Stiles of Art

‼️🚨🚨🚨🚨‼️ SHOW ALERT Hey folks! I was away this weekend and soooooo remote internet was a wee bit spotty. But enough from the scatterbrained artist visiting hippy communes, and let’s get to facts. Hero Complex Galllery is hosting an amazing show which opened over the weekend. It’s live, so check it out (link in my tree/bio). It features one of kind hand made sketch cards all measuring in at 2.5” x 3.5” of works depicting your favorite pop culture icons and influences. I was inspired by a little indie game called ‘Elden Ring’ which allegedly won some awards or something. I wouldn’t know having spent only 6 months and close to 300 hours playing it. 🤥😜 Joking aside I recreated several of the Great Runes from the game and few extras. All done in acrylic paint (you can even check out the Timelapse’s in my post history), which is a rare treat from this primarily digital artist. Head in over to the (at Hero Complex Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CrwfodKP6qN/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” -Pablo Picasso Loyal, and stubborn (in equal measures), this motherly Earth sign is ruled by Venus (planet & Goddess), and takes us into the heart of Spring. If you’re born within this sign, you may share some trait with these other talented Taureans: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson ⚡️@therock William Shakespeare/Charlotte Bronte/Harper Lee ✍🏻 Bob Saget @babsaget Carol Burnett 🍿 Rami Malek 🏆 Adele/Janet Jackson/Cher/Barbara Streisand @adele @janetjackson @cher 🎤 Henry Cavill @henrycavill 🦸🏻‍♂️ Kenan Thompson @kenanthompson Gal Gadot @gal_gadot 🦸🏻‍♀️ Audrey Hepburn 💅🏼 Orson Welles/John Waters/Sofia Coppola 🎬 Tina Fey 🥸 John Cena AND Andre the Giant @johncena 💪🏻 Oskar Schindler ✡️ Stevie Wonder 😎 Madeleine Albright 🇬🇧 George Carlin AND George Lopez @georgelopez 🎭 Sugar Ray Leonard @sugarrayleonard 🥊 and so many more!!! Story time! The most popular tale of Taurus origin is about Zeus transforming himself into a majestic white bull (later known as the Cretan Bull), to seduce Europa. In that tale he takes her to Crete, and she gives birth to Minos, the legendary King. In another, more comedic story, Zeus, while courting Io, transforms his mistress into a heifer to avoid being caught by his wife Hera. A third suggests a loose connection to the Cretan Bull (with NO details), but the fourth is by far my favorite. Cerus was a large rampaging bull, who could not be stopped by any mortal. One day Cerus while trampling her blooms, had an encounter with Persephone. She immediately calms the bull, and teaches him to master his emotions. Now every year he joins the Spring goddess as she rides atop through the sky setting fields blooming. When Persephone returns to Hades, so too does Cerus as the constellation Taurus. #astrology #constellation #taurus #horoscope #vectorart #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #design #designer #mythology #greekmythology #zeus #europa #io #hera #crete #bull #cerus #persephone #orangecountyart #stilesofart @adobe @photoshop @_adobeillustrator https://www.instagram.com/p/CrQ6RMuOQQW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Day TWO of @wondercon come on by and check out the wares, or stop for a chat. #wondercon #wondercon2023 #comiccon #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #design #designer #vector #vectorart #illustrationartists #illustragram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalartwork #digitalillustration #digitalillustrator #dadjoke #dadjokes #pun #encouragemints #mints #mint #minty @wondercon @comic_con @visitanaheim (at WonderCon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqOHjcaJuM7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hey all don’t forget to check out @showtime Season 2 premiere of @yellowjackets Also a big thanks to showtime for using my work for their premiere event in LA it was an honor! #idiotbox #yellowjackets #flight2525 #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #illustragram #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalpainting @procreate #procreate #adobe adobephotoshop #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #illustratorforhire #BartNickerson #AshleyLyle #ChristinaRicci #JulietteLewis #MelanieLynskey #TawnyCypress #EllaPurnell #JasminSavoy #SamanthaHanratty #SophieThatcher #SophieNélisse #StevenKruger #WarrenCole @riccigrams @juliettelewis @msmelanielynskey @tawnycypress @ella_purnell @jasminsavoy @sammihanratty @soapy.t @sophie_nelisse @stevenkrueger @ashlye33 @courtneyeaton @liv.hewson @officialjanewiddop @keeyaking @itskevinalves @lerouxluciano @alexabarajas_ https://www.instagram.com/p/CqMFOLlP6JM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Happy 1st day of @wondercon #2023 get your shopping on!!! I’ll be in the artists alley. I left some breadcrumbs in case you can’t find me!!! #wondercon #wondercon2023 #comiccon #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #design #designer #vector #vectorart #illustrationartists #illustragram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalartwork #digitalillustration #digitalillustrator #dadjoke #dadjokes #pun #encouragemints #mints #mint #minty @wondercon @comic_con @visitanaheim (at WonderCon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqL2gSOvGus/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Hey there weekend warriors, I will be at @wondercon in #anaheim at the #anaheimconventioncenter When? Friday through Sunday. Dates? March 24th-26th, 2023 (didn't ask but included the year to clarify). Check their site for the deets on what time but I believe it opens 11am Friday, and 9-930am on the weekend. Check out my table while you wait for @originalfunko to restock their exclusives. I'll be in Artist Alley at Table F41 (again, yes you read that right…they gave me the exact same table as last time…weird). I’ll be selling mostly prints/proofs, maybe some bags...y’know to carry all yo’ swag in. Anyhow, stop by even if you don't buy anything just don't block the table, or I'II get the hose!! Take care and have a good week! #wondercon #wondercon2023 #comiccon #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #design #designer #vector #vectorart #illustrationartists #illustragram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalartwork #digitalillustration #digitalillustrator #dadjoke #dadjokes #pun #encouragemints #mints #mint #minty @wondercon @comic_con @visitanaheim (at Anaheim Convention Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqGm4jRu09C/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Do not allow people to dim your shine because they are blinded. Tell them to put on some sunglasses, cuz we were born this way, 🤬!” -Lady Gaga @ladygaga Unapologetic, and ready to seize any opportunity this fiery sign is ruled by the God of War #Aries (or #mars), and restarts the cosmic wheel leading us into spring (the vernal equinox). So, happy birthday to all you spring chickens which includes: Jackie Chan Charlemagne Leonardo da Vinci & Vincent van Gogh & Skottie Young Keegan-Michael Key & Tig Notaro Johann Sebastian Bach Emma Watson & Anya Taylor-Joy & Jessica Chastain & Sarah Michelle Gellar Aretha Franklin & Elton John Tim Curry & Pedro Pascal Maya Angelou & Beverly Clearly & Robert Frost Jane Goodall & Wilhelm Rontgen Joseph Pulitzer Andrew Lloyd Webber & Stephen Sondheim Francis Ford Coppola & Edgar Wright Kareem Abdul-Jabbar & Peyton Manning …and so many, many, many more...lots of actors under this sign. As for the origin tale…. In their tale of ascension, #Chrysomallus is sent by the nymph #Nephele to rescue her children #Phrixus & #Helle from being sacrificed to Zeus by their stepmother #Ino in order to end the blight devastating the land. Sadly Helle does not survive the tale, but lives on as commemorated by the #Hellesport a strait bearing her name. Phrixus is brought to #Colchis (modern-day country of Georgia), and then sacrifices the ram to Zeus, while placing the fleece in a grove sacred to the war God Aries. It will reside here undisturbed until revisited in the story of Jason and the Argonauts. #astrology #horoscope #vectorart #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #design #designer #orangecountyart #orangecountyartist #losangelesart #losangelesartist #stilesofart @adobe @photoshop @_adobeillustrator_ @jackiechan @skottieyoung @keeganmichaelkey @emmawatson @anyataylorjoy @jessicachastain @sarahmgellar @arethafranklin @eltonjohn @pascalispunk @drmayaangelou @janegoodallinst @realsondheim @coppolawine @edgarwright @kareemabduljabbar_33 @peytonmanning https://www.instagram.com/p/CqA2GiwLlz5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Daywalker!!! One of the first #marvel movies that comes to memory(MCU who?), is #blade starring #wesleysnipes #nbushewright #stephendorff #kriskristofferson #arlyjover #tracilords #donallogue #sanaalathan and many more (not all illustrated either there just wasn’t enough space). So for #gallery1988 @galleries1988 #25yearslater films from #1998 I decided if it was time to give this gem it’s proper honoring. The show is live (online) so check out my work and many other on the gallery’s website! I’ve been posting Timelapse’s of the piece, but apparently I somehow forgot to post the final image, and snippets! 🤬🤯 I’m the worst at social media please forgive me!!! 🤣🤣🤣 #daywalker #comic #comics #marvel #comicbookart #marvelcinematicuniverse #mcu #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalartist #procreate #adobephotoshop #photoshop #stilesofart @procreate @marvel @marvelstudios @adobe @adobecreativecloud @realwesleysnipes @nbushe_wright @kristofferson @donalflogue @sanaalathan @tracilords (at Gallery 1988: LA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpQPwAHuZ4z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“I don’t entirely approve of some of the things I have done, or am, or have been. But I am me. God knows I am me.” – Elizabeth Taylor “I feel attacked”…said every Pisces everywhere. LOL. 😘 Triggering aside, self awareness is a blessing and a curse, I hear ya LIz! ✊🏼 Chances are you know a Pisces, love ‘em, or fear ‘em, NO ONE feels deeper than a #fish. Coy, observing, and ruled by the planets #Jupiter, & #Neptune it is also home to some fairly recognizable figures like: Mr. (Fred) Rogers 🏠 Steve Jobs🍎 Johnny Cash AND George Harrison AND Kurt Cobain 🎸 Dr. Seuss📚 Andrew Jackson AND James Madison AND Grover Cleveland🏛 Michelangelo AND Renoir Bad Bunny AND Common🎤 @common Bruce Willis AND Kurt Russel AND Oscar Isaac AND Jon Hamm 🎭 @dobledebruce Federic Chopin🎹 Desi Arnaz 🍿 Spike Lee 🎬 @offcialsikelee
Elizabeth Taylor AND Glenn Close AND Rachel Weisz AND Dakota Fanning 🎥 @glennclose @dakotafanning Ovid✒️ The Notorious R.B.G. (Ruth Bader Ginsberg)👩🏻‍⚖️ Stephen Curry AND Simone Biles 🏀🏅 @stephencurry30 @simonebiles Elliot Page🎞 @elliotpage Nicolas Copernicus🔭 Chuck Norris🥋 @chucknorris Karen Carpenter AND Queen Latifah AND Rhianna 🎶 @queenlatifah Trevor Noah AND Wanda Sykes📺 @trevornoah @iamwandasykes Like most, the origin is a bit tangled, but a few thing remain consistent. Most agree that the #titan #typhon descends on #MountOlympous to destroy the #gods and the majority flee in the guise of animals…with the exception of #Aphrodite and #Eros . In the most popular version, Zeus either transforms them into fish and binds their tales together so they do not lose one another, OR two fish help the Godlings escape on their backs in the #Euphrates . Another version states these two fish discovered an egg, brought it to shore, and when it hatched, and out came Aphrodite. Regardless, the two fish were awarded a home among the stars. #zodiac #astrology #horoscope #vectorart #greek #mythology #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artwork #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration @procreate @adobe @photoshop @_adobeillustrator_ https://www.instagram.com/p/Co0yUQCrBtH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Want the story behind this? Check out my blog (link in bio), as the answer lies within! There you can learn about how I crafted this illustration, and the long hiatus between its inception, and completion (there’s a lesson here). Also...if you know me, ask me for the uncensored content in person. LOL #idiotbox #hbo #hbomax #theoutsider #theoutsiderhbo #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #illustrationartists #illustragram #illustrationart #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalpainting @procreate #procreate #ipadpro #adobe @adobephotoshop #artistsoninstagram #artistsofinstagram #illustratorforhire #design (at Gallery 1988: LA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CoVCJNvulne/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Behold and welcome!!! Syrup’s Magic Shop (circa LTTP) poster now available at Galleries1988 as part of their ‘Product Placement’ show. Measuring in at 11”x 17” on 100lb Cover. The group show opens online January 27th, if interested in purchasing, or to see other works availabke in this collection, please check the gallery’s website. #linktothepast #linktothepastoc #thelegendofzeldaalinktothepast #thelegendofzelda #legendofzelda #zelda #link #syrup #witch #potion #potions #powders #rupees #rupee #magic #magicshop #shop #commerce #smallbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration #timelapse #timelapsesketch #timelapsedrawing @procreate @adobe @adobe creative cloud (at Gallery 1988: LA) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn8Vu2eLJg7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“I’ve had my Phil” Final image (➡️slide) measures in at 10” x 10”, and is printed on 100lb Cover, available through Gallery1988 as part of their 30th Anniversary Show dedicated to the film. The show opens online today and all works will be available on the gallery’s site for purchase. #billmurrray #phil #puxatawnyphil #groundhogday #groundhog #sonnybono #cher #sonnyandcher #igotyoubabe #repeat #brokenrecord #record #vinyl #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustrator @procreate @corelpainter @adobe @photoshop @adobecreativecloud (at Gallery 1988: LA) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn7SVdmpfCU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody, come sit next to me.” -Alice Roosevelt Longworth Ah that wicked, wicked aquarian charm.This fickle #air sign and lil waterbearer is ruled by the planet #Uranus who are known as ‘deep thinker’, and ‘revelers of intellect’. Now on for the honorable mentions:f Mozart AND Bob Marley 🎶 Michael Jordan🏀 Jennifer Aniston🍿 @jenniferaniston Abraham Lincoln AND Franklin D. Roosevelt AND Ronald Reagan AND William Mckinley 🏛 Thomas Edison🌩 Frederick Douglass🪶 Harry Styles AND Ed Sheeran AND Justin Timberlake🎤 @harrystyles @teddysphotos @justintimberlake Charles Darwin🧭 Cristiano Ronaldo⚽️ @cristiano Mark Spitz AND Greg Louganis🏊‍♂️ @markspitzusa @greglouganis Oprah Winfrey AND Aresenio Hall 📺 @oprah @arseniohall Alice Cooper 🤘 @alicecooper Rosa Parks 🚌 Galileo✨ Charles Dickens AND Virginia Woolf📚 Simon Pegg🎥 @simonpegg Sheryl Crow🎼 @sherylcrow David Lynch🎬 @daily_lynch Peter Gabriel AND Phil Collins🎧 @itspetergabriel @officialphilcollins Now, before becoming the #constellation known as #aquarius , the #sign was originally a mortal youth named #Ganymede (son of King Tros ), who enamored the gods, and was swept away by #Zeus (in the form of an eagle naturally). Taken to #Olympus , Ganymede would spend the rest of his days as the cup-bearer of Zeus. Ganymede was then given immortality (the first mortal recorded as being given this gift), and eventually placed among the stars. Ganymede is also the name of one of the planet Jupiter’s satellites. Happy bday you audacious Aquarians!!! #zodiac #astrology #horoscope #vectorart #greek #mythology #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artwork #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #design #orangecountyartist #losangelesartist #stilesofart @procreate @adobe @photoshop @adobeillustrator._ https://www.instagram.com/p/Cnp1kkfSPG9/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him.” -Aldous Huxley Sounds like the stubborn optimism of a #Capricorn if you ask me, but no did, so….. Today also marks the (winter) #Solstice, and the longest night of the year. Now if you share a bday with these magnificent creatures, rejoice, as you are in good ranks! LeBron James David Bowie AND Dolly Parton @dollyparton Kate Moss @katemossagency Martin Luther King Jr. Stan Lee AND Betty White @therealstanlee @bettymwhite Issa Rae @issarae Stephen Hawking AND Isaac Newton AND George Washington Carver AND Louis Pasteur Eli Manning Betsy Ross AND Clara Barton Michelle Obama @michelleobama Muhammad Ali AND George Foreman Henri Matisse AND Paul Cezanne Kirstie Alley 💔 @kirstiealley John Carpenter AND Hayao Miyazaki @johncarpenterofficial Rod Sterling It’s really an endless list of so many capriciously creative Capricorns! Ruled by the mighty #Saturn (Cronos/Kronos/Cronus) this #earth sign’s story is rather muddled. The more popular tale involves #Bacchus or #Pan transforming themselves into this hybrid creature to escape the rampaging #Typhon via a river, while simultaneously trying to scare it away. #Zeus was so impressed, he placed the creature among the stars. Another tale states that a goat created a horn called #panikos which Zeus used to help defeat the #Titans . It is also from this word we get the term #panic (fun fact). So there you have it, brief for once, and still just as confusing!! Take care, happy holidays, and good health! #astrology #horoscope #vectorart #zodiac #greek #mythology #cronos #winter #wintersolstice #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration @procreate @adobe @photoshop @_adobeillustrator_ https://www.instagram.com/p/CmcPm1GvRPu/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

It’s FRIDAAAAY!!! It’s also the second weekend of December…finished shopping yet? NO?!! Well have I got the answer for you friend! Step on up (or down), to Gallery1988, and check-out (see what I did there…well you will), their new show debuting tonight in celebration of the Los Angeles Public Library, and it’s 150th Anniversary. Now I won’t bore you with details about it’s founding in 1872 on Temple & Main in Downey California, or how vast it’s collection is. No, no. Why would I when you can purchase one of these lovely LIMITED EDITION (of 150) pins dedicated to this inspirational powerhouse? In addition to the nifty antique silver keepsake (courtesy of Alchemy Merch), you will also be receiving (with purchase), a goldmine of a backer complete with LAPL’s history! Head on over to the gallery, or their website, and check-in before all these gems get checked-out! 😉 #LosAngeles #LosAngelesPublicLibrary #LAPL #California #Downey #150th #anniversary #Library #Book #books #reading #read #fiction #nonfiction #novel #learn #learning #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #design #designer #librarycard #librarian #typography #font #lettering #checkin #checkout @galleries1988 @lapubliclibrary @alchemy.merch (at Gallery 1988: LA) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9G9YKpLAa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Yo! Throwback to that time I did that thing and then finally got around to writing about it on my blog. If you’re ever curious as to how I do that voodoo that I do so well, here’s your chance. Link in bio (if you got this far it’s not that much more work)!! #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #illustrationartists #illustragram #illustrationart #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalillustration #digitalpainting #fantasyart #fantasyartist #fantasyillustration #conanthebarbarianart #conanthebarbarian1982 #hyboreanage #hyborianage #JamesEarlJones #ThulsaDoom #ValerieQuennessen #PrincessYasimina #conanthebarbarian #conan #robertehoward #johnmilius #oliverstone @officialoliversone @procreate #procreate @malmberg.fredrik https://www.instagram.com/p/CljYC1RpsLh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss it, you will land among the stars.” -Les Brown No truer words spoken to describe the actions of the ambitious Sag. Ruled by #Jupiter (#Zeus), we enter this #fire sign, and ninth child of the #Zodiac on November 22nd. So happy bday to all you world conquering centaurs, and check out who you may share a birthday with. Joseph Stalin AND Winston Churchill Tina Turner @tinaturner Ludwig van Beethoven Gianni Versace Nostradamus Samuel L. Jackson @samuelljackson Jane Austen AND Emily Dickinson Christina Applegate John Stewart Steven Spielberg AND Sir Ridley Scott @ridleyscottcg Bruce Lee AND Chadwick Boseman @chadwickboseman Margaret Cho @margaret_cho Jimi Hendrix AND Keith Richards @officalkeef Winston Churchill Walt Disney AND Walter Knott Andrew Carnegie AND J. Paul Getty C.S. Lewis AND Mark Twain So many talented and historically influential Sag’s!!! As for the origin story, it’s a muddled mess as usual… In one version #Chiron turns himself into a #centaur to escape his wife #Rhea , and he is also associated with the constellation #Centaurus . In another tale Chiron creates both Centaurus & #Sagittarius In another tale, the originator of #archery, #Crotus (the son of the #satyr #Pan) is placed among the stars by Zeus at the request of the #Muses Interestingly enough, the archer’s arrow actually points towards the star #Antares which is the “heart of the scorpion”, or the constellation Scorpio , poised to defend nearby #Heracles or avenge #Orion #astrology #horoscope #vectorart #adobeillustrator #adobephotoshop #artist #art #illustration #illustrator #illustratorsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalartist #digitalillustration @procreate @adobe @photoshop @_adobeillustrator_ https://www.instagram.com/p/ClRivC_vouY/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=