I had the pleasure of helping my brother John B move up to Killington this winter to pursue his love of snowboarding and become an instructor on the mountain. While in town I was fortunate enough to be surrounded by some amazing people who were more than supportive of me as an artist. So I did what any artist in good company would do, I created a lot of art on my visit. I did a portrait, sketchbook
journaling, tattoos on friends with markers, drawings on snowboard helmets, custom designed boxes and to top it all off an impromptu wall mural in my brothers apartment. My favorite part of this mural? Well of course it's the feeder fish following our friend the shark pictured below. Sorry about the less than great quality of the images but all I had was my phone to capture this one…..
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.
