REVIVAL OF THE FITTEST

ummm doodles.  yeah. 

this one started as me trying to use my new rapido graph pen but then i don't know what happened.  in the middle i decided to make it be someone wearing really unmatching colors and then by the end it turned really asian.  also i spelled peace wrong on purpose.

also i've been thinking of documenting/drawing/writing about what happened on my birthday this year starting with what i remember and then going on later to what i heard happened from the people i was with, I started with the very begining which is what i was wearing that day, which i remember, mostly because i had to spend a few hours cleaning the vomit off. 

[don't judge my underwear please]

the end.

whoa

This will be my last post from the cornell campus in a while...and my last post as a freshman.  awww.  this is my english final.  its basically a summary of The Knight With the Lion, except it only really makes sense if you've read it.  anyways i started it last night at ten and finished at about three (took waaay too long...plus i kept getting distracted) and then i slept from five to eight and woke up to study for my soc final which i had not studied for yet.  i got a B in physics! but i think i failed another class... oh well.  c'est la vie

It is Summer and yet the Doodles rage on.

Some of these doodles are not really doodle-y, but you probably wont see them otherwise.

I made these for my mom for mothers day. I always liked these old fashioned black and white sillouette profile portraits. Its of the three kids that inhabit our house. Sasha and Brayden look good, but Brookelyn doesnt look too much like her. But my favorite part is the frames which I got at Wallmart for like 6 bucks.

I decided 2 days ago to do this thing where everyday I try and finish one painting. Each painting takes about 2-3 hours. I'm not going for quality so much as just trying to make shit quickly. have been in a funk, so I thought "I will take Andy Warhols advice and stop thinking about making art and just make it." This high contrast one was so easy and fun, but I could totally do it on paper faster. But there is more satisfaction in finishing and looking at a canvas, rather then a piece of paper. Also, I am painting over shitty old paintings I did years ago, so it feels like I am destroying the shitty by covering it with something better.

This was the first painting. Its a bad photo. I but it's not super good. Basically I only like the bottom right corner (the jacket). Actually the hat isnt bad, but you cant tell from the photo.

This is of this lady Deborah Sampson who I think is super rad. Its for a scholarship about women who did great things and shit.

Maya Lin for the same scholarship. For some reason both of these didnt come out well, and these are the ones that matter for money. I thought I could use something I drew in the past, but I dont draw women very much, which is weird. The women I do draw aren't real, but instead they are like sirens or aliens or some crazy shit. I need to start drawing women again.


I found this Kill/Defend George Bush game we played. I like this one.

A sketch.

Another doodle. Basically I was looking at pictures of Greek statues. Why do people not look like that? (Not my picture, I mean real-ass Greek statues.)

Guest Artist - Laura Schwartz

This is a bag I made from plastic bags that I cut into 1 inch strips and then knitted. It took all summer. Thanks for the modeling, Allison.

Here's a close up.

I'm Laura, thanks for letting me post! I want to meet ALL of you!

My mother's day card.  If you can't tell, its me vs my mom and our inner comic book essences vs each other.  I'm not sure if i've told you that amanda and i sometimes call our mom the hulk because when she gets mad she gets so scary and sometimes throws things.  

p.s. i was wondering if when we all get home for summer, the d00dle wall will just go on hiatus because we will no longer be separated by distance...

what i'm doing instead of studying for finals

a gift for my humanities professor. it's achillessss....made using a candy bar wrapper and a grocery bag.

sketch dump

okay i know i've been really bad about updating/commenting. please try to understand that i have been severely deprived of food, sleep, and personal hygiene practices for a sustained period of time. this is just an update to prove that i have not quit doing art. (HI ADAM! i'm so stoked you've become a contributor!)
what a general rough draft of a comic page looks like.
for art class. based on scenes from project 1, working title "amaranth."

some close ups:

finally: current draft of project 2, working title "ellipsis."



again, apologies for lack of updates/comments.

Some stuff I did in Printmaking class.

Okay, I know I already posted this, but now the boys are together. Its better that way, right?

Ok, so first here's a drawing I did as practice for Allison's birthday present. Allison, for some reason the ship took longer, but was way easier then the airplane. I drew like 8 dumb planes before I did yours.

These next ones are all prints. Prints are kind of fun, but it's super hard to draw, cause you cant erase and you have to carve it out of zinc and it is just way too much work.

Ok, yeah. Thats all.

Hello all,
Adam LaMotte here. Long time listener, first time caller. Here are three new pieces that I've made in the last few months...


What I got here is a watercolor illustration of what it felt like to read Voltaire's Candide. 'Nuff said.


This one is my first painting with acrylic. It's based on a photo of Rara Lake, in Nepal. By no design of my own, this piece can now be found floating its way down the Hudson River.


I started this one with the smoke/chemicals on the left, and had no idea what it was going to turn into. After making the pipes is when I realized it was definitely going to be a factory.

decent doodles

Itsa me, Maaario!

i had a bit of a doodle sesh with my architecture friend jeremy (he's an architecture student which means he's good at art) i like the silly dog he drew.  

I keep drawing people and trying to make them look attractive and white.  it kinda sucks i wish i would doodle something more interesting.

I think its because i've been in comics mode lately.  i just keep trying to draw comic-book style.  here's wonderwoman.

Superman, except i kinda messed up his head, and his S and he looks stupid. i dunno how to draw muscles.

fat wonderwoman.

Here's what i mean, the people i draw are looking more and more like jim-lee style comic people.  which i'm not sure i like because jim lee's art, while good for the comic book genre, i find kinda offensive sometimes.  he kindof exploits men and women in his drawing, everyone is a sex symbol.

wow i can't believe i'll be seeing you guys soon.