Hairy Munny

This is my 2nd time to custom one of those vinyl dolls. This particular MUNNY was an assignment to try and showcase a particular fashion icon, without having it be figurative. I chose Amy Winehouse as my "icon" because she has that crazy bee hive hairdo. I figured it'd be cool to draw her hair (since I'm still in that hair phase) all over the doll to break the figurative form and keep it more abstract.

To be honest, her music isn't that bad at all. Her crackhead image just throws me off.

6 coats of gesso and sanding took forever!

Surface design is not as easy as you think, especially when you're using just graphite alone.

The finish piece! Note to self: next time wear gloves to avoid smudges.
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Soul Sector in the HOUSE!

for all you house lovers...

performance @ the alvin ailey studios. nyc 2007



credit to wrekinshop

DJ Kawasaki - Bright Like Light

Lena Fuji vs. the ghetto American Apparel ad

Spring break...

...doesn't exist. Well, at least for me.

Here's a video created by far east recording. Oh, how I wish I had the skills to do these type of videos.



Props to Kris, for showing me this clip.

Shabu-shabu

Here's the original sketch that got approved. As you can see this is obviously better than the final...NOT.



...and tada! The final!

The concept:
Illustrate the term carnivore. In this case, the woman/lion
is having a shabu-shabu feast off the cow's meat.

Graphite, acrylic, color pencil, tea, and digital on Rives BFK.

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John Ryan Solis

**Now that I have an official webpage, it's time to scrap all the images on this blog and start fresh.

This semester I have been working on a bunch of cover art series as part of my portfolio. This piece was done for a poem called Manfred, music played by some symphonic orchestra I forget...





Wikipedia:

Manfred is a Faustian noble living in the Bernese Alps. Internally tortured by some mysterious guilt, which has to do with the death of his most beloved, Astarte, he uses his mastery of language and spell-casting to summon seven spirits, from whom he seeks forgetfulness. (Some speculate that the relationship between him and Astarte is incestuous, and/or that Manfred had murdered Astarte, but this is not made explicit in the play, though the implicit suggestions are quite strong). The spirits, who rule the various components of the corporeal world, are unable to control past events and thus cannot grant Manfred's plea. For some time, fate prevents him from escaping his guilt through suicide. At the end, Manfred dies defying religious temptations of redemption from sin. Throughout the play, he succeeds in challenging all authoritative powers he comes across, and chooses death over submitting to spirits of higher powers. Manfred directs his final words to the Abbot, remarking, "Old man! 't is not so difficult to die."