#627, 10:06 PM. I wondered what a combination of a robot and newspaper stand would look like and especially in orange.
7-3-13
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7-3-13
#624, 12:10 AM. Playing with chainsaws can be dangerous as shown by this poor guy. The statue was at the Asian Museum in San Francisco, a recommended visit for those of you interested in Eastern culture. It’s a must stop for me whenever I’m in the Bay area.
7-1-13
#619, 8:25 PM. A bag over a head reminds me of a character on a television talent show in the 80’s called The Gong Show. The show had a character called the Unknown Comic because a grocery bag covered his head and features that also crudely hid his identity. He was loud and brash and some viewers probably found him to be obnoxious. Bags on the heads can be memorable and my anti-hero triggered this memory.
6-30-13
#615, 11:37 PM. This is approaching the sinister with the pillow doubling as a hood. In truth, it’s simply an IKEA cushion and a toy robot making an interesting combination.
6-30-13
#614, 10:19 PM. This guy was amazing. This is a toy replica of a character named Mr. Bill from a television show called Saturday Night Live during the 80’s. The concentric circles were an exercise to mask his identity to the point of near non-recognition. What a fitting tribute to this funny character that always seemed to get pummeled or met some other dire consequence at the end of his skit.
6-28-13
#611, 9:06 PM. Vintage toys are cool. Their working innards are ingenious and the exteriors are complimented with decorative graphics. This toy utilized an intricate mechanism that operated the moving parts and to think that it worked without batteries or electricity is amazing. My aim on this was to echo the red structure of the antique toy with the drawn red shapes on the right side.
6-26-13
#609, 11:00 PM. Using the same storefront window display, I moved aside for a different vantage point. Later on, I added the digital drawn shapes and noticed the “Bible Songs” package design in the lower left corner and the parking meter on the right hand side of the picture. The unplanned combination of bible songs and parking meters excited me enough to make a painting based on this digital study.
6-20-13
#608, 10:37 PM. Growing up with film cameras, I used to experiment with double exposures. The unexpected combinations from the transparencies and overlaps of exposures had a dramatic appeal. Now that I work exclusively with digital cameras, a convenient way for me to mimic this effect is to shoot an image reflected on and what’s behind a clear surface. This was a storefront window display in Glendale, CA.
6-17-13
#606, 12:20 PM. I’m finding that photography and drawing can make an interesting union. It’s not a new idea but something that I would like to explore so I should always be camera ready. This tag team technique happens to be a snapshot inside an antique store in Whittier, CA. and a drawing done in Pasadena, CA.
6-4-13
#598, 8:19 PM. This was another manipulated snapshot from IKEA. Underneath the swirling lines was a digital snapshot of a colored fabric. The fabric’s color palette was so unaccustomed to me that I wanted to work it into my own design.