New Drawing AND some Updates!!

It's been a long time... I've been uber busy, distracted, uninspired, but mostly busy... Personal life has been a little hectic. Creative life, well, a little crazy too. I've been a little unmotivated with my painting for a while now, so I've turned to drawing. Doing illustrations and the like...

This is NOT a recent drawing, I've just been taking forever uploading things! As you can see, she's living in a dilapidated sketchbook, with a few battle scars...
Lola Illustration

2010

[Clicky click thumbnails below for details]

I've been hoping for a scanner, to get better images. (Still waiting)... Another thing I'm waiting on... a graphic tablet... I have really taken to editing/enhancing my illustrations digitally. Sooo many possibilities, soo little mess, hardly annny cleanup haha. But, if I continue to hold off posting my drawings until I get said items, I will NEVER post anything, so my dearies, you will be getting more of my drawings *in the raw* lol... More sketches, more "works in progress" ..."samples" if you like? Because I still have big plans for them, and I will DEFINITELY share the finished works of art when they are done ^__^

Oh yeah... and I mentioned a certain "update"... Ever heard of The Squirrely Girly?? You will...

Keep Calm, Carry On

"Keep Calm, Carry On"

Mixed Media. 2010

For this, I created an ink and watercolor drawing, then went in and added more digitally. I really like how it turned out. Funny thing is, I hated the original drawing and almost threw it out. Instead, I left her sitting in my sketchbook for a good year or more, all the while adding a little more to her from time to time. One day I decided to break out the watercolors, and the rest is history. It kind of reminds me of Danny Roberts' work?

I am reeeally happy with how it turned out. It's a little different, but I'm having lots of fun working with color and playing with different media. Tons of fun... One of my fave details is in the shot above- The Russian graffiti in the background (check out the paint drips!) and Zac Posen's braided spike headband.

And just another closeup, so you can really see the colors and textures. I love the lace collar! Very pleased with it. Reminds me of Prada's A/W08 collection.

"One Day..." Illustration

"One Day This Will All be an Irrelevant, Bad Dream"

Mixed Media

2010

Lanvin Lady

Hello all. I've been busy with school and work, so no time to post. I'm working towards becoming a member at 500x Gallery for next season (starting in August/September). Got my submission turned in, so I should be hearing from them in the next couple of months.

In the meantime, I was playing around with my last illustration, trying to come up with an editorial style illustration. I don't really know what to do with it lol. Click on the image to view up close ^__^

Chicago Drawing

Meant to post this when I got back from Chicago, but never did. Just a little something from my sketchbook I drew on the plane. I used a photo of Kate Moss as reference; I've never drawn her before, and she's got some unusual features, so mehh?? It's a sketchbook drawing I did on a bumpy plane, take it or leave it haha...


It's actually a blue pencil drawing on cream colored paper, but they always just turn out looking yellow. Then, when I try to edit the colors digitally, it makes the actual drawing very grainy.

Excuses, excuses, I know. Seriously, one day I will get a decent scanner instead of having to photograph everything with a shakey camera haha.

Came on a late flight home, and got bored, so I doodled the bottle of YSL perfume Kate was modeling lol... (still lifes, wooo...)

geez enough already!

I'm seriously tired of not having anything to say around here! I've started tons of projects and haven't finished a single one, and if I have, it's nothing worth posting haha! My Chicago trip was a bit of a flop- I had to come home due to a "situation" back home (my car is now totaled haha). I'm going insane STILL trying to finalize a sale that was initiated just before/after Christmas time... Working on a quilting project (It's for someone else, I'm not that nerdy, okay???) and I think there's lots more, but that just scratches the surface haha. Sorry folks. I feel like I haven't been here in forever!

Remember that Colbert Nation art contest I mentioned a while back? Well, I never really had time to work on a cool James Jean inspired portrait, so I just submitted my original illustration (see above). The contest is kind of having a hard time with gaining momentum, so I'm not sure how it's going to go... (If there aren't enough submissions, then there won't be a contest lol) Everything just seems to be on hold right now *sigh...*

i-D Magazine Cover

Okay, okay, so it's a mock-up, not the real deal... but I thought it would be fun to play around with!Working on getting a new portfolio together to try my hand at illustration... Thought some editorial mock-ups might be a nice touch, to see what could be done...

Illustrations

I've been a little uninspired with painting lately, so I've gone back to my roots with pencil drawings. This time however, I've taken a different route, and I'm trying to shake things up a bit. I LOVE the work of illustrators Kelly Smith and Bec Winnel. They are both working out of Australia, and their art has been featured in tons of shows, fashion editorials, and magazine covers! I LOVE that they can both succeed in the art world, as well as commercially, in the fashion industry. Very inspiring to me! ^__^


Rose Colored. 2010. Alex Teale

I just felt like drawing and playing with color, so I picked up a cream colored sketch pad and half heartedly started sketching. Then I really got into it, ans started getting all kinds of ideas for a new series. Any way, I don't want to go nuts and change up what I do JUST for other people, JUST to sell art. But, I do want to push myself and try new things, just to see what I can do, or rather, what I like to do. Any way, this was the first one from that endeavor, and I'm kind of pleased with it. I was kind of excited to share it, but of course, the photo quality is terrible lol...

Colbert Concepts...

After posting yesterday I decided to start some sketches to figure out what I might do for the ColbertNation contest. It was just a small little pencil sketch and then today I got bored and messed with it in Photoshop. It's not anything like what I'll be submitting, but I figured I'd post it any way.

Detail from the original:

Color Edit:

Collage

Got my collage thrown together about an hour or two before class haha. I ended up taping everything up to a crappy crooked foam board lol. I think it turned out alright, considering everything. I really like the colors, but unfortunately, they kind of photographed yellow. Oh well. Here it is...  (click on the pics to view closer)

The assignment was to make a collage about "me" which I thought was super boring so instead I opted to take artistic licence and make it about what inspires me as an artist. touche! So I did little drawings based on my favorite muses, people who inspire me with their own artistic visions (photographers, musicians, artists, designers), and a few people who have shaped my thinking along the way.

Above I have Colin Meloy (The Decemberists), muses Meghan Collison, Coco Rocha, and Sasha Pivovarova, as well as a drawing inspired by the photography of Lara Jade, and last, a drawing based off an old photo of my grandmother.


















And pictured above is Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA and conservative pundit (HAAA) who continues to impart gifts of irony and satire to closet comedians such as myself- as well as the lovely Lily Donaldson as seen in one of my favorite photos. Plus, she kind of looks like Rachel Deschanel in my drawing, which is cool with me too (another muse).

It's quite hard to photograph, so unfortunately you are getting the crappy version of it : (
It's actually kind of like a widescreen/panoramic view. The idea was kind of like people on a stage. Some are in the background, and others, like ol' rabbit ears, actually are hanging off the edge of the stage. And then there's kind of a support collumn running through the center and far left of the stage. I hope to get some scans eventually. Until then...

Better Pics of the Colab Project

Special thanks to Donna over at True Until Death for posting these images! I was invited by her artists group to be a part of their collaberation project (check out 1001 journals for info). Here are some of my collaberations with people!
PLEASE click on the images for a closer look!

Lady Ada. 2009. Alex Teale & Andy Kubecka.

Lady Ada/ Part II. Alex Teale

BUNNIES! Alex Teale & Donna Kubecka

Inspired by Elise over at Argyle Whale! LOVE her! x0

Another Lovely

Hello! Just wanted to post a drawing I did a while back, in July or so. Click the picture for a closer look!

"Another Lovely"

Ink. 2009

It's 5am & work called in sick!

The power went out at work, so I don't have to go in for a while now!!! Any way, here's something I started on a while back. These are test shots (I'm trying to figure out what I want to do with her) but now that I see these I think I'm going to stick with the 3-d effect instead of glueing her down. What do you think?

Pink Dress, Yellow Clutch

Just finished this today. It started out as a quick sketch, but it was kind of fun, so I thought I'd experiment with some bright colors. I might cut the figure out and put her on a different background (I have no idea, maybe I won't)-- any way, that's what I did today. More stuff on the way!

I Need *YOUR* Help!

I am planning on using some of my earlier sketches for cameo pendants. I just wanted to get an idea of what YOU would like to see turned into a work of wearable art. The works shown below are only examples of images shown (obviously resolution/color will be better) Vote for as many as you want!
Please vote using the poll to the right in the blog menu! Thank you, and I look forward to seeing what you guys think!

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Welcom back ME!

Ha ha. So I've been away for a while...

I've been busy with school and work. I've done a lot of sketching in the mean time, just haven't had the time to post anything. Luckily I've had the last two days in a row off and have been strangely inspired to get some stuff done. So, here she is-- (pardon the crappy photo quality)

The final piece actually consists of two canvases, so this is the first half. I'm not really going to do anything else to her, but I will do a little more with the background once the second half is ready to go (that way they tie in with eachother) Any way, I'm excited to get started on part II!

AND I've almost finished another little something I've been working on (yay!) so I'll be posting that one in days to come!

All New Illustrations Portfolio!

I've been working on this for a while now, so finally I'm done. I've moved my illustrations from my official site, and moved them to their own seperate "illustration" site. To avoid confusion, the sites are still connected/affiliated with one another, my web address is still "alexteale.com", I've just created a new gallery for my illustrations, that way my fine art and portraiture are together, and my more contemporary/commercial illustrations are in their own portfolio.

Watercolor Sketch

Finally something to post here, yay! I've long been inspired by photographer Aneta Kowalczyk . Her work is truly beautiful! So I couldn't help but create a little 'homage' to a particular series she came out with a few years ago. Here it is.

Homage to Aneta. 8/09

Something Different...

Inspired by Danny Roberts, as well as looking to try something new, I've started adding color to my recent sketches, as well as working with different mediums. Here's a sample. Not great, but it's something to look at lol.

Sasha. 2009

Looks better up close!

Bound. 2009

Based off an amazing photograph I found. Added a few details of my own. I smell an allegorical painting coming on...! Also better up close.

And, here is a sketch I did on the flight home last month. I played with it in Photoshop just for kicks, so here's the altered version.

Roses. 2009

New Sketches

I haven't posted in a while... I've got a lot more to show, but this is all I've got photographed at the moment. Plus, I've gotta give you details, 'cause I'm pretty excited about how the details turned out! enjoy...

Masque. 2009

Untitled. 2009