sketches for a big commissioned portrait of my friends, Liz and Forrest Frazier of Salem, MA, and their cat Spooky:
Photoshop color study:
sketch for the "Breast Defense" painting did on the plaster cast of Devilcia.
photos of the process and finish, and info:
Breast Defense
Devilicia from Black Cat Burlesque took part in the plaster casting of performers at the 2006 Exotic World Festival in Las Vegas. The casts are then shipped to artists to customize, then shipped to auctions run by Breast Defense where all proceeds go to benefit breast cancer research.
For Devilicia's cast I painted a little devil holding balloons with the BCB logo on them.
Painting a thick coat of Gesso:
Transfer of the linework with acrylic:
Some of the underpainting:
Final product:
Info copied from the Breast Defense myspace page:
Breast Defense: Glamour Girls For Early Detection is a partnership between The Burlesque Hall of Fame and Keep A Breast, uniting top artists, performers and pinup models to raise awareness for breast cancer prevention and treatment.
Casting for Breast Defense began in June 2007, during Exotic World Weekend, the longest-running event of its kind and the world's premier gathering of burlesque performers and enthusiasts. From June 8-10, over 40 women had their 'assets' immortalized for the cause--including such legendary "vintage vixens" as Tempest Storm, Tura Satana, BC survivor Kitten Natividad, Dixie Evans and many of today's top neo-burlesque starlets, inlcuding Miss Exotic Worlds Immodesty Blaize (2007), Julie Atlas Muz (2006), Michelle L'amour (2005), Erochica Bamboo (2003) and Stephanie Blake (1997 & 1998).
Following the casting, each mold was given to a different artist to customize--with the first round of finished casts set to debut at Florida's Casa Monica Hotel in October 2007, as part of The Gallery at Screen Arts contribution to a citywide art walk for breast cancer honoring national Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
In June 2008, the entire collection will be displayed in Downtown Las Vegas, as part of the city's First Friday Exhibition Series. Both exhibitions will be open to the public, and all casts will be auctioned online at www.keep-a-breast.org, with proceeds split between the Burlesque Hall of Fame and Keep A Breast's youth education programs.
Among the many amazing artists participating in this project include: Pilar Alvarez, Attaboy, AV Phibes, Shawn Barber, Gary Baseman, Megan Besmirched, Tim Biskup, Chase, Sas Christian, Molly Crabapple, Joshua Ellingson, Sarah Emerson, Scott Ewalt, PJ Fidler, Mark George, Mike Giant, Kim Gordon, Derek Hess, Greg Hildebrandt, Ronnie Land, Charlene Lanzel, Tonya Lee, George Long, Elizabeth McGrath, Jerry Misko, Mark Mothersbaugh, Emma Mount, Krysztof Nemeth, Mitch O'Connell, Annie Owens, Joshua Petker, Iggy Pop, Paul Pope, Sara Ray, Mister Reusch, Tony Rodrigues, KRK Ryden, Laura Satana, Gabriel Shaffer, Nicole Steen, Kat von D, Casey Weldon, and more.
About Keep A Breast: The Keep A Breast Foundation™ is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to help eradicate breast cancer by exposing young people to methods of prevention, early detection and support. Through art events, educational programs and fundraising efforts, we seek to increase breast cancer awareness among young people so they are better equipped to make choices and develop habits that will benefit their long-term health and well-being.
About the Burlesque Hall of Fame:The Burlesque Hall of Fame™ is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization. Our mission is to inspire, educate and entertain the public, fostering an appreciation for and understanding of the unique history and heritage of vintage Burlesque--including but not limited to the art, artifacts and personal histories of its biggest names and brightest stars.
sketches for the Feast of Flesh 6 poster, 1/2 traditional, 1/2 digital:
the final:
One memorable Drink And Draw sketchbook night at Charlie's Kitchen, a bunch of us kept the jukebox playing a steady stream of Motorhead, old Sabbath, old Metallica, Slayer, Misfits, AC/ DC, and Iron Maiden. I ended up doodling Bruce Dickinson on the Powerslave tour:
early 80s Ozzy:
old Slayer:
good ol Cliff Burton:
and Lemmy
in-class demo I did, where students had to copy a photo realistically, but add the rest of the picture from their imagination. I drew the dachshund puppies from a photo:
in-class demo I did for working with the eyedropper tool and white gouache:
another in-class sketch for a simple image showing strong motion, inspired by "JAWS 2":
Devilicia as a Muppet:
Mr. Giles:
editorial sketches for the Phoenix:
Fantagraphics books sponsored the SUPERTRASH FEST at the Bagdad Theater in Portland, Oregon, a marathon of trashy movies with live burlesque and an artshow in February 2008. Artists were invited to come up with their own movie poster renditions for their favorite trashy movies, and the posters were hung in the theater. The best ones will be printed in a collection by Fantagraphics.
This is one of my entries: Fulci's "ZOMBI 2" where a topless scuba diver in a g-string has to fight off a live shark, then a zombie walking across the bottom of the ocean, before the shark and zombie bite pieces off eachother. The first time I saw this scene my jaw hit the floor at the increasing insanity:
Sketch:
My 2nd entry was for "NUDE FOR SATAN". I've got to admit I thought the movie was really awful, but the title alone is hilarious and awesome.
sketch:
The devil girl has black horizontal slits for pupils, like a goat. I wanted to make something really eye-catching and kind of scary and fun and ridiculous at the same time. Like if Slayer put out an album of music for 60s go-go dancers, this would be the cover.
The evil pope skeleton next to the floating Devil is supposed to be the False Prophet. (8 years of Catholic school and they never told us about the Unholy Trinity of the Devil, The Anti-Christ or the False Prophet. Instead, I found out about these guys in junior high watching the Omen movies on channel 38's "Movie Loft" where every October they'd show unedited horror movies every night.)
"Save the Date" sketches I made for my friends in Black Cat Burlesque, J. Cannibal and Mary Widow, for their October 2008 wedding:
sketch of Sachi and Manju for a painting commissioned by Harmonix CEO, Alex Rigopulos:
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