My First Window Display - Remember When

Oh my Remember When!
I almost Completely forgot i made this!
Wow it's amazing how much has happened in 2.5 years,
it honestly feels like 100 years ago.
This is my First and only Window Display I've done,
and my, oh my, it was a lot of work!
I had to cut every layer of cardboard on that thing.
and had to draw every piece twice because it was double sided.
But i really like how it turned out.
I mean, not too many times you get to draw yourself flying over the world
holding a lovely girl's hand ;)
I'm pretty sure it was 9ft X 6ft X 3ft,
and I think I have 7-8 scars from building that monster.
I hope you like it! :)

Layered Painting Unveiled

Hello my friends!
How have you been?
Well, i've been working all weekend.
Been painting up a storm for some up and coming things...
I wish i could show it... don't worry, all in due time. :)
Well, i thought i would post this video of me making my giant Layered Illustration,
cause i'm going to finally be showing it publicly for the first time this Friday at the Royal-T in Culver City. It starts at 7 p.m.
Oh, and yes, i actually just got the huge thing framed!! haha
Don't asked me how...
like i said, my framer is amazing!
Well, hope you like the video.
If you're in Southern California Friday, stop by!
i'm flying to NY the next morning, but the art will be up all week :)

In the Beginning

Well happy Monday!
haha kinda an Oxymoron huh?
Well, had a great long weekend;
went sailing with my family and my aunt and uncle.
It was incredible, the wind was amazing.
It was beautiful!

Then today worked on finishing up Sophie Ward's Children's Book.
I'm really close; i can't wait for you all to read it.
Oh, the picture i posted today is the first layered Art i ever did.
It gave birth to the whole layered art series.
I hope you like it!
Hope you are having a great night :)

Return of the Mcqueen

Happy Tuesday Folks!
Wow, i'm tired! Spent the last 6 hours rendering a hounds tooth dress...
needless to say, my eyes are numb and hands tired!
But on another note, took a new set of pictures of my Alexander McQueen layered art piece.
The only thing is, i'm not done going through the images yet, so i will post the rest of them tomorrow, ok?
The image above is just one close up of it.
i have to say, it might be my all time favorite thing i have made.
i think it's cause it's the one that has taken me the longest to make.
i think it was something like 5 weeks to make,
but yes, i will post more tomorrow!
Hope you all are doing wonderful :)

Something short.

i found somemore building process pictures. i should have taken more.
but this is from that window display i made for Eco Citizen. to read more Click here.

13 days and too much cardboard

(If the Video doesn't Load Click here )





yea you know i had to draw my self in there. hah
well, i thought i would post a video of picks of the process of building a big layered illustration.
I had a bunch of pictures of the process of the one in my studio that's 5ft by 6ft.
and i found the concept sketch. it took 13 days and 152 hours. and is made out of cardboard and fabric.
(Click here to see previous post about this project)

A Few Layered Art Pieces

well here are a few Layered Art Pieces i did. hopes you likes.

For My Room

this is a little something i made a little while back. it took me 11 days and 152 hours.
it's 6ft by 5ft and 1ft deepi designed the clothes and used all different and real fabrics, and the rest of it is made out of recycled cardboard.let me know what you think. :) oh yea and it's out a scene out of a story i'm working on in my head.
If want to see a short minute long documentary on the process Click here and enjoy.

Eco Citizen Window Display

Back in October 2007, i was asked to do a window display for this Boutique called Eco Citizen, in San Fransico. This was an amazingly perfect opportunity because i was working on building large layered Art Piece. The theme was "People and Places of the world" and Joslin, the ower of Eco Citizen, gave me a few images of Chagall's "Flying Lovers" as inspiration. Also since the store is Eco-Friendly store i built the whole display out of recycled cardboard. This being my first project that was double sided it took me a little while to figure it out. I hand cut over 120 layers of cardboard to shape the hills. My concept for it was from the out side of the store, the viewer, is on the other side of the world, and as you come into the store you are in the heart of San Fransico. The Monuments start at the Great wall of China, then to Saint Basil's Cathedral, over the hill is Eiffel tower, and lastly on the other side of the display is The Golden Gate Bridge. The final display sizes is H: 6ft W: 9ft and 3ft deep. enjoy.
this is my concept sketch for the display.




Below are some Close up of the monuments in the display.




Below are pictures from in side the store.

The World of Mr. McQueen

In February 2006 I had an idea to create a world and characters that would represent Alexander McQueen's Designs. I looked through all his runway shows from over the years, and picked out 12 outfits for the picture. After playing around with a few sketches, I decided to build the world as a sort of 3D/2D Layered Art Piece. I used all sorts of different papers and recycled cardboard. The final dimensions of it are 46 inches long by 26 inches high and 6 inches deep. I think I still have some of the early concept sketches. If I do I'll post it up here. I hope you like it.