Beware of Raccoons

Soooo....Theres a Raccoon living in the house across from mine thats under construction. I'm weirded out by this because I live in the heart of the city, I mean there are no woods for miles. I wonder if Animal Control is 24/7 because of course I only see him at 4:30 in the am.

P.S I never realized that Raccoons are about as big as a pitbull and they look like they can do some serious damage.

Sounds

Sounds I've been listening to::
A Skylit Drive
Cymbals Eat Guitars
The Main Drag

Sounds I need to acquire::
Bang Gang
LoveHateHero
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart

Another T-Shirt

Another t-shirt design for a friend based off of a painting I did called " A Tale of Regret". I need to get my friend to model it so I can see it on a form other than the photo I have taken I enjoyed this one. took about an hour and a half done with fabric markers. :)

Some sketches

Just me practicing flowers and type.

Creative Quarterly 17

Hey I just got an email from creative quarterly that said I got in so I thought I would share the piece that they chose. It's a portrait of British actor Ben Whishaw who's role in the movie "Perfume: The Story of a Murderer" inspired me to do a portrait. The movie is awesome and if you haven't seen it then you should treat yourself and watch it.....Since it's Autumn I decided to a simple portrait of him blending in to his surroundings. I hope you enjoy and keep an eye out for the creative quarterly 17. I'm excited!! :)

this is the actor

This is the Sketch

this is my interpretation

Love is a Battlefield

So this song has been stuck in my head the past few days. It's Pat Benetar's "Love is a Battlefield" my favorite song right now... and also check out these guys, Live To Tell they do an awesome cover

Pat Benatar - Love is a Battlefield

Noodlez

This is my custom toy for the Nosego toy release show at Jinxed. The show was great and the new location for the Jinxed store is simply amazing at Piazza. I really enjoyed making this custom so much in fact that I had to give him a name. He is "Noodlez" and in case you were wondering he is the man.

IN THE AM::Pearl's Dream

I'm a huge Bat for Lashes fan and they're new album is great. Her music whimsical and makes you feel like your in a dark fairytale. Now I give the music Video for Pearl's Dream by Bat for Lashes

The 8-bit and beyond Opening

The opening for the 8-bit and Beyond show was great. Here's some of my favorite pieces (including my piece) from the show.

Getting in touch with Nature

So I went camping for the first time in my life. It was great to get in touch with nature while reconnecting with friends from my old Martial Arts school. here's some pics of the river we found when we went hiking and the tent me and my friend shared.

Samus vs. Ridley Completed

Hey this is my and Debbie Plesnarski's submission for the 8-bit and beyond show. This was a fun piece to make and Debbie was really great to work with. I'm hoping to do more collaborations with different artists in the future.

Samus Aran Finished!!

Just wanted to share my half of the Metroid piece me and Debbie Plesnarski are working on for the 8-bit and Beyond show.

Tees and Samus Aran

So I just made this t-shirt for fun the other day. This was my first experience with fabric markers which turned out to be really fun to work with. This was kind of a gift for my sister so I had her model it. The image is a lady surround by flowers with a flying bee in talk bubble I'm happy with the results. I will definitely be making more tees now.



Yess I also have the new and improved Samus sketch complete with a rough color study. This painting will finished within a few days or maybe even less. This Metroid collaboration is going to be wicked when its finished.:)

In the AM::: Heads Will Roll

Hey I'm kind of restless tonight and thought that I'd share a cool music video. I figure that on restless nights when I can't sleep and have already blogged about my art I'll just blog about other stuff. I'm going to call these posts "In the AM" as they will probably all be posted at some insane hour of the morning/night. so I'll start tonight..errr..today.

This video is from The Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the song is called "Heads Will Roll". This video is great because of its dancing Werewolf who's dance moves are soaked with the flavor ofthe late Michael Jackson. The band has a new sound this album with more synth and electonic bells and whistles which I'm actually enjoying. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs continue to stun and inspire me with every album they make.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
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and they are coming to Philly this wednesday to the Electric Factory. It's going to be a good time :)

Home Studio 2.0

Recently I completely rearranged my living space so that it can me more accommodating for me as an artist thus resulting in my home studio 2.0. My old set up had me between an easel and a bed with a trash can which I learned very quickly would never take the place of a good old fashioned art desk. My art desk I have now is freakin' awesome and paired with my sweet new Logitech satellite speakers & sub-woofer(not pictured) and the wall adorned with postcards & posters by my favorite artists and people are going to make painting and drawing a piece of cake from now on. I'm both excited and pleased especially when I look my old workspace.


oh yes and I can't forget my Metroid collaboration with friend Debbie Plesnarski is in the works we will wrapping paintings this week and then next will result in our final product which will be in the "8 bit & Beyond" show at Brave New Worlds on August 7th.

Cheers Everyone!!!

From Nintendo 2 Paint

Hey It's been awhile since I posted but here I am. and dare I say with some artwork progress. I am excited to be participating in the Videogame art show at Brave New Worlds with the Autumn Society. I have a love for the character Sammus from Metroid so I decided to do a portrait collaboration with my friend little debbie. here are some quick thumbs and a rough portrait sketch. enjoy

Process Senior Thesis1

There were a few more steps to this process but I could only have so many images in one and I'm not that advanced of a blogger to figure out how it to organize it to make sense in two blogs so we'll start from reference through the painting. I hope these make sense in succession.

The first step to every is of course reference after sketches

Background and blocking the underlying skin tone

My figures blocked in now

The Hand detail is pretty much finished and the dress is starting to get worked on

The bottom pattern at its first layer and the jewlery only needs a little more contrast

Bam!!! Final image

There is a huge color and contrast switch from the last image to this one but the only thing that changes is the dress color. more process posts to come. 

LOng Overdue

These are the pictures of my senior thesis from the actual show. I chose to advertisements for theatre productions. Having the freedom to choose the plays naturally I gravitated toward classic tragedies. My interpretations of Medea, Doctor Faustus, Oedipus Rex, and Titus Andronicus went over fairly well, so I'm thankful for that. I'm also happy that I documented making two of these pieces and its the first time I will see a weird time lapsed photo amalgamation of my artwork being finished. so yeah the show was great, congrats to the winners who's links are on the side of my blog they're all awesome so check them out too. :)

get ready for the process 

Collie Mills 2.0 y'all

So I've been slaving over a new website and its finally here! I had a crazy crash course in html and css from the awesome Eleanor. She took all of the scariness away from the html and css monsters. So this blog is my breaking the bottle or christening of the new website. So go forth all and check it out!!! 

http://www.colliemills.com