IT'S ABOUT TIME . . . NEW YORK - ER
4-27-10 POST KEYWORDS: time magazine, new york magazine, the new yorker, time out new york, the new york times magazine, magazine, art director, illustration, painting, studio, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
After my painting studio went bust earlier this month, I can see the starving artist cliche' could quickly become more and more of a reality if I don't get back into the grind. I have decided this might be a good time to round up some new illustration clients and really make a go of it one last time in the print world before jumping into fine art with both feet.
If you haven't seen my illustration portfolio yet, here it is: www.CojoArt.com
There are a couple dozen potential clients I've always wanted to work for- and I'll be profiling them here, and contacting them over the next few months, but the first batch I'm contacting is the elete handful of clients I not only would like to work for, but for whom I actually have a subscription to and read.
The five elete potential clients are . . .
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60 PERCENT OF THE TIME . . . IT WORKS EVERY TIME
4-20-10 POST KEYWORDS: our time, taro alexander, carly simon, lauren ambrose, edie falco, talia balsam, david alan basche, michael cerveris, nadia dajani, ned eisenberg, john forte, dominic fumusa, kathryn grody, ilana levine, jesse l. martin, greg naughton, keli o'hara, john oliver, austin pendleton, rosie perez, alysia reiner, daphne rubin-vega, paul rudd, jonathan schwartz, ed sherin, fisher stevens, ben taylor, mary testa, b.d.wong, lucy woodward, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
I had the great fortune to attend Our Time's 8th Annual Benefit Gala in honor of music icon Carly Simon, hosted by Edie Falco. Our Time theatre company is a theatrical camp for children who stutter, and I had never heard of this wonderful organization until my girlfriend Molly invited me to the Gala.
It's an amazing art based program where children who otherwise would grow up shy and embarrassed by their stammering speech patterns are given an accepting artistic home. And one shocking revelation I never knew about children who stutter; when they are singing - or even rapping, they completly lose their stutter. The performances out of these kids (Teamed with Broadway and Hollywood Stars) at this event were phenominal.
The show started with two little girls on the stage introducing the event, and it took them like five minutes to get through a few paragraphs of written introduction. It was painful to watch them stutter and stammer through almost every word. Then the band started to play and they broke into Carly Simon's Anticipation. Lo and behold beautiful singing voices poured out of them and filled the theatre. It was such an insane contrast to their speaking voices that the audience in witnessin such a transformation totally lost it, we went fucking nuts. . .
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COLOR ROUGH FOR PAINTING (S)EA OF 10 (S)UBJECTS
4-15-10 POST KEYWORDS: ten subjects, 10 (S)ubjects, 10 subjects, paintings, sketch365, sketch experiment, color test, painting test, sea, sea painting, fine art, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
(S)ea is my first fully realized color mock-up of how any of the 10 (S)UBJECTS paintings will look. Maybe this will start to make the concept behind Sketch365.com a little bit more understandable when you can see the sketches that made up this soon-to-be 8 ft x 3 ft painting.
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SKETCH 365.COM REBRANDED AND RELAUNCHED
4-15-10 POST KEYWORDS: sketch365, ten subjects, sketches, sketch book, art experiment, yearlong, sketch experiment, drawing experiment, 365 challenge, sketch a day, sketch-a-day, sketch365.com, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
Earlier this week my girlfriend Molly auditioned for and landed the lead role of Celia the Scarecrow in 13th Street Repertory Company's theatrical production of WISEACRE FARM. This play has been running for 10 years and recently went on hiatius and is coming back later this month for another ongoing run. . .
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6 DEGREES OF SESAME.COM ART- SUBWAY ADDED
4-15-10 POST KEYWORDS: sesame, six degrees of separation, launch, hard launch, dot com, subway station, new website, art experiment, joan ganz cooney, joan cooney, number 6, six degrees, six degrees of sesame, molly roberson, sesame street, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
I finally got a free minute to go back into the original Sesame Street layout and add in the subway station. It rarely ever gets any screen time, but it exists, just to the left of the Laundromat.
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ALICE IN INKLAND & THE CHESHIRE TAT
4-14-10 POST KEYWORDS: 10 subjects, alice in wonderland, looking glass caterpillar, tim burton, story time, unbirthday, sir john tenniel, lewis carroll, cheshire cat, cojo painting series, studio, large paintings, works on canvas, canvases, sketch365, paintings, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
After watching Tim Burton's ALICE IN WONDERLAND in the theater, and seeing the visually liquidic Cheshire Cat, it reminded me of the ALICE IN WONDERLAND sketches I drew for my 2005 - 2006 yearlong sketch experiment Sketch365.com and that one fan of the project, Dan Vache had taken it upon himself to have my sketch of drilled into his skin.
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MOLLY AND THE NUMBER 6 GO GREEN. . . SCREEN
4-10-10 POST KEYWORDS: screen test, screentest, number 6, six degrees, six degrees of sesame, molly roberson, green screen, lighting, vlog, sesame street, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
The chroma key green screen arrived a few days after I had to dismantle my studio, so I put it up in my much smaller computer studio, but it's not a very large green screen, so it fits the space fine. I have a couple more rounds of revision on the puppet before he's fully HD camera ready and then we will be good to start filming!. . .
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YOGI BERRA WEARS THE LAKERS GREEN LOGO
4-5-10 POST KEYWORDS: roosevelt lakers, roosevelt university, sports, school sports, team sports, yogi berra, yogiisms, logo, logo design, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
Legendary Hall of Fame baseball catcher Yogi Berra was photographed wearing the Roosevelt Lakers shirt. I don't know who took it or who the woman in the photo is, but it was a late submission to the Roosevelt Lakers photo contest, a contest centered around the unveiling of the school's relaunch of their athletic department with a kick ass new logo designed by yours truly. . .<< CONTINUE READING /POST COMMENTS AFTER THE JUMP
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"I'M RICH BEEYATCH!" DONNELL RAWLINGS TAPING
4-2-10 POST KEYWORDS: 10 subjects, cojo painting series, studio, large paintings, works on canvas, canvases, sketch365, paintings, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
The Chappelle Show's Ashy Larry himself Donnell Rawlings was taping his upcoming Comedy Central special "Take it in the face" at Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. My girlfriend Molly was audience wrangling for the cameras, so being that my sister Ace was visiting from Montreal I brought her and her boyfriend Ryan to see the show. VIP style of course.
When we arrived I noticed Donnell was on the side of the building before the show and I told Ace to go over and introduce herself and she did, and I snapped great photo of her with him.
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PRETTY FUC+IN' FAR FROM OK. . .PAINTING STUDIO FUBAR
4-1-10 POST KEYWORDS: painting studio, sketch365, sketch 365, 10 subjects, paintings, painting series, studio, cojo art juggernaut, artsucks.com, cojo
I wish this was an April Fools joke, but it isn't. Sometimes life throughs a big wrench in your plans. Just as I was finishing up the final color layouts for some of the paintings for my series 10 (S)ubjects I was forced by the landlord to dismantle and vacate my painting studio. ...<< CONTINUE READING /POST COMMENTS AFTER THE JUMP
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