i'm new, here's my art. [new piece 9/10]

quid squid

i'm new here so i thought i would start off by showing everyone what i do. i have a degree in illustration and one in toy design. do a lot of gallery shows (i am 8-bit #3, crazy 4 cult, and a bunch more). anyways, here are a couple examples...










if you want to see more work check out my site http://www.wonderingart.com

let me know what you think and if people like what they see i'll post more. i am also interested in posting in progress work to see what advice people can give and help me with.

DeeLock

Lovely!!!

Endless_Serpents

Damn, that stuffs smooooth.

All in all great work, lemme just say I love your black and white work above all.

beavotron

great great work, welcome!

Iruka

That suit can never be orange, and I hope thats an alligator and not a dragon, you bastard.

welcome though, I really love the first one. Smooth, as serpents said.

quid squid

Iruka wrote: »

That suit can never be orange, and I hope thats an alligator and not a dragon, you bastard.

welcome though, I really love the first one. Smooth, as serpents said.

don't worry, it is an alligator. his name is norm. for some reason the images are squished a little, is there a height restriction for images on the board?

glad you guys enjoy, i will post new stuff as i am working on them. i have a couple pieces due for the new Crazy 4 Cult in a week or so, so i'm sure i'll come looking for advice on that.

Iruka

I'm okay with your alligator suit, then. And I believe photobucket goes about resizing things unless you tell it not to.

quid squid

Iruka wrote: »

I'm okay with your alligator suit, then. And I believe photobucket goes about resizing things unless you tell it not to.

glad you approve of norm he's actually part of a series of characters i do called Animal Crackers.

i've never had a problem with photobucket resizing my images before. i use it all the time to post on my blog.

oh, and i forgot to say "thanks" for all the welcoming comments.

Slainbylich

I enjoy the sword of daedalus reference in the first image.

KalTorak

The guy in the first one looks a lot like my brother...



Really awesome work. I love the alligator suit, and the octopus made me laugh and I don't know why.

Kunkoh

Damocles..... it's really more of a dagger.
I think you've been watching too much SG1 - Daedalus

Slainbylich

Well I need to do something while I wait to die. :P I knew it started with a D, at least my college education gave me that. haha. It's good art anyway.

Image #4 reminds me of a particular tv show, I can't remember which one, but something in the back of my brain says "youve seen this before".

Kunkoh

I wish I could say that I remember because of my classical background in Greek, Roman & Egyptian mythology.... so I will.

It's better than admitting I only remember because of the Rocky Horror Picture Show song!... which alas is the real reason. Now forget you read this. FORGET DAMN YOU!

Mustang

It's too neat, stop being so neat.

It makes us messy ones look bad.

Lalilulelo

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v465/thepatriots/1203639824528.gif

Bomb edit: 1.6mb gif BAD!

Grenn

Welcome & Great work, I'd love to see some of your process. Keep postin'!

Kealoha

you wouldn't happen to have neighborhood #1 tunnels in 1280x800 would you? My god, it's fantastic. All of your stuff is good. Love dinobytes, too. Just noticed some of your stuff, at least the kraken series, is for sale. I'd buy it if I had money. Also, sorry if asking for a bigger size of that is uncalled for.

Tam

You have neat drawingses.

quid squid

Kealoha wrote: »

you wouldn't happen to have neighborhood #1 tunnels in 1280x800 would you? My god, it's fantastic. All of your stuff is good. Love dinobytes, too. Just noticed some of your stuff, at least the kraken series, is for sale. I'd buy it if I had money. Also, sorry if asking for a bigger size of that is uncalled for.

i have a bunch of other art i will be putting up for sale next month. i have a solo show in LA that i will be putting all my older unsold work in. anything left over after that month will go up on my site for sale. if you're in LA the show is scheduled for the 16, i will be posting more info as soon as i have the final details.

i'll see what i can do about getting you a larger image. i'm assuming you want it for a wallpaper?

Projeck

could i get this in a 1680x1050 resolution? it is the bomb diggity

u63r

quid squid wrote: »

The name "Damocles" mean anything to you?

Kealoha

quid squid wrote: »

Kealoha wrote: »

you wouldn't happen to have neighborhood #1 tunnels in 1280x800 would you? My god, it's fantastic. All of your stuff is good. Love dinobytes, too. Just noticed some of your stuff, at least the kraken series, is for sale. I'd buy it if I had money. Also, sorry if asking for a bigger size of that is uncalled for.

i have a bunch of other art i will be putting up for sale next month. i have a solo show in LA that i will be putting all my older unsold work in. anything left over after that month will go up on my site for sale. if you're in LA the show is scheduled for the 16, i will be posting more info as soon as i have the final details.

i'll see what i can do about getting you a larger image. i'm assuming you want it for a wallpaper?

yeah, you're correct. and unfortunately I won't be in LA, but good luck nonetheless.

Crowleston

u63r wrote: »

quid squid wrote: »

The name "Damocles" mean anything to you?

I played Rocky in my college production of RHS. Thought I would just throw that out.

quid squid

Crowleston wrote: »

u63r wrote: »

quid squid wrote: »

The name "Damocles" mean anything to you?

I played Rocky in my college production of RHS. Thought I would just throw that out.

lol...what?

anyways, if any of you had a chance to look at my site, what style are you more attracted to? i go from style to style and sometimes i think it makes things harder on me getting my work noticed. i guess the only real drastic difference is between the serious stuff and the pen/ink and more humorous stuff. i know galleries try to stick with a person doing one type of thing, but i never seem to be happy sticking with one style. do you guys also see this as a problem or should i just do whatever i feel fits the illustration better? i get relatively good responses about all the styles (except when i tried to do the serious style in acrylic...i guess the line quality of the illustrator version is a strong point and it is harder to replicate as clean in acrylics).

Kealoha

I'd say that pigeonholing yourself into one style would be a bit of an unnecessary constraint. Maybe when you're older you should have one style, but you never know. Maybe somehow the drastically different approaches you take now will someday meld into one unique style. As long as you maybe limit your shows to one particular style at a time, you could try that.

But I'm not really part of the art world, so I don't know if that would be best.

quid squid

Kealoha wrote: »

I'd say that pigeonholing yourself into one style would be a bit of an unnecessary constraint. Maybe when you're older you should have one style, but you never know. Maybe somehow the drastically different approaches you take now will someday meld into one unique style. As long as you maybe limit your shows to one particular style at a time, you could try that.

But I'm not really part of the art world, so I don't know if that would be best.

well, you not being part of the art world is a very valued point of opinion. you are the one coming into a gallery knowing nothing about me or my work in the first place, and that opinion goes far. i am always interested to know what people think of my work, and what people are more interested in seeing and what they enjoy looking at.

Projeck

Projeck wrote: »

could i get this in a 1680x1050 resolution? it is the bomb diggity

please? :C

Erik the Hack

quid squid wrote: »

Yeah, I really dig your style. You have talent. This one is my favorite of the four you posted. 8-) I wish I could draw like that...

quid squid

so, i am looking to make new shirts soon. i originally did this as a print with crayon drawn on top...i took the colors out and added the blue background for a shirt design. what do you think? anything i should change? it's based on imagery by the 80's painter Basquiat, who is one of my favorite artists. would you buy this?



ps. ill get you guys some bigger wallpaper images soon, i just have to finish some pieces for some shows and i can get around to it.

Kealoha

I'm not sure if I would buy that on a t-shirt, but it seems more like a kids thing to me anyway, and it's adorable.

I think something really sweet would be to have that on a polo where the other companies normally have their signs.

quid squid

is there another color i should use for this design?

a polo type shirt would be awesome and something i've wanted to look into. it's mainly a matter of money and wondering how much i have to simplify my design to make into the patch.

DeeLock

I don't like the line that you've underlined "Norm" with.

It looks more like you wrote something and then crossed it out...well not exactly...but it's a little too dirty for the overall feel of the piece.

quid squid

DeeLock wrote: »

I don't like the line that you've underlined "Norm" with.

It looks more like you wrote something and then crossed it out...well not exactly...but it's a little too dirty for the overall feel of the piece.

the added elements (name, line, and crown) are from a piece i just did recently where i took a print and added crayon to it. it is based on pieces from the artist Basquiat, used the crown and dirty looking text and linework in his pieces. at one point he was a huge inspiration to me and my work and that's what this piece is about.

i need to center the bottom elements more, something looks off with the alignment to me. would it help if maybe i made the line smaller?

Iruka

Basquiat... Didnt he do very textured, layered, colorful work? Seems like just taking the crayon out of that context isnt working here, at least in the text. You could explore the balance between smooth and textured way more.

I probably wouldn't wear that, as is. Its just a character that while pretty neat doesn't mean a whole ton to me, and isnt doing anything particularly interesting.

quid squid

Iruka wrote: »

Basquiat... Didnt he do very textured, layered, colorful work? Seems like just taking the crayon out of that context isnt working here, at least in the text. You could explore the balance between smooth and textured way more.

I probably wouldn't wear that, as is. Its just a character that while pretty neat doesn't mean a whole ton to me, and isnt doing anything particularly interesting.

he did more graffiti art in the 80s, some of his later stuff was more colorful though. i was taking more of the icon of the crown and lines for this. he would use white chalk on surfaces, spraypaint, etc. which is where the crayon comes in here. the character i use is part of a story and he is in kindergarten...which is why i used the crayon. i've used it on pieces in the past with the same character and was keeping with that.

i'd add more color, but i'm trying to keep the price down.

Iruka

Well if your selling it to an audience that already knows what it is, I guess its fine. Crayon as a concept doesn't bother me but there isnt anything very kindergarten in the drawings/handwritting itself.

quid squid

here's my new canvas



i'm doing a show based on the rolling stone top 500 albums of all time, where you pick an album and do a painting on the cover. so i chose Queen A Night at the Opera. i have no clue what i am going to do yet.

i want to try to include pieces from each song on the album. i'm thinking the majority of the piece will be pen/ink with a little bit of acrylic in some choice areas.

quid squid

still working on the album cover design, but here is a new piece i did this past week. i am currently working on a show for January where I will be doing similar pieces with ink on wood. does anyone have experience doing a process like this? my friend, who will also be showing in this show (www.aaronkratenart.com) uses a spray varnish to coat the wood with 2 or so coats and then lets it dry for a couple days. then uses a repidiograph (sp?) pen to draw. i was having problems with the spray varnish not coating the wood canvas too well, seemed like it was seeping into the wood or not drying correctly.



i just recently had a solo show, any pieces that have not sold are still up at http://keithnoordzy.bigcartel.com i will try to put up a complete gallery of all the pieces in the show (there's about 9 missing)

Yog

I absolutely love your cult stuff.

GCGal

Really love that first piece and about 4 others from your website. good job.