"When I wake up all I see are fucking cupcakes"

This new painting is for my boss. It is a girl laying on a bed, with cupcakes floating in the air. The story behind the painting is when i was goin out with this girl I called her Cupcake, and one night when we were sleeping I had this dream. In the dream I was stabbing like 14 different Cupcakes, and instead of bleeding blood she bled cupcake filling. Then I woke up and all I saw was cupackes floating in the air with cherries intermittently between them. Then I woke up again. So I finally decided to turn it into a painting. I couldn't paint it obviously when I went out with her cause that would be weird, and not quite right on my part since I always give the girlfriend first dibs on any painting I complete. So that is over and we don't talk so I could finally make this fantastic painting. I obviously switched myself with a girl because I hate drawing myself. The girl is another God's Girl named Harlequin, if you haven't checked out God's Girls and you are an artist that uses girl models do so, because it is a fantastic reference. Okay enough with the talking. My next two paintings are for Courtcourt and Thomas, and are actually a series of Agyness Deyn portraits. Those will be posted next time we speak! Quick side story: In Dali's novel the "Secret life of Salvadore Dali" he told a story of a time he and Gala were standing on a cliff and how he wanted to throw her off. When he told her this she said "Go ahead and do it" I wonder if me wanting to kill a lover is just as crazy as that, but Dali was a known liar.

Sketch


Close up of tat


Inked and Cupcaked


Halfway there


Blue period


Finished - The sides are permanant Rose for those who care

Such Uncompromising Positions

Here is the new painting. It is a very very late birthday gift for someone who I have made four birthday gifts for that I was unhappy with. The painting is based on a song by the blood brothers called "Jennifer"
~her heart throbs....her heart throbs three hundred and 40 beats per minute..those slit throat confessions...licked by my flames..of persuasion.. the shaving of bone......the lingering taste of enamel..the negatives...jennifer...such uncompromising positions..the negatives..jennifer...such uncomprimising...I said " you dont need a doctor ..honey you needa mortician because I dont want your money and I dont want your favors..this aint no blackmail this is for amusement" I said "you dont need a doctor you need a mortician" dont shady pasts make for interesting broadcasts? and human error is never an acceptible answer you dont need anyone to mourn for,...jennifer~

So basically it is about a girl who is caught doing something and someone is getting amusement
out of torturing her. The model is a God's Girl named Aoki, and the poloroids are either old or taken at Wal-Mart the other night.
Here's the song if you have never heard it before (this song was when they were a hardcore band and not the softer dancier blood brothers everyone knows).

Sketch

Progress

Finished


Details

drawings and stuff

I completed a few drawings today. Just a bit of practice stuff but still fun. They are people I know with out their faces doing something they love. I hope they know who they are. Jaguar Love's cd has leaked apparently which is awesome but I think I may wait til I get my copy. Coming up by Thursday, new orchid shirt - it has a girl named Anais looking like a paint by numbers since I couldn't find a good picture of Anais Nin, it was gonna be a reference to the song Anais Nin by Numbers, and maybe a finished anchor painting. I had to regesso the canvas because I hated the argyle a lot. Here are some images.

Badly drawn Derek. Really I was trying to see how awful you can draw hands before they no longer look like hands

Burrito eating Cupcake

Vintage Collage

Progress: "Katie Goes Down LIke Her Anchor"

This is a new painting I am working on. It is an anchor on argyle. I messed up the argyle but what ever I am not a machine.

Pre-drawing

Love is a diamond, hummingsbirds, sunglasses and some jellyfish

So I finished finally! I enjoyed how it turned out. The green at the top wasn't as light as I wanted but it is still pretty awesome.

Jellies 1


Jellies 2


Finished


Gallery style painted sides to be fancy

Progress: "Love is a diamond, hummingsbirds, sunglasses and some jellyfish"

So I am working on a new painting as most people know, and I just wanted to show some photos of the progress. It is about 1/3 complete, but progress is going a lot faster than usual. I should stick to drawing because it takes me forever to paint things.When this work is finished, i am gonna work on two more paintings. One is for my little brother, Charles, and the other is for my esteemed colleague, Katie. Charles' painting is going to based after a Saves the Day song called "Bones". It will feature a buried head, a wolf, and some hopefully cool dream effects. Katie's painting is going to be a bright yellow anchor on a green and red argyle pattern. Pictures will be posted as soon as work progresses. Here are the pictures:

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So no one entered my contest so no one got to win the drawing i did for it. So here it is.




In other news I messed up my Jenny Lewis painting real bad so I had to throw it out. Luckily it told me i need to practice on skin tones so that is what my next few projects are gonna be. Also I am making some paintings for friends: A pin up for Taradactyl and a painting based on a song called "Bones" by Saves the Day for Charles. So keep and eye out for those. Also I will be making a new linocut which should be "baller".

Thank You

Here is a thank you card I made for Galuchka for coming to visit me. It is a three layer papercut. It was a lot more difficult than i thought it would be. I just need to trim her up and write a little note.
First Layer

Second Layer

Third Layer

Finished

Expect more paper cuts cause they are fun.

A portrait

My last portrait of Galuchka did not turn out very well [See the Gala Portrait Poster], and seeing as how she is my favorite person ever I decided to make a drawing that did her justice. It is marker and white charcoal on found paper (garbage). I like it, because of the simplistic lines and the over all color works very well.
Full Effect

Detail

Detail

Detail

Go Ask Alice

It has been a while, but I have had artist's block as well as trips to Florida and Galucheska visiting me so I haven't really had time to post anything new. I finally finished a piece though. It is called "Conflicted Alice". She is the accompaniment piece to the piece "Amputee Wonderland". The model is my best friend, because I can draw her better than I can most people. I also have a million reference pictures to work from too. The black lines are suppose to represent chaos and turmoil
, and also they help break up the pink. The only thing I am really dissatisfied with/learned from is the fact that A) wood is hard to erase off of, and B) Grids are great, but erase them before you start to paint. They aren't noticeable from far away but up close I can see them clear as day.

Full Thing - Notice the black border!

Detail - Apron - I put paint out of the tube directly onto the canvas to create the impasto

Detail - Face/Hair - I love her hair it turned out way better than usual

Detail - Feet - I fucked them up.


Next Up I am working on a painting for my friend Syd's birthday. I hope to have it finished by next friday.

Sarah Bernhardt stole my heart

Sarah Bernhardt
Today's poster is a portrait of a friend in the mode of Alphonse Mucha. His muse was Sarah Bernhardt a very famous Belle Epoque actress. His posters were in a style he developed called Art Nouveau and it is quite the decorative style. I enjoyed doing this poster, but it took me a long time, and I am kind of upset with how the yellow of the sun came out. All in all though, it is a success.



Amputee Wonderland
Here is a painting I did for my friend Kristen on wood. It is a bunch of bodies all thrown together missing heads and various other limbs. It is one of two wood paintings I am doing for her. The other one is of an amputated Alice for my amputee wonderland. She will love it. I love how the woodgrain looks as skin against the horrendously bright pink of the background. This was all planned but I didn't expect it to work so well.

Poster Contest
The "Angel and Amputees" due date is almost here, but I am pushing it back until the 10th since I will be out of town until then. I will be posting an example, which will also serve as the prize for the contest. Everyone who reads should submit one, even if they can't draw because I want the contest to be fun. Email your entry to believesinpatterns@gmail.com.

Portrait project!

I started my portrait project. I am doing a series of posters called "Other People's Muses". In the series I am putting my own muses in the style or backgrounds of artist. The first poster is of my best friend. She represents Dali's muse Gala. This is because she is my Galuchka. She is the one person who can influence my art no matter what and she is really the most awesome person I know. I fucked up on her mouth but it kind of goes with the theme. Anyways enjoy and leave some comments.

Curls make me feel beautiful

Here is the next piece I will be selling. It is based on a drawing by dali for my favorite painting that he ever did. The original painting is called "Girl with curls". It is the most beautiful painting I have ever seen.



Same Price and ordering as last time. 15.00 with shipping included. Buy stuff so I can buy more art supplies. The medium is crayon and marker. Also if you want to trade art that would be totally awesome too. I need some new stuff to put on my wall. Send pictures and we can chat. I will be working on my portrait posters for the next week or so, so no more posters for sell for a few weeks or days. Leave some comments if you like the work or want me to do something else or have a request.