tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6250532315831056422024-03-19T03:52:03.722-04:00And Then We All Bought Yachtsthe process blog of alex evansLex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.comBlogger100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-53799118751328336652010-04-22T21:18:00.002-04:002010-04-22T21:18:33.391-04:00Moderationnothing really new. my comments have become a hotbed for chinese fortunes. yay?Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-79938125355852093592010-02-24T18:03:00.001-05:002010-02-24T18:05:30.758-05:00A Long Few Weeks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEx0Ar5Jz3hUCThp0hkDImLoIewVvaYpiLdtNX4HY3jMp2h-UzLtpt95ncuXjEXWf-Qd_uMr2ltWvzj3gAZkPmdOMjO3nkpgNnRb5gANy9IMgb3AoOGus1U4IAvun7Ru8pxKmrofRuM1E/s1600-h/scotch.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 230px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEx0Ar5Jz3hUCThp0hkDImLoIewVvaYpiLdtNX4HY3jMp2h-UzLtpt95ncuXjEXWf-Qd_uMr2ltWvzj3gAZkPmdOMjO3nkpgNnRb5gANy9IMgb3AoOGus1U4IAvun7Ru8pxKmrofRuM1E/s320/scotch.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441949633036274754" /></a><br /><br />oh johnnie walker. scotchy scotch scotch, here it goes, down into my tummy.<br /><br />also, a sketch to use as a facebook picture. i still draw?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsMiZjS2ZBwSM_r-fLjKsVOIpwMEcff8YUTJEWcrnHwKeYMsheiJ9N7eGOJeIXtP2jO8AuzG4N_yIMFA7gRcg8qCNjlb7fXRyLxNPyIq0Rr4lgOO4UUdSZLlFqNVhTztZ98-ywM2zjcw/s1600-h/moi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 290px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsMiZjS2ZBwSM_r-fLjKsVOIpwMEcff8YUTJEWcrnHwKeYMsheiJ9N7eGOJeIXtP2jO8AuzG4N_yIMFA7gRcg8qCNjlb7fXRyLxNPyIq0Rr4lgOO4UUdSZLlFqNVhTztZ98-ywM2zjcw/s320/moi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441949951792809954" /></a>Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-82100801287870800192010-02-17T17:10:00.003-05:002010-02-17T17:18:41.940-05:00Speed Designing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM2Ir4xbg1iyk1ps81C4i-oCU38VRnROygcw49rtQbFrC164vyppehywT_z80NqSK8L9W5zyApjpwm72-PEDxSMJMHz0CaP1n5bwsSm_gH0iCRud_IWNFA1u7G4maPh1ExFs_wIigcHo/s1600-h/gs_fullbox.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijM2Ir4xbg1iyk1ps81C4i-oCU38VRnROygcw49rtQbFrC164vyppehywT_z80NqSK8L9W5zyApjpwm72-PEDxSMJMHz0CaP1n5bwsSm_gH0iCRud_IWNFA1u7G4maPh1ExFs_wIigcHo/s320/gs_fullbox.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439338557885554818" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5mG6SOU9T7ihQZRobx9guIvQzZruPXvJR0CCNM4XRwVwJbII6pbXjoUa7x2gANhwlH9KoKaFiWJFQzdwco_Uyt-75v61b8f-3ghNWSnsreB3vvlfCXrrchj7cunKldqio4sRKn9aj_I/s1600-h/gs_others.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL5mG6SOU9T7ihQZRobx9guIvQzZruPXvJR0CCNM4XRwVwJbII6pbXjoUa7x2gANhwlH9KoKaFiWJFQzdwco_Uyt-75v61b8f-3ghNWSnsreB3vvlfCXrrchj7cunKldqio4sRKn9aj_I/s320/gs_others.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439338562996010354" /></a><br /><br />I havn't designed something for the sake of designing in a while. So while feeling crappy and being home from work, I sat down to flesh out an idea I had for redesigning girl scout cookie boxes!<br /><br />'Tis the season, and with two boxes on my own pantry shelf, the designer in me couldn't help but wince at its design. Iconic, yes..everyone knows what color corresponds with their favorite cookie (thin mints for me please!). But the stock photography on the sides says nothing about the modern girls that make up the Girl Scouts these days. These are girls with facebooks, myspaces and cellphones.<br /><br />So, I thought it made a lot of sense to have the new packaging be more about these girls. Light on the photography, but on the back, every box has a space for the Scout selling you said cookies to sign her name. That way, every time you grab the box and snack away, checking out the packaging while you standing chewing in the doorway, you're reminded that this box actually DID something. There was a girl behind it that you've supported, which is what the whole point of the cookies are.<br /><br />Also, lets be honest: what's more fun than coming up with iconic visuals of the cookies. Worked for maybe 4 hours on it..it's nice to flex these muscles and just do something you want to do every now and again! And to finish something! That's a feeling I havn't felt in a while.<br /><br />Feedback appreciated! Especially from real people, as opposed to all the weird chinese messages I usually get (thanks blogger).Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-48306585571504228032010-01-03T15:37:00.004-05:002010-01-03T15:44:45.529-05:00A Running Starthappy new years everyone!<br /><br />i have some big plans for 2010; i'll let you know as i check them off my list! to start with, i've started drawing up some initial plans to make a silkscreening table for our apartment.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUKjmM03Piw30wTi1TUNTZndxMOCN4QiTJyFkgyuyLltGlYV0_TDQ8aqcVsYGGxbHHo7YM4J6o-FCiaXti1p3Vf-T5LfsIVhF5K2BPVGyIRoC4T_kaG66XkUVyaBRWiAA_A8KcPMWDUs/s1600-h/thetable.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 126px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUKjmM03Piw30wTi1TUNTZndxMOCN4QiTJyFkgyuyLltGlYV0_TDQ8aqcVsYGGxbHHo7YM4J6o-FCiaXti1p3Vf-T5LfsIVhF5K2BPVGyIRoC4T_kaG66XkUVyaBRWiAA_A8KcPMWDUs/s320/thetable.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422616726576696066" /></a><br /><br />of course, living in a new york apartment, this isn't going to be easy. The main goal is to make something that can be easily dis-assembled and stored behind, say, a bookcase, until needed, when it can be set up in our spacious kitchen!<br /><br />included also is a sort of makeshift drying rack, underneath, so most of the prints can be left to dry there, as opposed to all over the apartment.<br /><br />the only thing really holding me back right now is the fact that i cannot, for the life of me, find my screens!! how do you lose two silkscreens, i ask you ?<br /><br />either way, on a day warmer than 7°, i will haul myself down to home depot. guess i need to get my dremel back from home too...<br /><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">next up:</span> figuring out how to powerwash them when we're done without a powerwasher. thoughts anyone??Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-38787168637955384172009-12-17T19:19:00.000-05:002009-12-17T19:22:14.441-05:00Over and Done<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q7DaETCQFT7Qx9Sf6xcfOSLXyS0frJyyq_-6A_RzXZxwOsf8JA8rRBTNjXNVkAr_0u8vLLNR_DVaRggDsKQMLTiNKE6PsnOd2yO6ViRByvNn9SIDBtQQVMdVMucfc6d6loaEj2vap5w/s1600-h/xmas_partay.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 169px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6q7DaETCQFT7Qx9Sf6xcfOSLXyS0frJyyq_-6A_RzXZxwOsf8JA8rRBTNjXNVkAr_0u8vLLNR_DVaRggDsKQMLTiNKE6PsnOd2yO6ViRByvNn9SIDBtQQVMdVMucfc6d6loaEj2vap5w/s320/xmas_partay.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5416364611038172130" /></a><br /><br />happy holidays everybody.Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-65498575745651849482009-12-15T13:32:00.003-05:002009-12-15T13:38:21.190-05:00Let There Be Light<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQ_Fr71orLxEd5b9qycH2FpnOPTNinY3T0-DVjOikD_q_dWQDROIMB-Ers9Y7IgEose8_0yGukohoji0gpAPsc3FnzVLLMiZ0dxtJaOUz8XFNmpWvvr-3XHGPgRzFIL2ihFJ-DBssnmc/s1600-h/hallway_lights.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcQ_Fr71orLxEd5b9qycH2FpnOPTNinY3T0-DVjOikD_q_dWQDROIMB-Ers9Y7IgEose8_0yGukohoji0gpAPsc3FnzVLLMiZ0dxtJaOUz8XFNmpWvvr-3XHGPgRzFIL2ihFJ-DBssnmc/s320/hallway_lights.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415532726815541218" /></a><br /><br />another project down!<br /><br />we have this sick hallway that one of my roommates' and i have our rooms off of. when we first took the place, we thought it would be cool to hang these huge paper lanterns all the way down it, and when we did our many (..many) ikea trips right after moving in, bought all the hardware to do it.<br /><br />of course, our ceilings are incredibly high, so we needed to borrow a ladder to do this..a task which took until last week to accomplish. i'm on a staycation from work now (from the 8th 'till the 4th -- w00t!), so i figured since im not super busy, i mays well just finish it up.<br /><br />we've got it on a dimmer, so above is the highest setting. i just ran the cords down the wall seam, so you don't even really see them!<br /><br />all-in-all, i'd say pretty successful! next up -- curtains for above the cabinets in the kitchen!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-91961525595651685952009-12-11T15:51:00.002-05:002009-12-11T15:53:46.677-05:00The Last Time<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPYGyG_UsNPevOtm8pZOnEjBXezOyGIVuYfXPeKKf7aPZ0Y4DxCy2vtMo_dS05CQPBOSymrGHFqlW9p64g5dlhFzZ1CK5l67vUM6r0HabqP37xc869u1Dng0bm61z7lz8qxHwVq8lkbw/s1600-h/matibday_crop.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 162px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCPYGyG_UsNPevOtm8pZOnEjBXezOyGIVuYfXPeKKf7aPZ0Y4DxCy2vtMo_dS05CQPBOSymrGHFqlW9p64g5dlhFzZ1CK5l67vUM6r0HabqP37xc869u1Dng0bm61z7lz8qxHwVq8lkbw/s320/matibday_crop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414084317129913634" /></a><br /><br />just a little illustration i did for a friend's birthday. it's been a while since ive done anything but color over my sketchlines, i've gotta stop being so lazy..<br /><br />life's so complicated sometimes !Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-2676403700058099032009-12-01T14:39:00.002-05:002009-12-01T14:41:32.143-05:00Things In Motion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlK0j0QVNmXnHFVeQDR53fClU5LA9OA0kW9B_LkGRfQK437R2iKJja7eOl1O6110irlgMlk6uhQEHAF-8fVkVlGgXMkBOATCbuhbUZz4syciCfVUqvxo01BPANbQl-HTew9enLe_DcSo/s1600/thorn_redux.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXlK0j0QVNmXnHFVeQDR53fClU5LA9OA0kW9B_LkGRfQK437R2iKJja7eOl1O6110irlgMlk6uhQEHAF-8fVkVlGgXMkBOATCbuhbUZz4syciCfVUqvxo01BPANbQl-HTew9enLe_DcSo/s320/thorn_redux.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410354703971298130" /></a><br /><br />i have this idea in my head, to start a flash comic with my characters. the flash wouldn't be intense, just things like characters blinking, small movements in the background, whathave you. maybe some sounds. i'm not sure.<br /><br />of course, to do this i need to get the real storyline fleshed out, storyboarded. i need to be able to draw all my characters. some of them are just so..dumb. they reek of 15 year old angst, which makes sense, since thats the last time my brain did any real thinking about them.<br /><br />so here is an attempt at Thorn Wallis, one of the four main charcacters i have. she gets half a body, because thats about as much as i can muster out of myself. strep throat, ughh. anatomy, ughhh.Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-42702651269238688012009-11-10T10:45:00.002-05:002009-11-10T10:50:09.631-05:00Things That Make Me Go 'Mmm'a couple more drawings, while watching titan AE. i didnt realize that was whats-his-face's last movie in a while....i guess rotoscoping is on its way out, eh?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoiuH5XATAL36cT3F_fV4PNrTi8dIIrvpDxfCpzirFBv9XV2HA7yanPho2sznBAxGRD7K7u4WvdCaevE2SVVLUlnmM3WXpCO9DRN31VgBhVLi6ik5kOjdBEiTj-A_F9kF1qss_4MVbTY/s1600-h/seel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 157px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoiuH5XATAL36cT3F_fV4PNrTi8dIIrvpDxfCpzirFBv9XV2HA7yanPho2sznBAxGRD7K7u4WvdCaevE2SVVLUlnmM3WXpCO9DRN31VgBhVLi6ik5kOjdBEiTj-A_F9kF1qss_4MVbTY/s320/seel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402502000677618034" /></a><br /><br />seels have become a big part of my life. i can't really explain it without sounding like a crazy person?<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRdw1mKLPgUAkLgJeDTFNjjwVdYViN7FZUWJI3G9IYTNK0bo-dvSVwdgL7gAiyrDqMDjJvfeqHoowLifhi3M5pWBiNcp1kOpagIz7Zq1KTc3FTXSGjd7DipOcjqFgA6WRpyB9AmRRv_s/s1600-h/kids.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 274px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSRdw1mKLPgUAkLgJeDTFNjjwVdYViN7FZUWJI3G9IYTNK0bo-dvSVwdgL7gAiyrDqMDjJvfeqHoowLifhi3M5pWBiNcp1kOpagIz7Zq1KTc3FTXSGjd7DipOcjqFgA6WRpyB9AmRRv_s/s320/kids.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402502005090788306" /></a><br /><br />usually i cant draw boys i like. exception! also: i am dumb looking oh no.<br /><br />in other fabuloso news: me and my roommate might be having a show early next year, which would be baller. i really want to do stuff with woodcuts, maybe tantagrams, maybe a couple of characters...not sure. but the cool thing is, i havn't taken any vacation at all this year (because i am poor!), so i get to take basically all of december off. which means: time to work on a portfolio, time to work on show stuff, and time to start playing world of warcraft again!<br /><br />hmm that last one might be a bad idea.Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-25703970874093045322009-10-28T23:35:00.005-04:002009-10-28T23:41:36.047-04:00And The World Turnsi can't design anymore. i'm not sure what happened, what i've lost, or where to find it. but i do know that it makes me grumpy and unhappy, like a teapot with no spout, no way to let off steam. theres been a lot of sleep going on, to avoid the hassle of being awake.<br /><br />so, trying to draw, and at least make some leeway in that department. my visual language is neanderthal at best, so i've been doing a lot of studies of my art books, trying to find a way to see the world again.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4CZqYkMXBqZGeDAs6nHO2FMg_FjfwvyDlqicm2D8d7WeKjoT_7qh0zDhvYM-51a1-Clnj-dMsPHOvm2ywczMaeDa0nexJ5LVAEl3dEWeBl7Jo_f8WgyIeGzhb75birghGYN4jbvS7S8/s1600-h/sketch_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 205px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4CZqYkMXBqZGeDAs6nHO2FMg_FjfwvyDlqicm2D8d7WeKjoT_7qh0zDhvYM-51a1-Clnj-dMsPHOvm2ywczMaeDa0nexJ5LVAEl3dEWeBl7Jo_f8WgyIeGzhb75birghGYN4jbvS7S8/s320/sketch_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397861071805984434" /></a><br />a study of emma frost, from one of my new xmen books, and my roomates hand from life, doing what we do best.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgdP0fJh0BMK2vsbay0zNKxlv-YMYQOwztzkUxpZ9lZ5TdjC6K9WsJqKjY0dTuiqB2yRoYZmfDzLk-tSNOcsPRqNSMkb3JOpA7CBI-GdPkGhmpzZwzYgRW8Mb5-bVF5BauTxdYRfccnE/s1600-h/hb.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgdP0fJh0BMK2vsbay0zNKxlv-YMYQOwztzkUxpZ9lZ5TdjC6K9WsJqKjY0dTuiqB2yRoYZmfDzLk-tSNOcsPRqNSMkb3JOpA7CBI-GdPkGhmpzZwzYgRW8Mb5-bVF5BauTxdYRfccnE/s320/hb.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397861240526970658" /></a><br />some hellboy studies. i'm incredibly interested to find out his formula for what gets to be black, and what gets to be everything else. i thought it would be as simple as doing a few drawings from my comics, but the mystery remains.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDVuFFhOYPo98kHoLkPAdTcA0JCnapZGnQYf0ibkdcU7eH9O7570rQw833ZiYRpkMYVMPZs-Pk9onevEhZBm3sWCjhyphenhyphen53PRqbKeZRPCdWZbwFdJnTas-Us2DhpsAUTkIsqogp7CYYBzY/s1600-h/mati_small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghDVuFFhOYPo98kHoLkPAdTcA0JCnapZGnQYf0ibkdcU7eH9O7570rQw833ZiYRpkMYVMPZs-Pk9onevEhZBm3sWCjhyphenhyphen53PRqbKeZRPCdWZbwFdJnTas-Us2DhpsAUTkIsqogp7CYYBzY/s320/mati_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397861502457887842" /></a><br />and, a cute boy i know! xo<br /><br />i have so many projects i get scared, and dont work on any of them. this should change!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-87160308922688084512009-10-17T03:45:00.003-04:002009-10-17T03:47:19.416-04:00we look good side by sideall it is is putting the piecces together!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFdSjEUG00dw_fd35rRyPj36cdi6i13GbOC3-uGHTcBAB5sZqHbsY8h4OlIcyKq6XPZr7sPPLSY9TR1hNqrWv0t6UgFZW4zUWrKHStbHbdpORR7My0hG_xMIEiR5hsax1vSGzKjEY7zM/s1600-h/toby.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrFdSjEUG00dw_fd35rRyPj36cdi6i13GbOC3-uGHTcBAB5sZqHbsY8h4OlIcyKq6XPZr7sPPLSY9TR1hNqrWv0t6UgFZW4zUWrKHStbHbdpORR7My0hG_xMIEiR5hsax1vSGzKjEY7zM/s320/toby.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393472179912609874" /></a>Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-41797149128943105202009-09-07T23:26:00.002-04:002009-09-07T23:28:50.754-04:00Sneak Peek<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZegJEP7GC6l-zZsyHl82ceztqwIpD1w5JQF4GanqjJ8kVdNDiZzYCtrRBXzX2d8zSZNyFAe3R6H2XJCofK1wy8t4BjHMR_-Tw5E8zuNZOfSfhG2tU8FpbbnKEDi_9P0ZVQUlyMFBFOeM/s1600-h/if_newsletter.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZegJEP7GC6l-zZsyHl82ceztqwIpD1w5JQF4GanqjJ8kVdNDiZzYCtrRBXzX2d8zSZNyFAe3R6H2XJCofK1wy8t4BjHMR_-Tw5E8zuNZOfSfhG2tU8FpbbnKEDi_9P0ZVQUlyMFBFOeM/s320/if_newsletter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378932969911753250" /></a><br /><br />so i can't really show too much, but i spent the afternoon figuring out how to format a newsletter in such a way that email clients can format them to look pretty! sort of a pain in the ass, but a good learning experience. i think i'm finally starting to sync with css!<br /><br />the sites themselves still have some progress to be made, but its not really fun stuff, so i've been putting it off. once i get the full deck, i might post it here for people's opinions, if anyone would be interested in giving some feedback?<br /><br />happy post-labor day weekend!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-64118168171901294882009-08-28T13:03:00.002-04:002009-08-28T13:06:05.456-04:00Surrounded<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBWzuAB1jEpSwrubQdorp5RaiLMFGGBMNG4685lXRv9L6mxvDnx7ROdQ1T7IuWVGoW8fAEj0fi4_OFVSEDpO4JkHjJD6c2m-iRe15VVtWjprS8A1eAj7hRV_GO62QDbzG5teJRks6AnM/s1600-h/openarms.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 129px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgBWzuAB1jEpSwrubQdorp5RaiLMFGGBMNG4685lXRv9L6mxvDnx7ROdQ1T7IuWVGoW8fAEj0fi4_OFVSEDpO4JkHjJD6c2m-iRe15VVtWjprS8A1eAj7hRV_GO62QDbzG5teJRks6AnM/s320/openarms.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375062056624659890" /></a><br /><br />i got bored and did some feather vectors. i know i was going to try to do a "one vector a day" sort of thing, but there just don't seem to be enough hours in a day!<br /><br />in other news....its taking me forever to get stuff together, but hopefully i'll have some iflt/ifht.com stuff to show you! and a new portfolio site in the future...Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-25243348198967093022009-08-24T16:13:00.001-04:002009-08-24T16:13:41.415-04:00Oh, the internetNo exciting new work (yet), but check out this link my friend sent me:<br /><br />http://www.h2trickortreat.com/index.php?id=s2408301972<br /><br />...yes, that is the shirt i designed for our annual 'funday' party in DC; how odd!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-90688085815078312412009-08-11T01:36:00.003-04:002009-08-11T01:39:35.363-04:00Torn Up Underneath<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE-YjaTM6EOuSMTP2UnY6z68LKB5wsD76byjuu6_R99ig8Ihvsr3t7kMpO-iFTOGnrPDHLWI8A-325jjA18Hkfvh69hvnOdAYiXs-ksD0_DySMp-_SoSMrhf9a_zAipnqdG3vyRwN87Y/s1600-h/room_newwall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE-YjaTM6EOuSMTP2UnY6z68LKB5wsD76byjuu6_R99ig8Ihvsr3t7kMpO-iFTOGnrPDHLWI8A-325jjA18Hkfvh69hvnOdAYiXs-ksD0_DySMp-_SoSMrhf9a_zAipnqdG3vyRwN87Y/s320/room_newwall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368576038434354578" /></a><br /><br />a little random-energy project: i had this nice hue of woodgrain contact paper i was going to put on my secondary storage doors, but they're covered in this primer the adhesive couldn't stick to. so its been sitting in a corner gathering dust, when i decided to try and cover my alcove in it. took about two hours, and it looks pretty sweet if you ask me! i feel like an asian mobster or something...i think the posters need to come down just a little, but otherwise pretty ballin! you also can't tell, but i did some serious cord-control under the desk too.<br /><br />finally, the ability to clean up the huge holes that stupid shelf left in my wall!<br /><br />otherwise, no big news. work and life keep me so busy -- i love new york! theres always so much to do, im starting to finally get acclimated to a lifestyle of go. whoopie!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-74774300013644864212009-07-22T19:18:00.002-04:002009-07-22T19:21:13.413-04:00What Happened<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQ7Pe_wTk1LKBhbIJBErS30VyFfEHMe-aS0oNsLlxR6LbvbuOiExxid00iSNjLRTboXJQzyA3_Rch2wprFXibG4wK_RAgRGgY0oAxej4i30MxRxJzlvJbSw4-2ePZb4oJWayEoEYG6tM/s1600-h/thorn.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 223px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvQ7Pe_wTk1LKBhbIJBErS30VyFfEHMe-aS0oNsLlxR6LbvbuOiExxid00iSNjLRTboXJQzyA3_Rch2wprFXibG4wK_RAgRGgY0oAxej4i30MxRxJzlvJbSw4-2ePZb4oJWayEoEYG6tM/s320/thorn.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361428533496291186" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOGaoZuNdByF7iji40XnE72u0QY8diHVJdRuZd_ZVISWsxq7MXrFfilh6vfqQGmfZ9W4NeePZ8JQHw9giIKz82pJ8KtjA7gNnErSGO9IW9HtCKA9XBM4Unsj-wDsJEXE_cVMMl_WU6kw/s1600-h/miko.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEOGaoZuNdByF7iji40XnE72u0QY8diHVJdRuZd_ZVISWsxq7MXrFfilh6vfqQGmfZ9W4NeePZ8JQHw9giIKz82pJ8KtjA7gNnErSGO9IW9HtCKA9XBM4Unsj-wDsJEXE_cVMMl_WU6kw/s320/miko.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361428526818102770" /></a><br />so im trying to draw all of my characters out again, because i need more things to do thank just draw busts of sage in meetings. i need an anatomy class SO BADLY. did one of sage too, but havn't scanned it yet. its funny, looking back at character design decisions i made, some of them were so stupid. i should really flex my writing skills again and try doing some short stories that set up their backstories or something. hrumph.Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-77461520752487159072009-05-20T23:44:00.002-04:002009-05-20T23:46:23.695-04:00I Fucking...progress has been made on ifuckinglovethis.com and ifuckinghatethis.com ! ive decided, for now at least, its going to be invite-only. it may always stay like that, like a fffound or a yay hooray, even if it manages to capture a following. i can't say i didnt try.<br /><br />i think, though, the only way for it to 'take off' is if its INCREDIBLY easy to use on the fly. but to get it to that point...will cost some money. sooooo we will see how this nets out :) im hoping to get it out of the design phase very soon though!<br /><br />web projects are so much fun!!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-77321119999195094582009-05-17T21:16:00.003-04:002009-05-17T21:21:41.776-04:00Breaking Down Walls<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlku3G2naAviFromVgaMketZxfZFx9kATJkn_MrrBV1hZ3N2I063xnbAisCvNq3-eCBlThEQUmaeM7M6nbTl_9q9GVUbZfyRUu_1fnPhrRpJTXiHSskviBbETH1tcBSQlXpAE5YQVAPJ0/s1600-h/zhadra_drinkr1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlku3G2naAviFromVgaMketZxfZFx9kATJkn_MrrBV1hZ3N2I063xnbAisCvNq3-eCBlThEQUmaeM7M6nbTl_9q9GVUbZfyRUu_1fnPhrRpJTXiHSskviBbETH1tcBSQlXpAE5YQVAPJ0/s320/zhadra_drinkr1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5336966874723828418" /></a><br /><br />i have been in the biggest art block of my life. i'm not sure what it is, but the swirling thoughts of ideas in my head just aren't coming out right. the most frustrating part of this would be my inability to draw anything exciting. im so tired of drawing characters just standing there; no sense of time, place, story, emotion. its like, whats the point!<br /><br />this isn't horrible, but its not great either. im pretty proud of the torso area though, thats usually my achilles heel. theres something off with it though, im not sure what. i know her one horn looks super big but what can you do.<br /><br />i like how zhadra comes out as some weird hippie. im sure even medieval times has their fair share, amirite?<br /><br />as soon as i get into the city (june 15th!) i'm going to figure class once a week. nothing beats seeing the real thing. especially when your brain/hand has lost the ability to fake it.Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-38062029350838241222009-05-02T20:12:00.002-04:002009-05-02T20:21:24.115-04:00Kazam!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RCHVraiIwZMeV3VLium783oiYSYjE3xYjmaZ0roLBjo6-ib8R-8DEhpTsyuP3DCTzf4BYDpwiIUzwX2OVBPztzTNVX8kBjAe0zi5QT9Ctet7dyDZnRpyCY-Pa05vP3R6ey8xJqf3NYc/s1600-h/calhobbes_050209.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3RCHVraiIwZMeV3VLium783oiYSYjE3xYjmaZ0roLBjo6-ib8R-8DEhpTsyuP3DCTzf4BYDpwiIUzwX2OVBPztzTNVX8kBjAe0zi5QT9Ctet7dyDZnRpyCY-Pa05vP3R6ey8xJqf3NYc/s320/calhobbes_050209.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331384059085475522" /></a><br /><br />so after two days of drinking, wearing the same clothes and not showing, i came home and for whatever reason decided it was high time to finish up this calvin and hobbes painting. once i move into the city i am going to lose the ability to spread out, so these projects need to be done before that.<br /><br />a sad realization is that, that empty bar in the very middle of the canvas, is supposed to be the foreground ground color.....and thats going to be impossible to remix, i remember having such a hard time getting that pink for some reason?! i have to mix a goldenrod for the moons too, then everything thats white will be filled in with an almost-black black. et voila!<br /><br />after this, ive just got to finish coating up my deer, and i think my outstanding non-digital projects are completed :) whoopie!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-53915088689336085622009-04-30T17:37:00.002-04:002009-04-30T17:40:48.929-04:00New Internets!so i am the proud owner of <a href="http://ifuckinglovethis.com/" target="_new">ifuckinglovethis.com</a> and <a href="http://ifuckinghatethis.com/" target="_new">ifuckinghatethis.com</a>! it will eventually roll into a (popular!) blog, where me and cohorts will post things we love, and things we hate, from a range of different topics. i used today (a slow day at work) to set up the nameservers, so hopefully my brain will consider the ball rolling and i will churn out some designs somewhat soon.<br /><br />i'm hoping to have my new portfolio site (read: not really new, so much as revamped and scrapping the overused 'lightbox' script, which wasn't overused when i used it thank-you-very-much!) coded in the next few weeks as well, so between these two projects i should start having a pretty sick web presence!<br /><br />at the moment, love has not yet populated, but do check back! i will, of course, post deets as they happen!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-7956904735925659352009-04-12T12:42:00.005-04:002009-04-12T12:52:33.470-04:00WOAH!FUNDAY'09<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-6QkDg3DpS3NGtLfk7UpzsjhRS8Am_lYYZFdLV2DhSfqgOW7mcfmGU9s1soLnUvC4Dq3st2aviZMnfMalx368d4e5vWgYCk_vRSVU7OyQ11Q87Q2iReTp7BFytsjN82Y8td8DObEU3E/s1600-h/woahshirt3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL-6QkDg3DpS3NGtLfk7UpzsjhRS8Am_lYYZFdLV2DhSfqgOW7mcfmGU9s1soLnUvC4Dq3st2aviZMnfMalx368d4e5vWgYCk_vRSVU7OyQ11Q87Q2iReTp7BFytsjN82Y8td8DObEU3E/s200/woahshirt3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323846324544260082" /></a><br />ahh, last minute lex strikes again! i was asked to do a tshirt for a party my highschool friends down in DC are throwing, based on a shirt my friend sarah got one fateful day at a VNA sale...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNRVBX7wI13lJrJ-7kIDJ7MszT-lXG0ngl19cVfql_TYhoEWpMORXu3w1qMxglSNHmSlwXQFYEEbPtVFqm87hGD-l1pc4iAMPHcNRP12wwcOWoMLudsIzycbxPjsQmgsRkeMODSAqaoI/s1600-h/Summer+2004+Pics+135.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKNRVBX7wI13lJrJ-7kIDJ7MszT-lXG0ngl19cVfql_TYhoEWpMORXu3w1qMxglSNHmSlwXQFYEEbPtVFqm87hGD-l1pc4iAMPHcNRP12wwcOWoMLudsIzycbxPjsQmgsRkeMODSAqaoI/s200/Summer+2004+Pics+135.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5323848569453900786" /></a><br />for whatever reason the phrase has stuck within our group of friends, and theyre now basing their party around it (haha). so my task was to do a shirt 'in the same vein' as the original, only...cooler.<br /><br />ive been pretty busy the last few weeks, so sitting down to do something fun was actually more difficult then i would have thought. i'm pretty decent at drawing, but for the life of me i could not come up with a stylized horse illo. the first design i came up with last night (they wanted the design by today, so we could get them printed by next saturday) was really hard to look at, i don't even want to share it; my original thought was i wanted it to be really organic and hand-done, but of course under pressure i defaulted to iconography and text-bubbles, my design stand-bys, lol.<br /><br />i'm not sure if itll greatly increase the cost to print on both sides, but i think it would be sweet if we print the design on the back, and then an empty bubble on the front for you to write something in..there's going to be a lot of people there from a lot of different places, so you could always just do your name, or a drawing, or just leave it blank, whatever. it'd be a pretty cool little thing though :).<br /><br />this party is going to be amazing! the icons in the bubbles represent the different things that will be making an appearance at the party (shotski, discoball, music, friends, etc), plus a throwback to the original with the horse/horseshoe. i hate lassos. seriously, who can vector a decently looking lasso, i ask you?? im pretty pumped to be wearin this, and see everyone else there wearin'em too..we got the shirts wholesale from American Apparel (sweet!), so they're gonna be pretty long-lasting too. hooray for a foray into shirts! maybe once we move out, if we can get a silkscreening area set up, me/joe/julian can start a t-shirt biz.....Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-46397902337324424362009-04-02T19:09:00.003-04:002009-04-02T19:19:07.973-04:00Stark Baster<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmEd1QrM3ObYLxJiBmn3r8Hd108dlwn7s12Nd2XGMxYAcI7PZOc0anVmy-BiWiwmUNcpIot6ai6hNuZhSFgB_JA8LDUzfwL0mqqdLIP_V280nQUQGXW5jF4RiKhGpAP8eWWx8VH8bSo/s1600-h/deer7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiObmEd1QrM3ObYLxJiBmn3r8Hd108dlwn7s12Nd2XGMxYAcI7PZOc0anVmy-BiWiwmUNcpIot6ai6hNuZhSFgB_JA8LDUzfwL0mqqdLIP_V280nQUQGXW5jF4RiKhGpAP8eWWx8VH8bSo/s200/deer7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320235378904138594" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZk72ojLW79KCSaiOK3w-zS40LHTD8gaNW8PajntxieLzbPWTaHndgij5ITJDXfNlLs_04ckXy92zVvpwm4WMD5IWBoE9z813jbHjaUX8YtHkF9bOSB3bj90CZAfWn9MN-hUdKNwmrjg/s1600-h/deer6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfZk72ojLW79KCSaiOK3w-zS40LHTD8gaNW8PajntxieLzbPWTaHndgij5ITJDXfNlLs_04ckXy92zVvpwm4WMD5IWBoE9z813jbHjaUX8YtHkF9bOSB3bj90CZAfWn9MN-hUdKNwmrjg/s200/deer6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320235377805731010" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpzkp17jxwQzS2luV6lIDfogazZPcgnfFjo0Y3yUXbEmiKoHH2x8iw4__4yz0LnJ4hCFlPRhhwcKPHBjDfarq6WuNJyn4t-K-srHOtxI-10qNzyFhhn0NX3KZ_Rx1h6q-16t3sMepzeQ/s1600-h/deer8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKpzkp17jxwQzS2luV6lIDfogazZPcgnfFjo0Y3yUXbEmiKoHH2x8iw4__4yz0LnJ4hCFlPRhhwcKPHBjDfarq6WuNJyn4t-K-srHOtxI-10qNzyFhhn0NX3KZ_Rx1h6q-16t3sMepzeQ/s200/deer8.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5320235375444786850" /></a><br /><br />it is done! project two of three: complete.<br /><br />okay, thats sort of a lie....it still needs its final paintjob. the picture makes it look much smoother than it is, but after trying spraypaint unsuccessfully, im going to just need to do a couple more coats of primer...but i wanted this sucker on the wall. holy balls its so epic, im so happy with how it came out! it was such a crazy process, but i have to say, i love learning new processes. he has a couple more details to add, but the piece name is 'by the skin of your teeth'. im going to try to get an SVA student to expose a screen for me soon, i might get that on there too and screen it to the back in blackletter or something. maybe ill freehand it. who knows! also, that is my mom in the picture: hi gayle!<br /><br />and let me just say: bondo is a piece of shit, and never use it for anything!<br /><br />i think his name might be baster, pronounced 'b-a-ster'. im not sure how i feel about that, but it is a personal rule that i name everything the first thing that comes into my head. which is how i ended up with a rabbit named sandwich and an external harddrive named pascal.<br /><br />in other exciting news, my projected move-out date is June 1st! A couple of friends from work are also interested in moving out/moving, so we're going to try to all find a place together! i hope they won't mind, im going to end up bringing a lot of shit to hang on the walls, between this, my teacher's piece, calvin and hobbes and other various paintings, plus about a zillion posters. i'm just so excited to be so close to the next leg of this adventure we call life! the last year has been pretty crazy, but im glad i did everything i did, because i feel like im in a better place for it :>.<br /><br />cross your fingers! also, ill upload some cut&paste pics soon too...sadly, not taken with my nikon, so theyre all pretty crappy :<.Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-44451547648884591482009-03-27T00:34:00.002-04:002009-03-27T00:37:37.756-04:00I Love Illustrator<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWY9g3viljKpusKAwKAsrqZYNaPaogmehfkevUAKiXVTp2GlbTZExzSn7380mirYzsWUEnniufEhrLVK8PRAYKCxUE-4ZxHe_9RanF9nwsgd4iX0dom1aVo-YIqVzQsD2HZSHV1quXb0g/s1600-h/homage.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 143px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWY9g3viljKpusKAwKAsrqZYNaPaogmehfkevUAKiXVTp2GlbTZExzSn7380mirYzsWUEnniufEhrLVK8PRAYKCxUE-4ZxHe_9RanF9nwsgd4iX0dom1aVo-YIqVzQsD2HZSHV1quXb0g/s200/homage.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317721390010429170" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsaMSuVdTcbDSvQm6Ch2sjrF-wZgf0tHO2Au82cgpA78hwE602uFbQaiaI0xcKGc5EyTR8ModdPazmfBgL6T-NbSoxJJGuwmUlkTcpJsbxj0ZiJzFNBAKs_2uTVQ0-fqb5WuRgyyObVI/s1600-h/presidential.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 152px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVsaMSuVdTcbDSvQm6Ch2sjrF-wZgf0tHO2Au82cgpA78hwE602uFbQaiaI0xcKGc5EyTR8ModdPazmfBgL6T-NbSoxJJGuwmUlkTcpJsbxj0ZiJzFNBAKs_2uTVQ0-fqb5WuRgyyObVI/s200/presidential.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5317721390510316226" /></a><br /><br />My designs for Cut&Paste! Sadly, I got out the first round (booooo!), but it was an incredible experience! Of course, work ramps up again, but once i get my pictures downloaded off my camera I'll upload some pics :).<br /><br />Also..my bondo experience with my deer head did not go as smoothly as i anticipated, so now i need to invest in a dremmel...sigh!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-14533800795998592822009-03-20T13:24:00.002-04:002009-03-20T13:32:46.171-04:00Bambi's Father (needs a name)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-dLLiD95izZSMMVCAHS-k_j3oFMgVDZngnGKjVYzL_16YioBtY1J4k3BOhiEsNSY8wjavD4MUIUmkKTRARsIBxetOqUBqJqvVaSJEPu9Y-g7yqsWqmM85hsNpBD-pjy0Ez0v5-Fhdxg/s1600-h/deer_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 133px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf-dLLiD95izZSMMVCAHS-k_j3oFMgVDZngnGKjVYzL_16YioBtY1J4k3BOhiEsNSY8wjavD4MUIUmkKTRARsIBxetOqUBqJqvVaSJEPu9Y-g7yqsWqmM85hsNpBD-pjy0Ez0v5-Fhdxg/s200/deer_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315322248867719666" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aFHjmJBYdzKtVEGPmqhf_Rhm-SkEKZEaguTUBaMXUo9Ve-mcc2k0ipaHDUIXxmBlXxHrb5NMHG8xhNoygS2h7exQ-DvllOKVmypRaqmDna_yCEARHB6FHsA1lnlkwENCuzAmgmQQkN8/s1600-h/deer_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 133px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8aFHjmJBYdzKtVEGPmqhf_Rhm-SkEKZEaguTUBaMXUo9Ve-mcc2k0ipaHDUIXxmBlXxHrb5NMHG8xhNoygS2h7exQ-DvllOKVmypRaqmDna_yCEARHB6FHsA1lnlkwENCuzAmgmQQkN8/s200/deer_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5315322246486212914" /></a><br /><br />geeze this has taken a while to move forward on! so after much internet research, i decided that my skills were not going to be anywhere close to elite enough to assemble this on my own. there's so much about taxidermy i never even thought about! so much of it is about knowing how to work with a ton of different materials. so i found this guy about a half hour away that said he would be more than happy to help me attach my antlers to my form correctly; this was about a month ago, and then work got super busy, and he's only open 9-12 on saturdays.<br /><br />today i took the day off to prepare for <a href="http://cutandpaste.com" target="_New">cut & paste</a> tomorrow (everyone should check out the live stream online sometime tomorrow, 630-11pm est!), so i thought 'this is going to be the only time for another few weeks ill have to try to get this done'. so i called him, he said come on in, i drove over at 1030, and he worked his magic! he even gave me some free earliners, and didn't charge me for anything!<br /><br />so here i sit with the 'most 'roided out deer ever' (according to his assistant); i need to get some bondo between the faux-skull cap and the form to really solidify it, then i have to paper mache the head in place, then smear on some spackle to really smooth out some of the form's dents. then, a white coat, a couple of touches i want to add, and voila!<br /><br />i think i'm going to try to hang it as it is though..its just easier to have your over halfway-done works on the wall than just sitting around..sort of reminds you what you still have to do. he also needs a name, but i can't do that until hes finished!<br /><br />other, more personal news, is i am, after 4 years, completely debt free as of last night! this means finally most of my paychecks can go towards saving to move out! of course, this also means that i need to seriously finish up some projects, because NYC is not known for having lots of excess space :\. namely this, and my calvin and hobbes piece. drats, i was planning on putting that above the TV, but i definitely think the deer head needs to live there. maybe the c&h piece can go above the couch....hmmm....gosh i hope i have a flexible roommate!Lex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-625053231583105642.post-46119196316610417582009-02-22T11:25:00.003-05:002009-02-22T11:39:16.172-05:00Sketchdump<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoC7Y-7zNj0LKmqbPRb_9tjaC4_pIFIR4BQr-jchydpSNZyx56syetDCvtIyWbP7yNn5PPkMNg78zF5EBoPYuH0pYxOJ2zQonIyJOc_ZSmND9xg9sbBygexbyiySc-SkfIDE8urfpB1M/s1600-h/sketchdump2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 82px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpoC7Y-7zNj0LKmqbPRb_9tjaC4_pIFIR4BQr-jchydpSNZyx56syetDCvtIyWbP7yNn5PPkMNg78zF5EBoPYuH0pYxOJ2zQonIyJOc_ZSmND9xg9sbBygexbyiySc-SkfIDE8urfpB1M/s200/sketchdump2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305661586705836914" /></a><br /><br />ive had these pile of sketches sitting on my desk forever, im fighting off something horrible and have no energy, but scanning doesn't take much work so :).<br /><br />mostly from work/meetings, mostly of sage/zhadra. though theres a couple mr.darcy references because..cmon, <a href="http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff28/beatonna/fannovel.png" target="_New">mr.darcy</a> plz.<br /><br />being home with not much to do makes me think i need a new project. i have one in mind, but the amount of work its going to take is a little daunting :x i'll post some progress as i decide if its worth it haha.<br /><br />also, how many people comment on other's blogs? i admit im bad with it, usually i just look at the post and exit out, but feedback is always appreciated :DLex Evanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08290663824462687392noreply@blogger.com0