No relation

Nope, not uncle Ruckus. And no, not Alex "Big Black" Buckner either. To be honest, I don't know who this is, he started as Robert Franklin Young III, but Robbie is white and my picture ended up otherwise. Until next time, stay pretty.

Made entirely with my iPhone 3G S using Autodesk Sketchbook.

Day One Again

So starts the next chapter in the ongoing story of the art blog. This is a rendering of a particular bandit named Cory Allen Meredith. Made entirely on my iPhone 3G S with Autodesk SketchBook.

Catch up: Part Deux

So this week has been proportionately more crazy than even last week trying to get all the coding and finishing graphical touches done on the Yéyo site so we can have a soft launch before I leave to Disneyland. I have been doing art every day and I am going to post another large group tomorrow or Saturday depending on how I feel about the computer chair and it will be full of goodies and technically a couple baddies as well in relation to MB&tmMMoMM. so stay tuned, be patient and I'll be back shortly with plenty of new and wonderful things to share with you.
So, everyone out there, stay pretty, and you, Lady, get pretty. Love, peace, and chicken grease.

Day Fifty Seven - Sixty Two

Finally, all done catching up... Or so I thought, now OxiClean man Billy Mays dies at the age of 50 as well? What's going on? I can't say I was ever a fan of his "shows", actually, I don't enjoy people on TV yelling at me at all unless its Vince with ShamWOW... Okay, art time.

So here are the last five days of art and yes, its a lot of greatness to take in for one post, I know, but you can do it because I did.

Day Fifty Seven

I've made a few Flash games in the past, most never see the light of day, literally, because they're made in the wonderful creative hours. So the point im trying to get at is that I want to make another flash game and put some more time and effort into making if fun and worth my time and the time of anyone who plays it. So, this is an early character sketch of our hero, Mr. Blankety-Blank (the character's name is not actually 'Mr. Blankety-Blank') and his Many Marvelous Mustaches of Mystical Majesty. Each mustache would give our hero a new outfit and special power. Micron on Big Lots Pad and insomnia.

Kinda looks like Mario huh? Crap.

Day Fifty Eight

I was determined to eat some small rodent smothered in Satan's Breath Jalapeno Hot Sauce this weekend (thanks Mike), and I must say I thought I had it in the bag. But alas, every night, after further perfecting my technique of setting up and baiting the Paiute deadfall, the sneaky little creatures that I later identified as chipmunks and fieldmice, ate all the Easy Cheese, sunflower seeds, Jiffy Pop, and Cinnamon Toast Crunch I set on my two traps. I'll get one next time.

Branches, twigs, a big rock, some string, bait, and my Kershaw Ken Onion Scallion.

Day Fifty Nine

What do you do on a camping trip besides eat ramen for every meal and whittle? Don't beat yourself up, I couldn't come up with anything else either. So that's what I, as well as three other wonderful people, did. Let's see you make that, Kyle/Stephanie/Eric! Stick, scallion.

Day Sixty

Still camping, still whittling, stil ramen-ing. Last night of the wonderful cold hard ground then its back to cell service, computers, and a terribly comfy mattress. Darn. For Nicole becuase you couldn't be there, a stick with your name on it. You honestly didn't think the obsessive type designer would go camping without making a nostalgic slab serif nameplate did you? Stick, scallion.

Day Sixy One

Apparently I'm the only one who didn't know a thai birthday/graduation party lasts 'til four in the morning and consists of a lot of gambling and good food. I got in a very sleepy scribble before passing out from the tail-end-of-a-long-weekend exhaustion. Micron on Big Lots Pad and Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Day Sixty Two

My new desktop background. After the new Yeyo website launches and I finish my other pending projects I will begin development of Mr. "Blank" & the many Marvelous Mustaches of Mystical Majesty or, as I like to call it, MB&tmMMoMM. Thank goodness its not an MMORPG, OMG. I still need to come up with a good name for the main character, preferably a name that begins with the letter 'M.' PLEASE leave any suggestions. Adobe Illustrator CS4 & more insomnia.

Catch Up

I just got home today from a camping trip with a few friends. I had a great time and yes, I did my art. Every day. As most of you probably know, Michael Jackson died on thursday. I didn't think I'd even care that much having only caught the end of his pop-star reign before the more recent and unfortunate part of his story, but I find my self a little upset and more than anything, shocked. When I was about four or five, I remember having a cassette of Black & White and listening to it over and over and attempting to sing along with it. He will be missed. I mean, c'mon, what would free willy be without I'll Be There?

I'll post all the art I've done these past few days later tonight.

Day Fifty Six

Wow, the days are really flying by. I'm geting close to done, which also means close to Disneyland, which also means delicious corn dogs, propeller hats, and splash mountain in a suit. You could say im excited.

Im contemplating using twitter (for real real, not for play play) becuase it just might be catching on now. Hell, I made an account last july or something because it was supposed to be the shiznit. Then I realized only one person I knew had a twitter account and no one else would read anything I wrote. Of course, I then proceeded to spiral into depression and drug abuse* and now im all better and I might use twitter again. What are your thoughts? Would you read my thoughts? would you get a twitter too so I'm not the only one again? *No depression or drug abuse actually occurred, ever. My fav, Micron on Big Lots Pad. This may be the first sketch book I fill from cover to cover, fingers crossed.

Day Fifty Five

Fadda's Day. My dad has a mustache no longer, it's been years actually. Micron on Big Lots Pad.

On a side note, I'm still busy working on Yeyo stuff constantly, if you'd like to follow the Yeyo news closer, go check out The Yeyo Tequila Twitter Feed. Enjoysies.

Day Fifty Four

Holy geez, a unicorn. what do you think? I've been doing Yeyo stuff all day too, but I thought I could take a break from posting work work and post some ridiculous junk work. Micron on Big Lots Pad.

iPhone OS 3.0 makes the camera better somehow, the pictures seem crispier. :D

Day Fifty Three

So, as we get closer to the Yeyo launch and we start putting in those extra hours to really get this all done we're left with the most difficult and possibly most important piece of this seemingly neverending puzzle: the Yeyo website. Lucas Schoen and I are working on separate concepts and putting our ideas together to play to the strengths of both and eliminate the weaknesses. Here is my first concept. It's clean, crisp, modern, and smooth like the tequila itself. As you may notice, there is no content yet, or really much of anything because it's just a skeleton. Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, & Flash CS4, and just a little ActionScript 2.0.

Check it out here.

Day Fifty Two

Today was the final Yeyo Tequila photoshoot before the launch, got everything we need for the website and stationery (hopefully). This time we had a slightly better plan and I took 215 pictures in just over an hour. Here's a little something I made with a pic from the shoot including a couple of the behind-the-scenes type stuff. Adobe Illustrator CS4, Adobe Photoshop CS4 and Canon EOS 30D Digital SLR with various lenses.

Day Fifty One

This ought to hold Marc until he can get (or discourage him from getting) a chameleon. I call this one Cham'ere Leon. Kinda sounds french. Hmmm. Micron on Big Lots Pad.

Day Fifty

So I'm here at fitty, two thirds of the way through and It still feels like the beginning... Oh the foreshadowing! I have told a few of you that I am contemplating phase two already, a slightly more serious attempt at daily art. I'm thinking of doing all portraits for another seventy-five days. 100 days? I'd like to hear any suggestions any of you have for a theme for phase two. Anything at all, but specific enough for each piece to connect to the others and broad enough to do 75 days worth. I'm counting on you! Yes, you.

I give you A Portrait of Mike Wazowski. Adobe Illustrator CS4 (no reference pic was used).

Day Forty Nine

This is a composite image made from two separate photographs, the four bottles from one, and the drink from another. More Yeyo Tequila work in preparation for the late July launch. Your thoughts? Photoshop CS4 and Canon EOS 30D Digital SLR with EF 100mm F2.8 Macro lens.

Day Forty Eight

"We're going 'mmmhmmm' word."

I had a good day. Micron on Big Lots Pad.

Day Forty Seven

I designed this new ampersand tonight and I needed a nice way to show it off on here so I made that awesome background. Now I just need a good place to use it. Lots and lots of Adobe Illustrator CS4 for the background and the orignial letterform curves were done in FontLab 5. I had a lot of fun making this. What do you think about it?