Toned Illustration No. 2

Hey guys! Yesterday I did a sequel of sorts to the piece I put up right after new year's.

This sort of ties in with a story I've been making up in my head. Maybe someday it'll turn into a real book, who knows? Anyway, really enjoying this new style with the toned paper. The look of this piece was heavily inspired by the Goya print "Will She Live Again?" which looks like this:

Love,

-Joseph

Some New Sketches

Hey guys, got a few pages out of my current sketchbook to show you:

The return of the gas mask guys I used to draw. Entitled "Waiting (Isolation Suits)."

Crayon + ballpoint + Highlight pen. A very physically satisfying piece to do. Actually ripped through the paper in a few spots from manically scratching the paper. Also inspired by the Bowie song "Dollar Days."

Entitled "A Gentleman."

Crayon + ink. Entitled "Rat Boy Tries to Fall in Love." Pretty self-explanatory in terms of content, or at least I would imagine so.

Love,

-Joseph

Bowie Portrait

Hey guys, tried my hand at a Bowie portrait after I heard the news. Here it is:

His death hit me pretty hard. I've known "Five Years", "Lady Stardust", and "Life on Mars" for as long as I can remember. Listening to "The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" all the way through for the first time as a young adolescent changed everything about the way I related to music and art. For a long time afterwards, my main musical input consisted of slowly working my way through his 70's albums. Bowie also had a huge influence on my visual art. I'm almost unable to draw without listening to the "right" music. Bowie took it a step further by guiding me though visual worlds I would never have discovered on my own. For a long time, I thought that my art consisted of nothing more than a translation of the music I liked into visual forms. The majority of the time this meant turning my new favorite Bowie album into pages of frenzied sketches and concepts, just trying to figure it all out.  

Rest in Peace, Bowie. Your family lost a loving man. The world lost a incredible artist.

Love,

-Joseph

Toned Paper Illustration

Hey guys! Here's a new drawing I'm excited to show you.

I went for a more illustrative "storybook" style on this one. Something I haven't done in a while. I also used tone paper with marker + pencil + ballpoint + highlight pen for a much more layered look. All turned out pretty well. Good start to the year!

Love,

-Joseph