kerosene

happy mother's day!

2011-05-08T21:20:00.001-07:00

happy mother's day! here's the progress of my (as usual) late gift to my mother. she's the sweetest soul on the planet packed into a five-foot-tall, ninety-five pound package, and she sure as hell loves her wine!

i don't think it's quite necessary to mention alphonse mucha as inspiration - a lady with flowing hair in a faux-grecian tunic? c'mon.

click through for bigger images! the finished piece will be posted shortly. hopefully.

"italian package"

2011-05-02T19:53:00.001-07:00

sean smith's junior thesis film is up in it's entirely on vimeo! click below to watch it!

http://vimeo.com/23161753

riddles

2011-04-27T14:29:00.001-07:00

our last assignment for our thesis class was on riddles...pick one, illustrate the question and the answer.

virtually received no feedback from my instructor, except that she didn't realize it was the Sphinx, some would be appreciated.

(riddle: what creature has one voice, stands on four legs in the morning, two legs in the day, and three in the evening?)

(answer: man)

ink and brush and a little white acrylic. first is 11" x 14", second is 9" x 12" though you certainly can't tell here.

internet troubles

2011-04-27T09:37:00.001-07:00

I've decided that I'm officially forsaking deviantart - the softcore porn and myspace photos have finally gotten to me. I'm also going to stop posting finished pieces on Facebook, as they can do whatever they want with whatever you put on there...and I didn't think about the ramifications of that until recently. This blog will be where I post everything from now on, so please, pass the link around if you're interested.

little more...

2011-04-25T12:29:00.001-07:00

italian package!

2011-04-21T23:06:00.000-07:00

my boyfriend, sean smith, has cut a trailer for his junior film, "Italian Package!"
view it here: Italian Package Trailer

his reel, updates on his work with relix magazine, and music videos he's done are all on his
website, which you can find at www.smithersproductions.com

check it out! :)

newest in-progress

2011-04-19T09:59:00.000-07:00

snippet of my "fantasy problem" assignment for "draw anything" with jerry moriarty. ink and brush, 15"x22"

hello!

2011-04-05T15:18:00.000-07:00

vote for my design on threadless!

finished piece on deviantart !

brides' bedroom

2011-03-15T15:40:00.001-07:00

detail of tapestry

11" x 14" x 5.5"
mostly gouache, watercolor on the walls

schematic

2011-02-25T21:55:00.000-08:00

i think i'm crazy. please click it to see it blown up.

back wall of brides' bedroom. the tapestry is a medieval one called "the sense of sight" and is part of the 'unicorn tapestries' series. unicorns were symbols of virginity and purity, only able to be approached by a young virgin maiden. here, the maiden makes the unicorn aware of itself by showing its reflection in a mirror. the thing above the tapestry is a window, the white will be cut out to allow light in.

junior thesis

2011-02-25T15:59:00.000-08:00

i've been absent but productive. most of the posts for the next couple of months will be of the progress of my junior thesis.

we were given a theme last august, "poisoned apples and smoking lamps," which centers around the dark underpinnings of original fairy tales. the stories were told as warnings against pride, dishonesty, foolhardiness, cowardice, and the like. often, they included morals, promoting bravery, honesty, kindness, and hard work. i chose the story of 'fitcher's bird,' in which the youngest sister of three saves her older sisters from a wicked man. it's a variation of the story of 'bluebeard.'

i placed 'fitcher's bird' in the 20s, made the youngest sister into a wily flapper, and changed a few plot details. the sisters are bound, beat up, and terrified but intact when the youngest finds them. instead of dressing up as a bird to trick fitcher, she puts on an evening gown covered in feathers, and poisons his drink. the sisters then cover the house in lamp oil, lock the doors, and burn it down.

here are the progress photos thus far! i'll add more tonight, plus structural drawings showing the finished concept.

also note, these will eventually be lit with fairy lights, so the interior of the house will be visible.

everything together for scale^

heh. totoro in the corner.

next time, it won't be quite so much at once. and less gore from here on in.

backpiece progress

2010-12-05T18:59:00.000-08:00

sleeve in progress

2010-11-17T14:44:00.000-08:00

sleeve-in-progress, zombie mary still unfinished.

happy halloween!

2010-10-30T21:28:00.000-07:00

no paintings today! instead, my boyfriend's new cinematography reel on vimeo as a halloween treat:

http://vimeo.com/16126125

it's bangin'! his website is located here.
if you're over there, check out his photography portfolio, too!

color to be added shortly to zombie mary!

shading

2010-10-27T10:17:00.000-07:00

sidepiece lines

2010-10-25T16:58:00.000-07:00

two birds, one stone: tattoo design sidepiece assignment, plus design requested by a friend.
zombie mary rarrrrr

shading

2010-10-12T20:26:00.001-07:00

spit shading is driving me up a wall.

chest piece lines

2010-10-12T08:39:00.001-07:00

birds can roll now too!

2010-09-28T13:47:00.000-07:00

so my cousin and the others boys at seagle suicide society have made one of my drawings into a deck! they'll be available somewhere online (more details soon) and also at KCDC in williamsburg.

i also have a few pieces of flash in the works, but the butterfly lady will probably never get finished.

flash

2010-08-06T15:35:00.001-07:00

back to the roots!

...

2010-07-23T20:01:00.001-07:00

i have no idea why i'm suddenly churning things out.

little bit old now, i guess i'm satisfied

2010-07-23T15:05:00.001-07:00

the private table is complete, and on my deviantart.

new one!
yes, it IS a two-headed fetus. in a jar.

the private table

2010-07-21T18:02:00.001-07:00

"the private table," work in progress.
acrylic, 9"x12"

ps, the mermaid is finished and viewable HERE

and again

2010-07-14T13:45:00.001-07:00

bit more today
(this is all i've been doing art-wise, by the way)

more mermaid :)

2010-07-13T14:01:00.001-07:00

hooray for progress!

in progress mermaid

2010-07-12T18:17:00.000-07:00

just about halfway through
acrylic on canvas panel

mermaid sketch

2010-07-08T15:39:00.001-07:00

hopefully will have a finish in a few days :)

hurrah!

2010-06-16T19:43:00.001-07:00

crow catcher
prismacolor fineliners, watercolor, acryllic ink

bigger, higher-quality image on my deviantart.
began this last night, finished over the course of today. first time i've made something "complete" for myself since school let out.
of course it's a fucking self-portrait.

more doodles

2010-06-15T10:48:00.001-07:00

above sketch is just a concept doodle. these blue guys will more-than-likely turn into a gouache-and-cardboard shadowbox.

i'm having a lot of trouble recently with completing pieces of work. instead of little colored pencil doodles.
one day soon, i'mma stay up all night and churn out something crazy like i did in highschool.
i hope.

ocean in progress

2010-06-05T20:36:00.001-07:00

6B pencil in progress.

now that it's summer, and i've moved back to long island, the ocean's calling me like no other.

um

2010-06-01T20:08:00.000-07:00

in general, i suck at updating things.
here's a few, more on the deviantart.

shadowbox!

2010-04-22T15:47:00.000-07:00

shadowbox in progress: gouache, cardboard, bristol, masking tape, rubber cement, staple gun.
much more to do.

school work in progress

2010-03-29T21:51:00.000-07:00

oil, 18" x 24" in progress

fineliner doodles

2010-03-24T11:05:00.000-07:00

a few

2010-03-20T08:48:00.000-07:00

awful, awful photobooth picture of about 3/4 of the actual watercolor painting. it's a hypothetical poster for Shakespeare in the Park (Shakespearean plays performed in Central Park).
attempting to fix my camera to avoid this problem.

"evolve" ink pen and cranberry juice

lady in starbucks, astor place

figures from rockefeller center, above and below

gouache homework

sketchbook

some stufff

2010-01-25T17:01:00.000-08:00

first attempt with gouache. would forego a second attempt, but i'm taking a whole class on it.

bald eagle in progress for a friend.

sketch for my "famous people" project. probably going to finish with flat watercolor and darker pencil.
(it's marie and pierre curie)

pretty thing for sale. acrylic on photo board. email if interested.

bird man, just boozin'.

this guy in my building has a tumor but you can only really see it from the side.

sean's finished present :) watercolor and acrylic

just a sketch

2009-12-27T23:54:00.000-08:00

boyfriend's (late) christmas present :)

just the sketch, done with a red calligraphy pen. oh, being back at my parents' with limited supplies.
will be finished in watercolor :) hopefully tomorrow.
(its the view from my apartment, during the last blizzard to hit new york city.)

:)

2009-12-15T20:15:00.001-08:00

somehow, the yellow one's face blurs every time i scan it. i don't know why.

here's a few.

2009-12-15T13:17:00.000-08:00

so, my camera won't focus now.
here's a few that (kind of) fit in my scanner.

imaginary amphibious weed smoking dinosaurs.
who live on an island.
really.

prismacolor pens for all the ink, any color is watercolor.

doodle

2009-12-01T14:14:00.000-08:00

prismacolor pencils and fineliners, about 4" x 6"

shabam.

2009-11-24T14:25:00.000-08:00

yes, i still do tattoo shit.
hooooraaayyyy me.

just a little bit

2009-11-22T19:16:00.000-08:00

oh boy, oh boy.
more on deviantart :)

just some random stuff

2009-11-02T20:48:00.000-08:00

sketch, aaaand...

...final.

sketchbook and others

2009-09-29T10:49:00.000-07:00

school has begun.

ooh, illustration.
these are pages from my ink drawing sketchbook.
we're supposed to use mainly ink (any kind - there's sharpie, straight ink-and-brush or ink-and-pen, ballpoint pen, etc)

had to illustrate a fortune cookie:
"open your heart - it can always be closed again"
i don't like it.

these two drawings were done without lifting my pen, starting at the corner of someone's eye.

and, my ink drawing homework assignment thus far:
illustrate a fairy tale or children's story using silhouette

i chose the Seven Ravens by the Brothers Grimm.
look it upppp <3

new shit!

2009-09-19T10:11:00.000-07:00

after quite some time my camera's been fixed!
there are some new finished pieces up on my deviantart :)

man on a bicycle i saw at 23rd and madison. oils, unfinished.

PS

2009-08-27T13:11:00.001-07:00

my camera broke. but i got it fixed. now i just have to pick it up.
but i'm in nyc.
and it's on lawnguyland.

booooo.

the decemberists in my head.

2009-08-05T17:55:00.000-07:00

i've been listening to a lot of the decemberists lately.

acryllic on construction paper, 8.5" x 11"
painting on construction paper was interesting. there's a lot of fast layering involved, the water soaks up real quick. it's cool.
but then again, i'm an art nerd.

mike's koi

2009-08-02T22:49:00.001-07:00

tattooed this on a good friend today :)

it's a koi fish that brandon boyd from incubus apparently has tattooed on him somewheres, done by jose from the same band? i think? my friend mike told me, but i was concentrating on doing the tattoo.

it took five and a half hours to get this done. he was being a baby and taking breaks every five seconds. and his aunt and little cousin showed up to watch? awkward.

admittedly this is a mad sensitive spot, and it probably killed. but i have to give him shit anyways.

now i really want an all-red tattoo. i'd thought about it a lot, specifically like stippling/pointilism etc. they're pretty cool.

ok enough life story. just look at the tattoo.

bury the message

2009-07-31T18:53:00.000-07:00

heyyy everybody. i'm kerosene, an aspiring tattoo artist and student at the School of Visual Arts.
i'll be using this blog to post the progress of larger pieces as well as things from my sketchbook.
enjoy, and don't steal! it's fucking rude.

all images copyright kerosene unless otherwise stated.

heeeeere we go:

ink, .5 fineliner.
it's small, but i have no idea what size, and you really think i could be bothered to find a ruler?

i started doing these weird liney pieces over the winter. all of them contain phrases that i abstract; either i start with the phrase, or i work the phrase into the design as i go.