May 24th, 2010
Fetishes are wild and wacky things. I originally started exploring this dark corner of the bedroom with my Roleplay Zine. This time though, I decided to take it to the next level; instead of a cute, plump character, the protagonist was transformed to a more humanized, relatable young woman.
“Get Off!” (Roleplay Zine #2) is a further exploration of the absurdity of roleplaying. How having multiple identities have found their way into our sex lives. How sexual attraction is limitless: trees, diapers, animals, food, and even unsightly hair. Essentially anything that’ll raise the eyebrows of the average Joe (unless Joe’s into some kinky stuff himself).
I know when I started the project that I wanted to create something that was intimate and interactive. Something discreet and voyeuristic you could hide underneath your mattress, or wedge between an unassuming shelf of books. Essentially a play-off of the porno mag but with less vulgar and upping the class.
A visit the Paper Place, the printers, grabbed some needle and thread and …Tada! All the pieces assembled in a handmade book. The jacket is unmarked (which I may change later on) with the illustrated cover on the inside. Currently it’s a short erotic art book including all 5 pieces.
Now here’s the fun part. You can actually undress the models. Let me demonstrate:
I wanted to make the costumes detachable to showcase the character as a stand alone, ordinary girl sans charade. Now how about the rest in their naked glory? You’re going to have to get your hands on a book to enjoy a piece of that.
I’ll be making more of these for Canzine 2010. If you’re interested in a copy, please contact me either by email or comment! I’m at the early stages of production so having an estimate number of copies to make would be great. I haven’t decided yet if I’ll add more pages/zany fetishes, but I’ll be sure to update a decision some time this summer.
What I can tell you is that there’ll be a limited run of hardcover editions (all handmade of course) with a potential softcover alternative.
Happy staring.
P.S. This was done as part of a super fun last project for Gary Taxali’s illustration class. Here’s a shout out for the support. It made my semester!
Tags: Canzine, Illustration
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May 22nd, 2010
graphite and colored pencil on canson paper
It’s a pretty dreary day today. My nose feels kind of drippy, and I haven’t done much but stare past the blinds by my window. I think I may take a walk.
Tags: Illustration
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May 19th, 2010
I like collages, I really do. They just take a very, very long time, especially when a sneeze can ruin your hard work.
Tags: Collage
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May 16th, 2010
For some reason I always seem to choose my studio classes to be bright and early at 8:30 in the morning. Without some caffeine, my drawings tend to be sluggish and completely unsatisfying. I have a love-hate relationship with charcoal so I generally go with pencil work when I can get away with it.
Here are a few more polished drawings done during studio time (by the way it was a pain and a half to try to document something that’s atleast 18×24).
And some weekly assignments:
Facial proportion study
Finalized portrait study
Finalized clothed figure study
I’ll be continuing life drawing this summer with the playful models of Dr. Sketchy’s and some open classes at OCAD. Oh and a convenient “volunteer” model, wink.
Tags: Life Drawing
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May 14th, 2010
Back in Toronto! Last week was a ghetto-fab-hostel-crashing-3-day trip with Shianne and Myra. First day: Soho shopping trip, since we’re girly like that. Not too interesting since I’m not a shopaholic so I left with a couple shirts, boyfriend tees and a pair of keds.
The second day was Williamsburg. We took the pretty dank subway system (though Toronto’s not all that better) to explore what was apparently a ghost town at 11:00 in the morning. We shot a few photos of some really cool street art. I actually don’t own a good camera, so I took cellphone pics and with the wonders of photoshop give you this montage:
The sun was a beast that day. We took refuge in a neat little vegan cafe to grab some lunch. I’m not vegan nor vegetarian myself, so I prefer a nice meaty burger, but the food wasn’t half-bad for grains and green stuff.
Come nightfall, me and Shianne visited a comic shop near by: Midtown Comics. I nabbed a gorgeous art book and an indie comic.
Fast forward to the third and final day. This was probably my favorite day because we went gallery hopping in Chelsea. We skipped the MoMA alltogether, but rest assured I’ll be paying a visit next time I’m in town.
While at Amy Sillman’s exhibit at the Jenkins Gallery, me and my sister picked up her zine “The O-G” (volume 3). Interesting read about the lightbulb. Also nabbed a couple stickers that were on the walls of a building or two. Shuuuuush.
The journey back home was an ass-aching 10-hour bus ride with only my ipod and DS to amuse me. Motion sickness prevented me from doing any reading lest a colorful addition land on my page.
We were back home on Friday night around midnight. That gave me one fullnight’s sleep before heading to TCAF. How could I miss it?! Despite the exhausting trip I dragged myself to the Toronto’s Reference Library. Grabbed these bad boys (and some long-awaited sushi afterwards):
I went to school on Sunday to clear out my locker of the piles of newsprint and illustration board and some old artwork to bring back home. I came just in time to catch the last half hour of the OCAD grad show. No time to take pics! I could only breeze through the illustration thesis projects and grabbed business cards of artists I could check out in-depth later on.
That is all.
Tags: New York, Travel
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