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My Plastic Heart Presents - New Moon : Interpretations of the Chinese Zodiac 2012

2012-01-21T12:08:00.005-05:00

New Moon opening @ My Plastic Heart NYC was last night! It was a great turnout with lots of lovely and familiar faces :) The people associated with that place are just some of the greatest - it's always a good time. You can read a little Q & A between myself and the MPH blogger about my New Moon work here: www.myplasticblog.com Below are the images of my pieces that are in the exhibit. (Eventually I might post a few pics from the opening itself we'll see...) For now I hope you enjoy these! Thanks for the support while I was preparing for this show. Get ready to do the same for my show with Andrew Bell at Stranger Factory in NM this April!

Horse & Dragon - 13 x 18 in Acrylic on Wood Panel

Year of the Horse - Fire 5 x 7 inches Acrylic & Ink on Paper

Year of the Horse - Water 5 x 7 inches Acrylic & Ink on Paper

Year of the Horse - Earth 5 x 7 inches Acrylic & Ink on Paper

Year of the Horse - Wood 5 x 7 inches Origami Paper & Balsa Wood

Year of the Horse - Wood 5 x 7 inches Colored Tin (Tough to get an image of this lil' reflective guy)

A different WIP for "New Moon" Year of the Horse

2012-01-06T11:36:00.002-05:00

Another WIP pic of the Horse & Dragon for "New Moon"!

2012-01-04T15:51:00.002-05:00

Just another sneak look at this piece - it's starting to come along... Dragon tails!

Monster Coat

2012-01-04T12:05:00.003-05:00

Appropriate for today I think since it's BITTER cold in NYC! Hope this coat will keep you warm and float you home xo

"New Moon" Year of the Horse WIP!!!

2012-01-03T12:20:00.004-05:00

Here's a little WIP teaser for the "New Moon" Horse and Dragon painting! I was trying to use some traditional Chinese colors for my palette on this one and, boy, they are giving me a hard time! They also came out a little dark in this scan here hmmm... Anyway, It's entirely possible I will attempt to rework this before the show but since time is short... what you see it most likely what you'll get! I posted some reference images I've been working with below the WIP image so you get the idear ;)

Reference images:

Buhbye Pewpewpew!

2011-12-27T15:14:00.002-05:00

"pew! pew! pew!" All framed up and ready to go to their new home :) These guys are pretty excited about that

Mistletoe No-No

2011-12-21T15:19:00.002-05:00

Chanukah in Love

2011-12-21T11:21:00.002-05:00

Xmas in Love

2011-12-20T15:32:00.003-05:00

I just had to do at least one xmas piece!

Ivory Monster

2011-12-20T11:07:00.002-05:00

la dee doo dee da la la laaaa....

"New Moon" Year of the Horse Brainstorm - New Approach

2011-12-19T13:12:00.003-05:00

Just trying something different here. Was reading up on the Horse and it's relation to other animals on the Chinese Zodiac. Apparently Horse and Dragon have 4Star Passion! So of course I had to dabble with that. I've also started some treatments for Horse with it's BFF's Tiger and Dog -some cute things happening there. I'll show you soon.

First things first - Horse and Dragon!

(sorry for the lousy image - iphone snapshot. I'll try to get a proper scan later)

Skinny Love

2011-12-16T16:41:00.003-05:00

My new font - "Knees & Elbows"

2011-12-16T11:27:00.003-05:00

"I wish I was in a summer dress in a field of dandilions...Oh wait, I already am!"

2011-12-15T16:12:00.002-05:00

...how did i get here?

"Ouch! This feels terrible."

2011-12-14T11:24:00.000-05:00

Hmmm... Does this shoe remind you of anything???

2011-12-13T13:40:00.003-05:00

I hope whoever "aquired" my custom skatedeck is skating it in these shoes...

(img from http://think.bigchief.it/wp-content/files/2008/07/1401.jpg )

(img from http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157605536276544/

"Excuse me Miss, more sugar pleasethankyou."

2011-12-13T13:16:00.002-05:00

"New Moon" Year of the Horse Brainstorm (cont'd)

2011-12-12T13:48:00.006-05:00

A few more drawings for the Year of the Horse - I've had the most fun drawing the Fire Horse but, as a painting, I have much higher expectations for Earth Horse...

Promise to switch it up tomorrow with some non-equine drawings ;D

Earth Horse - trying out some legs and a grin

Love these as drawings but suspect they may lose their dynamism in a painting...

Plain old GhostyPonies :)

Just needed to break up the monotony and work outside my "style". Sometimes I find it helps freshen the approach

"New Moon" Year of the Horse Brainstorm

2011-12-12T10:49:00.004-05:00

So I've been drawing my face off trying to find an angle to approach Year of the Horse for My Plastic Heart's "New Moon" show in January. Time is limited but the more I draw the more I realize I'll most likely be doing more than one piece. I'm thinking a sculpt, a painting, and a few drawings (all small - the shop is small and there will be lots of other artists). I'm sure my eyes are bigger than my stomach on this (that makes no sense) but I can't help myself. I'm a workhorse.

A little background on these sketches - research for Year of the Horse revealed that there are 5 parts to being a Horse. 5 elements each with unique traits - water, fire, earth, metal, wood. So most of this brainstorm sesh was just about visualizing the elements and finding a visual language to convey the unique traits in each Horse. The drawings are super straightforward but hopefully fun and I think a good start.

Earth Horse had this trait about being able to see all sides of something. Got me thinking of facets, then of diamonds - so Earth Horse is diamond eyes.

FIRE!

This guy doesn't really work for me at all but I thought the drawing was kinda hilarious. He's falling apart but super happy about it.

This Water Horse drawing is my least favorite so far. I am just sure I can come up with a more sophisticated caricature than this but I do like the spontaneity of the swirling water so there is still something salvageable here.

Sculpt?

"downtime" doodling - while i procrastinate for other shows...

2011-12-01T22:39:00.006-05:00

I'm gearing up to finalize a design for the Android Series 3 vinyl toys ( see Series 2 here: http://shop.deadzebra.com/products/Android-Mini-Series-02.html) , putting together a piece or two for the My Plastic Heart "New Moon" show coming up in January (as it gets closer to the date you'll be able to find out more here http://www.myplasticheart.com/c/EXHIBITS/Exhibits.html ), and then I'll be working my tail off for my joint show with the awesome Andrew Bell at Stranger Factory coming 2012! Bzzy! I'll be posting about those as I get around to them but in the meantime - here's a little selection of doodles pulled from my sketchbooks. Yay!

"pew! pew! pew!"

"I am licking your face."
"NO. I am licking YOUR face!"

"i feel fat today..."

"anything you can do, i can do better."

"Float away with me."

Shawnimals Plushform Custom show @ Rotofugi - Chicago, IL

2011-11-13T22:17:00.003-05:00

Here's my finished custom Plushform! It's called "False Idols" - gold leaf, gold spray paint, poly-fil, rice paper, acetate, and wire. It's mounted on a wooden plaque for convenient wall hanging :)

Shawnimals Plushform Custom show - Making of pics!

2011-11-11T22:26:00.005-05:00

I wanted to share with you guys some of the progress shots for the custom Plushform - lots of tiny works and details that I think translate better in this little step-by-step. Hope you enjoy!

Bewitched Show at Stranger Factory _ Albuquerque, NM

2011-10-07T22:07:00.004-04:00

These are a few pieces that i did for Albuquerque based gallery, Stranger Factory's (www.strangerfactory.com) Halloween themed exhibit. The first is called "Bride and Doom" the small set is the "Peek-a-BOO" series.

Dig Dug on the Mountain - Gallery1988 Venice, CA

2011-09-13T21:58:00.003-04:00

This is my piece for Venice based gallery 1988Gallery ( http://nineteeneightyeight.com/ ) - the classic video game themed exhibit September 2011. I chose DigDug and this piece is called "Dig Dug on the Mountain"

Studio Sale!

2011-08-18T16:48:00.001-04:00

(Information also here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157627271937351/ )

Welcome to my very first studio sale! This is for a wide variety of my favorite pieces over the past few years; some old some new - paintings, sculptures, soft sculptures, watercolors, and drawings. I've included size and medium descriptions as well as gallery and suggested pricing - You'll be excited to know that I am also considering best offers!! (Within reason you guys...) It's time to make some room for new projects people!

Please email me if you are interested in making a purchase or have any questions.
Don't be shy!

Thanks for your time everyone!
-k

I also have several works from the following sets still available through Circus Posterous Gallery circusposterus.com/ Please contact them for more information

Set 1: www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157 626043888657/

Set 2: www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157 626673640311/

PastPresentFuture - 11.7 x 11.7 in Acrylic on Wood

2011-08-18T16:38:00.004-04:00

Keepin' it rolling everyone! This painting really means a lot to me both in content and as a learning experience as a painter. I hope you <3 it as much as I do

You can also view it here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157627440003886/

Art Hustle Card Series 2 - via MyPlasticHeart

2011-08-16T21:56:00.002-04:00

MPH (www.myplasticheart.com) original art Art Hustle Card by moi :) You can check out all Art Hustle cards here: http://thearthustle.com/

Tiny Paintings

2011-07-18T16:31:00.000-04:00

Same story as "Cut & Run" with these little paintings - just trying to keep up the momentum by creating work even though there's no deadline or outlet for the work. Those of you that are artists yourself know what I'm talking about here - it's not an easy task!

These are 4 small paintings 4 x 6 in - 7 x 5 in acrylic on wood panel - Blue and liquid in theme. You can also visit them here http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157627302374116/

"Cut & Run" 22x24 in Acrylic on wood panel

2011-06-18T16:24:00.000-04:00

After an outpouring of work pretty much nonstop from Feb - May the prospect of a whole month without doing something with my busy fingers was just TOO scary! And so "Cut & Run" was born. It's not my most favoritest piece but I learned a lot while making it and got to explore some new techniques and color combinations. So while they can't all be hits - they all have relevance. And so I share it with you! To see more details view the album on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157627178835756/

"16 paintings continued... The 12 painting set" - StrangerFactory

2011-05-18T16:21:00.001-04:00

"16 paintings continued... The 12 painting set"

This is a continuation of the 16 Paintings Series that was a part of Too Art for TV 5 in March. I've taken the remaining 7 pieces from that event and added 5 new pieces that both continue and alter the color and mood of the set..

These paintings plus the original 7 are all available NOW via The Stranger Factory Gallery in Albuquerque, New Mexico strangerfactory.com/exhibitions-view/39

To see the whole set visit the flickr album here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157626673640311/

"16 Paintings" TooArt4TV5 March 25 - April 23

2011-04-18T16:00:00.002-04:00

16 Small Paintings done for the 5th annual Too Art For TV exhibit. Each piece is anywhere from 3 x 3in - 5 x 7 in acrylic on wood panel. The show was a fantastic success - tons of terrific artists/artwork, intensely crowded opening, and I sold over half my pieces YAY!

Here's a couple of the paintings from the set. For the whole set of paintings visit my flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato/sets/72157626043888657/

Soft* Exhibit at MyPlasticHeart

2011-03-18T15:31:00.002-04:00

So yay! These are images are of my pieces from the plush exhibit at My Plastic Heart. Lots of other great artists involved too ( see http://www.myplasticheartnyc.com/soft_031811/preview/soft_031811_preview.html ) Here's a few examples and here's the flickr set for more images
MPH soft Flickr set

"Games We Play" Exhibit @ the Nieto Gallery in SF

2011-02-18T14:42:00.001-05:00

"Games We Play" Exhibit @ the Nieto Gallery in SF presented by Present Creative, a video gaming company located in the Mission area of San Francisco. These are my contributions! I've started with the original sketches and then the finished pieces (22 x 26 in Acrylic on Wood panel) For more images and details of the paintings visit my flickr set

January 2010 InStyle Magazine (since i missed it last Jan)

2011-01-18T14:19:00.004-05:00

Well since I forgot to post this really cool project I was involved in last January I'ma post it in THIS January post :) This projects was for an interactive magazine for InStyle (project curators were Dorian Orange) My role was to storyboard the model's path and gestures for our shoot on a tiny treadmill (poor girls) and in front of a green screen which would later be filled in virtually with my illustrations and made "3D" by DO's brilliant animators and programmers. I'm posting two examples of what the end result was and a few images of the BETA of what the actual interactive magazine would look like!

Holiday PopUp Shops! Dec 2010

2010-12-20T14:04:00.003-05:00

A bunch of plush toys, home goods, and accessories that were for sale for the holidays! A little indoor market organized by the ladies from YOUNITY. Lots of good people and cute stuff :) A few examples below... ( Ps you can see a bunch more of these items on my flickr AND I have an etsy shop but currently nothing's up on there - check back though!)

Sketchbot II Custom Show @ Munkyking LA Nov 2010

2010-11-18T13:51:00.003-05:00

I participated in the Sketchbot II Custom Show @ Munkyking LA Nov 2010 (Thanks to Steve Talkowski for the inclusion in the show and to Kieth at Munkyking for hosting the show) Here's a few snaps of my custom - weee!

American Eagle Kids Animations - October 2010

2010-10-18T13:36:00.000-04:00

Again working through Dorian Orange for American Eagle Outfitters kids. This time working on some adorable Yeti character animations as well as our old friend the little Blue Bird. It's a snowboarding/snowball fighting/hat sharing ad for an AE Kids Winter Sale. My role was to do a redesign of the AE Yeti character and a new treatment of the Blue Bird to fit the paper cut out style of this particular ad. I also completed a list of gesture animations of both the bird and the Yeti. The awesome animators at Dorian compiled my bits and created the rest of the ad.

American Eagle Kids Animations - September 2010

2010-09-17T13:21:00.005-04:00

I was working for a spot called Dorian Orange. This job for them was for American Eagle Outfitters Kids in conjunction with some sort of literacy campaign. I did several spot animations of the little bluebird logo which were to be compiled and shown on one of the megatron screens in Times Square. Sadly I don't have the compiled animation nor do I have the video of the ad playing in Times Square (FAIL!) I'd love to share the animations with you but Blogger is being a bugger. I'll try again later...

Pulpo Exhibit @ the Tulum Gallery

2010-08-17T13:05:00.002-04:00

"Pinkies Out" - 20 x 20 in Acrylic on Wood Panel *SOLD*

"Shipwrecked" - 20 x 24 in Acrylic on Wood Panel *SOLD*

"Split Ends" - 20 x 24 in Acrylic on Wood Panel

Untitled sculpture - 10 x 7 x 8 in Sculpy, Oil Primer, Gold Leaf

PulpO! Opening August 6th 2010

2010-07-26T23:50:00.001-04:00

PulpO
Eight-person exhibition

Opening reception - Friday, August 6th 2010, 6pm-9:30pm

RUNS: August 6th through August 30th, 2010

at Tulum Gallery, 244 North 6th St., Williamsburg, NY 11211

[Tulum Gallery - Williamsburg, NY]
Tulum Gallery is proud to present PulpO, an eight-person group show of new drawings and paintings by New York-based artists in animation, illustration, and the fine arts. Showing together in a variety of styles and media, these eight artists draw from their backgrounds as representational artists to cultivate narratives influenced by pulp and comic-art traditions. Themes like science fiction, war, horror, the occult, exploitative stories, sensational iconography, and adventure are interpreted by this group with surreal, whimsical, and abstract flourishes.

The manic and comically apocalyptic drawings of Christy Karacas, co-creator of Adult Swim’s Superjail!, will be featured for the first time on a smaller scale in PulpO. Devin Clark, the creator of Comedy Central’s Ugly Americans, will showcase his obsessive and tangled “hair” paintings. PulpO will also feature the painted pop culture musings of Jackson Publick, creator of Adult Swim’s Venture Bros., the sinister characters of illustration painter Kelly Denato’s storybook-acrylics, the playful “multiplane” objects of animation designer Chris George, and more.

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Liz Artinian
Robert Bohn
Devin Clark
Jared Deal
Kelly Denato
Chris George
Christy Karacas
Jackson Publick

Curated by Liz Artinian

Pillow Monsters! (Yes they need a new name)

2010-06-15T20:59:00.003-04:00

Just uploaded these bad boys to Flickr and thought I'd post a couple here too :) Go HERE to see the lot!

NEW DATE for PulpO SHOW!

2010-06-15T20:54:00.003-04:00

PulpO
Eight-person exhibition

Opening reception - Friday, August 6th 2010, 6pm-9:30pm

RUNS: August 6th, 2010 through August 30th, 2010

at Tulum Gallery, 244 N6th St. Williamsburg, NY 11211

[Tulum Gallery - Williamsburg, NY]
The Tulum Gallery is proud to present PulpO, an eight-person exhibition of new drawings and paintings by New York based artists in animation, illustration, and the fine arts. Showing together in a variety of styles and media, these seven artists draw from their backgrounds as representational artists to cultivate narratives influenced by pulp and comic-art traditions. Themes like science fiction, war, horror, the occult, exploitative stories, sensational iconography, and adventure are interpreted by this group with surreal, whimsical, and abstract flourishes.

CONTRIBUTING ARTISTS:
Liz Artinian
Robert Bohn
Devin Clark
Jared Deal
Kelly Denato
Chris George
Christy Karacas
Jackson Publick

Curated by Liz Artinian

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2010-05-25T13:54:00.007-04:00

PHONETICONTROL customs show at My Plastic Heart - Friday May 21

2010-05-18T18:57:00.005-04:00

This Friday May 21st @ My Plastic Heart NYC - come in and check it out

2nd Annual Younity Artist Market! PICS

2010-05-18T18:42:00.005-04:00

2nd Annual Younity Artist Market!

2010-05-14T00:54:00.004-04:00

I'm participating in this weekend's Younity Artists Market - Saturday, May 15 in NYC!
Here are images of a few of the items I'll be selling there as well as the info
you need to show up and buy some awesome goods from very talented
artists. Welcome and enjoy!

SAVE THE DATE!

We got yo’ pop-up shop!

Come join Younity and friends for some hip-hop style community building.

Fostering local economies for urban artrepreneurs with a conscious mindset,

it’s time for Younity’s 2nd annual Urban Arts Markit!

One-of-a-Kind -Limited Editions - Hand Crafted – Flavor

Curated by the infamous Toofly, and homegirl Yvey Hidalgo this open air markit pays

homage to market life around the globe as a staple of community life and celebration

where makers, fans, and collectors come to shop and mingle - 2010 style.

Featuring live DJ sets, live painting, break dancers, vendors,

Hondurian Valiadas, Empanadas, & American hot dogs, in the heart of

New York City's Lower East Side…

www.theyounity.com

- YOUNITY presents -

Lower East Side Spring Markit!

May 15, 2010 // 12-6PM

( Rain Date: May 16th )

Live Art, Handmade Accessories, Eco-Friendly
Jewelry, Breakers Corner, Art Supplies,

Toys, Tarot Card Readings, Dope T-Shirts, Paintings, Empanadas,
Valiadas, and more!

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BREAKERS CORNER with Rokafella, Full Circle Crew, and 5 Crew Dynasty.

KIDS ART STATION BY SOH-NUP 12:30-2:30pm,

and TAROT CARD READINGS by Shana Loves All.

DJ SKI-HI & DJ LAYLO

***Spinning the best of HIP-HOP, CLASSICS, REGGAE, LATIN & HOUSE!***

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F Train to Delancey

2Art4TV4

2009-09-14T08:19:00.003-04:00

I know I don't post here enough so the very few of you who take a look here from time to time have probably given up on me but what the hell...

Another opening!!!
This Friday - September 18th is the opening for the 4th Too Art for TV exhibit. The list of artists is hugenormous and it promises to be a great show. I'll be exhibiting 3 new paintings and a sculpture. I'm posting teaser thumbnails here as well as the 2Art4TV postcard which you can also see on my flickr page here.

Thank for looking and hope to see you there :)

Valentine Voodoo Plushies!

2009-01-17T22:34:00.003-05:00

Between the winter weather keeping me couped up and being spent from painting for Too Art 4 TV, I've been busy sewing! For those of you who know, I've been making these little plushies for nearly 7 or 8 years. I've created this unique set of 16 voodoo dolls with a common theme of Valentines' Day :) Of course, a little voodoo never needs a special occasion- I just thought it'd be fun. So scrap the tired old teddy bear and swap it for something a little darker... I've posted extra pics of these to my Flickr page and have listed them on my Etsy shop. Thanks for looking and enjoy!

TooArt4TV - Opening December 5th!

2008-12-01T02:00:00.002-05:00

Hi all!

It's about time for the 3rd Too Art for TV show! I will be displaying at least 2 new works along with work from a long list of great talent from the animation industry. Details are below or visit http://www.bunnycutlet.com/2A4TV. I unfortunately won't be able to attend but please come out and show your support for the show and for these artists - Hope you can make it!

Best,

Kelly

(a few thumbnails of one of the paintings - wee!)

SOT! Finished piece

2008-09-22T13:16:00.002-04:00

The SOT! show was this past Saturday and I wanted to say thanks again to Brendan - the opening was tons of funs and the work was stellar. Here's the finish that I submitted to the show. There's another version of the piece posted on my Flickr

SOT! Opening this Saturday Sept 20th

2008-09-18T13:52:00.004-04:00

(Psst - I re-did my piece :/ It's black and white now. Sorry for the false advertising with the teasers below!!)

I'm participating in the "Group Show Celebrating the Boozehound" - SOT! It's Saturday Sept 20th - more info and the flier are below. Thanks to Brendan Tobin for the invite to participate!

Saturday, September 20th, 2008
6pm-10pm
The Abbey
536 Driggs Ave, btwn N. 7th and N. 8th St
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-599-4400

Teaser images (this still could change.........)

SketchBooooook (spooky...but not really at all)

2008-08-29T15:11:00.002-04:00

I've been posting a bunch of desk doodles to Flickr lately and thought I should probably share here too! I've posted a couple examples but definitely take a moment to see the whole thing on my Flickr SketchBook set. I'll keep updating as long as I keep my day job ;)

Shawnimals Plushform Customs @ Rotofugi!!!

2008-06-11T17:18:00.003-04:00

ITs JUNE 27th! UPDATE:
The show at Rotofugi Chicago is TONIGHT! I've posted pics of my piece on Flickr HERE!
A few images are posted below also - woot!

(Previous Post June 11)

On June 27th at Rotofugi in Chicago is hosting the opening of Shawnimals Plushform Custom Show. I'll be contributing a piece along with a slew of talented individuals - see the flyer below for a full list of names. And if you are in Chicago - stop by!

3 FEET HIGH SHOW!!! June 23

2008-06-11T16:56:00.007-04:00

UPDATE!

Well folks, the 3 Feet High opening was last night and it was a great time! My PARENTS showed up - crazy. I wish I had a chance to talk to some more of the artists that showed up but it was SO hectic in there- which is a good thing really. So a belated "Great job everyone!". Good times. Here's a pic of the deck I did and some from the opening below. For more pics of the deck go HERE and for more pics from the opening go HERE - enjoy!

(mom&dad!)

Previous Post:
A show of customized skate decks from some terrific artists - Opening June 23rd 7-10 @ MAXWELLS - 1039 Washington Street, Hoboken, NJ (201)653-1703. A flyer and a teaser image below! See you there ;) (The show is organized by Andrea of http://www.kneehigh.net)

MONEYGRIP!

2008-06-02T11:48:00.008-04:00

I never posted the completed MoneyGrip from the KaNO MyPlasticHeart Show way back when so here's a couple images of the completed custom and of the opening below! (For more visit the flickr albums - toy or opening)

(detail)

(me and danny! - thanks again for having me :) )

Fun with Funji

2008-05-19T16:35:00.003-04:00

Finished up this little custom for ShinYoung Park - creator of Funji a little while ago and haven't had a chance to post it so..... here it is :) Also be sure to check back soon - I'm working on a custom Plushform for Shawnimals Rotogfugi show in Chicago this June and also a custom skatedeck show with Andrea at KneeHigh.Net at Maxwell's in Hoboken NJ this summer as well!

another view here:

for more images go HERE (my flickr page)
Oh and the original is below so you can know how much I brutalized it :)

Thanks for including me ShinYoung

Detention Doodles

2008-04-24T16:30:00.004-04:00

Ok, so it's a little sad to even complain about something like this, but I'm going out of my MIND with boredom here at my day job. During this calm before the inevitable storm I've decided to be a little productive. With so little else to do during the 9-5, I'm on my third lined notebook, my 5th set of bic pens (red blue and black) and my 4th highlighter. Weee! How I love office supplies. Anyway I'm gonna start posting some of these, as I like to call them, "Detention Doodles". When you see them I think you'll know what I mean. They are just one step below a pocket knife in the desktop or sharpies on your denim jacket... ooooooh yeeeeahhh - 'cept they pay me for this....... xo

For MyEnemy

2008-03-28T20:24:00.005-04:00

Get a Grip! - kaNo Moneygrip custom show 1.25.2008

2008-01-07T12:35:00.000-05:00

Here it is! The Moneygrip customs show update!

Info:
Get a Grip!
A Custom Show Featuring Moneygrip
Opening Friday January 25th 2008
6 - 9pm
Exhibition runs through February 20th 2008

At My Plastic Heart - 210 Forsyth St.
North Storefront
New York, NY 10002
646.290.6866

I'm posting a preview/sneakpeek thumbnail of my piece and the flyers for the show! All pics will be live on flickr AFTER the opening. So if you want to see it sooner you'll just have to show up on the 25th ;)

Custom Qees for Charity

2007-12-11T12:27:00.000-05:00

Update 01.07.08

OK! So this Custom Qee is SOLD now. And since the show is coming to a close I've made the photo flickr album public and I'm posting a couple pics here to see also.

Sorry it's so last minute! It was for me too, I had to do a real rush job on my little 7" Baby Devil Qee, but I couldnt be happier about participating or about how the it turned out. It's called "She did it!". I'm posting a little preview here for you. After the opening, I will make the flickr album public so be sure to check back there - www.flickr.com/photos/kdenato

ArtWhino Gallery - The Mason Jar and Kickballers Present: “Say Whaaat!” - Qee 4 All Show!

Opening December 13
Exhibit December 18-25
Located on 717 N. Saint Asaph St. in Alexandria VA.

The Mason Jar and Kickballers present Washington D.C.’s first exhibit/charity auction to feature artwork on toys. The exhibit is called “Say Whaaat!” and will be on display from December 18th – January 25.

All of the customized toys by participating artists will be auctioned on eBay in order to generate proceeds for charity and to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. The artist lineup for the “Say Whaaat!” exhibit now exceeds 100 artists & there will be more than 150 customized toys; all contributing positively to a charity, which focuses on feeding the needy.

Here's the flyer for you -

Info link - http://www.qee4all.com/2007/12/say-whaaat-art-exhibit-featuring-qees.html

kaNO - MyPlasticHeart - MoneyGrip custom!!!

2007-11-02T17:32:00.000-04:00

Ok so I'm going to have the honor of trying my hand at another custom this year! It's of kaNO's MoneyGrip 5" vinyl toy yay! I think the show will hit sometime in January at the awesome My Plastic Heart on Forsyth in NY (same place that hosted the ATTACK of the ZLIK show) . I'll be posting sketches and materials but once again the final pics will have to wait til after the show - nobody likes a spoiler!!!

this is an image of the blank toy that I get to play with - isn't it fun?

oh and in case you forgot - this is a pic of the Zlik :)

Plushies

2007-11-01T12:51:00.000-04:00

Well it's been TOO long....(again!!)

I've been busy these days sewing more than painting as of late and I'm gonna share here some of what I've been working on . I've got a bird, a funny bean, a jumping bean, and a fish (all from the Nanni Nanni and Boo Boo - No Punch Backs comics), a yummy-ghostie-bunny doll, and of course the old favs-voodoo plushies. So...here goes it!

for those of you unfamiliar with the comics this is BooBoo and his soon-to-be-lost-love, the little mexican jumping bean beauty to remain nameless....

and once again from the comic - this is Nanni Nanni the burd and his lovely unrequited fishy lovin goodness, too sad of a tale to tell now, but they look happy here dont they?!

this is the Yummy Ghostie Bunny - I made some badges of him back in 2002ish and then decided to sew him a bit later. He was tough to make so for now he's a lonely one of a kind.

Voodoos to go! I think most of these have a buyer right now so this might be the last we see of them :(

Too Art 4 TV Too - Pics from the show

2007-05-10T15:29:00.000-04:00

Hey! The show was a great time and (i think) a complete success! I met a couple of great artists there and got to see some old friends. The work was terrific and so was the turn out. Here's a taste of the show pics, if you'd like to see more go to my flickr photo set HERE

Full house - pretty awesome

Chris George - who helped me sand spackle a few days before the show - awesome work. I LOVE the Danger Club girls painting. Great sense of humour.

Jared Deal's work. A crowd pleaser. I'm loving the plush!

Hey - CORRECTION! I originally thought this piece was one of Dagan Moriarty's but turns out it is by a one Tim Shankweilers. Kano sent me that correction. Thanks so much for the heads up! It's a great piece.

:( - not sure who's these were but I really liked them.

Thank you, thank you, thank you to all of you who showed up and showed support - xo

TOO ART 4 TV - MAY 4th!!!! (in case you forgot)

2007-05-02T18:00:00.001-04:00

May 4th is THIS Friday Fools!@$%.

All the info is below and in the flyer below and a previous post AND on this website - www.myspace.com/tooart4tv or this website - http://bunnycutlet.com/exhibition.html
Stay Gold Gallery - Brooklyn NY 451 Grand St - 7-9pm, afterparty at BARCADE.

My Jersey Devil - Tillies paintings will be there plus TONs of other great stuff. BE THERE!!!

xo

MyPlasticHeart - Zlik Show!

2007-05-02T17:50:00.000-04:00

Hello and thanks to the peeps who came the the ATTACK of the 19"Zliks SHOW!!! It was very fun and very crowded. Zliks wanna party too. You can see pics from the show HERE and on tons of blogs all over the place.

You can see pics of the Zlik I made called the Shaman HERE
andif you are interested in seeing the process from start to finish go HERE !

(all white with him parts stucked on...)

and you can BUY ZLIKS HERE !!!!

UPCOMING SHOWS

2007-04-18T10:05:00.000-04:00

So either you're here by sheer accident or you've been spammed by me in the past 24 hours. Sorry for not updating the blog BEFORE doing the promotions - I've never been much good with the linear thinking...ANYWAY - here's a double dose, the flyers with the info again. Also below I've posted a sneak peek at my Zlik design for Friday April 20th at MyPlasticHeart. I'll post images of the whole thing after the opening - don't want to spoil the suprise!

The MyPlasticHeart store is an awesome little spot off of Houston in New York. It's VERY SMALL. For those of you who hope to attend be aware that it's a tiny space and that most of the room is for the Zliks!! If you suffer from a little claustrophobia, feel free to visit on a non-opening day! There's plenty of other great toys there to gawk at.

And here's the Zlik peek-a-boo....

and he comes with...da da DAAAAAA......GHOSTIEWERMS! plus lots of other fun stuff :)

Attack of the Zliks!!!

2007-03-19T17:07:00.000-04:00

(update 03.29.07)

MORE sketches!! Still no real commitment to a design. Just making parts, We'll se what fits. Time is running out.....

(update 03.20.07)

Now for some sketch ideas and fabric scans!

First we have the Bigfoot/Yeti/Krampus of sorts. In this version I've left the face of the original Zliks pretty much unaltered. I'll create textures with paint and kneadatite as I build it. He's got 4 arms( 1 nub) and a peg-leg. He's eating and carrying some voodoo plushies. He's also got an exposed bottom. I am hoping to be able to make his fur body removable and planning to paint it's underneath with nudie goodness, all pink and stubbley. Below is a front, back, side sketch and some scans of possible fabrics.

Next sketch is the good ol' voodoo queen. I still love the concept of her and she definitely manipulates the original form of the Zlik more. The Zlik's eyes become buns in her hair, the tush becomes her bosom. Not sure I want to go this route since I already have several paintings and drawings of the queen, but she is SO much fun to make and recreate in different forms and mediums. I haven't purchased any supplies for this one as of yet so I've just included the drawings here....

HERE IT IS FOLKS!

(more picks on my flickr account - HERE)

This is what I'll be (pre)occupied with for the next month. I have some finishing touches to my Jersey Devil - Tillies paintings for the tooart4tv show but other than that it's Zliks, Zliks, and more Zliks I went materials shopping this past weekend at a HUGE fabric store and I'm looking forward to pimping out my Zlik. I'll be posting sketches and stages of development so if anyone is out there - stay tuned...

The show is a display of 20+ artists take on Andrew Bell's 19" Zliks. The opening is April 20th at MyPlasticHeart- 210 Forsyth NY NY check the flyer for info on what other artists will be participating.

Meet Cubes - HOT CURRY!

2007-03-14T17:31:00.000-04:00

So part of what's been keeping me busy and off Mojizu and my blog was a little sewing project I picked up for Andrew Bell. Now I'm not putting all the blame on him but...well...otherwise I just have to blame myself and that gets a little depressing! Anyway, the product is about 50 plushy depictions or orange and yellow curry meat cubes - yay! I did a little photoshoot with the first 40 or so before I handed them off to Andrew. Sorry all these little guys are SOLD OUT! But I am working on a third set for Andrew which he might sell from his site www.creaturesinmyhead.com. So check it out! In the meantime enjoy these pics of cutie patootie plush meats...HERE

Gimme Shelter Show

2007-03-09T11:17:00.000-05:00

Update 03.14.07

Here we go! I found some pics of my stoof on the wall (not that you cant just check out my previous post but this makes it more official) I've also posted some of the pics I took at the show on flickr for all to see :) Check HERE

(I tried to adjust this a little in ol' photoshop. The gallery was well lit for art, not so much for pics!)

So I'm finally posting again. Clearly I'm not terribly good at keeping this current but I'll do my best. The first post on here was about some works created on cardboard for a show called Gimme Shelter, meant to raise money through auction for homeless shelters.

There are pics posted on their site from the Brooklyn show - to see click HERE

Below are some of my own pics. Thanks to Andrew Bell for hanging my work so nicely and all together - aww.... Uhm except that I dont have pics of my own stuff hanging! I'll have to put that up (pretty embaressing.....)

Thank you Dan and Sonya and Ben (who is outta frame) for coming and showing your support!

Remeber these Water Towers?.....

2007-01-08T23:31:00.000-05:00

I was taking a stab at painting the water tower designs from earlier. I might post these to Mojizu (it's been a loooooong while...) Or I might paint a background on it and submit it to the Small Works show this weekend - who knows! Anyway - here it is!

(Be sure to click me! I get bigger :)

Happy Holidays

2006-12-21T11:13:00.000-05:00

Hi there! There used to be an animation up here for "Happy Holidays" - if you missed it and want to check it out click HERE

Jersey Devil - Tillie's Hodge Podge

2006-09-14T16:18:00.000-04:00

(update 10.26.2006)

Embaressingly enough, it's been a month since my last post! Ack. Hopefully some of you out there are still stopping by. This is the second Jersey Devil-Tillie painting installment. For this one, I went with a black devil, since he is usually, by definition, the absence of everything good/light. The highlights on his skin are a forest green. I'm describing that because these photos of the painting are really, really weak. I used a nice gloss medium over the devil - makes him look thick and oily in person but it creates a terrible glare when trying to photograph it. In the details you'll see an orange glow on his face and body but that's not painted there - it's from the sunrise outside while I was photographing. I'll try to get more professional shots of it but for now just the angle shot of the whole piece was glare-free. Thanks for looking!

Details:

That's all for now. For those of you familiar with my Mojizu stuff - the ghostie worms are in this painting! Sans-ghosties and sans-eyeballs. Go figure :)

(update 9.26.2006)

I've started the painting for the first Jersey Devil sketch. It's about
20 X 20 acrylic on wood. I don't feel that it's finished but I defintely need to give my eyes a break from it. Instead I'll burden yours :)
(is it me or is the one of the worst quality photos ever? good thing i don't want to be a photographer when i grow up....)

(previous post)

So there's a debate about whether the weird vaudevillian grinning face and parted hair belong to Asbury Park, NJ or Coney Island, Brooklyn. I'm not really trying to say one way or the other. All I know is a while back I got commissioned to do a Jersey themed painting. They wanted to include the Jersey Devil and Tillie's face. So I got to it - I've never completed a painting for this but I hope to. I might try to submit to the bunnycutlet animator show who knows. I got kind of obsessed with the face as a mask so I sort of threw it on everybody, kids and devils alike. I also threw in pine trees and cones in some of the backgrounds. Most folks from Jersey and Pennsylvania and most people that have driven' the straight away to visit the Jersey shore are familiar with the Pine Barrens and the creepiest trees ever protected by the EPA - scrubby pines. Anyway I thought I'd post these sketches and hopefully someday the paintings.

Some random critters and Slugponies :)

2006-09-14T15:47:00.000-04:00

I've been doodling these a lot during my boring daytime meetings so I though maybe I should post a few. Not sure where I'm going with these if anywhere but I'm considering doing some paintings of them and posting them to Mojizu. It's been ages since I've posted anything new there - for shame!

The Water Towers

2006-09-14T15:39:00.000-04:00

I only have two of these so far and unfortunately I lost my mind for second and decided to watercolor all over one of my drawings. I believe I sufficiently destroyed the poor thing. I'm posting them both anyway. I like the concept. A friend went on a beach vacation down south and saw tons of water towers and they reminded him of my work. He sent me a bunch of photographs and I was inspired. I hope to get back to these more intently sometime soon.

(some details)

The UN-watercolored city towers

(a detail)

The ghosties obssession...

2006-09-14T15:25:00.000-04:00

I'm sure it's noticeable that these little creepy ghosties have begun to take over my work. It started a little over a year ago. I won't get into to much mooshy gooshy personal detail but I was having break-up talk with someone and I kept talking about being haunted and how I felt that even little inanimate objects and items and street corners can seem haunted. Well since it's just snowballed and they are everywhere. They might be swirling in your wine glass, escaping from a cheeseburger, and so one. I found some older sketches of them and they certainly have changed over time. There are elements about the older sketches that I’m hoping to reassess and maybe reintroduce into the ghosties design. Some of which are more variations on expressions, teeth, and arms.

Tee designs - color

2006-08-29T12:42:00.000-04:00

Just started fooling with coloring in some of these badboys from the previous post. I'm not commited to any of them and am certainly open to feedback. I still have to get to the Ghostie Voodoo and the Ghostie burger :) Until I've narrowed it down to a smaller number of choices, I'm posting this flash click through for now and i'll update it soon....

Tee Shirt Designs

2006-08-22T11:17:00.000-04:00

(posted 8/29/06 - This one's for Dagan's post.....I <3 My Blazers.....)

So these are the rough sketches and vectors for some Ghostie tee shirt designs i've been toying with. They were originally for the Mojizu T-shirt contest but I sorta missed that deadline, now I'm thinking of submitting them to www.Threadless.com or maybe making a few for the next comic expo I do...we will see....

Remeber these are ROUGHS! I'll post the finished full color ones as I finish them :)

This first image is a scan of my teenee tinee sketches I did while riding the train back to Brooklyn. They are on the back of an email printout from GimmeShelter (I think you can kinda see through it)

These next few are my outlines in vector. Next steps, line quality and COLOR!

This is the Ghostie Boa - he's none to happy about it but he'll look fabulous with pumps or dunks.

This one incorporates the VooDoo Plushies I make. His little Ghostie soul has escaped through poor stitching. Not saying much for me since I hand sew the dolls - damn.

Uhm...My niece loves to blow bubbles. My dog likes to eat them. Poor dead bubbles.

This is the Ghostie Dead Meat shirt.
Mmmm...cheesburgers.........

Monstrous attempts for good cause...GimmeShelter

2006-08-15T10:40:00.000-04:00

Not loving these at the moment but gotta send them out TODAY!

Mojizu/Pictoplasma

2006-08-10T15:08:00.000-04:00

I've entered a few character design paintings into www.mojizu.com (a really fun character design site and forum) and Pictoplasma (a publication and traveling artshow advocate for the relevance of character design in today's art world).

I'm posting a few of them below just to get things started with this blog. I'll post more as they are born....