add it up

add it up, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

asleep at the wheel

pretty stoked on a layout ee painting for my friend. Reeeeally want to post it but don't want to ruin his surprise b-day party...from three weeks ago.

broadcast wip

broadcast wip, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

wary am i.

work in progress.

the pier

the pier, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

I dig my Fabriano sketchbook the most because I can sop the watercolor on and it'll just take it. This is a doodle I did when I started to thinkin' about doing this kinda stuff for a living. I am at a crossroads again and I need to take a risk. I used to be all bravado about risks until I actually had security to lose. How many of you have made the leap to a career you didn't have the paper background in? How many potholes did you hit, tickets did you take, metaphors did you create and sustain too long?
Happy endings?

mood swing

mood swing, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

calder goers

calder goers, originally uploaded by eastaltus.

Went to the Alexander Calder exhibit at the MOMA this weekend. I have to admit I was more into it than I was expecting to be. I know a trip to the museum will never disappoint in some way, I have too many faves in the permanent collection and the gift shop's wall of art books always demands careful inspection.
The exhibit focused on Calder's contribution to the Surrealist movement and had several other paintings and sculptures on eye.
Not to be pedestrian in the slightest, but really the mobiles and stabiles by Calder are fantastic. Living ink drawings to me and boy, that is right up my alley.
I love the amorphous rounded-edge shapes so consistent in that period that influenced past fine art and into my fave furniture, graphic design fallback cliche's, and commercial animation.