Eight of Spades

So it's taken a bit longer than I had anticipated, but I've found the motivation to work the scanner and bring another narcissistic doodle for what I hope will evoke entertainment. Doing the spades as self portraits has been a sort of test run for the deck; I'm comfortable drawing myself and tend to spend a great deal more time and anxiety over getting an accurate study of others.
A lot of the spades are far less cognitive than what I hope the portraits of others will be. For these cards, I've preferred to dick around and see what sort of portrait comes of it. This way I attempt to evade the intentional sculpting of my own public persona or an intentional trait I would like to have (but definitely don't).
The "pill grills" are something I've been meaning to try. A lot of my work has a good amount of pharmaceutical references, which has always been an autobiographical and therapeutic account of my ongoing struggle with the ever-charming mental doctors I've encountered.

More to come. Don't know how it relates to my life at all, but I'm starting up the sketches for a nice little nun suit. Prepare to be psychosexually startled! Sincere thanks to anyone who has taken the time out of their day to check this out. Things should start to get more interesting when I get the balls to begin the clubs.

Adding to the Deck

So, I've decided recently that I'd like to take on a larger-scale project, and from my last card I've decided to make a deck of cards by hand. Since my decision to leave art school, I've grappled with the graphic design world, and tried to figure out as to why it did not appeal to me in the slightest. Call me a purist, but I really enjoy a hand-drawn line that isn't perfected, and I think Helvetica is the most irritating font on this planet. So here I am, teaching myself to use a scanner (not very well thus far), and uploading this deck slowly, but surely. Everything is hand drawn, and I am not editing any colors of aspects of the drawing (aside from cropping borders and attempting to make them look presentable).


So, this deck of cards is going to be an interactive experience, to a degree. Each suit will be a category of people in my life (or past), and each card will represent someone I have been influenced by in my lifetime. You never know, you could be in the deck, hmm? As long as you take none of it seriously, your viewing process (I hope) will be entertaining. Thanks for looking, you 20 viewers that are only here because you were expecting a porn site!

some sort of portrait. watercolor

"Same Deck, Different Suit".

"Cap a city". Just some good ol' doodling with the prisma color markers.

Family Portrait. Watercolor

Most Recent Self Portrait. Watercolor, ink, and pastel.