Category: design
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8 of 100 days of art making
How to make the sandwich pictured below. The best sandwich starts with 10 slices of toasted whole wheat bread. Lay them out like a game of solitaire. Each slice will need a dollop of mayonnaise, a pinch of Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper. Now add two crispy bacon strips to each slice. Depending […]
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Sock Bush, a Doodling comic.
Sock Bush, a doodling story by Alex Feliciano. It is around sunset that always puts Larry in a sleepyhead mood. My Inspiration As the day turns and the impending closure it near. I feel the weight of another wasted day. I rush to my desk to beat the moon who will soon illuminate my failing […]
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What makes a monster.
Monsters, what makes them frightening.
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Alpharetta Scarecrow Sketches
The Alpharetta Scarecrow Event Sketches for the AIA Scarecrow for the 2017 Scarecrow festival. Getting help from the students and parents to make this Peace Plant. Lots of sketches and pairing this with lessons going on for ‘Peace Day’ lessons. The idea of ‘Peace Day’ was a big influence on this design and the inspiration […]
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‘Can’t wait till I have a full dog sled team!’
Murph stopped by yesterday He added the red one to his collection, then set me this picture. He now owns three dog heads, more info about them here. Seven heads were cast in the first run, Five have been painted, one is in LA, one is in my living room and Murph has the rest. […]
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Finshed this sketch book
I wrapped up this ‘moleskin, cassette’ book, full of unlined writing/journal pages, good for markers and pens but curled a bit with watercolors. Hanging out with ‘P’. Notice the sweet adidas jacket, I will post the painting I did from this sketch later. Clem like to lay still while she gets her portrait done. The […]
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Maxwell Sebastian
I have known Maxwell for over ten years and enjoy collecting his work. I think you will enjoy these animated gif he made last year. Visit his site to see more great work.
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Working on new Dog Head, update.
With the outer shell done (plaster around pink silicone) I made the first casting. The gary head is the plastic casting (copy), the white one is the original sculpted (modeling clay) head, and the pink is the silicone negative. This is my first pour, I need to practice, a few thin spots and air bubbles. […]
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New installation at Sis&Moon
Spicing up the gallery. I am moving to a new space, same building, and thought it would be worth a saturday. I thought about it for a minute and started with brown butcher paper for visual structure. Then an aqua and beige landscape under it, with a little white line for more structure. Then […]
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Update, “The lines Attack” show at the Hive, LA
Working and getting excited about this new, in-progress, body of work (5×7 collage drawings, done with paper, paint and ink.) will be shown at the Hive Gallery in May for “The Lines Attack” show. I have been attempting to illustrate a narrative that until now only lived in my sketchbooks, it’s a fractured series of […]
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Card board dog head needs a better name than ‘Dog Head’. Help!
Looking for a name. I am called “Dog Head” but I don’t think that is right. please help.
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4 New masks before Halloween… a cardboard challenge.
Update: Dog Head is Done… Final paint job and some minor fabrications to the base, it is now wall mountable. Below is a picture from the Back of Sis and Moon’s gallery, with Rachel Graham and Wendy Vogt, the dog head is almost done. The second Mask is done… meet the Sugar Skull. Here is […]
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No sale at the Drawing Show.
I sent this piece to the Hive gallery in LA, for their May 2013- Line Attack 2 (Doodle Art themed show). I was hoping the 450.00 piece would sell but alas no sale. I will return it to the studio and try to find it another show.
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New lighting in the studio
My space is a bit dark, so I have added some lights. I think I need to put a spot lights on the masks, maybe a blinking light. Today is “Lunch Truck Thursday” I hope someone takes home the Thunder Lizard. If not I’m going to send it to the Hive in LA, see what […]
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Oct 12th -18th, 2013
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New Paintings at Sis and Moon Gallery.
Hard to find “Feliciano Tindel Michi’s” I brought in three new paintings to Sis and Moon’s Gallery today. I look forward to seeing you in the shop. I don’t know if you know but sometimes Alex Feliciano, John Tindel, and Michi Mecho get together and paint. Three pieces you can come and touch. “Something in the […]
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The Feliciano brothers make monsters.
Afternoon project with TATA: On a rainy afternoon they make monsters out of play-dough and colored toothpicks. The stories they come up about them are awesome I wished I had written it down. The monsters have been living on a “drying” shelf for months and I was going to toss them out during a “people are […]
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Masks, faces, bears, rabbits, dogs, and monsters
Here is the first collection of scaryfriends… by Alex Feliciano. a series of masks, faces, bears, rabbits, dogs, and monsters. They have sold out. Second collection coming early 2014.
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Welcome to the 2013 Cardboard Costume Challenge!
Found this Today via http://thecardboardcollective.com/….. Welcome to the 2013 Cardboard Costume Challenge! Their Mission? to inspire the making of awesome handmade cardboard costumes. They have decided that this year they wanted to adopt a non-commercial, non-competitive approach (less contest, more spirit tunnel) AND to make the event more kid-centered(it’s such a valuable design opportunity for kids.) […]
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Friday’s sketchbook review…
This week Sept 28th -Oct 4th, 2013
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Doodling on my iPhone.
A few images from my phone, using sketchbookPro, by AutoDesk. Bugs and Germs. More Bugs and Germs. Rocket Fish, or TerraFish Thinking about You. Box Amp. Germ all grown up Close up of our friendly Germ. The not so nice germ. This germ is responsible for […]
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100 Days of school.
Shirts for D’s Class 2012, 100 days of School. Pencil, then redrawn in Illustrator with a Wacom tablet, lastly printed on iron-on paper. The kids had a great time.
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Flat vs Skeuomorphism, and good design.
Hola, So I have been advising clients away from skeuomorphism in thier designs. You may ask, “Why would you do that, skeuomorphism is dope.” and your right it is cool, but when we go to production the tangental aspect is quickly overshadowed by business needs and dynamic integration quickly blows up budgets. It looks great […]