The Pointed Sticks

I just finished an editorial illustration for ION Magazine last week on an article about a band called The Pointed Sticks from Vancouver. The band was popular in the 70s and was recently reunited.

not-so-digtal

This is the new concert poster which I struggled to come up with an interesting design for ..tried out different illustrations then noticed the limit of what a digital drawing can do. This is inspired by those missing kitties posters on the street, but instead its posted on a tree..perhaps in a forest setting. Contact Staggered Works if you have seen the wolfgirl~

I realized this blog has visitors from Norway, Pakistan, Aruba and Iran, maybe from search engines. But if ur new to the site, feel free to leave me a comment :)

swans swans swans

The illustration course in Designskolen Kolding really opened up a lot of possibilities for my art practice. As I hid myself in my room and work my ass off these few days, new palettes and styles and ideas suddenly came to me and things seemed to be not as difficult as I thought, then I realized its because I often think too much even before I start something, so I always try to meet my own expectations while I recreate the image that was in my head. It feels good to not think too much and just go with the flow no matter what you're dealing with. Here is this week's concert poster:



The band, Spectral Empire is into retro sci fi stuff, so I did a little research on sci fi record covers and came up with these alien (not?) swans. I was going to draw some small humans at the bottom too but it gets too crowded. Anyway this is another digital painting, but I promised myself that I will start with ink or water color next time before I bring it into the computer.

What I did on my birthday

Here is what I did on Feb 1st, 2009.
To conclude the illustration course, we had one and a half week to illustrate 3 articles, and we had 4 to choose from - the financial crisis continues, the pope on youtube, factories paying green tax, and the hypochondriacs. At first I struggled to come up with good ideas..then I had an idea about financial crisis, a time when parents regret having so many kids..and the kids turns into disgusting pink baby birds (somebody told me they look like rats).



Feb 2nd..
the ex- hypochondriac is able to give birth to himself on a hospital bed by crawl out from his diseased skin



and Feb 3rd
Instead of going to the church on Sunday, hardcore catholics are having a meeting at an internet cafe watching the Vatican Youtube channel.




After reading Nate William's Article about starting an illustration career, I'm once again lead back to the same old dilemma...which is commiting to a consistent style. As an artist I have been telling myself that it is okay to experiment. In fact I've been experimenting for years..I can switch to a totally new style every time and I get bored easily, but when it comes to looking for work, I never realized the importance of sticking to a certain style.........they called it "branding" (very business-like). So here's the 2nd poster I did for Staggered Works. Again, it's something different from what I usually do (What do I usually do?). At least I haven't done collages in a while.

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