Show Update

Here's a little update for anyone that wasn't able to get to the show back in April. Be sure to check out FOE Gallery in Northampton, MA for great subculture art, designer toys, kaiju and kawaii!
FOE

-J

A Little Tease

Just a little snippet from my upcoming show with the designers from work. I'll keep everyone posted on the event that will be held at FOE Gallery in Northampton, MA starting in 11 days.

FOE Store & Gallery is a new home for subculture art, designer toys, kaiju and kawaii in Western Massachusetts.

Keep it greasy.

-Joe

It's right there, under your nose!

Cut off your nose to spite your face.
Keep your nose to the grindstone.
Can't see the nose in front of your face.
Paying through the nose.
Keep your nose clean.
Don't be so nosy.
and....
Up your nose with a rubba hose!

-J

This is Sparta!!!

Today's blog post courtesy of 300 and a dirty martini. Just a little doodle in the new sketchbook.

I've got a show coming up with all my work peoples, so hopefully I'll be posting with more frequency than as of late.

I'll post the details of the show when I know more. Have a great week!

-J

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

So I'm not sure who lives here, but by the looks of things, they haven't been around for a while. I started this piece a ways back but finished it up today...courtesy of the 24 hours of non-stop pissing rain that still continues as I write this post.

It was either get creative or another Law & Order marathon...I think I chose wisely. Hope you do too....now where did I park that ark?!!

-J

Raaaaar!!!

So I've finally surpassed my record for lack of posts...I think it was 3 months...this is now almost 4..anyway...
I started my new job in January and have been surprised that all this time has passed and I never seem to do much personal work. Is it life? Lack of time? God forbid admitting that my energy level is going down.

When I took my new job I had almost no 3D software experience. I surprised myself this week when I realized that I'd spent the last two weeks working either in Maya or Zbrush every day to complete my work. Don't get me wrong, I don't know shite when it compares to the experts. And I won't be getting a job animating anytime soon, but it really is kind of cool that I can add it to my work process.
I really love learning new things.

Here's a dinosaur I sculpted....minus the outer spikes.

-J

D-Oh Double Gee!

So I've been really busy with work since starting the new job a few months ago. But I've had some time recently to get back some fun arty things. Maybe even some actual painting!!!

I've been working on some more character designs for this animation seen in previous posts. This is an update to the fat dumpy dog character. I thought it would be cool to kill two birds with one stone as they say and try out this cool Flash tool call the Bones tool. It's a great way in Flash to add real life articulation to objects. I used it on the swingin' tails of Donut the dog!
Click this link below.
Waggin' Tails!

Have a great week!

-J

Addams Family Highlights

Here are a few highlights from the last show at MAC650 Gallery for those of you that didn't make it. The first two were created by yours truly. The first is oil on canvas followed by a digitally painted piece.

The third one is from my partner in art crimes, Joseph Dinunzio and the next by Joey Marsocci.
Sorry I didn't have time to post the other artists but I don't have any good pics of their work.

Have a great week.

-J

I Love Brains.....

Friday night is the night!...it's the opening for the Addams Family Gathering Show!
My partner in art crimes, Joseph Dinunzio, and I are putting on another show at the MAC650 Gallery. I hope you all can make it.

This year's theme is, of course, The Addams Family. This is a fine collection of artists and it looks great. Should be a fantastic show and the opening will be kid friendly if anyone wants to bring their little ones. Yes, there will be libations for all.

For directions please visit: MAC650.blogspot.com

Have a great week!
-J

Fiddle Dee Dee

Since the show is coming down Friday I thought I'd post these for those of you that weren't there.
One is a rework and the other is new for this show.
Peace.

-J

Mother Nature

Mother Nature can be cruel and her toll on our collective psyche has been relentless here in the northeast. It has been a record rainy season. Five days of rain and an afternoon of sun has been the status quo. With June 21st approaching, it is highly probably we will never see any spring whatsoever. I will soldier on despite her utter disregard for my love affair with sun and blue skies.

I digress...Recently Joe D. put up photos of some old abandoned places he use to visit a decade ago and they brought me back to my childhood. We used to journey way out past the tobacco fields where the woods would begin and civilization seemed to disappear. I remember one particular occasion we found a car in the middle of the woods, something from the fifties or early sixties if I do recall. We pondered who pushed it out there and why.

I realize now that Mother Nature answers to no one. At some point in time, maybe there was a dirt road. A road which had long been obscured by her unending desire to regrow and change the landscape without regard for the squatters on her world.

Panda-monium!

Awwww....for me?!!

It's been a long while since I posted. That's a phrase I say a lot...well, every month anyway. I've been really busy at work.

I come home at night and it's been presenting some serious challenges, both with my energy and with the limited natural light.

Wish I had something esoteric or insightful to say but I've got a couch waitin' for me.

Enjoy the Pandas!

-J

P.S. Watch this little video!

Hide and Seek

Nothing better than a little hide and seek in the woods as a kid. We would go play outside for hours lost in the trees. Good times. The other day was a really grey day and I just felt like painting something grey. I really like the way it came out. It's a little tribute to Coraline if you haven't seen it. Go rent it when it comes out, or read the book. 

Since I have been working digitally I have realized that my pieces aren't looking the same on everyone's monitors. So this one may be a little more saturated than I wanted, but that's life! There are a few drawbacks to computers. So I guess you will have to come see them in person.

I will be showing in August at the MAC650 gallery and co-curating in October for the Addams Family Show. I am very excited about this one. I have a couple of ideas already that need to be sketched out.

Have a great weekend!

-J

Here Kitty Kitty...

This one started out in a very organic way. I wanted to do something dark with someone peeking in a hole. Turns out that hole was a old log. What's in a old log? spiderwebs and perhaps a cat that's hiding...they like to do that you know. If you can't find the cat, there's a good chance it's under the bed or in a closet. 

I didn't have time to paint this up and I probably never will, so here it is.

Have a great weekend!

-J

Obie the Alien Space Cadet

I was totally lost on what to draw the other night. It was another day of my mind being creatively drained by the day job.

I was really lacking inspiration and then I looked over and what was sitting there beside my monitor?...none other than, Obie the Alien Space Cadet. He's a vinyl toy, my friend and LEGO creative, John McCormack produced last year. This is my interpretation of his character as this Emo, affected, too cool for school alien. Hope you like it.

For you toy collecting geeks out there, John's toy is available for sale online courtesy of Devil's Head Productions. Here's a link for pics and more info on Obie.

ToyCyte-Obie the Alien Space Cadet

-J