Digital sketches

Here is the original image on the right, it came from the New York Times.

This was my first alteration done in illustrator, quite simple.
Down below is the second alteration.

Simple deductions

Just by removing a few lines the form begins to become more recognizable. Now on the right, for construction purposes, this is more ideal. It has been reduced and reduced.

Sulpture Ideas

This was some out-of-my- head conceptual sketch of what I had thought of at the time was "simple form". The construction of this form, as you can see, complicated. Though the free standing element of it seemed desirable at the time. When taking into consideration that this is a 3-D interpretation of a 2-D image, creating it to stand freely would compromise its adherence to 2-D translation. Now, the sketch on the right is more in the direction of two dimensional form. This is of course a deviate from the impossible triangle which we know has a puzzling perspective. This drawing is a depiction of that form simplified down to the element of line, in which is was conceived.

Illustrator sketches (the colors look terrible)

Pink trees, two layer gum prints from litho-pinhole negatives 4x10

VanDykeBrown - 3-Tree

Tree 4"x14" Mono-print - Vandyke Brown

Little Man: A visit

Some of you may have seen Little Man over the new year, seeing that he had come to pay Newark a visit.  The nature of him, as you may or may not conceived for my tale recounting or simply from reading the blog, is frolicsome... to say the least.  You see, there I was meandering through traffic on my way to Newark not too long ago when I received a phone call.  Not being one to answer while driving, I usually check anyway.. who knows?  This particular call was from Little Man and at first I hardly thought of it as momentous.  Newark was not far off so I  had planned to return his call once I arrived safely in the confines of my own home.  Instead of waiting, he sent a message instead.. simply put, he was getting on a train that was to arrive in Wilmington the next day.  Quite a surprise, who would of thought Little Man possessed such gumption, which arose into these arrangements.  The next day I arrived in Wilmington at 6:25 p.m. to meet him.  You see, I haven't seen him since August and he being was considerably "more elevated" (and had been the entire train ride.) 

"What's good dude?"