It's sad but true. One of our favorite models from the Friday night figure drawing session has moved back to Australia for a while. Just wanted to give a public thanks to her for all the amazing work she's done for us. In honor of Anjela and with the hope she'll be back in the states again soon here's yet another one of her wonderful poses and the image I drew from it…
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One night we found ourselves without a model for the Friday night drawing session. Luckily my friend Jenna was around and was so gracious to allow us to draw her. She made a great model. Thanks Jenna!
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Figure drawing happens every friday night at my gallery "theceeflat" and here's what I drew/painted on Jan 15, 2010 during a 4 hour session. I'm feeling like I started this year out right and I"m very pleased with a lot of the things that are happening here. What do you think about this one night set?
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The short and simple of this project is this: My good friend Johnny Ferrara commissioned me to paint him a jacket dedicated to his favorite band > Motorhead, and as Lemmy, the lead singer and iconic frontman of the band, describes them > Motorhead is Rock and Roll. I wanted to design Johnny a jacket that could live up to the reputation the band has forged in the minds of hard-core fans worldwide.
Here's the jacket in all it's glory and just like Motorhead's frontman Lemmy, it's one Bad Ass Mother%#@*$!
Here's a quick portrait I did of Hayley up in Killington, VT.
She said draw me and struck a pose which I thought was a great pose so of course I had to jump in and draw this image in about 10 minutes time. Most of this sketch was done while looking at her, kind of like a contour drawing completed without looking down at the page much….Thanks Hayley for being such a great study…
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Here are a few figure studies that I recently completed of Jazz…
I was concentrating on distortion and bone structure with this image.
Here as well structure is in the forefront of my mind..
This image is all about distortion, composition, design, and stylization…
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This is what we did this year for Halloween at The Habitat Brooklyn. www.thehabitatbrooklyn.com
If your viewing this in a web browser please shut the sound off in the slideshow window above this post before watching this video. You can toggle the "Sound" button on the left side of the slideshow window to off by clicking on the word Sound….
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Applications on the mobile phone platform are what websites were 15 years ago. Something your going to see more and more of very quickly so I took the plunge early in the game. With about a 2 week effort and the help of my new friends over at mobile roadie I'm proud to officially announce the launch of my new iPhone application.
iPhone and iPod touch users can download the Bragino app here >
It's basically everything in one place……..Artwork, videos, news, announcements, and special offers will all be at your fingertips. Stay tuned for original music from Marino Bragino, Videos by John Bragino, and even some original multi-dimensional works from me.
Here's some screenshots of what it looks like.
Spent the last two weeks building a halloween set for the Habitat Brooklyn's Freak Show happening Sat Oct 31. Signs, posters and of course a giant 3 dimensional clowns face to go above the door for would be freaks to enter through. I'll have some video once the project is completed and installed. Here's some pics of the progress so far…..
The form made of wire mesh and Papier-mâché, the eyeball is a child's bouncing ball that's been airbrushed
Yes the eyes glow created with LED flashlights mounted behind the balls, also here's two circus freaks creating the big top tent…
Almost done, more teeth to be made…
Reve > is French for "Dream"
I often speak to other artists about naming of their pieces and it's not uncommon for it to be a tough subject for some. For me it seems like a simple process and this illustration was no different.
The look on the woman's face I had drawn seemed to have a longing for something different than her current situation, half removed from the person who's face was looking back at her in the mirror, a longing, dreaming of another life. Through word searching on the internet I came about the word Reve. I liked the look of the word and it seemed to fit the illustration style plus the meaning fit as well. Just like that a name is born. I've always been under the belief that no matter how much intention you have for a piece of art and what you'd like it to be you must always leave room for what it wants to be as well.
