See inside!

I should have posted these a while ago, I guess. Here's a few sample pages form the Which Art Student Are You? book. Yay!

3D Glasses not necessary!

 I have been holding on to this for a while. Toward the beginning of the year I got involved in some fun facebook shenanigans in which the first four people on your comments would receive something homemade in the mail. Of a few of the lists I made it onto, brilliant sculpture, fellow highlights artist and friend, Helena Bogosian, was one of them. I had no idea what to expect. Sometime a few weeks ago the sculpture below showed up in the mail. Upon opening it I literally screamed and laughed with excitement. Helena had taken my drawing of the Dirty Student (as seen below the photos) from my book, Which Art Student Are You?, and turned it into a three dimensional piece! It is honestly one of the coolest things I have ever seen and it is extremely touching. Thank you so very much, Helena! You're awesome!

Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators Interview

Good news! I was recently interviewed by Anni Matsick for the December issue of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators newsletter. The interview focuses on the release of the Which Art Student Are You? book. This is just a screen pic below but you can read the full article here. The article is on pages 6 and 7.

Thanks to Anni and the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators for allowing a Philadelphian to join in the fun. I really do appreciate it.

Which Art Student Are You? books are now available!

As stated in the book trailer above, the Which Art Student Are You? book is now available at IndyPlanet.com! Featuring all 22 original student types as seen on my blog and 3 all new never-before-seen types. Plus, a look into the students' future in 15 years later. All characters have been completely re-lettered and colored for maximum humor potential.

Available for purchase at IndyPlanet.com! You can also purchase the book via the paypal link located on the right side of my blog as well.

Thank you for your support. Please forward friends to this blog if they are interested in purchasing a book.

Which Art Student Are You? Cover Art

I have finally been able to get this book finished. Special thanks to my wife Daisy, Anni Matsick, and Janelle Saaybe for helping me with the editing. Grammar is not one of my strong points so I am so very grateful for the help. At this point the only thing left to do is make the grammar/spelling corrections and send it off to the printers.

Thankfully I found some extra time to make a new cover instead of using a collage of the existing art (as I had posted in the past). The scene is a typical freshman fine art figure drawing class at Hussian, although this scene is filled with the best of the worst stereotypes studied over the past 10 years. I choose this rear view because we are able to see the artists' work or lack there of. Obviously not every student is present since it was a Wednesday so Comic Book Student was at the comic book store, Whiny Student broke her epidermis, Disappearing Reappearing Student never showed up, Alien Student was at the snack machine, Returning Student was in court for a DUI charge, Mom Student was running a little late, and the Grade Hungry Student stormed out of the room when she received her first critique.

The book will feature 25 student types (a few new student types have been added if you were wondering where the Grade Hungry Student came from) and a 12 page look at each student some 15 years later.

I'll keep you posted on when the book is available.

15 years later.

For my upcoming Which Art Student are You? book I am adding a small section that shows all of the students 15 years later. Each character will have a small "photo" with a paragraph of text. Above is a little preview of the hip-hop student. I won't give away what his future is just yet.

I have also completed all 25 types and have decided to stop for now. Recently the Dean of students here at Hussian was kind enough to put all 24 (the 25th wasn't completed yet) of the student types on display in the halls and I am glad to hear that they have been received very well by the faculty and the students alike. It seems that the world does have a sense of humor about itself  despite what all of my hate mail says.

Coming soon.

I've been working on the "Which Art Student Are You?" book for some time now. Above is the front cover. 

The book will be available as a 28 page full color comic book format. It will include a few new characters, my favorite hate mail quotes, and it will be entirely re-lettered.

I was expecting it to be available by the end of January but after the holidays and a family matter that needed attending to I'm not entirely sure when it will be printed. I will let you know asap. I'm hoping for the end of February.

Latest Art Student

At my height I am often mistaken for a student, especially in the beginning of the year by the Freshman. When I first started teaching it was a struggle for me to maintain respect and discipline the students. Short people simply do not get the respect that tall people get and I'm okay with it, it's just a fact of life.

Let me share one of my experiences with you:

Once, after a long day of teaching, I was on the train drawing and the elderly woman sitting next to me asked if I was an art student.

"No," I kindly replied, "I'm actually an art professor."

To which she responded, "Well, you don't LOOK like a professor."

So I quickly said with a smile, "Well. you don't look like a rude person but here we are!"

I followed it with a laugh and thankfully she laughed with me. What a funny memory for both of us.

You really can say anything with a smile.