As of now in April

It's April! And as of this past Tuesday the senior show is down, and it was a hell of a lot easier taking down than putting up. I had to snap a really quick phone picture of my set up before I took it down.

It's a little sad that the show doesn't stay up forever, but all our senior glory aside, there is much more work to be done for portfolio day, and it's okay anyway because the senior photo show is going up pretty soon, and we can all go see the work of the talented Juliet Bastianelli! She's doing some sick ass non-silver prints from her native outer space home and I got a little preview. The stuff's looking good so keep an eye out for that show, same location 320 s. Broad st. Besides that good stuff, I've been fighting the burnout side of me, and I think I just skipped over a close encounter with senioritis, so more work to come soon! Here's some new floating people! And there's also new images up on my website, so check it out. lagonza.com

Came out of the black hole...

Known as my desk, doing the work known as ELY. And here it is! Out of context, these are just the paintings themselves. They are a series of editorial works correlating with articles about various topics relating to youth culture. In order, the content of the paintings address gay suicide, the Larry Clark film 'Wassup Rockers', dating violence prevalent among bisexual teens, and prescription drug addiction worsened by the easy availability of medication from pain clinics such as in FL. For the show each of these will be presented in print form along side their corresponding articles. The show is on Sunday, March 20th at 320 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, PA. There is going to be a ridiculous amount of awesome artwork hanging and some munchies and good times and whatnot, so come! support! It's undoubtedly worth checking out.

Biggest Ups

Just because I scanned it by accident in black and white, and also for the sake of having more imagery on this to look at, heres two of the same exact picture. Done for a t-shirt design for target market assignment number 2 last semester, color version. If you're cool you'd wear this shirt, I know this because I am cool somedays, and somedays I would wear this shirt. I'm honestly more likely to wear that chain, or daydream about rocking those big ups, but the point is I draw some silly shit, and ya'll love it, I know. I don't have a lot more to say.

Poster: Ely 2011

We were all asked to design a poster for the Ely, the senior thesis show, which is on March 20th or something like that. February 8th however, cannot come soon enough. A lot of time... all our time, and energy is going into this show, at least for the next 3 weeks, so go to it! 320 S. Broad St. Philadelphia. It's going to be a really good show, there's a lot of awesome work going up by awesome people. My poster wasn't picked, but I'm actually happy with how it turned out. Thats always a plus.

Peace

my favorite naked people

are the ones who pose for me. I scanned these a little while ago, they are from my figure drawing class junior year. It was a great class, and I have really missed drawing naked people ever since. We saw some pretty interesting characters, always a good time. I need more figure drawing in my life! I ought to look into those get-togethers.

a room with a view

From a little earlier in the semester, not so good scan. take a phrase and make it a picture. A room with a view

super disco breakin'

This is a painting from earlier in the semester, based on a memoir. This painting is about my brother's influence on me and the things he got me into. It is a work in progress, more will be added to the top left by the end of the semester...which is coming up pretty fast. ah!

brainstormed for wears

Some significant and not significant things

This is a digital color comp for a screen print I did for class. I like this version better, the screen print is darker and without the white. Either way I dug the drawing and I'm glad I got to flesh it out in a different way than I usually work.

Ely (senior thesis project) about suicide among gay adolescents and young adults.

"room with a view" inspired by the Reanimtor, the corniest movie ever. I didn't paint this one, but I think I'd like to.

hair twirling habit is an extension of my thought process. for a screen print. The process makes me want to rip my face off, but I don't hate it.

Some more paintings to come, maybe scanned prints too

rippy strings of consciousness

make reasons to put together your thoughts

never stop getting to that point of no return thoughts of all the eternal right mindset,

keep tapped in no matter what hooks pull you out, it's all about me in here,

I can feel its head move up, looking up pulling the rest of me up, rapid reverse gravitation with speed slide momentum

I think I've done something terribly wrong, but that's just how this feels

I got to do that shit I do with a pencil dedicate in every medium like it was my first, scribble bunnies on copy paper, I know I'm the one who forgets, who doesn't always pay attention but if I could connect it I'm always just closer to being connected with self.

Always just closer

the progress of this conscious lifespan.

some old pictures& a number 3 and kettlekart

crazy ladiez

Here are two more projects from the senior thesis class. A cover for a Wonder Woman comic, and a halloween poster.

And the halloween poster I chose to do was blood feast.

and now it's senior thesis time

By Firehouse Bike shop

There was this big festival with music and a lot of food and things that little kids beg their parents for. These two were getting something to eat that smelled really good. Makes me hungry. Location assignment for portfolio class

MACHETE DONT TEXT

First project of illustration thesis class was of our choosing, and I chose to design a movie poster. I'm all about it, so I drew a poster for MACHETE!!! It needs revisions, it was a long tiring night, but for now here's the first pass at it.

Location sketch

Here are 5 location drawings for the first assignment of senior year. We parked near 50& Baltimore, walked around, and by complete coincidence found this festival.

Kevin&Uncle Budd ^

living room&jackers

study of my living room. I'm pretty ready to get into this my last school year. I'm all antsy, I want to put a lot of work into something right about now.

sketcheese

Just to post something, to trick myself into feeling productive, i scanned some drawings and things to keep myself occupied.That and I finally got my scanner working for the first time since I had to reinstall. Celebratory scanning session commenced.

Some scribbly boobie brainstorming. I want to enter the tatagala.org for breast cancer research, which is an awesome idea for all you creative people out there. DO IT

phoenix for juliet

Heartless Bastards

This is a poster I did for an upcoming show at the North Star Bar on 27th& Poplar st. Heartless Bastards with The Builders and The Butchers and Peter Wolf Crier. Inked drawing then scanned and digitally colored, and vectored. Go! its an awesome bar!

editorial lady gaga

This took a while to post, but this was 1 of 2 of the final editorial assignment. The article was about how weird Lady Gaga is. She has 1 million weird outfits but I didn't want it to be "out of fashion" so it's just iconic gaga. The weirdo. This is relatively big, spray paint, acrylic & createx.

The mock-up if from the magazine, I didn't lay that out. more drawings and shit soon!