illustrati v.2

i don't care if this shit's dead

2007-10-14T09:05:00.000-07:00

observation

2007-09-11T02:06:00.000-07:00

It looks like the interest level is just too low to keep things afloat, and I feel silly posting replies to my own posts on a "group" blog. It's been a blast.

Drama

2007-09-05T01:16:00.000-07:00

Next assignment: Observation

_-_-_-_-_-_-<^><^>HEAT<^><^>-_-_-_-_-_-_

2007-08-30T03:21:00.001-07:00

<+contents under pressure+>
NEXT: DRAMA
save it for ya mamma

squish

2007-08-29T05:02:00.000-07:00

"heat" [is the word]

Hypocrisy: big daddy warbucks

2007-08-28T00:54:00.001-07:00

been very busy but i still wanted to do this one, points to mashanda for tackling it first.

Questions? Comments? Improvements?

Hypocrisy (the band) has a slumber party

2007-08-26T16:05:00.001-07:00

next word: squish

mean streets

2007-08-22T02:57:00.000-07:00

nextword= "hypocrisy"

this is madness

2007-08-21T02:40:00.000-07:00

topic gave me a migraine....nonetheless here it is.

el siguiente: "mean streets"

2007-08-16T03:17:00.000-07:00

TASTY LITTLE MORSELS
*&&#^$*&>__>_>__>_>_>go nuts for donuts
next: carnies

Pressure

2007-08-15T02:03:00.000-07:00

"posession" for the next

button pushin' madness

2007-08-13T22:46:00.001-07:00

surprisingly, this was a fun one.

next topic: pressure

lame topic = lame comic

2007-08-12T23:43:00.001-07:00

props to any guys that get this.
next topic: buttons

OVERLOAD

2007-08-09T22:05:00.000-07:00

NEXT:>>ghandi

conspiracy

2007-08-08T02:29:00.000-07:00

next:// overload

Harmonicas

2007-08-07T02:59:00.000-07:00

well here's my two cents on the harmonicas subject.

not a harmonica....

2007-08-07T01:12:00.000-07:00

-but it's better than nothing...I really have no excuse not to post anyways. whoever can muster the energy to go next, how bout........conspiracy!

grrrrrrr

2007-08-02T03:10:00.001-07:00

next-_-_-_-_-_HARMONICA
ps. it would be interesting to see some illustrator work if anyones up for it; doesn't need to be complicated
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Hallucination

2007-08-01T00:25:00.000-07:00

next> rage

break out the rogaine

2007-07-31T02:45:00.000-07:00

baldness...sucks. also I had no good ideas for this. whatever, I did something.

next topic: hallucinations

mm baby girl ya don't say.

2007-07-29T23:14:00.000-07:00

next word: bald

Vacumm Vixens

2007-07-29T18:22:00.001-07:00

Next subject is... Pants!

Fairy Tale

2007-07-25T00:40:00.000-07:00

next.pornography

Bonus Points!

2007-07-22T01:28:00.001-07:00

Next subject is- fairy tale

kitty...

2007-07-18T00:48:00.000-07:00

next-> Bonus

raw meat is pretty neat

2007-07-15T17:38:00.000-07:00

oh, the delight!!

2007-07-15T14:56:00.000-07:00

next word: kitty.

!!!

2007-07-13T02:27:00.001-07:00

insert your own expletives. you know the feeling?

who wants some: raw meat

contortionist

2007-07-11T01:16:00.000-07:00

Next up: "Curse"

hacks

2007-07-09T19:30:00.001-07:00

the old woman who crawls out from under your bed at night and hacks off any parts you've got hanging over

next: contortion

Slippery

2007-07-04T03:50:00.000-07:00

next/=hacks

i hear this is poor etiquette.

2007-07-02T00:41:00.000-07:00

but it sure is amusing.

next word: slippery

BirdBrain

2007-07-01T01:34:00.000-07:00

next subject is etiquette!

Disaster

2007-06-27T03:32:00.001-07:00

subject:enter: "Birds"

stayin' alive

2007-06-26T01:05:00.000-07:00

nothing says 80's like an ass crack full of pink spandex.

owen gets: DISASTER. get ready.

cliche.

2007-06-24T23:49:00.001-07:00

i can't believe you guys made me take it to this level.

next: spandex

Oil, slick

2007-06-20T01:30:00.000-07:00

since Chad's not officially enrolled, he gets to do : Cliche. Since we never will.

high-brow

2007-06-19T02:07:00.000-07:00

hooray for drugs, cause of/solution to all life's problems.

next: oil slick

obsolete

2007-06-13T12:27:00.001-07:00

we have no use for these.

just wanted to throw this in here.

next word: half baked

Addiction

2007-06-13T04:01:00.000-07:00

still a ways from being done, but class in a few hours so I had to cap it before my eyeballs catch fire from sleepiness. subject>next= obsolete

fingercide

2007-06-12T00:56:00.000-07:00

ka-blam!

next up: addiction

buenas noches

The Ten Commandments!

2007-06-10T19:55:00.000-07:00

This isn't your lovey dovey new testament here. We're talking about the Books of Moses, nothing but smitting and punishment from Genisis to Deuteronomy. So for the next subject, Fingerbang!

Illegal fish

2007-06-06T22:43:00.001-07:00

I know we just had religion but my friend stephen suggested The Ten Commandments and I thought that was a good idea.

annoying

2007-06-05T21:25:00.001-07:00

it's pretty annoying practicing drawing feet. next="Illegal Fish"

goddammit

2007-06-05T03:14:00.000-07:00

INCHOATE

2007-06-02T00:07:00.001-07:00

I think it's time we got a little more religious in this blog. Next subject is religion.

[protect] ya neck from the sun it's hot

2007-05-31T21:44:00.000-07:00

next theme for anyone who wants it is INCHOATE which I had to look up and I like it.

Aviation

2007-05-29T09:44:00.001-07:00

"Protection" for the next

hold on

2007-05-24T11:30:00.000-07:00

if josh'll bear with me I'll come up with something in the early evening here and we'll get back on track... josh, if you've got a good idea for Fringe Science please nab it if you want, otherwise I'll do something and you can have the next theme, which is Aviation.

EDIT! I did this for my homies repping Fringe Science to the grave! The mouse is a wizard but the bunny is just a magician, and not very good! I have no idea who's supposed go next so someone just go nuts on it!

Water Soluble

2007-05-23T03:19:00.000-07:00

"Rounding the turn is "Don't put that in your mouth" being overtaken by "Water Soluble," and close on his heels is "Fringe Science!" Yes it's "Fringe Science," that plucky, performance-enhancement-abusing topic that might actually win back the crowd"

Don't put that in your mouth (either!)

2007-05-19T00:41:00.000-07:00

Started sketching earlier and the topic was apparently still ringing in my ears, so I thought I'd throw it on the pile

obey the law: dont put that in your mouth

2007-05-19T00:01:00.000-07:00

heres my v.2 just in case the 1st one goes over everyones head.
the first one was due to a DUI and history of art 3 - learning about conceptual art!

Don't put that in your mouth

2007-05-18T01:21:00.001-07:00

haha ok. this was the first thing that came to mind when i read the next title.
let me know if this was too lame. lol

k, next theme.... "water soluble" gluck!

Catch-22

2007-05-17T23:12:00.001-07:00

Yes, we have all experienced this sticky situation at some time or other. Do you leave the bugger in your nose for everyone to grimace in disgust? Or pick it and reveal the filthy philistine you really are! All right next subject is going to be a little more specific. " Don't put that in your mouth!"

'daptation

2007-05-17T06:22:00.000-07:00

blah! Um... new theme... hmm. let me think about it, I don't want to put something lame. I'll update in a little bit.

EDIT: okay, how about "Catch 22"? That grab anybody?

2007-05-16T22:37:00.000-07:00

hold on, you vampires, I got something, gimme a minute!

Murphbees Law

2007-05-16T02:11:00.000-07:00

I'll spare the ironic caption about how everything that could have gone wrong on this drawing did. definitely not worth the time it took to make. Wednesday's secret word is "Adaptation"

possessed

2007-05-15T02:15:00.000-07:00

Blogger is pissing me off. This image is supposed to look like this...
http://www.twango.com/media/AlejandroLarin.public/AlejandroLarin.10059
but for whatever reason it doesn't on here. This thing was a pretty good example of it, so Owen gets to take a crack at....."Murphy's law." Swing away, Freeman.

Fell asleep with his shoes on

2007-05-13T04:22:00.000-07:00

ahh yes, something i personally know all too well. pardon the late post, i was all busy being fucked wed-fri, and wasnt at my apartment with my usual art tools of death, therefore a lonesum tablet, and 430 at my parents. well its the end of the week and i dont know what to do. if the next subject had to be anything, i would guess it would be: WRESTLING

if only martha was in here...

2007-05-12T19:17:00.000-07:00

the only thing clean in a cell are the jordans.

ok... the next word is.... permanent

TRAVEL

2007-05-11T03:21:00.000-07:00

well here it is, my interpretation of travels. Allright the next subject issssssss........ Hygiene. Good luck!

Cheater Cheater

2007-05-09T23:00:00.000-07:00

why must you cheat?

who's next? next theme is TRAVEL, which I think is a pretty good one. I don't know. I hope it is. I didn't randomly generate it or anything, I just happened to look down and there was a map crammed in the junk all around me. so there you go. this is fun.

Wizardry

2007-05-08T21:36:00.000-07:00

The ball is snapped and thrown long to Chad, except the ball is not a ball at all, but rather the next subject "Cheating"
Rip it up, Cb!

what they really do at kinko's

2007-05-08T00:41:00.000-07:00

so this is my take on the first topic, "reproducing." as per the new system, I'm giving Owen a topic for Tuesday......WIZARDRY! ...have at it O-dawg....

bust a cap in yo ass!

2007-05-07T02:31:00.000-07:00

sorry for the delay. if i can only grow a beard like that...

Sudden Death: Round 1

2007-05-07T00:30:00.000-07:00

Alright, so it's on- Alejandro has chosen first-strike, and random word generator chose the subject:
"Reproducing"
We're playing standard regulation Wisconsin vampire rules, sun-up Tuesday the piece and the next subject posted up to stay in the game, no restraints on the illustration beyond interpreting the subject however you see fit.

Presenting Mustachio!

2007-05-06T20:38:00.000-07:00

This one's for the ladies.

return of deathbeard

2007-05-06T00:44:00.000-07:00

pardon the suckage....I think I'm ready for illustrati 2.0 now, though.

Cram it, beardo!

2007-05-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

So here's the scheme (this is my scheeming face) we abandon this current illustrati format for a dangerous new sudden-death mode, for the next month. Basically anyone who wants to officially do the blog just comments on this by monday, we base the team roster on that list, and then a random topic is chosen, and the first on the list has ONE day to do a piece on that topic and post it, including in their post the SUBJECT on which the next person on the rosters has to create their piece. They then have ONE day and repeat. If you fuck up and miss the deadline, you're out for the next week and can't play until the week after. Basically the idea is that this will a) add some much needed excitement and b) allow people to have something individual that they, and only they, have the chance to really run with. Also it'll be more action to watch, and ultimately less work for each of us, since until we're called off the bench we have no real responsibility to work on or worry about our piece.
So just drop a comment if you're illustrator enough to grab the brass gauntlet by the horns and ride the space cobra, if not, off the field.

2007-05-03T01:56:00.000-07:00

Stardate: may-3- mofakas, we have found no life on this planet

>Where is everyone? lets get some pieces flowing if no one is in permenant slumber after the end of the last term

;EH???????????????????????????????????? sound goot

>Would be nice to bring some active energy to this blog

?so, how bout it; the most stereo-typical, cliche' space monkey alien o wateva, with as much of your own personal touches you can think of by 5-14-07

Beards.

2007-04-30T15:41:00.000-07:00

To elaborate: This week the mighty call goes forth to all surviving members....into glory ride!

Actually, the 'strati mission is to create the ULTIMATE beard in drawing form!! Basically this is a celebration of facial hair, with an emphasis on AWESOME POWER. So however that sounds to anyone, run with it! As always, due next sunday, that's May 6th, or else.

dance legends vol.1

2007-04-30T01:47:00.000-07:00

this baby's got a fever-

2007-04-24T12:00:00.000-07:00

Dance Fever! and the only cure is sketching the ambassador of dance, dance master flash, Breakin' 2: Electric Boogalo, however you do it, it's a dance-themed illustrati assignment. Posted no later than sunday the 29th by midnight, as per ushe.

1,2

2007-04-19T23:09:00.000-07:00

Revenge

2007-04-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

This week's secret word is revenge. Any way shape or form, ending on the 22nd. (Also, if anyone wants to call next week's topic, feel free.)

workshop dream

2007-04-15T13:40:00.000-07:00

showering, asleep

2007-04-13T23:12:00.000-07:00

Weak 13

2007-04-10T18:43:00.000-07:00

I know the rest of you are equally, if not more, boned this week and next. But just in the the sake of staying-alive-ness with the blog and it's reputability, I suggest this week the subject is just "Week 13" and whatever that means to you and your personal trek through the slithering, sleepless abyss.
Anything goes, I can't overemphasize this.

you go in pieces

2007-04-09T02:55:00.000-07:00

The REAL captain america.

2007-04-08T23:53:00.000-07:00

S. Rogers

2007-04-06T23:45:00.000-07:00

Super Heroes

2007-04-02T12:54:00.000-07:00

For April eighth it's super-heroes.
Sketches/finishes/comps/covers. I'm really hoping we haven't made any of these sketch goals too hard to hit so far, but if there's a way to make it more doable please chime-in

2007-04-01T19:34:00.000-07:00

coldblooded

2007-03-31T23:40:00.000-07:00

self-effacing

2007-03-27T23:46:00.000-07:00

calling it self-caracatures this week, ending april ones day. self-portrait + whateva, anyone still around?

octopussy

2007-03-25T13:36:00.000-07:00

hope this is clear-ish. Tried to explore the effects of sleep deprivation on even the spideriest of senses.

lameasaurus rex#1

2007-03-21T00:37:00.000-07:00

so i decided my nightmare feels generic, i just had to post something, and i also had to mimic alehandro, so i did this swearing it was chill. Getting chased by adagger wielding homie? right it sucks i know, but heres the thing he "technically stabs you, but your skin kinda shreiks and avoids the blade. its like it sucks away. so for the whole nightmare im getting stabbed but i never bleed. the feeling is aweful, and you never stop running. i dont wanna know what it means. oh and teh guy didnt have one tentacle arm, i thought that might heightenhow freaky it would be.

T1000? art center nightmare

2007-03-20T17:04:00.000-07:00

not sure if this is a nightmare or fantasy? lol. what i feel sometimes at art center

the latest nightmare

2007-03-19T19:33:00.000-07:00

I haven't put much thought to this reoccurring dream until it came back about two weeks ago.
In it, I am floating peacefully with a dreamy expression on my face, staring at the clouds above my head as they slowly trip upwards into the warm sky. There is always a loud, clapping sound that explodes in my ears beneath the deep, soothing, emerald ocean water, echoing through the watery caves of my ears, shooting needles into my pin cushion heart (this is where I usually wake up with my clammy hands over my ears and sweat beading up on my forehead). With an arching snap my head sends cascading drops of salty water into a rainbow above my head. I look around me, left and then right. I am at the belly of the open ocean. Everywhere I look is a con caving water/sky line and the smell of the ocean and a hot breeze calling and crawling around the backs of my ears. I hear a loud clap behind me. As I spin I clap my arm against the water around me sending a wall of rippling water 180 degrees around me. Beyond the wake of the splash is a pair of hands pressed together in prayer and moving quickly through the water in the manner of a shark's fin. The sound of a thousand clapping hands slaps the back side of my head. As I jerk my head around feel the pressure of a hand slowly clasping around my bicep. I flinch away and look around beneath me into the dark water. I look up and see praying hands encircling me. I feel a slight tug at my hair from the rear of my head. Hands cover my eyes and I taste the salt water down my throat. I always wake up right before the hands pull me under completely and I am always kicking my sheets off when I awake. A couple of times, after I awaken, there is an image in my head of a woman or of a girl's head floating slightly above the surface of the rough water.

stand up, comics.

2007-03-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

Here it is for this week, draweys, one 10x15 (proportionately) vertical comic book page. Anything within those proportions is fair game, b/w/color/digital/ink/coffee etc. on anything you want; squirrels/romance/A-Team/B-Team/Atlantis/t-shirts/real-life/mainfesto/mephisto/cristo/and biblical. Ending Sunday 3/25

welcome to my nightmare

2007-03-19T01:14:00.000-07:00

Based on an actual dream I had a couple nights ago. I fell asleep with a mild headache and, next thing I know, for some reason my dad was squeezing me in a headlock! And-I swear this is true- he actually started crushing my skull! The pain was bad enough (from the headache I assume) that I woke up with my skull still throbbing. Spooooky!

I should point out that my dad is actually not a mythological beast, devouring virgins at the heart of deadly labyrinth, but apparently we have some issues to work through.

Beeez nuts

2007-03-18T22:19:00.000-07:00

actual dream where i tried to catch a wasp in a glass but as i got closer it became too big to fit in the glass and then i ran away and it chased me and landed on my neck and then i suddenly woke up and was relieved to find out i was only covered in hundreds regular sized wasps in real life.

your mission, should you choose to accept it....

2007-03-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

So this weeks subject is.....NIGHTMARES!!! Hooray. As always that's a loose guideline so feel free to push and stretch as much as you please. Hopefully everyone by now realizes that there are no real "rules" as far as posting, so for godsakes draw something, even if you think it sucks. And not to be long winded but it occurred to me that if anyone at all wants to suggest a topic in the future, go right ahead....the idea here, (if it hasn't been made obvious enough yet) is to foster some participation and involvement in a totally open forum, and above all, to draw fun shit!

an attempt...

2007-03-11T22:00:00.000-07:00

pissed off biker babes are my specialty

...far too busy this weekend (yeah right) but this is-once again- my last minute entry...Might get around to sprucing it up on the 'shop later, but this will do for now. And I must say I like the sketch posting trend...the mega-troid battle rocks. So yeah...keep up the good work, team!

metroid vs. megaman

2007-03-11T20:50:00.000-07:00

one hand one blaster one winner
(the NES/heroine showdown woot)

2007-03-11T03:46:00.000-07:00

...and she carries a large stick named "Justice..."

100% Columbia Heroine

2007-03-09T00:17:00.000-08:00

Illustratiiiii, come out to playeayyy

2007-03-06T20:28:00.000-08:00

So it's on, Heroines, however you see it, ending Sunday the 11th

2007-03-06T20:03:00.001-08:00

yeah, I'm down with the less-muscley theme. I tried to make a starfox for the last one but it, uh, sucked. How bout we widen it a little to "heroines" in general, cool?

Contra!!!

2007-03-05T16:16:00.000-08:00

(Is the gun big enough?)

So, this is mine, a long threatened contribution....Better late than never I guess...thanks to Owen for bustin out a rad nes image in like 2 hours last night....motivated me to finally put something together. Hopefully people dig this and see that not everything on here has to be a freakishly rendered muscle bound behemoth (not that there's anything wrong with that). I guess this guy still falls into that category somewhat, but nevermind that...Now let's see some work people!

In other news, I'd like to throw out a suggestion for the next project-
Super-Heroines! I figure it's about time we got some chicks around here...so, yeah...go draw!