CONTENT!

legs
Originally uploaded by mhipley

It's nice to work on something just because for once, even though I'm not 100% (or even 80%) satisfied. I sketched this a few weeks ago and have been toying with the colors here and there since.

"wish i could have stricken up a conversation"

I am glad that Piyu's love of craiglist introduced me to illustrator Sophie Blackall through her thusly themed blog. Some are more comical than others (I love the man in a purple shirt who was "having a bad day and looked offal [sic]"), but all have a sense of misty, aching regret.

See also I Saw You..., a similarly themed and lovely book collecting comics by a number of artists including a few other Brooklyn-based illustrators. On the whole it's more lighthearted but there are also some seriously sigh-inducing ones.

don't push me around

Scott sent me this link the other night. What a strange little gem.

It makes me wonder who was sitting around taping San Diego public access back in 1977. Also makes me need to get out my Hofner.

a dandified hedonism

color memory - the beets, originally uploaded by mhipley.

Sarah and I went to Fette Sau tonight, and I am having a hard time feeling guilty for the indulgence of a relatively expensive night out. We ate an immense amount of food and drank enough to feel fuzzy and loud, but not so much of either that I feel more than a warmishness at the moment. Even the clarity of the solo bike ride home only made me feel even better about spending more money than I ought on one meal.

I was thinking again about Alex Kapranos's series about eating on tour and how it accumulates in his book into an ode to indulgences of quality. Everyone should have some stories about things getting out of hand, but it can also be lovely to take a night to push to that brink of climax and retreat with enough consciousness to remember the taste of the trip.

For my light and color class we had to make several sets of color swatches to try and capture a particular scene. After coloring a hundred variations on the grey and white classroom, I decided to base the "color memory" set on seeing the Beets with Carlos and Ari in June. The sway of the body heat and colored lights was something wonderful. I didn't capture it as well as I would have liked, but I enjoyed trying to get the exactly sickly shades of green and orange.

Sarah is preparing for grad school applications, take two, and we agreed it really comes down to committing to something wholeheartedly even if you are not sure that it's right. It's easier to change your mind later than it is to jump start your life with lukewarm intentions.

jump start yeah!

me on the train, originally uploaded by mhipley.

Tomorrow I am going to a panel after work about blogging and such so I figured I should get this thing going again. When I get my site up in the next few weeks, I'll either end up attaching this or something new to it, so I need to get in the habit.

I was kind of surprise given how anti-internet he is, but Carlos wants a blog for the site I am going to build for him as well.

Mostly I have been doing boring school exercises, but here is an unfinished drawing I started while riding on NJ Transit a few weekends ago. It was late and I was tired and about another hour and a half from my apartment.

sketch-a-day #3: me vs. fruit

me vs. fruit, originally uploaded by mhipley.

Vegetables are not as much of a problem.

CONYEEZY INDUSTRIES

I finally finished the pokémon-inspired design I promised to my favorite nerdcore couple over at Conyeezy Industries. Here is a version where I played with the color a little to make it pop a bit more:

They are a rad couple making nerdtastic music (and with a little nerd baby on the way!) so check them out.