... almost....

So just one more of these to go and I'll be done with this blasted self-imposed project. I wanted to see if I could do four paintings of similar theme, in this case, a photo booth, without becoming so sick of the repetitivness that I would scrap the whole thing... I think I'll take leo's advice and make the fourth painting a person leaving the booth.

bad times, good times.

got inspired to do these during an emotional slump of sorts. I don't like how either of them turned out, but I liked the concept of the one with the girl blind folded and tying herself up which I filched from an old college classmate back in michigan. She did an awesome big oil painting of a girl blind folded and tied up looking away which really accurately describes me in a nutshell, despite probably being about her own demons. Art's funny in that way isn't it? I really hope that girl hasn't drunk herself to a lullish stupor due to her depression and instead makes wonderful paintings to channel her energies into. the other one with the dog is a unsuccessful attempt at 3 point perspective, but I like the dog, so I put it up anyway.

new yawwwk (murky crappy apartment)!

So the new york wig wearing photos didn't turn out so well, since there were tons of orange streaky light leaks and underexposed murkiness going on, but somehow I thought it make for a cool moody type of setting. combined a few somewhat visible photos here and there and started with this, so we'll see what happens with it when I'm finished..

This should be called the 'billiam art' blog.

I just got back from michigan/new york and must say that I haven't been making anything worthwhile since leaving... but this drawing amused me, I was pleasantly surprised to learn from my mom that there is the chinese word for 'naked' in the text, so maybe somehow the text and image actually might be somewhat relevant.

Internal battles.

The ideal

The reality

fun sketches

So when Meg and I went to the south pasadena public library, we decided to buy some old books for 25 cents each to use as sketchbooks. This one here is some japanese novel that's small enough to fit in my purse and has thin thin bible-ish sort of texture for the paper. I thought it might be a good idea to integrate some of my sketches with the spot illustrations that were already there so I came up with these three beauties... yes I know, don't be jealous of my inherent genius with the paint marker and pen. The one with the bikini is a self portrait.

okay, update...

Okay, since I no longer have a digital camera to document anything with, I'lll put up a painting that I'm not so sure will be going on the website or not, since I'm not all about doing fan paintings.. But here's one of Bob Dylan, by request of Bill.