Visual Stimuli

more portrait sketches

2011-03-14T16:05:00.000-07:00

Here's some more Zorn experiments I've been doing lately... sorry about the photo quality, still trying to get a good lighting situation down to photograph these properly!

Zorn Palette

2011-03-10T15:26:00.000-08:00

I haven't posted my head painting stuff in a while... We recently started using color, specifically the Zorn palette. (The Zorn palette is basically a red/yellow/blue color scheme using a warm red, yellow ochre, and ivory black.)

Looking forward to doing more of these!

Neon Reverb show... continued!

2011-03-05T22:35:00.001-08:00

So we went to the PWC show Friday, and it was unfortunately not allowed to open on First Friday :( Buuut they are doing a separate opening March 11th and 12th. If you can go, please attend. I have a few pieces on display, as well as many other talented artists! It really looks like a great show.

These are just a few more I made for the show, YO-LANDI VI$$ER and NINJA from Die Antwoord.

"YO-LANDI VI$$ER"
ink and watercolor on paper, 11" x 14"

"NINJA"
ink and watercolor on paper, 11" x 14"

Neon Reverb Artists show @PWC Gallery

2011-03-01T00:47:00.000-08:00

Well, I created a few last minute pieces for the Neon Reverb Artists show at the PWC Gallery, which will be opening this First Friday, March 4th. I had a few musically inspired pieces in mind a while ago for submission, but thought it would be a good opportunity to create a few illustrations of some of my favorite musicians.

preliminary sketch for Meg and Jack White of the White Stripes

The finished illustrations, which are framed separately.

Watercolor of Thom Yorke. Apologize for the color on this, as its not completely accurate and looks MUCH better in person.

I will have more to post, the show should be pretty awesome!

Pick-out Oil Technique

2011-02-20T22:01:00.000-08:00

A few images from my Head Painting class at TAD with Ron Lemen. We had to utilize the "pick-out" technique to create an image. I loved painting this guy, who apparently had lived as a hobo catching trains for most of his life. He definitely has character!

Portrait of Serena

2011-02-07T21:50:00.000-08:00

Another alla prima portrait study I did tonight - this one was tweeted live with in progress pics via my Twitter. Took a few better resolution photos of the process for the blog too, so here goes:

Here's my palette set up, with my color chart behind it. Trying to limit my palette more, but this time I added a few "extra" colors. I used yellow ochre, burnt sienna, venetian red, Permalba white, mars violet, cadmium red light, and blue black. For a medium I used Winsor & Newton's drying linseed oil, and for thinner Gamblin's Gamsol.

After the initial scrubbing/toning of the canvas and laying in the basic line drawing, I massed in my darkest darks and lightest lights to get the values of the face and flesh tones accurate. I then blocked in the colors I mixed for her face, being sure to circulate colors and keeping my values correct.

After some blending back with a hog bristle brush to lose some of my edges and weave colors together, I added a few highlights and finished out a few details.

A close up of the face.

I'm having a lot of fun doing these fast studies! More to come :)

Girl with a Mohawk

2011-02-04T23:41:00.001-08:00

Another quick alla prima oil study! I have a stack of little 8"x10" canvases I'm filling up with these. Trying to limit my palette to the Master's - this one utilizing yellow ochre, burnt sienna, venetian red, blue black, and titanium white.

More to come! Taking a head painting class this semester at TAD and I am STOKED!

UPDATE of DOOM

2011-02-01T16:10:00.000-08:00

I haven't put anything new up on here in a while, so here goes:

An alla prima portrait study, oils on canvas 8x10

"Elon" - acrylics on canvas, 10x8 (for my friend Cuca!)

A digital experiment - the value study first...

Then the rough colors, using multiply and overlay layer modes...

...And finishing it up, tightening and changing a few things. Still messing around with this technique.

I've been flipping between digital and traditional quite a bit. Trying to tighten up the skills on... well, everything :)

Can't wait for classes to start up again at TAD!

"Amber" final

2010-12-29T16:47:00.000-08:00

"Amber" - wacom and photoshop (Available as an 8"x12" print.)

Calling this one done for now. Thanks for the feedback on this one, everyone. Next!

"Amber"

2010-12-28T18:41:00.000-08:00

A fun little pin-up exercise I'm calling "Amber" (for now) :

She's available in 8x12 print, if you're interested :)

another self portrait

2010-11-08T15:42:00.001-08:00

Another Corel Painter 11 effort, with a more subdued palette.

Another Corel Painter 11 effort, with a more subdued palette.

International Self Portrait Day 2010

2010-11-01T22:24:00.000-07:00

Here's my stylized self portrait for International Self Portrait Day! I can't believe I've done this for the past 3 years... pretty cool! Had some fun with Corel Painter 11 for this :)

updateeee

2010-10-21T10:31:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd throw in some recent work - all the TADsters are working our tails off. Hard to believe we are just half way through our first term!

This is my cast and cast drawing station I'll be drawing for the next 2 months. I'm really excited to start tackling my first cast drawing.

And these are some poses from figure class. Messing around with rendering, value control, color, and gesture. I should show a drawing of my first week compared to now...

We've also been messing with Corel Painter 11 in our Media class, and Android Jones has been giving us some amazing info and demos. Kinda cool to be learning that program from one of the best! It was an intimidating program to use - but now I love it. Just had to be shown the ropes :)

More soon!

Zombie Apocalypse and Figure Drawings!

2010-10-05T23:06:00.000-07:00

I've been SO BUSY lately!! I participated in the 28DAYS2A Zombie Apocalypse show at the newly re-opened Blackbird Studios (formerly Place Gallery) - and it was amazing! A lot of really gruesome artwork. I also scored a pretty neat "art of the living dead" pin :)

Here are a few in-progress pics of my zombie head piece, whom I affectionately named "Bob" :

This was polymer clay on a wireform armature...

I pre-baked the teeth to make it easier to add them to the scultpure without being squished!

Once it was all done and baked in the oven, I painted it up with layers of acrylic washes.

The Zombie Apocalypse show will be on until the end of October!

Beyond that, I'm still working hard keeping up with school and work - here are a few figure drawings I did recently:

For now, its back to the drawing board :)

inky stuff!

2010-09-15T22:44:00.000-07:00

The ink work continues... here's some more recent work! I've really enjoyed revisiting this medium.

More soon!

more vignettes!

2010-09-05T01:23:00.000-07:00

Just having some fun lately with pen and ink... :)

Vignettes

2010-09-01T02:47:00.000-07:00

I've been focusing on vignettes in Composition lately - here's a few pieces :

watercolor and gouache

watercolor and gouache

watercolor and FW acrylic ink

Dr. Sketchy's @ The Erotic Heritage Museum

2010-08-24T23:48:00.001-07:00

I totally had a blast tonight at Dr. Sketchy's. The models were amazing and the artists were too! They were doing a special session tonight for U. R. Customized Artworks and running a little contest for the participants. I tied for 3rd place with the sketch below. The winners get to display their sketches for sale in the gallery, and 3rd place winners get to work on drawings for a 300 page coloring book! Pretty cool!

I will be going back for next month's session, that is for sure. :)

Final TAD poster and a Frazetta copy

2010-08-24T14:18:00.000-07:00

More work from recently - my approved TAD poster design and the master copy of Frazetta I did for my Media One class.

I was going to do a Jeff Jones study, but unfortunately ran out of time. I'm currently juggling a full time work schedule along with a full time school workload. It is NOT EASY, but totally worth it.

Tonight I'm going to the Dr. Sketchy's contest event at the Erotic Heritage Museum. Hopefully I'll have work to post tonight from the event!

More TAD-ery

2010-08-17T23:56:00.003-07:00

Soooo TAD is keeping us all very busy, which is a good thing! Challenge is good. I have a few pieces to throw here, some poster progression mostly. Today we started our Pen and Ink portion of our Media class with George Pratt, and it's going to be pretty fantastic. George's work is killer, and I'm excited to be getting some feedback from him. I'll be doing a study of a Jeff Jones piece in particular.

Anyways, to the art -

First, a few photos I took of the Lou Ruvo building in downtown Vegas, for a sketchbook assignment. This building is amazing!

And then, the poster progress I have so far. Last image is most recent, and the progress I've been making on it is rewarding. Getting constructive criticism is AWESOME!

That's it out of me for now. I'll have more coming this weekend. I'll probably be doing a post on the construction of my cast drawing station, which has been interesting to say the least ;)

TAD posters!

2010-08-02T21:40:00.000-07:00

Well, its been a little while - so I figured I'd throw up some recent work. These are the TAD poster assignments we are doing for Composition and Color Theory... I was playing around with a few ideas for a while, but after today's crit in class, went with a final image and have been tweaking it to final ever since. I will probably be adjusting it a bit more before I turn it in ;)

The final I went with for class - I got to photograph on of my large abstract/textural paintings in my studio and use it as an overlay in photoshop!

Just something I was being silly with :)

The initial thumbnail, a more green version...

The thumb I ended up rendering to final, after gathering reference and textures!

There are a ton of really neat posters from my classmates - we are voting on a winner soon. The winning poster will be printed and put on display! Pretty cool!

Portrait (post crit) and a CUBE OF DOOOOM

2010-07-29T02:18:00.001-07:00

Here's the portrait after the crit I got in class from John English - which was really helpful!! I've been coasting through most of my life with the only comments on my work being "that's pretty cool" - rarely ever getting some constructive criticism. It's really great to be getting some good advice, both from my peers and my instructors.

And this is just for fun - my CUBE OF (perspective) DOOM! For Marshall Vandruff's class. We get to practice drawing this object from all angles a million zillion times. He actually manages to make that class fun... when honestly I was really dreading it!

I should probably sleep now...

portrait final and some figure work!

2010-07-27T00:45:00.000-07:00

Here's the final portrait of Angela! Not sure how many hours went into this - probably about 6 or so. I used a sfot 6B graphite stick for the background texture, and rendered the face with an H, HB, F, and 2B graphite pencil.

And here's a quick figure drawing - trying to rely more on shape and value here, rather than line (which is a HUGE change for me!) - The results are interesting, and I'm still getting a hang of it. The guys who have been doing this for a while have had some beautiful results! I can't wait to use this technique in a life drawing situation!

More soon!

first 2 weeks @ TAD

2010-07-26T03:42:00.000-07:00

Well, I've been in the program at TAD for 2 weeks now, and it's pretty much amazing. The faculty and students are all very invested in the program, and I think that energy is rubbing off on everyone involved. I've never been so excited to do homework in my entire life! I feel like I learn something new every day, and I couldn't ask for more.

I decided to post some of the first few assignments to share some of my progress here. I have a lot to learn and a ways to go. I'm pretty excited what the future will bring if the first couple weeks have been this intense. There has been a lot of progress out of everyone already!

one more!

2010-06-27T22:48:00.001-07:00

Finally had time to sit down and tweak this one to final - the steampunk portrait of my friend Ryan!

finished commissions

2010-06-27T19:26:00.001-07:00

Had a few finished commissions go home to their respective owners recently, so I thought I'd post them...

head sketches

2010-06-05T12:50:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to be more diligent about posting work, so I've resolved to do a quick head sketch at least once a day. Here's a few I've done recently:

I'm busy busy preparing for 3 shows, which I am super excited about. I'll also be giving away a couple commissions within the next few weeks, so I'll be posting those too :)

More soon!

New Studio, New Paintings

2010-05-18T10:42:00.000-07:00

Well I'm all moved in to the new studio... downsized from three rooms of stuff to one! I'm excited to be getting ready for my first school year at TAD.

I have 2 shows to prepare for in June and July, and have been painting in my spare time between working on commissions. I have a bunch of random doodles and painting sketches to post, but first something I've been working on for my show - a painting of the goddess Kali.

easel set up in the new studio!

Bastian in his resident spot by my easel

symmetry doodle in Alchemy

messing with the sketch and color ideas

another sketch - photoshop and wacom

More posts to come now that I'm all settled. Looks like its going to be a productive year :)

Pink Headphones

2010-03-23T01:04:00.001-07:00

Long time no posty ...

I've been pretty busy working on a few commissions, but thought I'd post a work in progress portrait study I started tonight :)

Wacom and photoshop - work in progress

I'll post more steps when I get a chance!

Lonely Nights

2010-03-08T23:38:00.000-08:00

New digital sketch... had fun with this one. May tighten it up further, but for now here it is:

This was also painted live via Livestream!

Digital Portrait Study

2010-03-06T23:18:00.001-08:00

I haven't had time to post lately, been super busy with some portrait commissions! (Which I will post pics of as soon as I can!) Thought I'd do a quick digital portrait study tonight on Livestream, so here's the respective pics for their vids (and their links if you want to watch them On Demand!)

Initial value study (approx 1 hour)
Watch the video here.

Colorized study (approx 1.5 hours)
Watch the video here.

I'll do more of these as I can, I've been doing a lot of traditional media lately because of commissions and unfortunately don't have a set up that will allow me to film myself painting on my easel. Some day though! Hope you dig 'em and they help someone :)

New commission!

2010-02-21T18:01:00.001-08:00

So I was commissioned by my friend Kassy to do a portrait of her son... Today she hung out with me while I painted it! This was an alla prima portrait done in oils that took approximately 3 hours from sketch to finish.

"Ethan" oils on canvas, 12" x 12"

detail of "Ethan"

I have 4 more portrait commissions to tackle tonight! Pics up soon :)

Bill Murray progress

2010-02-12T21:50:00.000-08:00

I apologize if this blog goes all over the place lately - I am working on a ton of things at the same time! I am currently getting my portfolio together to submit for scholarships to the TAD program. (For those of you who don't know what that stands for, TAD is The Art Department.)

Anyways, I took a shot at a conceptual portrait and decided to do Bill Murray. Mostly because I love him, and also because I'm pretty stoked about the Ghostbusters 3 rumors that have been circulating. I decided to depict a ghostly Peter Venkman, ironically looking rather saintly.

Here's the progress shots I've taken so far.

the initial pencil sketch on gessoed panel, 11"x14"

laying in the lines and darks, removed the hand because it looked funky

the tonal painting, knocked back with toned light grey gesso
re-enforced the whites with some titanium white acrylic and corrected the darks with some medium grey

Hoping to push this to color tomorrow!

"Girl in a Lace Collar" process shots

2010-02-08T22:28:00.000-08:00

Started a new portrait today while I'm waiting for the other piece to dry... here's the process shots I took!

pencils with tinted acrylic glaze

initial color/value block in

some initial blending and edge work

a detail of that stage...

where i left off, blocking in the collar and pushing the face a bit more

painting in progress

2010-02-07T02:48:00.001-08:00

Here's a painting I started recently, pushing to finish in a couple days...

She doesn't have a title yet, but then again I kind of hate titling my stuff ;P

pencils with toned acrylic glaze

oil linework/toned underpainting

first coat on the fleshtones

Gotta let that stuff dry, working on hair and dress tomorrow... pics to come!

New Alla Prima Portrait "Matt Galles"

2010-02-05T01:43:00.000-08:00

I had an urge to paint with my oils tonight (I blame the espresso) - and completed an alla prima portrait of my friend, Matt!

Here's the process pics I took throughout the session. Took about 2.5 hours from sketch to finish.

preliminary pencils

rough linework in oils

color and value block in

"Matt Galles" final painting
oils on gessoed panel, 11"x14"

A detail shot of the final painting

Had too much fun completing this tonight, but boy will I be sorry at work tomorrow morning!

painterly doodle stuff

2010-02-03T22:14:00.001-08:00

Decided to mess around today and paint on paper... here's the results!

"creature of night"

2010-02-02T02:21:00.000-08:00

doodle with some ref used...
photoshop and wacom

White Rabbit

2010-01-27T21:39:00.001-08:00

Another little Alice in Wonderland themed piece outta me today: Mr. White Rabbit :)

"White Rabbit" ACEO - 2.5" x 3.5"
Acrylic on gessoed heavyweight illustration board

(Auction is here.)

Drink Me...

2010-01-27T01:08:00.000-08:00

More ACEOs I finished tonight!

"Drink Me" ACEO - 2.5" x 3.5"
acrylic on heavyweight illustration board

(auction is here.)

"Red Dragon" ACEO - 2.5" x 3.5"
acrylic on heavyweight illustration board

(auction is here.)

more ACEOs!

2010-01-25T21:00:00.000-08:00

A few more I did today!

"Death Angel" - ACEO 2.5" x 3.5"
acrylic on gessoed heavy weight illustration board
(auction is here.)

"Cheshire Cat" - ACEO 2.5" x 3.5"
acrylic on gessoed heavy weight illustration board
(auction is here.)

Scans came out kinda weird, these look way WAY better in person. More crisp and vibrant!

my first ACEO attempt

2010-01-25T16:24:00.000-08:00

I've been researching ACEOs lately - and for those of you who don't know, they are basically artist trading cards. The only rule is that they have to be on media sized 2.5" x 3.5" ... I thought this would be a good way to get my stuff out there at some reasonable prices, and have fun painting tiny stuff at the same time ;)

Skull study - ACEO - 2.5" x 3.5"
india ink and acrylic on gessoed heavyweight illo board

(Check out the auction here.)

I'll be posting more as soon as I get a batch of them together!

"My Heart is Yours" series on auction

2010-01-24T23:26:00.000-08:00

Just finished up these pieces today! I'm a bit morbidly inclined, so if you are as well (or have a significant other who is) this may be the perfect V-day gift ;)

"My Heart is Yours " - 1 of 3 in a series -
acrylic on canvas, 4" x 4" (visit the auction here)

"My Heart is Yours " - 2 of 3 in a series -
acrylic on canvas, 4" x 4" (visit the auction here)

"My Heart is Yours " - 3 of 3 in a series -
acrylic on canvas, 4" x 4" (visit the auction here)

ZOMBIES!

2010-01-23T02:30:00.000-08:00

Well, one zombie at least. Although this was a bunch of fun, so I may do more :P

The preliminary sketch of this painting is available on demand on my Livestream channel!

tightening up and proportion correction

2010-01-22T00:49:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd post where I'm leaving off for tonight before hitting the hay... tightening up some key features and correcting some of the proportions in the face.

And a detail of the mouth @ working resolution, just because ;)

More tomorrow!

2010-01-21T12:35:00.000-08:00

Thought I'd post this before going to work for the day! Just a preliminary color glaze over the portrait sketch I'm working on... Will push this to final tonight :)

I think I'm starting to get a sense of workflow with my digital work, which was bothering me before... I never really knew where to start or how to go about things in an efficient way. Makes things a lot easier when I have a method!

Another value study...

2010-01-20T02:18:00.000-08:00

I'm officially addicted to portraits :)

Here's another value study from ref using my tablet and Photoshop.

Jack Sparrow (colorized)

2010-01-09T21:36:00.001-08:00

Finished the painting of Captain Jack tonight on Livestream!

Sketching Jack Sparrow

2010-01-08T23:29:00.000-08:00

Well I just completed my first (functional) Livestream broadcast, and it was successful!

Tonight I sketched Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow (by request) ...

You can check out the recorded video here:

Watch live streaming video from jskaphobe at livestream.com

Now its time for sleeeeeeep :)

Live art sessions via Livestream!

2010-01-08T10:35:00.001-08:00

So I've decided to start broadcasting live digital sketching/painting sessions for those that are interested in the process or just simply want something to watch and zone out to. I will have scheduled times in the future, right now its pretty random.

You can join me at the Livestream Visual Stimuli page ...

I will probably be broadcasting a session later today. If you're on Twitter, please follow me and I will be updating that feed with times for broadcasts and updates to this blog.

See you there hopefully!

Thom Yorke - colorized version

2010-01-07T12:12:00.001-08:00

Just finished this up before I head off to work for the day:

Thom Yorke

2010-01-07T00:25:00.001-08:00

Decided to practice some celeb/musician portraits and mess around with styles and brushes... just warming up with this one of Thom Yorke (from Radiohead)...

oops!

2009-12-29T10:24:00.001-08:00

Meant to post this yesterday ... preliminary value study for the portrait I posted. I've been experimenting with laying out value studies in greyscale and then colorizing them in subsequent overlay and multiply layers, kind of like grisaille oil painting - only digital ;)

more digital sketchery

2009-12-28T23:08:00.001-08:00

Trying to do one or more a day - here's some recent ones:

happy holidays :)

2009-12-24T14:51:00.001-08:00

Happy Holidays from me to you - here's to 2010 being a great year!

been a while

2009-12-23T02:00:00.001-08:00

I've been extremely busy, but here's a few recent doodles I did with photoshop and my wacom :)

More to come... I'm trying to sketch more, so we'll see where that goes :P

Diddy Dog!

2009-11-01T13:54:00.000-08:00

Here's a painting I did for my sister celebrating her White Coat Ceremony as a PA. :)

Acrylic on Canvas, 8"x8"

Have lots of other stuff to organize and upload too, just been super busy!

fantasy stuff GO!

2009-10-20T01:55:00.000-07:00

Tonight's post is just a warm up - some dragon heads. These are looking somewhat crocodilian, I'll probably push different concepts a bit later on. As always, feedback and comments are welcome.

dragon heads - wacom and corel painter

New Ebay auctions!

2009-09-29T01:03:00.000-07:00

It's that time again! Just added these pieces to my Ebay auctions, with no reserve. As usual, if you live in the Vegas area, I will forfeit shipping and deliver the pieces in town.

"Bond Girl" auction on Ebay

"Desperate Creatures" auciton on Ebay

More auctions to come. Stay tuned :)

"Scavenger"

2009-09-25T02:58:00.000-07:00

I've been EXTREMELY overwhelmingly busy for the past couple weeks. I've been working on my AFP Tarot card and working on a few new paintings that will be on display for the Art Renegades group show @ Place Gallery on October 2nd here in Vegas. I'm also brewing up a few Day of the Dead submissions for another local show later in the month. So yeah - busy busy. I am going a little nuts, but as usual - would rather be doing this than anything else. :)

Thought I'd share a recently scanned sketch for one of my pieces I will be hanging for the Art Renegades group show. It is called "Scavenger" and features one of my favorite animals - the vulture.

"Scavenger" (sketch) graphite on paper, 8"x10"

Back to hermit land for me until I resurface for the show. I'll post more pics when I get a minute :)

tonight's sketch

2009-08-27T23:08:00.001-07:00

More sketches for AFP tarot, messing around with the Devil image:

graphite on sketchbook, roughly 5"x7"

More soon!

Sketches for AFP Tarot!

2009-08-26T22:58:00.000-07:00

So, I found out a couple of days ago that I have been selected to illustrate the Devil card for Amanda (Fucking) Palmer's tarot project! I've been a fan of her work with the Dresden Dolls and now her solo album, "Who Killed Amanda Palmer?" So needless to say, I was pretty fucking stoked to hear I could participate in this project.

I'm not allowed to post the final piece until the deck is published, but I have been cleared to post my sketches and such. So this is the first post of many.

I've been studying ram skulls. I only scanned one so far, but there will be a bunch more, I'm sure :)

graphite on sketchbook, roughly 5"x7"

More to come!

-jska

New Alla prima Portrait

2009-08-24T01:10:00.001-07:00

Just got home from art/hang out time with the Biggs' ! Thought I would put this out there until I slip into a coma. Freaking exhausted!

Portrait of a Japanese Goth Girl
oil on illustration board, 11"x14"

Sleep for me! Thank you to Mike and Dasha for hosting my sleepy painting self!

Live Painting @ The Bunkhouse!

2009-08-23T04:35:00.000-07:00

So I live painted tonight for Laptop Battle 1.0! It was a blast. Good music, good people. I just shot a pic of the painting I did live during the show, took about 2.5 hours from beginning to end.

"Off With His Head" acrylic on panel, 14"x14"

I am also auctioning this piece off on ebay, the link is here:
"Off With His Head" queen of Hearts auction

More stuff tomorrow. I'm off for two days!!

-jska

More Auctions!

2009-08-21T16:21:00.000-07:00

Added some small watercolor illustrations up in the auctions! All of these are starting at $.99 with no reserve.

"A is for Alice" auction on Ebay

"Cheshire Cat" auction on Ebay

"Red" pierced pin-up illustration - auction on Ebay

"Blue" pierced pin-up portrait - auction on Ebay

I will probably be adding more through out the week and make these auctions a regular thing. As usual - if you're in the Las Vegas area, I will sell to you personally to save on fees and shipping!

Thanks for the support!

-jska

New Art Auctions Up on Ebay

2009-08-20T14:07:00.000-07:00

The time has come to pay the rent at the studio and I need some help from my supporters and fans! I'm letting go of some of my paintings at some pretty good prices. The auctions are listed below. Spread the word! Your support is greatly appreciated! :)

"The Messenger" auction on Ebay

(Hate to see this one go, but I gotta do what I gotta do. One of my personal favorites, bidding starts at $19.99. This is a reserved auction, however.)

"Desperate Creatures" auction on Ebay

(Bidding starts at $9.99 for this 10"x30" mixed media piece! No reserve!)

"Goggle Girl" Auction on Ebay

(This 12"x24" steam punk portrait is also starting at $9.99. No reserve!)

"Death Horse" Auction on Ebay

(This mixed media 18"x24" painting is also starting at $9.99 with no reserve!)

"Lord Ganesh" matted 8x10 print Auction on Ebay

(This is a 5"x7" print matted and backed with archival matting to fit an 8"x10" frame. Bidding for this print starts at $.99! No reserve!)

Thanks for checking them out. As usual, if you're in the Las Vegas area, I am willing to take down the auction and deal with you personally. This will save fees and shipping costs to the buyer. :)

Thanks guys! New work posted soon!

-jska

backgrounds for new paintings

2009-08-19T11:45:00.000-07:00

I finished up a few new backgrounds last night while prepping panels... these are both done with acrylic washes on gessoed panels, measuring 18"x24" . They are done rather quickly with a "wet on wet" technique, dripping and scrubbing as I go to get layers of texture and color interaction.

I'll be posting more tonight hopefully, when I get some oil paint on top of these panels :)

All the pigs are all lined up...

2009-08-18T17:54:00.000-07:00

Some pig head sketches for a new painting I'm working on... (Lyrics are from NIN's "March of the Pigs" of course)

graphite on sketchbook, roughly 5" x 7"

Painting updates later tonight hopefully :)

"Siamese Twins" - sculpture progress shots

2009-08-04T01:29:00.000-07:00

Had a sudden urge to sculpt a pair of Siamese Twin cats (Siamese twin Siamese?) - and this is what resulted today:

Done in sculpey, approximately 8"x10"x3" - this is the unpainted version. Painted pics up soon :)

new piece for ODDITIES!

2009-07-27T18:08:00.000-07:00

Been SUPER busy with getting soem work done for 3 shows, all of which open on August 7th, 2009. Biggs Studio "Oddities" group show, a monthly rotating group show at Sunrise Coffee hosted by Avant Arts Collective, and also Common Ground at the Bunkhouse, where I will be displaying some work and LIVE PAINTING!

I thought I'd post the sketches I have scanned in/photographed so far for the Oddities piece - which I have named "The Terrible Two"... a portrait of some evil little girl siamese twins ;)

mechanical pencil on 6"x9" sketchbook from ref

graphite on gessoed 16x20 panel, NO ref

I'll be posting some more progress shots as this piece develops. :)

-jska

Mendalyn

2009-07-15T00:46:00.000-07:00

Tonight's portrait is of my friend Mendalyn. (Thanks for letting me use your face Mend!) Mendalyn may be even more pale than *I* am, which is pretty damn pale. haha

alla prima oils on panel, 14"x14"

Til next time!

Phil Holland

2009-07-10T23:07:00.000-07:00

Today's portrait is of the freakishly talented Mr. Phil Holland! PHFX.com
Thanks for letting me use your face Phil!

Alla prima oils on panel, 11x14.

More tomorrow! Thank you Jami and Wendy for sending me a replacement camera to document these! You saved me!!

-jska

"Janae"

2009-07-07T23:45:00.000-07:00

Thanks to my friend miss Janae Corrado for the picture! www.JanaeCorrado.com

(The sketch...)

"Janae" watercolor on coldpress watercolor paper, approx 8"x10"

"Rachael" from Bladerunner

2009-07-07T16:10:00.000-07:00

Had to do a smaller portrait because my camera went missing at my last art show :( So here's a watercolor portrait I did of Rachael from Bladerunner!

watercolor on coldpress watercolor paper, approx 7" x 8"

More to come later. I have a replacement camera on its way and plan to update as soon as I get some pics taken :)

July 1st portrait for Int'l Portrait Month

2009-07-02T23:20:00.000-07:00

Here's the first portrait for ConceptArt.org 's International Portrait Month...

It's ME! haha I thought I'd be the first guinea pig... I haven't painted a traditional oil portrait in YEARS. So here you have it. Alla prima oils, 12 x 16 canvas, approx 1 hour.

I purchased the Alla Prima Portraiture DVD that El Coro put out through Massive Black and it it fucking wonderful. Actually, all of their dvds I've purchased are wonderful.

So yeah, I'm still taking in pics for this event. If you want one, send a nice quality (decent size and resolution) jpeg to Jska@Jskaphobe.com

I'm planning on doing these at the Aruba Hotel tomorrow for the live painting and music event after First Friday. So if you're in Vegas, you should go. If you sit for me, you'll get your portrait. :)

INTERNATIONAL PORTRAIT MONTH!

2009-06-30T12:47:00.000-07:00

That's right folks, its international portrait month over at ConceptArt.org!

They want to have to most portraits posted as possible on this thread :

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=161594

And they just launched an Alla Prima portraiture download featuring EL CORO!

Anyways, I am hoping to finish a portrait a day (or more) this month for this event. Being that I've wanted to do a portrait series for a while, this is pretty good timing. So, I NEED YOUR HELP! Send me your faces! I need at least 30 to get me going, and so far I have about 10.

If I use your face, you will get credit, and a link to your website/blog if you have one.

High quality jpeg's are preferred. NO CELL PHONE PICTURES - the resolution is not good enough. (Sorry!) Send me what you have to Jska@Jskaphobe.com

Thank you everyone! :)

Art for Sale!

2009-06-17T16:15:00.000-07:00

Due to the positive response I received from posting my art up last time, I've decided to post a few of my shadowboxes in hopes of them finding a good home :)

Here's what I have up this week - the auction list can be found here: Jskaphobe on Ebay

"Blue" ink and watercolor on 140lb hot press watercolor paper
float-mounted on painted linen in lt. walnut shadowbox 5" x 7", 3" deep

"Red" ink and watercolor on 140lb hot press watercolor paper
float-mounted on painted linen in lt. walnut shadowbox 5" x 7", 3" deep

"His Majesty the Sheep" ink & watercolor drawing on 140lb hot press watercolor paper
mounted on linen in a lt. walnut shadowbox, 8" x 10", 3" deep

"Cathartes Aura" ink & watercolor drawing on 140lb hot press watercolor paper
mounted on painted linen in a lt. walnut shadowbox, 8" x 10", 3" deep

"Death Horse" mixed-media painting (acrylic, ink, and oils on textured molding paste)
18" x 24" gallery wrapped canvas

If you have any questions regarding these items, please email me at jska@jskaphobe.com and I'll be happy to answer them for you. If you prefer to not use ebay (where I'll be hosting these auctions) you can message me with an offer and I will sell to you personally. I use paypal for online transactions, and cash in person if you live in Vegas :)

Thanks for your support everyone!

-jska

Jskaphobe on Ebay!

2009-05-28T00:14:00.000-07:00

Edit /06/01/09 - Recently sold 2 pieces, they are noted below :)

Okay everyone, I know I have been gone for a while, but rest assured - the drama is (mostly) over with.

I have recently moved into a new apartment where I am able to have my own studio space, which is AMAZING. I can paint to my little heart's content and be as messy as I want. Granted, that's not THAT messy now that I have my own place. Remarkably, I've kept it quite clean so far. Annnnd I've even vacuummed a few times ;)

That being said, I am pretty low on the cash flow and need to get some new art supplies, so I decided to sell a few of my pieces I had laying around the studio after my last show @ Damnation Studios (pics to come!) I thought I would list them here with their respective pictures in case anyone is interested.

"The Smoker" Ebay Auction

"Mischief" Ebay Auction

"Madame X" Ebay Auction

"Luck" Ebay Auction

*SOLD*

*SOLD*

All of these pieces are listed at a starting price of $9.99, with no reserve. So you could potentially own any once of these pieces for $9.99 (plus shipping- unless you live in Vegas and I hand it to you.) If you have any questions about any of these pieces, please email me at Jska@Jskaphobe.com.

More daily art updates are coming up. I've settled into the new place and I've unpacked and organized ALL of my art stuff. I've even found stuff in storage I had totally forgotten about. haha

Until next time :)

-jska

Daily portrait - "Kate"

2009-04-16T19:08:00.000-07:00

Today's portrait is of my friend Kate!

I'll be doing a few more of these - probably 30 total - and then it's time to move on. I have to start getting a good portfolio together for SDCC this year. I'm crossing my fingers I'll make it this year - I couldn't go last time :(

portrait catch-up update numero dos

2009-04-13T22:19:00.000-07:00

Portrait for today is my friend Mendalyn! :)

Until tomorrow... :P

catch-up update numero uno

2009-04-13T15:52:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I've been reallllly busy over this past weekend, and I owe you guys 4 portraits today because I'm a slacker :)

So here's the first 2, second set will be updated in a while!

First portrait is of my friend Joy, second one is of Chris, who kindly sent me his face to use via ConceptArt.org...

More later!

Today's portrait - "Amanda"

2009-04-09T23:10:00.000-07:00

Today's portrait is of my friend Amanda :)

Today's portrait - "King James"

2009-04-08T22:33:00.001-07:00

Today's portrait is of "King James" - who kindly sent me his face to use!

I didn't get a chance to scan the linework on this one :( I didn't use acrylic on this one either, I liked the brush work too much and felt the values were correct enough to not have to alter :)

Today's portrait - "Magaly"

2009-04-08T00:04:00.000-07:00

Today's portrait is of my friend Magaly!

In other news, I totally cleaned and rearranged my studio. I even cleaned all of my nasty brushes!! (Four jars of 'em!) This spilled over into me cleaning the entire house - my room, the bathroom, the livingroom, the kitchen ... But man, does it feel nice. :)

today's portrait - "Angela"

2009-04-06T15:59:00.001-07:00

Today's portrait is of my sister Angela, this time with a few progress scans for your viewing pleasure :P

portrait for today - "Lisa" (again!)

2009-04-06T01:40:00.000-07:00

Today's portrait is of my friend Lisa again, because the other one sucked. :) Didn't really look like her. This one is much better!

Portrait for today - "Kassy"

2009-04-05T00:19:00.001-07:00

Portrait for today is of my friend Kassy!

First Friday had kind of a low turn out yesterday, which kind of bummed me out, but hopefully next month will be better.

I'm doing the First Annual College Scene Art Festival at the Henderson CSN campus on APril 24th. I have no idea what I'm going to have in my booth yet... Something new for sure. I'll probably be showing the portraits too.

So yeah lots of work ahead of me this month!! (Can't complain!) :)

2009-04-03T00:48:00.001-07:00

Portrait for today "Cuca"

2009-04-01T22:40:00.000-07:00

Portrait for today - friend and fellow artist Cuca Refugia!

Thanks to Cuca for her photo :)

portrait for today - "Luis"

2009-03-31T17:19:00.001-07:00

This is a portrait of friend and fellow artist Luis Ferrnando Camacho.

First Friday April 3rd : shows I'm in

2009-03-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

portraits for today!

2009-03-30T18:59:00.000-07:00

Some new ones for today - "Mindee and Jason" (top) and "Shinesfresh"(bottom) - photos provided respectively :)

Portraits from March 29th

2009-03-29T17:25:00.000-07:00

A couple portraits from today - "Omnicon" (top) and "Crystal" (bottom) (photos provided by both)

Welcome!

2009-03-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

Its been a wile since I've "blogged" about my daily art life. I decided this is the time to start all over again. Recently I've been doing an ink portrait a day, and thought it would be a good idea to document them here. I also do other creative things... and thought that mayyybbeee I would post about these things too...

So to catch myself up, here are the portraits I've done over the past few days:

"Alli"

"Jason"

"Lisa"

"Mindee"

"Heilie"

All of these are india ink and liquid white acrylic on illustration board, 6" x 6" ...

I have 2 more to post ... until later! :)