The Things That Eat Us

1AM Legion San Francisco

2011-11-07T00:37:00.001-07:00

My contributions to the "I Am Legion" 3A Custom Toy Art Show at 1AM Gallery in San Francisco.

Discuss the art show or ThreeA:
http://www.threeaonline.com/forum
Check out 1AM or buy art:
http://1amsf.com

thwip. snikt.

2011-03-29T19:52:00.004-06:00

A four page sequential I did for a friend.
Threw the first page up in August, but had to throw it on the back burner.
It was fun.

This Little Planet

2011-03-24T20:59:00.005-06:00

Some drawings from the last month.
Shit shots since my sketchbook is too large for my scanner.

兔女仔

2011-02-24T18:00:00.002-07:00

Late this year because I was out of town.
新年快樂!

Exhibitions in Dis/Connection

2010-08-13T07:17:00.003-06:00

I have nine oil paintings on exhibit during this event! Come support local theatre, dance, live music and art! I will be attending on Saturday. I already have an escort, sorry ladies.

Exhibitions in Dis/Connection
Friday, 13 Aug - Sunday, 15 Aug
7:00pm - 11:00pm
@ Forum Arts + Culture
1500 Texas Ave. UP
El Paso, TX

Created By The Border Theatre

Thank you all for supporting the Border Theatre. Tickets and information are now available for our debut event at our website:

www.bordertheatre.org

The three day festival will consist of 30 distinct theatrical performances of 4 plays under the guidance of 4 directors and 9 actors. Art and dance exhibitions are intermingled with the installation environments. $7 gets you in for a chance to see one performance cycle, while a $15... weekend pass allows you to see every production. The doors open at 7 and performances start at 8.

We will feature live music each night!

Friday: Ross Fleming
Saturday: Mattox
Sunday: Emily Davis

We will sell tickets at the door for cash only.

If you would like to donate, sponsor, support, or join please don't hesitate to contact us at:

info@bordertheatre.org
915.412.5283

Thank you so much,
The Border Theatre

Sequential

2010-08-10T19:49:00.002-06:00

First page on a short sequential work I started a couple days ago. This is something I've never done before and that's making it a real exciting piece. It should only be 4 to 5 pages in the end. I was going to wait until more was done to post any of it, but I think this is a great teaser. The photograph isn't the greatest, I'll scan it all proper once it's all done. Page 2 coming tonight or tomorrow.

Blue Marooned

2010-04-29T09:31:00.003-06:00

From now on, the blog will be for Works In Progress only.
I have created a RedBubble page which will feature completed works with updates beginning this weekend!

Bookmark this shit:
R. Cody Fultz @ RedBubble

WIP for BLACK MARKET Skate Deck Art Show WITH UPDATE!

2010-04-29T06:23:00.006-06:00

Fuck it, looking back at that, it's a pretty boring teaser.
Here's a better shot from after yesterday's session.

Event info: http://tinyurl.com/BMskateartshow

Drawing for Beijing

2010-04-17T17:19:00.008-06:00

These are graphite drawings on 11" x 14" (27.9cm x 35.6cm) recycled paper. Each drawing is for sale for 115usd (shipping will be calculated upon your inquiry). All proceeds go to my trip in June to the ThreeA Beijing Gathering art show.

Contact me if you are interested in purchasing. More coming once these sell out.

The Boy With The Hole In His Hand

Detail:

The Inviolable Sacrosanct and the
Bleeding Sonnet From Which Her World Reset

Detail:

The Dissonance of This Comforting Hindrance

Detail:

The Extirpation of a Desperate Bird (Part I)

Detail:

The Extirpation of a Desperate Bird (Part II)

Detail:

skate deck

2010-03-13T22:11:00.005-07:00

I need to get better lighting for photographing my paintings. The red doesn't look black in person. Either way, first layer done and more details after it dries for a day or two.

Actualización de Ofelyn

2010-03-11T22:26:00.003-07:00

Working on the background tonight after I finish this freelance graphic design project I'm working on. Then I start exploring the greater details. Also will be finishing the first layer of that skate deck from the last update.

las obras pictóricas en progresión

2010-03-10T17:08:00.003-07:00

虎女仔

2010-02-11T21:09:00.003-07:00

And another, just for kicks.

Máquinas Imaginarias

2010-02-11T21:06:00.002-07:00

Prelim sketch for a painting.

You may displace me, but you may not change me.

2010-01-15T12:49:00.004-07:00

Coat of Arms commission.

Hong Kong Venture

2009-11-15T19:09:00.002-07:00

I created a facebook in order to share photos of HK Venture and keep in contact with friends I made in Hong Kong. There are already some excellent photos on there by Aster and Dee that I have linked to as well. Interested parties should momentarily redirect themselves to http://www.facebook.com/daedalusennui

mmm paint

2009-10-28T01:40:00.003-06:00

Walcott

2009-10-27T10:36:00.004-06:00

While taking a break from painting today, I finished this sketch. The car had been sitting for a while in my sketchbook waiting for the rest to complete the image. Thought I'd post it for fun.

Rhel again

2009-10-21T17:50:00.004-06:00

One commission down. At approximately 40x51 cm, the smallest I have ever painted a figure, I found this a definite learning experience. I painted her face four times before I felt I got it right. Sorry about that little bit of flash.

Studio 463

2009-08-03T19:49:00.003-06:00

Didn't get a chance to go back to the studio until today, when I went in to clean up. Still not so great lighting.

Week 8

Nothing to See Here

2009-07-29T20:10:00.001-06:00

Okay so I forgot to take a photo of the Week 8 painting before I left the studio today.

Yeah yeah, come back tomorrow.

Studio 463

2009-07-29T02:25:00.003-06:00

Week 05, update. So, yeah, this is old now but I barely took photos a few days ago. Hopefully you can see the differences.

And here's Week 06, first layer and unfinished background.

And here's Week 07, quite rough.

Week 08 coming tomorrow.

Studio 463

2009-07-09T20:23:00.004-06:00

More WIPs... Not happy with the first one, but I can think of a lot to do with it so that I do like it. Second one's turning out pretty cool. The next layer is going to change a LOT, just need to wait a while 'cause it's THICK.

Week 04.

Week 05.

Yeah yeah, I need to figure out how to light these things better.
Here's some detail coverage from the second one because there are some really cool things going on in it.

volver

2009-07-01T20:30:00.000-06:00

Yeah, it's been a while.
So I've been busy and not busy. Insane and sane. Balancing work and a summer course (going to be two next week), as well as trying to rip my own personal artistic creations out of my skull and plaster them on paper.

I told you I was bad at keeping up with this shit. Either way, I'm here to remedy this.

In short, it has been a very experimental month... We will begin by getting caught up right away with a few Works In Progress. I could go on about things I like and don't like about them but fuck it. I'm offering them for your personal objection.

More shit coming soon.

Studio 462

2009-05-04T03:43:00.005-06:00

12 hours of work today.

They're far from "finished," but good enough for our "final" critique tomorrow. I'll continue working on them throughout the month.

Studio 462

2009-04-29T22:45:00.001-06:00

Getting a lot done.
They're coming out pretty cool.
Camera is fixed.

Exhausted lately.
Photos soon.

Studio 462

2009-04-19T21:49:00.002-06:00

Studio 462

2009-04-16T23:58:00.003-06:00

Thanks to Pup for lending me her camera while mine is sent in for repairs.

Studio 462

2009-04-13T23:07:00.000-06:00

My camera broke at Uni today.

The warranty is still valid so I'm calling them today to inquire about the process of replacing it.

Studio 462

2009-04-08T22:19:00.004-06:00

6 hours drawing just to cover it up in four hours.
The beauty of destruction in practice.

Studio 462

2009-04-07T01:32:00.004-06:00

It took me about 12 hours (with two weekend 3-4 hour sessions) to finish the pencil drawings on the two 4'x5' canvases.

I tried to take photos but the pencil is too light to pick up.

I start painting them tomorrow.

Studio 462

2009-03-30T18:29:00.004-06:00

Finished making my canvases (sorry no photos, just words today).

We had a critique today (on the abstract and glazing assignments) and it went well. I don't remember much being said about the abstract other than that the first layer could be more visible and that the triangles (on the right of the image) seemed lazy... Which they were. No excuses, I got bored of the painting and stopped caring about it.

The glazing, I realised I used yellow (on the bottom one) and it wasn't a colour we were allowed to do. Apparently yellow isn't considered a transparent colour. I'm not sure why, but I imagine because it's so powerful. As you look at the painting, you can tell it takes over in some areas. The top painting, apparently the "technique" calls for more highlights in the undercoats and less highlights in the top coat. Oh well. I definitely think the paint is too thick on the top one. But I think they look cool and I can imagine a fourth layer may do them justice.

Working on concept sketches for the final two paintings for class. As a refresher, those are two 4'x5' paintings on the stretchers that I made. These are for our final two paintings in class, which we will work on for the remainder of the semester (about a month). One is to be in the style of an artist (from a list provided), for which I chose Odd Nerdrum. The sketch I did was lazy and half assed because I was tired when I was working on it. None the less, my instructor had a look at it and wants me to make the character nude like Odd does. There's a narrative to the piece that I want to tell and a nude character does not go with the narrative. This is where art classes piss me off. I'm on the edge of just doing what she says because she said it, or doing what I want and not giving a damn to her suggestions. Of course, I quite respect my instructor... so it's hard to decide. I'll work on more sketches tonight and decide when I see how different ideas play out in pencil.

The second painting is an "Open Painting" which, I have deduced, means we can do whatever the fuck we want. Cool. Or is it? I think that's awesome. It gives me a great opportunity to do a painting I've been wanting to do for a while now. However... I showed her my sketch and she loved it with the exception of some graphic content. She said I should leave it off. But, again, I feel strongly that removing that content would completely lose the narrative of the piece. So what the fuck is the point of painting it if I'm not saying what I want to say? The Odd painting I can work with, but I'm quite pissed about this one. I should have asked "why?" right away when I had her attention in front of me, but I was so shocked that she was asking me to censor my art that I didn't say anything. I wrote her an eMail immediately when I got home and I will talk to her on Wednesday. This painting, I will likely do what I want and pay no heed to her suggestion.

Oh well.

Thanks for reading if you did. I understand if you didn't. Photos are more fun.

Wednesday I start drawing the compositions on the canvas.
Photos Wednesday of what happens with that.

Studio 462

2009-03-28T19:25:00.002-06:00

Abstract assignment, second layer.

Rhel

2009-03-28T03:46:00.003-06:00

girls

2009-03-27T18:09:00.011-06:00

Three more.

2009-03-27T01:20:00.001-06:00

Just need a staple gun.

Approximately 122cm x 152cm

Studio 462

2009-03-26T02:07:00.002-06:00

Glazing, layer three.
Sorry about the shitty lighting, I'm in my room at night.

I've got wood.

2009-03-25T23:30:00.003-06:00

Approximately 76 x 152cm and 30 x 76cm

Studio 462 - extant recoiling

2009-03-23T21:36:00.012-06:00

Spring break is over.
Time to regain consistency in posting.

Here are some photos I forgot to take prior to the break.

Ash's deck, WIP. I forgot to post this here, though my friends at 3A have already seen it.

Glazing, layer two.

And our last assignment on canvas paper, which we began today; an abstract work in progress.

Next week, we begin two 4x5 foot paintings.
These are our final projects for the class, so we'll be spending the last six weeks working on them both simultaneously.

For now, I'm exhausted.

Where I End and You Begin (The Sky is Falling In)

2009-03-12T21:33:00.002-06:00

I realised that I forgot to post the other February themed sketch that I did over at 3A.

Here it is.

I'd also like to announce that the character Vusimuzi (posted here) won a contest over at 3A. I am honoured to be amongst the other two winners.

Studio 462

2009-03-10T18:28:00.004-06:00

Been more exhausted than usual lately, but trying to keep things moving along.

In class we're studying the technique of glazing with a still life display full of animal skulls. Two paintings at once.

Here's how those are looking with the first layer of glazing.
Work in progress.

Deck in Progress

2009-03-05T02:47:00.004-07:00

So the deck was shit. I spent forever trying to fix it. Finally I realised it was the composition that was lacking. It was completely uninspiring.

Time to reset the board.

Old deck

Sketch of new composition

Stay tuned...

Studio 462

2009-03-04T17:37:00.001-07:00

HW3 - Work in Progress

Next week we'll get back to painting, this week we did a presentation on contemporary artists. I was assigned Odd Nerdrum and I believe the presentation went quite well. Check him out if you haven't already.

Ironically, I will later have an assignment that has me mimick his style. That means stretching my own canvas and grinding my own pigments (amongst other things).

I missed a few from being sick and skipping class.
I'll get back to that painting later, which was an acrylic under paint with an oil over paint. I don't like it really.

Swan Song -- Vusimuzi

2009-02-24T01:16:00.004-07:00

It's starting to leak...
I explored one of the characters from my 'world' for a thing on 3A.

It turned out a sort of prequel to Vusi's story once within the constraints of the comic.
He's one of the later characters to be developed, but it was fun jumping away from the earlier characters and into his world for a change.

For the illustrations, I got out an old ink stick and grinding stone that I got a long time ago and went to town with bamboo brushes. I thought it'd be a fun experiment and cool to step out of my traditional element. And it certainly was.

I'm quite pleased with how these came out.

They look so much better in person, but that will have to do.
Cool stuff.

Oh yeah, and more on how class has been later.

Studio 462

2009-02-18T22:26:00.001-07:00

I was too tired to post this Wednesday night, but I'm pretending this date is correct for chronological purposes.

"Today" in class, we began a new painting (as mentioned). This is, of course, another still life... which, I must say, I am getting tired of drawing still-life and it's reminding me why I didn't go into a BFA in drawing (or painting) in the first place. None the less, I get over the struggle and find what interest I can in whatever objects are placed on our large white set.

This new project is interesting because we worked on a technique I had never thought of before.
We spent the time in class putting down a thickly textured acrylic layer. I have my own painting with Acrylics undercoat, that's nothing new to me, but I had never considered the process in which we were putting them down. That is, placing complimentary colours down instead of the colour we see and light values where dark values are true (and vice versa). Bizarre and fun.

So I finger painted.
Half way thru the class, she kept still stressing that no one's textures were thick enough so I decided to dig in to my paints (literally) and slap them on there. After all, this is for texture more than anything, right?

Either way, I had a blast hand-painting on my sheet of canvas. The painting rests over the weekend to dry until Monday. I'll put the oils over this dry acrylic layer.

I forgot to take photos because I was excited to see my girlfriend but I will on Monday before I do anything to it.

Studio 462

2009-02-17T01:48:00.008-07:00

Thanks for your patience. I had a lot to work on.
And we're already starting another image Wednesday, already assigned one to do on our own and already in the middle of one. It's a lot but I'm still getting used to working with oils and loving every bit of it.

Violet/Yellow colour study (04)

Homework assignment: Self Figure triptych

Here are the individual parts

I really like the way this hand came out.
The best part is that there was no thinking involved and I quickly reached a point where I thought to myself: Don't touch it anymore. So here's a close up of it.

Today was our critique. I was late, but made it just in time.
My instructor said that if I were an art student she would "make" me major in painting.
I was flattered.

Here's our current in-class WIP assignment.

And, yeah... The new out of class assignment's an interesting one.
More on that soon...

The Days Were Golden

2009-02-13T22:24:00.002-07:00

First image for the 3A February sketch theme

Studio 462

2009-02-11T20:31:00.001-07:00

Our in class critique was changed to Monday the 16th which is awesome because I wasn't done with the triptych self-image homework assignment.

Been busy. Expect an image update soon.

paper clippings

2009-02-08T19:11:00.002-07:00

Been working a lot this weekend.
Visual aids will be coming next weekend as I need every moment I can right now on all this work.

The weekend assignment for class is coming along well. I messed up on the size (since it's supposed to be life-sized or larger) so I'm having to work with that... It just fled my mind but I realised before it was too late.

Got another awesome layer on the skate deck for Ash.
I put a lot of technical work in this layer so once that dries I can get working hard core on the good stuff.

Finished a commission sketch, now I'll probably ink it and add values in. Or, at least, the latter.

Sitting on a painting for the comic while I work on this stuff.
Working on two drawings for the comic.

And I've got two sketches I'm working on for the 3A February sketch theme.

Yeah, yeah, images soon I'm getting back to work.

Studio 462

2009-02-04T21:57:00.004-07:00

Okay so this post was actually posted much later than the date above, but I'd like the dates to correspond with the day of the class... So I fibbed a little.

None the less, "today" in class we discussed the theory behind complementary colours but this time we went to a different class room and she gave us examples on a projector. Some I didn't really care for and some that I thought were quite brilliant. The only name that stands out is Monet, but that's just 'cause everybody knows his name (or should).

None the less, we went back to the class and had an hour to continue work on the Violet/Yellow colour study (04). That wasn't much time at all and, with lack of reason, I got stuck on the drapery and found at the end of class that I hadn't even moved on to yellow yet. I feel like I completely fucked up the positive balance that I had going on those drapes so I've left them completely alone since. I quickly moved on to the warmer colours and class was soon over.

We finish this painting Monday in class.

Our weekend assignment is a full-body portrait using 3 Canvas pages or more, and it's supposed to be life sized (or larger). I'll post a WIP of that after the weekend.

Class critique this qeek is Wednesday.

Studio 462

2009-02-03T01:08:00.009-07:00

Today's class began with a group critique, where we discuss the three works we had done individually up to this point.

01: Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber & White still-life [colour study]
02: Viridian, Alzarian Crimson & White still-life [colour study]
03: Viridian, Alzarian Crimson & White self image [value/contrast study]

The third was done over the weekend and I spent a lot of time on it. I was relatively happy with the way it came out for the class, but I feel like there's more work I could do to it in order to improve it. I have plans to do just that after it dries for a week.

Here are a few thumbnail close-ups...

And at the request of both my girlfriend and a friend, Eric, here's the Work In Progress (WIP, for future reference)...

I had a lot of fun with these works and it was especially interesting to see my progression in the three pieces next to one another.

After the critique we began (04)...
a still-life colour study with violet and yellow.
I liked the way my drapery came out in (02) so I decided to add more in this composition so I can work on this more and experiment a bit.

This one will be a bitch, but I'm up to the challenge.

Oh, and I'll get a photograph of the self-image tomorrow or Wednesday and post it up.
I despise showing unfinished work, but I'll do that.

Under the Bed

2009-02-01T03:08:00.004-07:00

I ended up making two sketches for the "Under the Bed" theme.

I wanted to add more to the photo, but nothing seemed to work right so I figured this was its way of telling me it was finished.

Studio 462

2009-01-29T19:32:00.005-07:00

My second painting class was on Wednesday.
It was basically the exact same as Monday except with the colours Alizarin Crimson and Viridian. The still-life also included translucent glass vases so we also worked with our Linseed oil for the glass products.

I was also 20 minutes late to class because I missed my bus. But I think that arriving knowing I had less time to work on it made me more focused.

I am already finding more comfort in the speed of the process as well as blending my colours on the canvas paper itself.

Not much else to say really.

rennacs

2009-01-26T21:14:00.002-07:00

Scanner came in.
Here's the first thing I've scanned.

My sketchbook is too large so I had to scan it twice and stitch it back together.

The sketch is for a themed monthly sketch at 3A
"Under the Bed"

I'm quite pleased with the way it turned out.

Studio 462

2009-01-26T18:29:00.006-07:00

I already feel like I learned a lot today in class.
We worked on mixing values of gray with burnt umber and ultramarine blue (and white, of course) and did a small still-life of some pots and a blanket but time flew by so quick.

If anything, I'll learn to paint quicker with oils, which is definitely a plus. I hadn't realised how slow I am until today, but I look forward to seeing my improvement as the semester rolls along.

room Marooned

2009-01-15T22:16:00.003-07:00

I've been spending a lot of time drawing.
Good.

I've been painting more.
Good.

I need to buy a new scanner soon.
After I go to the bank.

I finished two sketches.
I'm working on a skateboard deck painting in oils for an art-trade with a real cool guy.
I'll post a pic when it's closer to completion and keep an update how the trade goes.
I am working on two more paintings while that first layer dries
both for Swan Song.

Fun.
What else is there to say...

A Corrosive Sandblast Theme

2008-09-12T02:14:00.001-06:00

And the Earth collapsed beneath his arresting mien.
"What of tomorrow?" she asked,
just before her sky became an agglomerate past.

Grasped firmly, her orchid parasol
spiraled up
against the oncoming traffic of the inverted storm
as her vessel lifted
and pushed its way into her breath's compelling hand.

This potable motion
delivered her
beyond the Empire and industry of sound
and into the slightly deranged voice of Elysium,
cast
by a sotto voce phosphorescence.

In here, she now rest. Her
body overwhelmed
-enveloped- by this peace until its particles disperse;
finally purging itself of the desultory mean by which
all humanity has suffered the ephemerality of
ego.

In this single engaging climax
she finds that she has not died but ameliorated
amid the interweaving of aggregate wisdom to
someday
unravel again
into the inexplicable paradox of consciousness.

And all that remain
is a parasol
drifting,
beneath her empty mind,
upon the very surface of that gravid whisper from which he came.