cheezy art

I am Alan Cheezy. In between making cheezy jokes, I make cheezy art. FART.

Saturday, June 21, 2008

The Lovely Break

Who's that co-worker? I'm planning a series of little drawings of my fellow co-workers here at the studio. I want to capture them at certain moments that not necessarily show the kind of person they are, but show just one aspect of them that sticks out to me. I guess I won't name them for sake of letting this be a mystery and not embarrass anyone. Unless I think it won't be a problem. :) With that, here is my next piece.


-This is the original sketch. I peered down from the third floor of the "condos" as they call the building I'm in. There are some couches, chairs, tables, table hockey table, and a round, red/orange circular couch. This friend of mine was just laying there taking a break on the circular couch as the sun shined down near noon. I thought the pose just really showed a great hour-glass form. In hindsight, I could've exaggerated the pose much more...but it is what it is. I drew it based on memory, roughly 2 weeks later.


-The finished piece. The great thing about her outfit, is the green against the red/orange couch was very "Nickelodeon". The couch is really more of a red, but with the sun on it, I took a little liberty with the color. I am still very new to coloring my pieces. I don't like the end results very much, but I feel like posting this will give me more chances at looking at it multiple times. I'm on the internet often and occasionally find myself on my own blog again, revisiting my art. I love how wild her hair looked that day!

Saturday, June 07, 2008

The Idle Quickies

I haven't posted since my big rebirth of creativity. BUT, that's not to say I haven't been drawing! I have since, did a lot of little thumbnail "studies", posted 3 or so pieces on my MySpace page as part of my little group of CSUF Alums monthly drawing assignments, and I had 2 pieces of art shown at the Nickelodeon University Gallery which just ended I believe.


Title - Rediscovery: Baby Steps
This basically reminded me of my early years in drawing. It also gave me this visual association of a baby going from crawling, to taking small steps, to fully walking. The famous images of evolution was also an inspiration for the title.


Title - Rediscovery: Confidence
Personally, it was confidence in myself as an artist, getting back into form. The model also struck a number of poses displaying confidence. Sound cheesy, I know. Welcome to my blog.

And now, the actual Idle Quickies. The following 4 quickies are all from the same day. This was done roughly a month ago.

-This was the first incident of the morning on my way to the studio. Driving along Magnolia, I saw a rather big African American guy standing outside Walgreens. He had a plastic bag in his left hand and he was violently pointing and saying something to two employees who were positioned as if blocking both entrances. I tried to hear what he was saying, but I will never know.


-Just after the Walgreens, I saw this old couple at a bus stop. The man was obviously tired of the nagging.


-On my way home, this really skinny kid was wearing a over-sized t-shirt and baggy jeans. But he had this musical aura around him as he had his white headphones on, with an iPod shuffle clipped onto his shirt.


-And at the end of the day, I come back to the apartment. My roommate is in the kitchen with a glass of water. We always end up talking about movies and superheroes, and this night was no different. I remember him striking a pose as he was talking about Wolverine. I kept noticing the water in his glass about to spill. I also noticed his belly button. But at the same time, I was listening to everything he was saying. He was talking about the adamantium.

So, eventually I will clean these up and/or color them. Maybe a week at a time, or sporadically. Enojoy!