John Alexander Carvajal

Ink Drawings

2012-02-16T20:33:00.001-05:00

carbon made

2012-01-24T15:43:00.002-05:00

I have a carbon made now.

http://jacarvaja.carbonmade.com

This blog will mostly feature sketchbook pages and process work. The Carbon Made site will host all finished works.

Also new banner is a collage I did in a class. Used one of my drawings with some images from a couple books on text.

Portrait Night

2012-01-23T22:52:00.001-05:00

Double Pen Self Portrait

2012-01-16T12:14:00.002-05:00

Self Portrait done holding two ball point pens. This is how I feel most of the time.

Skateboard Design Tutorial

2012-01-15T19:55:00.001-05:00

I did a quick tutorial for Vector Genius on my Skateboard designs. Check it out, also check out Vector Genius. Cool guys.

http://www.vectorgenius.com/blog

The attack of the squiggle painter!

2011-12-08T21:19:00.001-05:00

Charcoal drawings.

Radiohead Poster mockup

2011-12-08T20:58:00.001-05:00

This is a poster design I created for Radiohead's upcoming show in Tampa. Brush pen drawing, with Photoshop CS5.1 coloring and texturing

drawrings

2011-11-17T09:46:00.001-05:00

Some charcoal drawings I've done in the past week or so.

figures in space

2011-11-11T16:56:00.001-05:00

here are a few figure paintings in oil. With these I have been experimenting with working with a palette knife and braking the figure into the colors that I see more so than trying to blend them into on another.

Corel Painter portrait for Caleb Prochnow Computer Illustration class

2011-11-01T21:08:00.001-04:00

First time using Corel Painter. Interesting program to learn.

sketchezzzzzz

2011-10-27T10:54:00.001-04:00

Pulp Cover for Caleb Prochnow Computer Illustration class

2011-10-26T19:22:00.001-04:00

4 page comic for George Pratt Illustration class

2011-10-26T19:10:00.002-04:00

This was an interesting project. We had to create a 4 page comic using only old black and white photographs. We couldn't draw it out in pencil or any media that was erasable/correctable. We are supposed to go straight into ink or any medium that was permanent. I used India Ink and Prismacolor Grayscale markers.

skateboard designs for Caleb Prochnow Computer Illustration class

2011-10-19T16:34:00.001-04:00

I paint myself sometimes...

2011-10-17T19:28:00.001-04:00

This is probably the first actual self portrait I painted.Oil 18 x 24

This painting was fun. It started out as a normal oil painting, but at some point I decided to deconstructed. It was interesting how I started seeing things a bit differently, at first I started hacking away in frustration, but then something clicked and I started making my marks a bit more decisive. Might experiment more with this.

More nakie people

2011-10-10T23:13:00.001-04:00

3 hour (each) oil paintings

Dean Cornwell Master Copy for George Pratt Illustration class

2011-09-28T18:45:00.001-04:00

Here is the original. My copy seems to be dulled down a bit, and a few drawing issues. Learned a lot about painting and creating fluidity in a piece. Had a great time working on this overall.

nakie people

2011-09-26T21:32:00.001-04:00

NuPastels 60 min (I think)

NuPastels 40 min each

This was an experimentation of Brown Ink and Pastels. 40 mins.

Illustrator project for Caleb Prochnow Computer Illustration class

2011-09-09T18:51:00.002-04:00

brain drain

2011-09-04T10:18:00.001-04:00

book sketches

2011-08-28T11:31:00.000-04:00

Illustrator Tracing project

2011-08-28T11:15:00.001-04:00

Sketch dump

2011-05-20T13:07:00.004-04:00

Tribal woman

2011-04-25T16:39:00.001-04:00

Oil painting.. about 1 hour 40 mins.

Only in art school...

2011-04-21T17:46:00.003-04:00

Princess Leia. Oil painting, about 5 hours.

Mr. Marcus Michels. Oil Painting, roughly 2.5 hours

colors!

2011-04-02T22:20:00.001-04:00

Soft Pastel drawing, 40 mins.

Oil Painting, about 6-8 hours.. maybe?

figure and oil painting..

2011-03-29T17:24:00.004-04:00

Charcoal drawing, about 40 mins.

charcoal drawing, about 80 mins.

Oil painting with palette knife, about 2 hours

Oil painting, about 40 mins each

Oil painting, about 3 hours

Oil painting, about 6~8 hours

Practice

2011-02-07T20:49:00.000-05:00

hour study in photoshop

Practice 5

2011-02-06T21:24:00.001-05:00

Focused more on features on this one.. about two hours or so.

Practice 4

2011-02-05T23:37:00.001-05:00

1 hour study.. slacked off a bit today.. oh well.. hah.

practice 3

2011-02-04T22:55:00.002-05:00

1 hour 40 mins..

Digital Practice

2011-02-03T22:53:00.001-05:00

Another digital painting.. took about 2 hours this time.. not as developed as the other one, but seems to be further a long than the first one was in 2 hours haha..

Digital Painting practice

2011-02-02T22:14:00.004-05:00

First real digital painting. Borrowed the picture from : http://DocoPhoto.deviantart.com/art/From-the-Fog-166995866

3 hours in photoshop.. it was a good learning experience

Holy Cow!

2010-11-25T09:45:00.002-05:00

Animal Cliche for Illustration class.
Instructor: Joe Thiel

Agony

2010-10-16T18:18:00.002-04:00

Sophomore year thus far

2010-10-09T19:01:00.005-04:00

First project for Joe Thiel's Illustration I class. Spot illustration about food:

Second project for Joe Thiel's Illustration I class. Spot illustration about travel:

Photographs and Pussycats

2010-08-12T19:41:00.003-04:00

I think I put this off long enough.. here's hoping that it looks good printed.. lol

and a possible idea for Illest of Ill

Felicitous

2010-08-05T23:32:00.001-04:00

Ceiling panel done for a Felicitous Cafe in Lutz, FL

4 ft x 2 ft
Acrylic, Colored Pencil, and Ink

Sketch dump

2010-08-02T09:14:00.001-04:00

Ode to Ybor

2010-07-22T11:56:00.001-04:00

Been working to get my piece finished for this show:

And in about 2 weeks there is going to be a robot show. Will post more info on that soon.

Magazine Cover Ill

2010-06-20T21:54:00.002-04:00

This is a mock illustration for a magazine, the empty space is for the title and any extra text. The project is from http://summerillustrations.blogspot.com

Compression/Tension

2010-06-07T19:23:00.003-04:00

Third assignment for Mr. Kaplan's Summer Illustrations... summerillustrations.blogspot.com

Wet Shave 101

2010-05-31T23:09:00.001-04:00

work in progress

2010-05-11T20:53:00.000-04:00

Booksketch page

2010-05-05T15:31:00.001-04:00

Brain dump

2010-04-14T18:55:00.003-04:00

Things from my sketchbook.

Monster Show

2010-03-08T10:08:00.001-05:00

Another show coming up. This one should be fun, a lot of monster interpretations.

Tartamudo

2010-03-01T19:07:00.001-05:00

Munny I painted for the Munny Art Show at the Skatepark of Tampa. It is not being displayed at Urban Outfitters in Ybor along with some others.

update

2009-12-16T17:09:00.000-05:00

Wordpress updated.

johnalexander.wordpress.com

New sketchbook

2009-12-02T21:01:00.003-05:00

Started a new Moleskine.
I'm going to try to upload more pages from this one than I have before. I might even scan some pages from my last one.

Hemoptysis

2009-11-09T19:54:00.002-05:00

I just uploaded another piece to wordpress. This is the piece I am submitting to the Freshman art show at Ringling.
http://johnalexander.wordpress.com/gallery/color/img_1865/

Change of pace

2009-11-09T12:16:00.003-05:00

Well as of today I will be posting any finished illustrations or finished projects in general to a wordpress site. Any sketches or works in progress will continue to be posted on here. I really enjoy showing my process work so this will still be update quite often.
The word press site is http://johnalexander.wordpress.com

Been a while

2009-10-21T13:27:00.001-04:00

So it's been a while since I've updated this page. I have been pretty busy. I started at Ringling College of Art and Design this semester, they're definitely keeping me busy. I will start posting some of the stuff I've been doing for class soon. In the meantime here is something I was working on for my Drawing class.

wip by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART

Wrapped

2009-08-20T09:52:00.003-04:00

This weeks topic for Illustration Friday

Done in blue and red colored lead on a .7 and .9 Mechanical pencils.

Auto Rock

2009-08-05T14:58:00.003-04:00

Something different. I made a few transfers of this sketch I made onto some wood pieces. Ended up using Acrylic paint, and Sharpie markers to finish it. Ended up with 8 different color versions of this. I like how this one came out the most.

Also, this Friday August 7, 2009 at 7pm this piece will be at The Artist Emporium in Tampa for their monthly Emerge showcase. I am one of almost 30 other local artist with a piece in this. If you can come out then do so, it will be a awesome. Free admission and some cool art. Can't go wrong.

Auto Rock by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART

WW6

2009-06-29T22:01:00.001-04:00

This is my first real attempt at Painting Digitally.

WW6 by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART

Maquette

2009-02-17T15:16:00.003-05:00

Bust Sculpture for my Maquette Construction class.

Bob_5 by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART

Sleepless night

2009-02-15T12:46:00.002-05:00

From Drawings

Sticker

2009-02-08T22:52:00.004-05:00

Made a few stickers tonight. Figured one of my Tentac characters could use a new medium haha.
I'll be giving out a few of these, if you know me and would like one let me know I'll have a few on hand.

From random

Graphite drawings

2009-01-11T13:33:00.003-05:00

A couple drawings I did for my Drawing in Perspective class

From Drawings

Sculpture's

2009-01-11T13:15:00.002-05:00

From Sculptures

a couple sculpture's I have done

Some figurative gestures

2009-01-11T13:06:00.003-05:00

Here's an album of some Figurative gesture's I've done.

From gesture's

wow

2008-11-28T13:29:00.002-05:00

indeed

time

2008-11-23T21:35:00.003-05:00

"Time is a created thing. To say 'I don't have time,' is like saying, 'I don't want to.'"
— Lao Tzu

self portrait

2008-07-16T09:14:00.003-04:00

self portrait
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

This might be the last thing I post for a while. School started up again on monday. Will be busy, but will try my best to keep updated.

First Annual Mail Art Show 2008

2008-07-09T14:21:00.001-04:00

0709080001
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

I think as many people that can do this should. It sounds like fun.

Progress

2008-07-03T17:23:00.002-04:00

progress
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

Alright so I thought maybe I would post some process work for one of the projects. This is the most current one, Still needs more work, but trying something a little different.

Busy

2008-07-03T15:55:00.002-04:00

So this week there isn't a very big update.
I have been busy working on a few different things and just haven't finished just one. I will update as I finish each project. Or maybe just make one large post with them all. Don't know yet, but I felt I need to keep to my weekly post even if it is just a small post.

work desk

2008-06-25T15:10:00.006-04:00

work desk
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

work desk 2
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

work desk 3
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

something a little different. Decided to work on my desk at work. slowly just going to add random ideas that come while there.

Origami

2008-06-21T14:45:00.005-04:00

Origami by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART
11 x 4 smooth bristol, 005, 01, 03, 05, 08 micron pens for the outlines, and prismacolor cool and warm scale markers

This is what my head feels like right now. Just a bunch of shapes and things just spewing out of my head. Could be worse, could be goo or something gross haha.

Just One of Those Days

2008-06-19T15:46:00.003-04:00

Just One of Those Days by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART
11 x 4 smooth bristol, 005, 01, 03, 05, 08 micron pens for the outlines, and prismacolor cool and warm scale markers

Just feels like it's one those days today. It's the heat.

Lazy Day

2008-06-18T16:16:00.003-04:00

Lazy Day by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART
This is how summer feels sometimes. Lazy days are upon us.

11 x 4 smooth bristol, 005, 01, 03, 05 micron pens for the outlines, and prismacolor cool and warm scale markers

Wandering Traveler

2008-06-17T16:40:00.002-04:00

Wandering Traveler
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

There is something out there coming our way.

Micron pens for the outline, various sizes. Prismacolor Markers for the color.

Work in progress, maybe?

2008-06-17T11:09:00.002-04:00

-5
Originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal

Started this the other day. Not quite sure where I was headed with it. I like the idea, but still not sure, feels incomplete. Might come back to it later or rework it.

Something a little different

2008-06-17T11:07:00.003-04:00

35, originally uploaded by John Alexander Carvajal.

Went to the beach picked out a few shells. Took a drill, drilled a hole small enough in all 6 shells to get the hemp through. The center piece is a South American Nut Bead. Might make more depending on whether or not I get more supplies.

Panda Girl

2008-06-14T14:09:00.002-04:00

Panda Girl by ~nocturnaldesert on deviant ART

School

2008-06-13T14:25:00.001-04:00

So for the first time in a really long time I am actually happy being in school. I have heard so many positive things from all my teachers. It is making me feel that being here is worth it more and more. So many things have kept me from continueing my education, and honestly I think it was all worth it to finally end up at the Art Institute. The classes are fun, people are friendly, and the teachers are awesome. Even my Algebra teacher is awesome. I have found something that will keep me busy, and make it worth it. Thank you to all the teachers that have given me so many ideas, and so much constructive critique. Everything has been falling in to place as to where I want to be with my art. This summer will be a challenge to continue to advance myself by attempting to try some clay figures. It will be a work in progress.

Flash

2008-06-12T09:24:00.002-04:00

A quick flash animation made for my computer concepts class. I have never really worked in flash before. So it was pretty cool experimenting with it.

http://www.magic-missile.com/john/bot.swf

my brain hurts

2008-06-06T12:51:00.001-04:00

So maybe I'm just lost in my own thoughts, but is it awkward how we just loose our sense of humanity? We enter a world where we have cows connected to machinery and expect them to allow us to just take the source of nutrient from their child. I understand that the calf's are still aloud around the mother, but why take them away like that at all? We are even doing it to our children. We have machinery now that allows the woman to detach herself from the nurturing of her child, hooked up like part of the cattle. No emotion, forget your child, go to work, nothing else matters. Then we wonder why there are so many problems in today's society. Then we get into the Nurture vs Nature situation. I do agree that our surroundings have a lot to do with who we are, but from birth we get an understanding on how things work where we are on how we are raised or treated as a child. I still think that if you are going to put the time and effort into having a child, then take the time and effort on spending time with the child.

Tentac's

2008-06-05T23:42:00.005-04:00

Gary

Harry

Mulberry

Doger

Borgy

New Affter Effects Project

2008-05-30T13:32:00.003-04:00

This was my final render of our Affter FX project. A little similar to my old project, but decided to use my own photography.

Old After Effects Project

2008-05-13T15:10:00.002-04:00

Found this on an old DVD, figured I'd posted it up and compare it to my new After Effects project I'm working on once it's done.

In Design Project

2008-05-02T16:17:00.004-04:00

This project involved creating a magazine cover layout with an image or various images. I decided to make a faux magazine for the Treehugger website.

BotSpace teaser

2008-04-27T18:41:00.001-04:00

A small teaser of the work in progress

Illustrator Project Pt. 3

2008-04-25T15:55:00.005-04:00

Final version of the BotSpace Logo for my Computer Concepts class.

and final version for web-comic

Illustrator Project Pt. 2

2008-04-23T20:10:00.004-04:00

I created this logo for a comic I am going to be posting online soon, titled BotSpace

I then imported it into Illustrator and came out with this.

Still tweaking the actual robots.

Illustrator Project

2008-04-18T18:02:00.003-04:00

Logo idea. A basic Illustrator image created, with some text. This is the first logo I came up with. I will be posting a few more within the coming days. I have more ideas I need to work out, but I like how the Illustrator version of Tenoch came out.

Tenoch 3/17/08

Photoshop Project

2008-04-12T15:45:00.006-04:00

This was an interesting one. I had to create a mask layer of a main image, then create a collage of a sort with different images. For this I chose Zombies. After creating this main image we had to go ahead and create an Ad with that image. This is where it gets interesting. "What can I advertise with a zombie?" I thought. Then it came to me like a bag of bricks to the face. ZOMBIE WALK! This is an interesting event in itself. Zombie fans from all around the state gather for the first day of the Scream Fest, and have a Zombie Walk. Now you may be asking yourself, "Well what is a Zombie Walk?" or "What is Scream Fest?". First Scream Fest is "Florida's largest Horror Convention", where "some of the biggest Celebrities in Horror, and the best Horror Writers and Artist" are present. To celebrate the opening day they are going to once again have a Zombie Walk where all participants gather at TGI Friday's Front Row, 8126 International Dr, Orlando, FL and make their way to the Wyndham Orlando Resort 8001 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819 in full Zombie attire and make up. Interesting site to see.

another one bites the dust

2008-04-06T15:23:00.000-04:00

So another week goes by, it seems like time just speeds up more and more when I am actually doing something I enjoy. School has been amazing (even if it was the first week). Beginning Drawing is going to be an awesome class, I can already tell. Crazy instructor but how can you have a drawing class without having a screw loose. Principles of Design is going to be a little tough with the measuring and the lines oh my, but definitely will be a good challenge for my techniques. College Algebra, ah what can I say about you math? You are the lover that never goes away, you will be fun to say the least. Computer Concepts, the only reason why you exist Blog is because of this class, if I were you I would thank Mrs. Brown for bringing you into existence, you are now part of the ever growing digital contacts that I have on this massive web. At some point I plan on posting some work on here, but for the time being you will be the place I tell my tales and adventures. You seem like a good listener. I shall keep you.

weird dream

2008-04-05T10:49:00.001-04:00

Man last night I had this crazy dream. I was at work and everything was fine, when all of a sudden this man came in, at first I thought hey maybe he's just a little intoxicated ( I do work at ABC Fine Wine and Spirits after all). His walking pattern seems a little too uncontrolled and slow. I come around the counter to help him out and he attacks me. I have this huge gash in my arm now from where he bit me. I take him outside and tell him not to come back, clean off the wound (hoping it doesn't get infected). Later that evening I head over to a friends house where we're having a get together, I start talking to my friend Josh and he told me that a similar event happened to him that night at his work. The night goes on, when all of a sudden I'm not feeling so hot. I start loosing my vision, start getting weak. I sit down for a second and then I pass out. Next thing I know I have a craving for brains and human flesh (odd I know). I start biting people that are next to me, no one pays too much attention to it at first. Then all of a sudden Josh starts doing the same thing. People start leaving and freaking out. I just kept going. Some start freaking out from the bites, others just from not knowing what is going on. Josh starts attacking more people, I just attempt to do the same. Finally the last person is left that hasn't been bitten, everyone that has already been chomping start heading towards them. And it's over.