIAC, I decided to enter the event's illustration contest. Here is a small snippet of my entry, the whole of which I will post after it goes up at the event. I really love love love Street Angel, and I love my squeaky new copy of AFRODISIAC, but I think what I love the most is that they both feed into the history of the same fictional city. cool!

Read more about the event:
http://www.adhousebooks.com/
http://www.velocitycomics.com/

richmond, WUT WUT

Assorted Announcements

2009-09-29T17:46:00.001-07:00

Hi guys! Check out my Etsy shop to buy your very own PRINTS of mine! Cool! Message me about sizes and preferred shipping methods, if you have preferences!

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=7709031

Also, I got written up for the RVA magazine blog, which you can read about here:

http://rvamag.com/articles/full/5269/julia-scott-likes-drawing-lot#comment-913

Space Angel Baby

2009-09-27T21:51:00.000-07:00

A typography project that deviates from my usual style a lot. I decided at the end of this project, that this composition was a cherubim from Madeleine L'Engle's book A Wind in the Door. Inter dimensional multi-eyed/winged telepathic space angel baby, anybody? Anybody, anybody?

except, you know, just the letter "R" a lot.

BAR FIGHT

2009-08-30T18:20:00.000-07:00

For a contest at Velocity Comics. Winner takes home 100 bones in store credit!

pictionary

2009-08-30T18:15:00.000-07:00

space station and mustache spirit totem

I'm not a dirty hippy, I swear to God

snowy demo

2009-07-23T01:54:00.001-07:00

I'm still trying to figure out how I feel I want to go about structuring comic pages. Here's just a little snowy experiment.

a few new characters

2009-07-02T15:52:00.000-07:00

my roommate Brian and I are writing a little comic together about a gay superhero we feel like we can relate to. here are some suuuuper early designs for some of the main characters. Super hero is the dude with the busted face (he can read people's thoughts now, after head injuries from being beaten up too many times) scary guy with the beard is the love interest, and the mandeusa is some sort of sub-villain. of course, this will be set in Richmond.

space house show next door

2009-06-02T17:09:00.000-07:00

more space punk house

hangin out. Being aliens. I think the girl's weird alien feature must be telepathy or something because she doesnt have some kind of animalian appendage like all the others.

art trading cards!

2009-05-17T19:33:00.000-07:00

So recently I've really gotten into this idea of the art trading card. You make a card. You trade a card with one somebody else has made. You do this through snail-mail, or by direct contact. Either way, no money is involved, and you get to collect lots of rad little bits of other people's interesting things. So, thus then in brief: TRADE WITH ME!

here's a sample of some cards close up, because the photo couldn't be of a better quality:

The pieces individually are pretty interesting in person, I think. They're pretty quickly done, mostly watching TV or talking on the phone. Kind of delightful, continuous hand gesture. Most of them have highlighter, and some of them have gold paint, so really the best way to look at them is in person.

Come on. I know you guys want to trade. It'll be so fun.

jammin fresh kitchen sit down

2009-05-16T14:27:00.000-07:00

TEXTURES :D

I'm not really sure how to apply textures, but I think I'm beginning to figure SOMETHING out.

space punk house poster mock up

2009-04-18T21:39:00.000-07:00

space punk house doodle color plan 1 for BIG DETAILED POSTER

hurr, arrg. brain not functioning today.

fire BAD. Tree PRETTY.

Gorillaz hanging out in the living room

2009-04-11T23:26:00.000-07:00

Another WIP. I couldn't fit Russel in, and ironically ended up having lots of awkward useless space, instead of not enough breathing room because Russel is so fat. So much more to be done... posters on the back wall, texture layers, light and shading, coloring of the linework, and maybe cropping some things out. I feel like nothing I do is ever done unless I've added thousands of perfect tiny details, but end up always getting bored and wanting to do something else instead, half way through.

In anticipation for the new documentary about the Gorillaz, there's been a lot of recent media activity. The most hilarious thus far is the discourse that takes place on Babelfish.com, which is hosting the most recent official Banannaz stuff. The documentary director has a blog there, in which Murdoc Niccals has made a delightfully unpleasant appearance. I've been following their arguement with great enjoyment. Their arguement, based on whether or not it is legitimate or not to have rights to your music or image if you are animated, has recently reached a hilarious pinnacle. When bribery and threats failed to work, Murdoc made a 3am phone call to the director from a bar, piss-drunk, to complain. You can listen to his message, posted by Ceri the director, and it is perfect. In every way.

Go. Look. Listen.
http://www.bananazfilm.com/blog/

tutti fruity colors, anyone?

2009-04-02T21:39:00.000-07:00

I use too many dull colors. This was me playing around, trying to spice things up a little.

Alison Self special release CD print

2009-03-27T21:19:00.000-07:00

Which one is best? I like the middle one, but I still can't decide.

WIP hangout sesh

2009-03-26T17:43:00.000-07:00

though this is totally not done, I thought I'd put it up anyway. I doubt I'll finish it, due to the fact that photoshop slowed down really hard and I got tired looking at it. But even so, I think the initial drawing is pretty aaiight, so, here we go.

day 2

2009-03-12T17:38:00.000-07:00

Dunno whether he knew it or not, but Peter's a cast member on
Saved by the Bell.

OMG you guys, don't tell him!

And ok, so peter's not from richmond, but I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE EYEBALLS.

He fits into this category.

ATTENTION LADIEZ

2009-03-11T23:26:00.000-07:00

I will be drawing a Richmond Hottie every day until I get tired of it.

Even though today's Hottie is kind of creepy.

I don't even care.

ILU creepy Richmond boys.

Alex Come Home!

2009-02-25T22:49:00.000-08:00

I miss him

some contrasty sketches

2009-02-14T00:03:00.000-08:00

I is likin' sum high contrasty summin summin tonight. I love this played comic style 4-ever

Space Punk House comic jams 1, 2, and 3

2009-02-09T20:28:00.000-08:00

so my friend Zach Hazard and I came up with the idea for this comic a while ago when we were still living together, but never really got around to drawing anything for it until really recently. I moved away, but when I went to visit for the week, we finally sat down and had a comic jam. Behold the glory. (gory?)

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the trouble with nameks

2009-01-30T23:43:00.000-08:00

I love dragonball z. the end.

salvation tattoo

2009-01-30T23:40:00.000-08:00

so does anybody else have trouble scanning in highlighter colors? or is it just my scanner?
because I want to BLIND people with highlighters...

FOR-EV-ERRR

2009-01-08T19:13:00.000-08:00

you know, sometimes you think your enjoyment of something should lessen over time, but.. uhh... no. Nope. Not at all. Not in this case.

Rockstar Video's Canis Canem Edit, I will love you, FOR-EV-ER..! (for-ev-errr, for-ev-errrrr...)

Until the end of time.

when Gary Smith lights your porno mags on fire while you're sleeping, what he really means is, 'I love you'.

Side Effects cover and some thoughts

2008-11-04T12:32:00.000-08:00

Okay, so I've got a buddy working with me on the script for this one, so it'll probably show up sooner rather than later.

Recently I've been really into hand lettering stuff. Scratchy dry brushing, and funny textures. Yeah! Which, combined with my newly revamped UBER digital take on everything, I'm hoping will temper the lifeless digital tone sometimes that kind of art can take on.

Also, I just want to make scary logos for everything now. Maybe I'll make more for this, just for fun.

Plot? well, there's an insane asylum for this one, some bugs, some blood, some flashbacks, probably an arson charge, perscription drug abuse, high tops, ghosts, cigarettes, booze, and a hella ton of sound effects. AMBIENT AUTUMN COMIC PROJECT, GO!

STOP, sketchbook time

2008-11-03T14:37:00.000-08:00

Some pages from an old sketchbook I don't want to forget about:

November already?

2008-11-02T20:00:00.000-08:00

Halloween has come and gone with little trouble. I stopped a fight, drank Jim Jones Juice, had an amusing conversation with a police officer about Pabst Blue Ribbon, burnt a pumpkin pie, and slept late when it was rainy.

Here's a drawing.... BLAM! secret comic project, GO!

getting used to the new tablet, still. I keep wanting to hold it at a slant, and then get confused as to why none of my lines are right. What? Oh. Stupid left handed slant.

Cyclus T-shirt Design

2008-10-25T20:41:00.000-07:00

t-shirt design for my friend Suzie's bike shop:::::
check out their myspace:
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=408603749

subject to revision?

I feel like a Rockstar when I play this game.

2008-10-21T00:26:00.000-07:00

so, uhhhhh... is it cool if I just want to draw videogame stuff for a while?

Without a doubt, Rockstar Video's BULLY is my favorite videogame of all time. I mean, it has everything. The ultimate premise. (Boy meets school. Student body tries to kill boy. Boy conquers school.) The coolest main character. (Lore has it that Jimmy Hopkins's shiftless absentee father is none other than GTA's famous Tommy Vercetti.) The coolest arch nemisis. (Gary Smith, he of the excessive medications for multiple paranoias and disorders.) A COOL city map where you can get tattoos, clothes, hair cuts, do graffitti, fight cops, launch things from rooftops, hang out with greasers, red necks, rich kids, nerds, teachers... you can participate in bike rallys and races. Mow old ladies down with the riding mower, push people down hills while they're in port-a-pottys, start food fights, smash cars, ride go karts, and steal virtually anything that isnt tied down. It also helps that certain unlockable outfits, like the black ninja suit, give you cool ammunities and help your mischeif along. And glory upon glory, you can make out with girls AND boys, for extra heath bonuses.

Gosh darn it, Rockstar Video. You've done it again.

Tin Tin and the Captain

2008-10-05T21:55:00.000-07:00

Apparently when I was small and read the big floppy copies of the Adventures of Tin Tin, I would always ask my mom why Tin Tin and Captain Haddock weren't married.

I mean... why aren't they?

They should at least live together by this point.

Sheesh.

BULLY-tastic

2008-09-28T22:49:00.000-07:00

It seems suddenly as if I can no longer merely -play- Rockstar Video's ultra-cool high school simulator game, BULLY, but must now draw it everywhere. And on everything.

Expect to see more of this. And maybe some Tommy Vercetti.

yay fashion showz

2008-05-19T19:25:00.001-07:00

so... i really like orange marker.

a conversation i overheard while sitting in the audience of the spring 08 MICA fashion show. sweet sweet intermission

138th street last page

2008-05-19T19:09:00.000-07:00

the end

:D

138th street page 5

2008-05-19T19:07:00.000-07:00

138th street page 4

2008-05-19T19:04:00.000-07:00

138th street page 3

2008-05-19T19:03:00.000-07:00

138th street page 2

2008-05-19T19:02:00.000-07:00

138th street page 1

2008-05-19T18:58:00.000-07:00

first and only intricately colored page in a little project based on a song by The Walkmen.

whiskey business

2008-05-19T18:52:00.000-07:00

I can't stop playing Rockstar video's BULLY. I NEED IT. Like a flower needs sunshine. Like an alcoholic needs booze. It's such a clever game. I feel clever playing it. Also for the record, I'm king of the greasers now.

oh, and, whatever ex boyfriend number whatever. It's not like I take out my hostilities on paper or anything. you'll get what's coming to you.

Gay Dumbledore

2008-05-19T18:51:00.000-07:00

it's true.

dicky business

2008-05-19T18:49:00.001-07:00

I hate you ex-love-of-my-life. just so we're clear about it.

Musical Zodiac

2008-05-09T14:15:00.000-07:00

yesssss, my musical zodiacs... Well, questionably musical if you're Ryan Dunn... but I just think he's so cute.

Duo Maxwell makeover

2008-05-09T14:02:00.000-07:00

I'm so susceptible to this shit. I love anime, but hate most things associated with that subculture. Does that make me a betrayer to want to draw fanart sometimes? I mean, Gundam Wing is so kick-ass. Giant robot shows make me stoked to be a professional stuff drawrer. ergo the MAKEOVER

look, he literally just beat the shirt off of someone's back! how could anyone not be into that?? because I am.

A Few More Old Sketchbook Pages

2008-05-09T13:53:00.000-07:00

haha, sorry Dan! Sometimes critiques feel like this... but then they always get better again.

Taxi Driver Spots II

2008-05-09T13:51:00.000-07:00

Jodie Foster was so hot in this movie. Man, what happened?

Taxi Driver Spots

2008-05-09T13:44:00.000-07:00

Taxi Driver Booklet cover design

Hope / Comfort

2008-05-09T13:40:00.000-07:00

Dear ex boyfiends... sometimes when I draw things that mean one thing, they end up meaning something else or not being true later. What's up with that? Human hearts, lets have some consistency, ok? yeah!

A Few Old Sketchbook Pages

2008-05-09T13:34:00.000-07:00

I miss the long format of this sketchbook. maybe I'll get another one like it...

Fast Dog

2008-05-09T13:29:00.000-07:00

BAD WORD pitch turnarounds

2008-05-09T13:26:00.000-07:00

some character turnarounds and costume changes for my animated show pitch, BAD WORD

A Loud Show

2008-05-09T13:23:00.000-07:00

bonus points to whoever can locate the secret jean claude vann damme tattoo

sound effect spots

2008-05-09T13:19:00.000-07:00

The Doppleganger

2008-05-09T13:17:00.000-07:00

An experiment with the sand down technique. Fat Alex. He's out there.

Sketchbook Page

2008-05-09T13:10:00.000-07:00

Hey new blog. check it.