Program2

Program2 http://www.trashola.com/program2/ Art, Toys, and other stuff by Josh Divine en Copyright 2008 Sun, 04 May 2008 20:18:16 -0700 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Free Comic Day The day got a big boost when I saw that I was seated right next to John Porcellino whose work I really like and who I'd met once before at APE in San Francisco. He had a lot of good advice and similar insights about cartooning and the psychology behind most cartoonists. One of my favorite moments was when a guy asked us to draw Felix the Cat. We both started drawing and realized that we had no idea what Felix really looked like. We tried to figure it out, and john scrawled a little cat face that didn't look like Felix(well not exactly). About half an hour, out of the blue he says, "Y'know, I'm starting to think this is a really good picture of Felix the Cat.

I really had fun talking with him and his wife. We laughed a lot. A little boy asked him to draw Superman, and I watched him do one in his style. I thought it was great, but the little boy looked confused. Later he told me he was "shaking inside" while drawing it! I was asked to draw a lot of superheroes, and I tried, but they felt like failures. My favorite drawing was one I did of Nightcrawler. I only had what I'd remembered from the X-Men movie posters, so I just made it up and the kid was laughing and said he liked it anyway.
After John left I was pretty bored and I was getting a little surly. I was sitting there doodling and a guy came up who thought I was doing caricatures and said, "Hi, oh, are you doing someone right now?"
I said, "Yeah, your mom." without thinking. He cocked his head, then started cracking up. I was glad he didn't kick my ass. I started doing a caricature of him and he interrupted me - "Think you could draw me like this so I don't have a double chin?"
I said "It's a caricature, I'm supposed to be making fun of you!"
"I know, it's just-I hate it!"
I erased it and he was happy. The next guy who was about 60 walked up and said, "I have a lot of ideas, but I can't draw, so I'm looking for an artist to work with." Now, if you're any sort of cartoonist you hear this all the time, so I was trying to say no without hurting his feelings.
"I write and draw, and I don't really do superhero stuff, like-"
"Well, I used to be into super heroes, but now (dramatic pause) I'm into Jesus!"
Shit.....I told him to get in touch with Chick Publications and he left. I left shortly thereafter.

Here are some sketchbook pages from the last week. I'm also writing a script for my next comic! I've never written a script before, I usually just have a general idea about where the story is leading, but I want to have everything worked out this time.

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Ha! Don't forget to check out Comix Magazine!

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]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/04/sketchbook-doodles.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/04/sketchbook-doodles.html Art pages sketchbook Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:06:51 -0700 Custom Helmet for Joy Engine/Shred Ready

Todd at Joy Engine posted these photos of my custom kayak helmet.
I had a harsh deadline, and so I stuck with b+w, but I think it turned out well despite some flaws in craftsmanship. I used decals of some designs I had done in the past, and hand painted some of the goofier details.

PURE WHITE HELL! Thanks to TB for taking the photos!

Here's the design from the front of the helmet, minus the pink splotch...

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]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/03/toy-show-photos.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/03/toy-show-photos.html Art Toys denver toys vinyl Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:17:42 -0700 New Project - Stage 1

This is a repaint of a Hawaiian tourist bust I found at a garage sale. I'll be adding to it soon.

]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/02/new-project-stage-1.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/02/new-project-stage-1.html Art custom josh divine sculpture Sun, 10 Feb 2008 11:48:45 -0700 Pinko Munny Shots

Some Photos of my latest Munny figure!

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]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/munny-bizness.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/munny-bizness.html Art Toys decals design illustration munny toys Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:09:52 -0700 Sketchbook Page

]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/sketchbook-page.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/sketchbook-page.html Art sketchbook Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:38:46 -0700 My First Munny

]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/my-first-munny.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/my-first-munny.html Art Toys josh divine Munny Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:22:53 -0700 Mike Libby's InsectLab Mike Libby found a dead beetle one day, and thought it looked like a mechanical device. So, he took the next logical step and dissected the beetle and replaced its parts with miscellaneous gears and electronic parts. The result is InsectLab, his collection of "cybernetic" bugs in glass display cases, ready to be stared at for hours.
They're beautiful, and they'd almost seem quaint and old fashioned if there wasn't something so scary about them. I wonder if this fits in with the concept of the Uncanny Valley?

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]]> http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/takeg-toys.html http://www.trashola.com/program2/2008/01/takeg-toys.html Art Toys japanese take g take-g toys woodworking Mon, 07 Jan 2008 12:38:05 -0700 Rob Zombie's Halloween on DVD

Was it really that bad? I saw it in the theater, and just last night on DVD, and I really liked it both times. It's raunchy and exploitative, gory, tense and manages to pay homage to B-movies of the past. Blood, sex and Techniolor! Lots of dumb, mean rednecks getting slashed, what more can you ask for? I think it's his best movie. I'm just surprised to see that it got a 26% on Rotten Tomatoes and a lot of the reviewers seemed to talk about the original as a masterpiece, which it most definitely was not. Let's be honest. It was boring. It was!
I'm normally in agreement with critics as far as movies go, but this...Whu??

What's your take?
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