Posts tagged "drawing"

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Jul 07

July 08, 2009

here are a couple things i did at the airport or right before the trip. ld got asked to do a bigger tour this fall so i wanted to do all new designs for it, a couple are here. they aren’t quite finished but pretty close. the pencil sketch with the flower and candle is also for that tour, and the pencil sketch of the fast food employee is for native. i’ll also be uploading some stuff soon (within a few days if all goes well) that i’ll be working on for australian friends Quiet Steps and To The North. Also, fellow aussie Ruined Lighthouse Records, don’t think I forgot about you. I finished your design on the plane and am waiting for you to approve before I show it off here.

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Oct 16

Some Paintings from Tour

here are some watercolor paintings i did on the road in the past month. i only brought black ink with me cause i didn’t want to lose or damage my whole set, so everything was gray-scale and a few things had red hints from a pen.
i know i did more than what i’m uploading but these are all the pictures i got and they’re all with my cell phone so they sort of suck.
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lastly, my friend alex got one of my paintings tattooed! it looks awesome.
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Jan 14

Getting back in the swing

Since I didn’t draw anything while on the road with Native, I’ve been trying to do a lot to catch up and get back in the mood of drawing and painting. here are a couple things i’ve done for the hell of it in the two or three days i’ve been back.
the first is just colored pencil and marker, the next two are just marker, and the last is a bigger piece i did with markers/spraypaint/acrylic on wood. i left my bristol in indiana so i’m not doing any watercolors for the time being.






and this is a small part of a big piece that may turn out to be a big deal, or may turn out to be just a rough draft, or may turn out scrapped. not explaining it yet, will take at least a few months before i start running my mouth on it.


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Jan 17

Paint your Date

here are a couple pictures from the paint your date party I attended Friday. I was a cynic and wore black and long sleeves so no painting was done on me, but drew on Karina, which led to me drawing on my friends and some people i didn’t know for at least the next hour. Don’t have pictures of all of them, but here’s what I’ve found from facebook so far. will update accordingly.
these are just sharpies and crayola washable markers so don’t fret.



(i did the rose not the sandwich, wish i could claim that masterpiece)


and i also repainted the side of my 8x10, since weather and the trailer and staircases and other factors had ravaged my wheatpasting one.


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Feb 17

A much needed update

looking for work big time right now. we are leaving on tour in about a month and i won’t have much time to work between then and july because of a lot of touring, which is a blessing and a curse, but please contact me if you’d like something done. adamXvass@gmail.com. 1 bigger project going on right now but i’m definitely looking for more.

that being said, here is a collection of things that I’ve done in the past month since my last update.
for la dispute/touche amore split 7” art, a drawing of an abandoned house in indiana on 3 layers of tracing paper (idea borrowed from mez

flash sheet for valentines day, just for the hell of it
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painting for my mom’s birthday

tentative split art, not done yet

poster for bledfest

poster for sxsw tour featuring dustin hoffman of mr magorium’s wonder emporium (cities are a placeholder, don’t contact me about dates)

make do and mend tshirt


and lastly, to people that follow my blog, you know this is a big deal for me and something i’ve been working towards for some time: i got a tattoo machine. grapefruits for now, but my roommates getting one soon and i’ll post updates.


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Feb 24

Feeling Good

I feel pretty accomplished today, not entirely sure why. I just finished up an album art project that I’ve been working with for a couple weeks, which is the likely reason, so I went out and got some vegan garbage from Brick Road Pizza and then indulged in some sodas. I recently registered and will soon be updating a blog called Buds & Suds (http://budsnsuds.tumblr.com) where I review different small brew sodas. My long term goal is to get enough traffic that brewers will want me to review their soda and then send me some :).

quite possibly my favorite soda and australian import BUNDABERG was on sale at world market today so I had to get a 4 pack:


there were also some crunchie bars near expiration so they were 50% off and i snagged some. that store has a serious pop selection.

Oh yeah, I did some work too:





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Mar 04

Paintin

Mostly paintings, not a lot of digital or drawing this week.

In this nautical one, I had forgot to color one of the tentacles when i took the picture, but i fixed it since.



this second one is 6 feet 4 inches wide. for album art for a band called a breath beyond broken, there was a jewel case mockup in my last update but heres the whole painting. weird to go from a 6 feet board to a 5 inch cd case.


updated bledfest poster, a work in progress


commission piece on cabinet door


show poster for our first hometown show in half a year TOMORROW


lastly, tour starts next saturday. i’m stoked because ive been in grand rapids too long, 2 months almost haha. we come back apr 7, we leave again apr 20, come back may 24, leave for europe june 4, and come back june 26. in short, i’ll be very busy until july. if you are looking to have work done, they have to be paid for by next saturday, so contact me at adamxvass@gmail.com QUICKLY and we can work something out.


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Jul 18

Process Photos

thought it’d be cool to show the difference between pencil sketch and finished product with a couple recent paintings. shading and color really adds a lot to these.


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Jan 01
give-away time again. did this 6.5x9” painting today to test an idea out for something in the future, now it can be yours for free. all you have to do to enter is reblog this post and one of you will be picked at random. maybe say something nice when your reblog; it won’t help your chances but i appreciate the encouragement. if you want to double your chances of winning, you can buy one of the prints in my store, and i’ll count that as an entry as well. both prints are in limited quantities, so act fast if you’re interested in that option/ they are available from adamxvass.bigcartel.com.  the winner will be chosen randomly on wednesday, jan 6. anyone anywhere is eligible. thanks and happy new year.

give-away time again.

did this 6.5x9” painting today to test an idea out for something in the future, now it can be yours for free. all you have to do to enter is reblog this post and one of you will be picked at random. maybe say something nice when your reblog; it won’t help your chances but i appreciate the encouragement.

if you want to double your chances of winning, you can buy one of the prints in my store, and i’ll count that as an entry as well. both prints are in limited quantities, so act fast if you’re interested in that option/ they are available from adamxvass.bigcartel.com. 

the winner will be chosen randomly on wednesday, jan 6. anyone anywhere is eligible.

thanks and happy new year.