Exile On Mst.

  This is a famous scene from my favorite film, "The Graduate". I was always going to do "The Graduate", but I originally was going to do the "April Come She Will" montage. However, I thought it would not be that entertaining since you need to watch the whole montage (about two minutes) to fully appreciate it, not just 5- 10 seconds. This scene is more iconic, and compelling to people who have never scene the film, cause it is funny, and provocative. A critique I noticed myself, quality of the drawings got better as the rotoscope plays out: as I got better at it, which is good, but can be a mark against consistency. It took hours to do eight seconds, but it has its charm.

                I choose "Sympathy For The Devil" by The Rolling Stones for my lyrical poster, but it was not my first song that came to mind. " Politician" by Cream I thought first, but it was limited in its lyrical content. So, I set on Sympathy because it's a lyrical epic: going through thousands of years, with a driving narrative. The song covers the terrible acts of history from Jesus' betrayal, to the Nazis, and modern events of police brutality. It is a comment on how we blame bad actions on a supernatural force. My first illustration was the Temple Mount in Jerusalem- because of the verse on Jesus- with a sculpt of JFK- verse on the Kennedy Assassinations- I imposed on the wall, along with a little Devil in the corner. The issue with this was the devil is an illustration, so it would be hard to make it look good with a photographic background. So, I decided on using a biblical illustration which would fit better with the dev...

Self- insertion onto a beach in St. Topez, France. I made sure to  have a suncrest over my body, my reflection in the water, and to  fade where my body touches the water.

  This is a illustration of Marilyn Monroe. I used an Alfred Eisenstaedt photograph of Monroe at her home, 1953.  In this illustration, I balanced between heavy detail, and cartoon generalizations. This art piece took hours, but it is my favorite.  

  The Exquiste Corspe. This started out as three seperate drawings, by three different people. I was one of them, drawing the pants. The color choice, and details of the fur, were uniquly mine. I named this  character: “Kitty Tramp.”

  Music is a natural fit for a caligramme. “Just Like A Woman” by Bob Dylan came to mind, along with the famous poster of Dylan by Milton Glaser. Using lyrics for hair came naturally, and its dissjointed look gives the impression of unkept hair.