cam floyd

Vision II

2012-01-10T19:58:00.001-08:00

Vision II, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

Charcoal, Acrylic, Oil on Paper, 18"x22".

This piece is currently on display at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco as part of the "Supersonic Electronic Invitational"

Vision I

2012-01-10T19:51:00.001-08:00

Vision I, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

Charcoal, Acrylic, Oil on Paper, 22"x30"

This piece is currently on display at Spoke Art Gallery in San Francisco as part of the "Supersonic Electronic Invitational"

Kepler

2011-12-08T10:47:00.000-08:00

here's the original sketchbook page with a small portrait of Kepler

Kepler-b-22

2011-12-07T01:16:00.000-08:00

Here's a quick sketch in honor of a newly discovered planet, Kepler-b-22. It's approximately 600 lightyears away from Earth and lies within the hospitable range of it's local star - meaning it could possibly support life! Pretty sweet.

Supersonice Electronic Invitational

2011-12-06T12:33:00.000-08:00

I'm very excited to be participating in the 1st Supersonic Electronic Invitational show happening January 5th, 2012 at Spoke Art in San Francisco. You may have noticed my *ahem* lack of updates but it's only because I've been working tirelessly on two paintings for the show. I swear.
I'm trying to kick start my sketchbook habit again too.

Earth Goddess

2011-11-17T10:12:00.001-08:00

Giant Robot "Post It 7"

2011-11-14T18:59:00.000-08:00

3x3 in. Graphite, Gel Pen on Post-It

self portrait

2011-10-23T23:52:00.000-07:00

Ayutthaya

2011-10-21T15:42:00.000-07:00

here's a very quick digital sketch based off this photo of some ancient ruins (not sure of the exact name of the temple) in Ayutthaya, Thailand. Thailand is experiencing some massive flooding currently so hopefully you'll consider donating to the relief effort.

Riggle

2011-09-22T13:48:00.001-07:00

monk blaster

2011-08-30T10:04:00.001-07:00

monk blaster, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

5x7" graphite, watercolor

camfloydVAULT's photostream

2011-08-08T22:30:00.001-07:00

camfloydVAULT's photostream on Flickr.

sketches!

"roads"

2011-07-10T20:02:00.001-07:00

"roads", a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

a quick comic

meeting sketch

2011-07-07T11:10:00.001-07:00

meeting sketch, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

a quick digital piece. this makes me want to try some larger black and white paintings...

Kurosawa composition studies

2011-06-30T09:44:00.001-07:00

Kurosawa composition studies, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

Kurosawa is it for me when it comes to composition. These are quick value studies from "The Twilight Samurai".

birds on a mountain

2011-06-21T15:22:00.001-07:00

birds on a mountain, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

quick collab with Niv Bavarsky

VendSendMend

2011-06-21T12:00:00.001-07:00

VendSendMend, a photo by camfloydVAULT on Flickr.

My contribution for VendSendMend, a fundraiser aimed at raising $8,000 for Doctors Without Borders in relief of Japan's March 11th earthquake disaster.

Get more info here and check out other awesome submissions here !!!

Masks 1

2011-06-03T13:36:00.000-07:00

Removing the filter.

star surfing

2011-05-31T18:28:00.000-07:00

tubular!

the studio

2011-05-26T14:17:00.001-07:00

more black page work and anatomy studies

2011-05-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

It's fun to draw scary things. Plus I figure it's relevant what with the apocalypse and all.

edit: added some anatomy drawings.

new sketches

2011-05-23T22:42:00.000-07:00

Music: "Shanice" - RRADAR

2011-05-23T11:01:00.000-07:00

tryin to catch some summer vibes with the newest RRADAR tune

SHANICE by RRADAR

Swayed

2011-05-17T12:03:00.000-07:00

I'm going to start posting some of my music here.

Swayed by RRADAR

"Smokers" Hi-Res and "Medusa" in progress

2011-05-17T11:42:00.000-07:00

Christopher Hitchens

2011-04-14T11:55:00.000-07:00

Here's a quick piece I did about noted atheist, Christopher Hitchens. Having been an outspoken proponent of non-religious based morality, he's getting more news attention after having been diagnosed with in-operable cancer (from smoking). I wanted to depict him in a way that connected his appearance with that of the universe - present yet intangible. It also gave me a good excuse to work on my edges. His body is presented in stark contrast to the playful, childlike representation of angels and heaven - a fantasy to him. I didn't quite get the likeness - his iconic locks gone from chemotherapy. Here's to you, Christopher Hitchens.

also, high-chested star nipples.

Storyboards!

2011-04-06T22:49:00.000-07:00

Here's a story board I whipped up for a job opportunity that didn't pan out--yet. It was fun to do and inspired me to loosen up, focus on character/space interaction, and try out some comics...

Baltimore Mural

2011-03-31T21:13:00.000-07:00

Hey so here's a super small picture of a mural i almost finished painting with my friend, Nick Iluzuda. It was done in coordinance MICA's CAP volunteer program. Hopefully, if I visit Baltimore again I can finish it if someone hasn't already.

collab w saejean

2011-03-20T11:46:00.001-07:00

here's a quick little spread I drew with my friend and co-worker, Saejean Oh - she drew the thing on the right in case you can't tell.

a few sketches/new website soon

2011-03-19T17:53:00.001-07:00

i've been working on a new website which I hope will be up and running within a week or two. There will be lots of new work - projects, personal work, and sketches! here are a few for the time being

Process post: Movie Poster

2011-03-01T13:04:00.000-08:00

Without giving away too much about the specifics of the project, I can tell you that it's a movie poster for what looks to be a very well shot and exciting re-telling of a modern Dante's Inferno.

Above is the first sketch. The guidelines were essentially that the piece be more emotional than literal. The client wanted to get rid of any unessential elements and focus more on the form of the paint in order to communicate a distinct mood.
the approved sketch!
here I'm using charcoal on tan BFK after I've taped the paper securely with artists tape.
sorry for skipping a bunch of time to this next photo. After the charcoal layer was finished, I sprayed it with workable fixative then coated it with about 3-4 coats of thinned matte medium. this makes it possible to paint on the surface of the paper without damaging it or having the pigment soaking through the paper. I glazed many areas since I established some strong values already with the charcoal. other areas I apply the paint more heavily in an impasto manner. Color wise I'm think about basic cool/warm relationships rather than trying to get the perfect color.
after the first layer, i let the painting dry and then glaze the entire image with a little bit of pthalo blue and another layer with a little bit of yellow ochre and yet another layer with a bit of cadmium red. this gives the surface depth.
After the glazing I go back and continue working on the face - it was important to the client that the likeness be there. Unfortunately, I don't have any shots before the final with the face completed. let's just say i spent another 8 or so hours just on the face - tweaking eyebrows, pupils and the like.
at one point i took a crappy cell phone picture and uploaded it into photoshop to figure out some compositional things and a quick idea for type. much easier than doing this with oil paint...So with the face complete, all I need is Grimbo's approval and we're good to go to the digital phase. Alright! I think that's a thumbs up...

Voila! Finished. click for a hi-res version. All I did in photo shop was ghost the concentric circles and do a little pixel sweeping. I also did some color editing and added a few red multiply layers but nothing too major. Generally I find that trying to solve problems digitally results in muddiness so I usually try to keep the digital aspect minimal unless I plan specifically for it in the sketch phase.

Game Over

2011-03-01T12:26:00.000-08:00

These are for the "Game Over" show at the SF location of Giant Robot. My pieces were clearly inspired by my favorite video game franchise of all time: Mario! I felt the need to pay homage to such a big and important part of my life so I kept the basic form of the screen shot and used that as a starting point. They are both acrylic on panel.

overhanging branch girl

2011-02-22T01:10:00.001-08:00

here's a quick sketch of a random person. i felt the need to paint it in a (relatively) natural manner. now's it's on the internet. time to play grand theft auto!

Lisa

2011-02-02T11:33:00.001-08:00

Giant Robot Year of the Rabbit

2011-02-01T13:19:00.000-08:00

Hey Internet People -

This is my entry for Giant Robot's next upcoming show entitled "Year of the Rabbit". The show will focus on the 2011 animal ambassador from the Chinese zodiac calendar so expect to see a lot of furry little guys - and maybe some not so furry ones.

SpaceFace sketch

2011-01-30T12:55:00.000-08:00

think I will be turning this into finished piece when I get some time.

Paintin' fer sellin'

2011-01-20T12:16:00.000-08:00

Hey.

So since my show at the newly-opened Scoops Westside was in fact, not, a sellout. I'm happy to announce that I'm putting up these 6 little beauts for sale! They come from my show entitled "My Darling, Andromeda" and all center around the idea of romanticism within knowledge and how we create meaning, to be brief. They are small, around 6in or 7in each. I'm selling them for $150 (a steal!!!) Please buy one! (not you Mom :D)

Nylon Guys

2011-01-20T11:33:00.000-08:00

So I was lucky enough to work with Alex Chow over at Nylon Guys magazine recently for a piece about...video games! I've been getting lucky with subject matter on most of my jobs and I hope it keeps up. Anyways, I'm going to be going through my basic process for this project.

The central focus of the article was about classic video games possibly being remade for current movement-based platforms like the Wii and the PS Move. My first idea focused on the idea of a video game factory that manufactured physical components of games - I chose Tetris specifically.

Alex didn't feel like there was enough emphasis on the actual movement associated with these new games and that my sketch seemed to be more about just re-making games so I tried out another idea.

This idea focused on a conductor deftly controlling a torrent of past video game characters/noticeable objects. Alex liked this one so I refined the idea.

From this point I dropped the sketch into PS and traced over it with some digital line work. Usually I prefer to have some trace of traditional media involved but the turnaround time was very short so I just stuck with the quicker approach. My process for this part is fairly straight forward digital coloring - a mixture of different layer properties for color effects, some textures, and some gradient action to push/pull emphasis. I can be more in depth about this part in the future if there is any interest.

Here's the final with a detail shot. Overall, I'm happy with how the piece turned out and it's always exciting to see your work in print. Thanks for reading!

Post-It Notes!

2010-12-12T14:00:00.000-08:00

Heya.

Here are my contributions to the 6th annual Post-It note show put on by Giant Robot. If your in the LA area stop by GR2 and check them out in all their post-it glory.

Bells and Whistles

2010-10-12T14:54:00.000-07:00

O herro.

Waking up to the phone ringing at 8:30am is usually not a pleasant experience. However, if it's SooJin Buzelli from PLANSPONSOR magazine on the other line offering you a job, the lingering magnetism of sleep is quickly dissipated. Working on this project was a good learning experience among other things and I think it helped me to gain more perspective on the strengths/paths/discontents/possibilities of how an illustration can communicate to it's audience.

Below I've gleaned some pieces from my process in case anyone is interested in how this piece came to be.

SooJin has somewhat of a reputation (a good one) for being a great art director in terms of the freedom she gives to illustrators. I was doing some pretty boring sketches at first. It took me a while to really push what I was doing past the more obvious solutions. Here's the sketch that we agreed upon.

Here I'm trying to figure out the placement of the astronauts.

Here is a piece of the final drawing. I transferred my sketch to a piece of Rives BFK (which I'm getting sick of using) by blowing up my sketch and putting compressed charcoal on the back of the paper. I then traced certain parts of the sketch. I don't do this so much to save time or for the ease of tracing but because the resulting lines have a nice texture to them, weathered and strained. I think it's important to really consider the application of mediums throughout the entire process. A single texture in one place is ok by itself but when it comes together with the other parts of the piece the varying textures can really add depth and interest to the piece. Plus, people won't be able to tell how you did what you did!

Before I went onto this step in which I added some acrylic and gel pen, I scanned the drawing in the previous stage. I do this so I can use the line work at a later time in the digital world if need be.

Add some digital coloring, a dash of Hokusai influence gradients in the background and, of course, some arbitrary floaties on the surface of the image and it's a wrap.

PSYCH.

This piece got rejected. The powers at be felt it wasn't my strongest piece and I must say, I agree. Sometimes things just don't click and this happened to be one of those times. I actually relished the opportunity to give it another shot. Art school has given me enough of a tough skin to not really take any criticism personally (about my art that is).

This time around I likened "Bells and Whistles" to having an excessive and complicated synth collection, something I dream about regularly.

Here I'm trying to figure out how I want to have this figure interacting with the space. I envisioned some flat bodied lunatic raving over his collection. I chose to go simple with him in order to keep the piece from being too busy since the background is almost filled entirely with tiny synthesizer bits.

Here's an alternate color version. I think I like this one better.....nothing to be done about that now I suppose.

This one made the cut. You can view it in the September issue of PLANSPONSOR magazine (if you can find one). Or at their website! Thanks to SooJin for pushing me on this.

Hope you guys found this helpful/interesting. Until next time!

New Bike!

2010-10-09T14:58:00.001-07:00

I love craigslist. I'm an inch away from abandoning all other forms of transaction in favor of the low-res, half-assed car salesman style of advertisement of this beautiful site. Not really, but really - I got a great deal on this bike. It's a Raleigh Rush Hour with a Brooks B17 seat and some Specialized mountain grips. The crank is upgraded too. Just took it out today for a nice spin and it rides really nicely. Minus spending close to 30 min trying to get the thing to fit in my car on the way home when I bought it, I'm a very satisfied customer.

Fashion's Night Out LA final

2010-09-21T23:37:00.000-07:00

Finished this. Things are falling into place...maybe. Many mediums went into this one and I finally feel like they aren't fighting each other. I'll be doing more pieces in this manner to hopefully get some idea of a consistent process.

You can see detail shots here

Check back soon for updates! Comments and feedback greatly appreciated :D

Fashion's Night Out sketch

2010-09-19T11:45:00.001-07:00

here's the final sketch for a piece I'm doing about the LA "Fashion's Night Out". Done entirely in photoshop

New painting for sale

2010-09-16T12:11:00.000-07:00

Hey all. I did the painting in a mad rush after Gary told me about a show he was in that had a one day deadline about the apocalypse. It turns out I won't be able to participate in the show due to time constraints but I managed to finish the painting anyways. In an effort to save time, I created the initial layer as a photo collage in PS. I've done this type of digital work before for band posters in the past. I like the strong contrast between the two languages so I'll definitely be doing more of these soon.

Also, this painting is for sale.

"Famine", Oil on Letra paper w/ toner transfer, 4"x 6"

It's going for $200.00 and comes floated in a nice and simple black frame with glass. Leave me a message or shoot me an email at camfloyd@gmail.com if you're interested.

till next time!

Figure Drawings

2010-09-14T12:33:00.000-07:00

Culver City Plunge

2010-08-29T11:45:00.001-07:00

Here are a few sketches from a carnival I went to in Culver City. It was ok, I think carnivals are best left for the 13-17, dating demographic. Great tamales though.

Symbolism and new sketches

2010-08-26T12:14:00.001-07:00

Hey everyone! In the interest of maintaining a more regularly updated blog and in the hopes of bolstering my own research, I've decided to started posting about artists I'm looking at, books I've bought, and other happenings in my super-exciting-non-stop-thrill ride-action-adventure art life. Thus we begin.There is an amazing book store in Santa Monica by the name of Hennessy and Ingalls that has a massive collection of art books - both common and rare. I recently went to look up some artists which were recommended to me by Jose Villarrubia - I think my query was something along the lines of "a mix between realism, surrealism, and graphic elements". He came up with a nice list of artists, most of which seemed to be associated with the Symbolist movement. My knowledge of Symbolism is still cursory but one of the main points of the movement was a reaction to Realism. Specifically, that it restrained the artist from utilizing his inner vision. This seemed to hit home for me as I have always been struggling with melding observational images with those imagined. They also tended to be heavy with metaphor and implication, preferring to ask questions indirectly in their work.

Gustave Moreau - "Jupiter and Semele (detail), oil on canvas, 1894
Coincidentally, I stumbled upon Moreau while reading "2666" by Roberto Bolaño. The design of this cover is just amazing. The intricacy and lushness of his images will keep you looking at them time and time again, always finding something new.
"Night, Atlantic Poem" oil on canvas, 1917 Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre
This image looks so modern! The design of the fish-monsters looks straight out of "The Punisher". I especially love the colors and luminosity. Even without knowing the context of the image there is a strong mood and implied narrative - qualities that are necessary to any good illustration.

Those guys are a tough act to follow but here are some recent sketches of mine. These images are super hi-res compared to my normal posts in case you are interested in seeing my pencil/pen work.

Next time, I'll be covering Hiroshige!

Attack! 2

2010-08-24T19:59:00.000-07:00

Hello all, glad you could stop by! I have a lot work in progress that I have been neglecting to document properly on the interwebs. Hopefully I can work regular updating into my schedule because I usually make work fairly consistently.

Anyways, the piece is a continuation of the idea in "Attack!" which you can view at my portfolio site. Even though I'm happy with how this piece turned out, the process was a little too reserved lending to the overly graphic quality to it. The next pieces I do will probably be much looser.

I'll update tomorrow with some new sketches!

SKETCHES KAPOW!!!

2010-07-20T19:28:00.000-07:00

Wowza! That's a lot of sketches! No, I'm not super productive and obsessively confined to constant scribbling in my worn and tired sketchbooks. In fact, just the opposite. I have merely been on a few months hiatus from updating, making a post like this quite overdue.

The Attack on the East Borough of Angilia

2010-06-14T10:46:00.000-07:00

I've been working on this for the past few days in my sketchbook. I got the idea from looking through my old sketchbooks from when I was 7 or 8. I used to try and fill up an entire page by stacking castles on top of eachother - here is an 'updated' version of the same idea. Medium is ballpoint pen and acryla gouache.

Dante's Inferno

2010-06-11T15:12:00.000-07:00

This summer has been productive so far. I've been working constantly in my sketchbook and hope to have some pics up for you lovelies over the next coming week or so. I'm going to the beach with my family and and between getting sunburned and eating crab legs I'll be sketching and scanning.

This was a piece that I finished before school ended but have only just got around to taking a pic of it (with my new Canon Powershot SX120IS - love it!)

"Midway upon the road of our life I found myself within a dark wood, for the clear path had been lost."

threadless submission

2010-06-06T20:56:00.000-07:00

Above is the design I design-ified for Threadless.com - I really the like the T-shirt medium as it is a good way to really do whatever you want without worrying about a specific mood, message, etc. Just make a cool image!

New Posts coming soon!!!

2010-06-04T23:47:00.000-07:00

Figure Studies

2010-04-21T20:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a composite of some figure studies I've done over the past few days. Was feeling a bit rusty.. all the reference came from deviantArt.

Promo goodies!

2010-04-21T18:41:00.000-07:00

Untitled

2010-04-20T13:13:00.000-07:00

Chase

2010-04-18T20:25:00.000-07:00

This will be used for something that I cannot talk about just yet! Also, an apology is necessary for my utter failure at making something cool everyday. I guess I just underestimated the mental energy these last few weeks of college are requiring. Phew!

Fish Collector

2010-03-25T17:04:00.000-07:00

Cranked this puppy out just in time for the 3x3 student competition. Pretty happy with how it turned out. I initially had a hard time balancing all the elements I wanted but I think its resolved at this point. I'm also a day behind in my MSCED. I know this.

MSCED #12, 13, 14, 15

2010-03-23T12:14:00.001-07:00

Yea I know I missed a few days. WHAT

MSCED 11

2010-03-19T10:20:00.001-07:00

MSCED 11

MSCED 10

2010-03-18T09:40:00.000-07:00

We're in double digits

MSCED #9

2010-03-17T07:47:00.000-07:00

I'm going to miss uploading for a few days when I go to New York. New work when I get back!

MSCED 8

2010-03-16T12:03:00.000-07:00

Phase 8

MSCED 7

2010-03-15T10:42:00.000-07:00

MSCED #7. I call this one: "No Disrespect to JJ"

2010-03-14T10:25:00.000-07:00

MSCED 6. Thanks to J. William Waterhouse for this one.

MSCED 5

2010-03-13T11:29:00.001-08:00

MSCED 4

2010-03-12T16:39:00.001-08:00

Just started spring break. Let's see if I can keep these up...

MSCED #3

2010-03-11T10:13:00.001-08:00

Day 3!

MSCED #2

2010-03-10T09:12:00.001-08:00

Day #2! feelin good feelin strong.

MSCED #1

2010-03-09T11:12:00.000-08:00

Ok, folks. I'm jumping on this Make Something Cool Everyday bandwagon in the hopes of motivating myself to update this blog err day. I think I can do. Feel free to reprimand me if I fail to uphold my self-imposed contract. Day #1!

L'Etranger Finished

2010-03-03T13:39:00.000-08:00

Finished this one on up. The previous post was just a cropping that I finished in time to submit to AI (no thanks to their double postponement...).

I feel a lot more comfortable with the text in this piece than in the Heart of Darkness cover and that's mainly due to my inclusion of text in my initial thumbnails (duh). Anyways, you will all surely not be able to see past the glaring irony that I included both the original French title and the english translator, but let's hope that doesn't ruin the piece entirely.

Thanks for lookin!

L'Etranger

2010-02-26T14:11:00.001-08:00

Super Seaweed Sex Scandal

2010-02-21T12:40:00.000-08:00

Hello friends!

Super Seaweed Sex Scandal (conveniently shortened to 'SSSS') is a band that makes noise so hard to accurately describe in words that I have to settle on those often overused and under-representative ones such as "experimental" and "avant-garde" to give you an idea of where they're coming from.

Anyhow, my friend Paul Wheeler is in the band and asked me to do a gig poster for an upcoming show. I'm sure he won't mind the extra advertisement.

If you are in the NYC area March 2nd, you should do yourself a favor and check these guys out. Bad. Ass.

Atom Smashers

2010-02-17T12:24:00.001-08:00

Hello hello!

After the fateful Snowpocalypse (as it has forthwith come to be known), I was feeling the need to step up my game a little bit. Having a week off kind of threw off my normal schedule and I couldn't help but worry about the impending real-adult-work-money life that will soon enough be upon me. Hence, I decided to give myself another project in conjunction to my thesis which consists of 1 week editorial pieces focusing around science, politics, lifestyle, finance etc.

This week's piece comes from an article in Science News about scientists using the recently completed particle collider in Switzerland to smash gold atoms together. They found that when two atoms successfully met, they created a super dense, super hot substance that they believe could resemble the infant universe.

Heart of Darkness cover finish

2010-02-03T17:17:00.001-08:00

Here is the completed mock-up for Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness. Let me know what you think!

Heart of Darkness pt.1

2010-01-28T19:34:00.000-08:00

Popped this baby out in just over a week so I could have it done for the SOI student comp. The image is only a cropping - since im designing book covers, the composition was intended to work either seeing the front or the back. Ideally, the full spread would work but it didn't quite have enough oompf to it so I decided to submit a cropping to SOI.

Next post I'll have the full spread, finished cover with type, and some detail shots.

Heartless Devil

2010-01-26T12:20:00.001-08:00

I've been getting a fair of amount of music-based commissions recently and considering my last semester's thesis revolved around the subject, I'd say it's paid off! Here is an album cover done for my friend Michael Meredith under the name of Hopewell Exchange. I was thinking of time lines and topography among other things for the imagery. Head on over to http://hopewellexchange.bandcamp.com/ to check out the music for youself.

Tune Time! Nicolades

2009-12-14T18:37:00.000-08:00

Completed during finals crunch time. Who says I can't multitask?

Nicolades by RRADAR

RRADAR - Osaka by RRADAR

the Almighty Aphex Twin

2009-12-03T20:28:00.000-08:00

I've been excited about the idea of doing an Aphex Twin piece since I first thought of concentrating my thesis around musical interpretation. If there is one definitive pioneer of the electronic genre, its Richard D. James. I used his torrential style as a jumping off point to experiment and push the approach I've been attempting which consists of using flat graphics with more rendered elements. I'm happy with the result.

Paul Wheeler

2009-12-02T19:22:00.000-08:00

Another promo poster for my friend Paul Wheeler's upcoming senior recital at the New School in New York. He mentioned Santa and Ak-47's . I went with the medieval St. Nicolas in the hope of upgrading the bad-assity.

Out of Orbit

2009-11-23T13:19:00.001-08:00

This is one of my submissions to the newest installment (hopefully to become annual) of the "Orbit" series published by the MICA Illustration Club. I helped run the show last year and Craig has taken over for this year's issue - you can buy them at Art Market this Dec.

Prime Time of Your Life

2009-11-17T14:23:00.000-08:00

promo piece for a friend of mine's monthly club night in Chapel Hill. he makes some pro-level electronic jams - check em out: Hidden Cat

Spread 'em.

2009-11-15T14:52:00.000-08:00

Here are some pages from a story I'm working on written by my good friend Max Walukas. I'll give more plot details later, but the basic story unfolds around a boy stealing the moon. Since the story takes place in the southwest (a place which had a huge impact on me when I drove through it this summer) I wanted to have the environment be as much of a character as the boy.

Snape

2009-11-12T13:28:00.000-08:00

my submission for Alyssa Nassner's Harry Potter-themed zine.

RRADAR

2009-11-02T08:40:00.000-08:00

Now for something completely different. I make electronic jams and you should check them out here: http://www.myspace.com/listentorradar

New song "KIX1031" is up and also available for dl in 320 format here: http://www.filedropper.com/kix-103

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes

2009-10-26T17:07:00.000-07:00

Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes - what a band.

L-Vis 1990

2009-10-15T18:50:00.000-07:00

L-Vis 1990 makes some sweet songs. He also looks like he belongs in high fashion.

Big Boi

2009-10-14T15:49:00.000-07:00

In celebration of Big Boi's dope song "Shine Blockas" (feat. Gucci Mane), I decided to make him the subject of this quick spot. I wanted to see how I worked under a self-imposed 4 hour deadline. What do you guys think?

Mikael Akerfeldt of Opeth

2009-10-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

hey everyone. this is the latest in my thesis focusing on portraits of musicians. mikael akerfeldt is the main song writer and singer/guitarist for the melodically-leaning but not "melodic" death metal (metal genres are a universe unto themselves). i wanted to set him up as prophetic and in control of what he is revealing to the viewer. i struggled a lot with the likeness (as with all likenesses) but i think, in the end, he is recognizable. comments and critique always welcome!

2009-10-01T09:10:00.000-07:00

2nd piece for thesis. Done for the band black moth super rainbow

Centerstage

2009-09-23T22:39:00.001-07:00

Rough done for CENTERSTAGE For Young Playwrights promo poster. Did this pretty quick but I'm fairly pleased!

Painting the Third!

2009-09-15T17:28:00.000-07:00

This is the last of the three paintings I did during my internship. I had a really hard time getting the composition to work and was getting pretty frustrated because, though nearly all of the elements were already in place, it wasn't quite clicking. I wanted to get the piece scanned for the comic-con and ended up with 20 min left to resolve the painting and ended up popping the two red triangles which, I hope, pull the piece together. It's amazing to see what a big difference those two, seemingly, little elements make on the composition.

2009-09-05T13:48:00.000-07:00

working out characters for a new book. this coyote will not be so orange

And Whose Vapors We Slowly Coalesce

2009-08-02T01:33:00.000-07:00

2nd of 3 new paintings. I'm showing them in the order that I painted them so, based on critique and general feedback, I've considered new approaches and tried to refine the process and content. This one I struggled a lot with, especially compositionally because there are a lot of elements to balance. I remember teachers telling me the concept of your eye "resting" when looking at a piece and that was something I had a very hard time achieving with the composition. The composition and color were inspired by seeing a folded bag behind an electric green silkscreen. Also, I tried to stay away from symmetrical, central, and figure dominated pieces after noticing a lot of my personal work has those qualities. Thanks so much for the feedback on the previous piece. More critique is always appreciated.

Lights in the Deluge

2009-07-27T21:36:00.000-07:00

While interning I've been fortunate enough to have some time to work on some personal pieces at James' studio. I approached these pieces much differently than I would a normal assignment, mostly because I didn't do any preliminary sketches which left room for exploration. The work changed a lot when I was working on it as I would paint over parts completely, glaze areas back, and switch mediums. I got some great critiques and feel like I learned a lot about making an image thanks to the generous input of James. Here's the first piece and I'll be posting the others in installments to try and get back in the habit of posting regularly. I would love to hear some feedback!

Big Ol' Sketch Dump

2009-07-05T15:33:00.000-07:00

Hey everybody. It has been too long, as usual. I've been really busy working on both sketches and some bigger pieces. The paintings are almost finished and should be up within a week or so. Also, i got twitter! (http://twitter.com/camfloyd) Let me know if you're on twitter, I need to build up my good base of friends. Below are a some of the better pages from my sketchbook. I've almost finished this one up. Hope summer is going well!

2009-05-27T17:42:00.000-07:00

These were done for Drawing from the Masters with Mark Karnes. It was a great class that reaffirmed the importance of master copies. I find them to be pretty relaxing and I always feel like I've learned a lot when I'm done. The 2nd piece was done after the Nerdrum copy (1st picture). It was a kind of reinterpretation, I mostly focused on the texture and general composition. Both are Charcoal and a bit of pastel on BFK.

2009-04-26T22:36:00.000-07:00

This is a scene for my concept class in which we redesigned a dated (yet quality) sci-fi movie. I chose Logan's Run and while it was a good story, I feel like watching the movie or not watching the movie would have little to no consequence in your life. So, I tried to stick with the story and essentially gave it a boost to the future! Not sure if its better than the original, but I'm happy with it I think. What do you guys think?

experiments

2009-04-21T10:37:00.000-07:00

Some experiments from the sketchbook.

2009-04-18T17:59:00.001-07:00

I have really been enjoying the amazing freedom that the subject of space offers. Who's to tell you what can or can't exist out there? We're talking multi-dimensional glaciers.

By the way, I really really hate the image compression of blogger. It kinda just sucks the life out of the darks. Anyways...