Jesse Fillingham

YOTD - Slumber

2012-01-24T17:51:00.000-08:00

"Slumber" - Mixed media on Strathmore 500

New piece for the Year of the Dragon show at GR2 opening on January 28th. More info.

Prints (Risograph + Screenprint)

2012-01-11T14:36:00.000-08:00

"Will & Wit" - 14" x 11" - 3 layer screenprint for Giant Robot's Printed Matter 10 show. More info here.

"ETA" - 8.5" x 11" - 2 layer Risograph for the second print set we did for Hunters Hunt.

Post-It Show 7

2011-11-18T01:10:00.000-08:00

Here are some post-its I did for Giant Robot's annual Post-It Show. Details below.

Illustration Now! Vol. 4

2011-10-16T11:25:00.001-07:00

The Hunt

2011-09-04T22:46:00.000-07:00

Page from a comic that will be debuting at APE this year (Oct. 1st - 2nd) in San Francisco. I am very excited about it. Details to follow soon!

Sustenance

2011-06-30T15:20:00.001-07:00

This is a piece for a group show in Santa Monica entitled "Force Fields." Benefits from the show go to the group: Against Malaria. Show opens/closes July 2nd: 7:00-10:00pm. Come out for a good cause!

"Scuffle" Sketch

2011-06-23T10:08:00.001-07:00

"Dash" Doodle

2011-06-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

Stump Gif

2011-06-22T15:57:00.000-07:00

Just a quick stump gif for funsies.

Click on the image to make it "move."

New Work - Synthesis

2011-05-16T20:57:00.000-07:00

New paintings currently on display at GR2 in Los Angeles. Pieces can be purchased here.

Synthesis Show

2011-05-16T20:26:00.001-07:00

My work hanging at GR2 in Los Angeles, up until June 8th, chiggity check it out!

2011-05-04T15:39:00.001-07:00

2-person show coming up in less than 2-weeks at GR2 in Los Angeles with Jeni Yang. Come on down!

Smelter

2011-03-12T10:39:00.000-08:00

Piece for Giant Robot's Water Works Show opening on March 19th in Los Angeles. About 18" x 28" - Mixed Media on Strathmore 500 paper.

Cloud (Limit Break)

2011-02-24T21:37:00.000-08:00

Piece for Giant Robot's Game Over show opening March 4th. I chose to do a piece based on Final Fantasy VII.

I have been pretty delinquent with this blog recently, I have a new-found love though: Flickr. I update the flickr account fairly consistently, so keep an eye out on that.

Magnetic Anomalies Show

2010-10-26T16:52:00.000-07:00

Show coming up in San Francisco, super excited!

Healing

2010-10-25T01:10:00.000-07:00

"Healing" - 14" x 10" Mixed Media on Strathmore 500 paper

(sorry about the non-clickability of the images, my blogger isn't behaving. Does anyone know how to fix it????)

***IMAGE CAN BE SEEN MUCH CLEARER HERE, IF YOU ARE SO INCLINED***

Harvest

2010-10-22T17:45:00.000-07:00

New piece for a 4 person show at Giant Robot San Francisco in November. The other talented artists are Nick Arciaga, Leslie Winchester, and Jesse Balmer. Keep posted for more promo information.

process

close-up

Struggle

2010-09-20T22:03:00.000-07:00

This was the last piece I did at Art Center, done in the last week of my grad term. I was able to get it framed and hung for my grad show as well. 

I have been working on a series of images about a group of men I call the Creature Killers that hunt mythological creatures and beasts, namely unicorns. This "myth" first came about as a base for me to work from to experiment with new drawing techniques and processes.

This is basically the Creature Killer "Seal," depicting the struggle of man and beast.

"Struggle"

(blown-up drawing ready for transfer)

(process)

(close-up)

Four Fingers of Death

2010-08-31T19:03:00.000-07:00

Clearcut

2010-08-09T01:39:00.001-07:00

A piece about clearcutting for my Science & Sustainability class this term.

East Meets West, East Loses West

2010-08-02T11:30:00.000-07:00

Piece for an Independent Study with Brian Rea. Based off of a Book Review for Tokyo Fiancée.

Website

2010-07-20T15:53:00.000-07:00

New WEBSITE finally! Go check it out! Expect some slight changes soon.

Robert Wilson

2010-06-25T16:30:00.000-07:00

Robert Wilson, a character from Ernest Hemingway's short story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber." He is a guide helping out a young married couple as they hunt lions and other big-game animals.

Pliers

2010-06-11T19:22:00.001-07:00

A drawing I did today in Senior Drawing Projects with Jason Holley

The Hunt

2010-06-05T20:57:00.000-07:00

A couple in-class drawings from Senior Drawing Projects. I was thinking about the short story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" by Mr. Hemingway which I will be doing a more finished illustration of in the near future.

2010-05-24T23:57:00.001-07:00

Ogre Poison

2010-05-03T17:39:00.001-07:00

Eh, ya know.....just some Ogre Poison for the Creature Killers. In days gone by it was a bottle of Gum Arabic. I hand painted the label and adhered it to the cleaned up bottle, then made the top out of sculpey and gold spraypaint. The "liquid" inside is actually a solid that consists of Liquin Light Gel and FW Acrylic Ink for color.

2010-04-25T11:26:00.000-07:00

A diptych consisting of (2) 36"x48" panels. It's about a time when I was 4 years old and I fell in a hole and slipped a disc in my back. Done for Senior Painting Projects with the Clayton Brothers.

MM...RAINBOWS

2010-04-20T18:29:00.000-07:00

8"x8" portrait of Mr. Thom Yorke

6"x9" portrait of MF DOOM

2010-04-20T18:24:00.000-07:00

Drawing of James "The Wildman" Chong as a Creature Killer

2010-04-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

Squeeze

2010-04-02T14:34:00.001-07:00

2010-03-28T15:24:00.000-07:00

Unicornus Killum

2010-03-21T18:22:00.001-07:00

2010-03-12T08:51:00.000-08:00

Fatalist Palmistry

2010-03-11T12:03:00.001-08:00

A piece based on the Why? song "Fatalist Palmistry" for Notorious.

2010-03-10T20:31:00.001-08:00

2010-03-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

Cauliflower Ear

2010-03-03T20:17:00.000-08:00

Portrait of my good friend Nate. 16"x20" Acrylic on cradled wood panel.

2010-02-25T13:39:00.000-08:00

2010-02-17T18:47:00.000-08:00

A little V-Day present for my lady friend. Acrylic on (2) 6"x6" panel.

2010-02-17T18:45:00.000-08:00

2010-02-06T19:02:00.001-08:00

"That's not an MP, thats a YP, your problem"

2010-02-05T14:01:00.000-08:00

9" x 12" Acrylic on wood panel. Mr. William H. Macy from Boogie Nights.

Creature Killers

2010-02-02T17:39:00.001-08:00

Some images inspired by my first in-class drawing for Senior Drawing Projects

Some Sketchbook Action, Dos

2010-01-27T18:31:00.001-08:00

"Fun, Chase"

2010-01-27T18:27:00.001-08:00

This was an in-class drawing done in Senior Drawing Projects with Jason Holley. "Fun" and "chase" were the two words that I used as a starting point.

Competitions

2010-01-20T18:58:00.000-08:00

Some exciting news, I am currently in Creative Quarterly 17 and 3x3! My Why piece got into 3x3 and my Cerberus piece got a Silver in Creative Quarterly. Check em out!

Hunting Accident

2009-12-13T14:57:00.001-08:00

Term long assignment for Supersized. These are "artifacts" from a hunting accident. My first attempt at sewing. It is all felt except for the blood, which is satin.

Adam/Eve

2009-12-04T17:09:00.000-08:00

This was a piece I just came across recently that was done for Illustration for Publishing about a year ago. It (believe it or not) was a breakthrough for me in terms of dealing with media/line/color.

2009-12-02T15:56:00.000-08:00

Q&A

2009-11-26T12:34:00.001-08:00

Supersized

2009-11-24T21:21:00.001-08:00

In progress shots of my hunting scene for Supersized. Everything is felt. I am really happy with how the leaves are looking.

Photoshop Fun

2009-11-19T11:17:00.000-08:00

Just messing around and experimenting in Photoshop.
Some pretty cool things can happen.

Lettering

2009-11-18T18:43:00.000-08:00

"debut"

Supposed to be my initials "JBF"

"Tiresias"

"glimpse"

"fin"

TGZ

2009-11-18T00:01:00.000-08:00

Piece for Think Green Zine

Mark Making

2009-11-11T19:02:00.000-08:00

Some drawings/sketches/plans/lettering done this term for various projects.

Bowie

2009-11-03T16:15:00.001-08:00

The knife, not the man. Project for Supersized. About a 17" felt bowie knife. This is a piece of a much larger project/scene. Stay tuned.

Dr. Henry Antoine Des Voeux

2009-09-25T13:54:00.000-07:00

A piece for Think Green Zine about smog. Started out being a portrait of Dr. Henry Antoine Des Voeux who coined the term smog (smoke+fog) in 1905. Just ended up being a random person engulfed in smog. I still like to think of it being good ole' Henry.

(11"x15" FW Acrylic Ink on Rives BFK)

A-OK

2009-09-09T17:20:00.001-07:00

Quick little 9x12" painting that I did over break for fun.

Some Sketchbook Action

2009-09-03T14:18:00.001-07:00

I bought a new sketchbook a while back but I hadn't spent much time working in it at all while in term.

Now that I have more time I've been working a bit in it. Very fun!

Tiresias

2009-08-29T19:27:00.001-07:00

This is a 4'x9' painting that I did in Media Experimentation. It is a painting of Tiresias
from Greek Mythology. I made three 36"x48" wood panels with my dad. This painting was a huge challenge but pretty fun as well. And it is unfortunately still unfinished. I want to add some snakes and maybe some more faces. Well see.....

Below are some shots of me trying to "freestyle" the face. No reference so it took quite a few tries to get a face and expression that I was happy with.

Masked

2009-08-20T14:49:00.000-07:00

This is a little sculpture I did in Drawing Concepts 2. It is really fun playing with sculpey trying to emulate some of my drawings 3-dimensionally. I'm still not finished with the painting yet though. More detail!

Elephant

2009-08-17T20:50:00.001-07:00

(the sketch)

This was a personal project for Drawing Concepts 2. There were a few ideas behind this one.

*I wanted to draw an animal
*I wanted the animal to be wrinkly
*It was going to be large
*I wanted it to look like the "god" of the animal
that I chose

I chose to do the drawing on 38x50" Lenox paper. I used FW Acrylic Ink for the entire thing.

Linework

Some washes for the shadows.

The Final. Pretty happy with it. It was a lot of work and I learned a lot about being patient!

Artist Edition: TIDE

2009-07-29T15:52:00.000-07:00

This was an assignment for Drawing Concepts 2 with Rob Clayton. Our project was to create an artist edition of some sort. I chose TIDE. I liked the size of the large box of detergent, and I felt that TIDE is a fairly generic brand and it would be fun to retool it a little bit.

The linework. I was instructed to leave the logo the same for the brand's sake. So I kept the basic outline but added a lot of linework in the interior. I also put one of my superhero characters on the front of the box.

The digital file. Figuring out the measurements and layout of the box took a little bit of time.

I emptied the TIDE box and deconstructed it so that I could glue my printed version onto the existing box. I printed it semi-gloss so that it resembled the original packaging.

To make the product even more of an artist edition I thought that it would be cool to put one of my shirts in the box, so that when someone buys the "limited edition detergent" they get a T-shirt. So after I affixed my imagery to the box I glued in an extra piece of cardboard to make a compartment for the shirt.

The finished product. Overall a really fun assignment!

Artist Edition WIP

2009-07-25T14:32:00.000-07:00

This is a close-up of a work in progress for Drawing Concepts 2. Our assignment was to do an artist edition of a product. I chose a box of Tide detergent.

I'm working with some interesting colors, haha.

Scholarship Wall

2009-07-02T22:47:00.000-07:00

Public Art

2009-06-16T17:57:00.001-07:00

This was an assignment for my Drawing Concepts 2 class. We had to create something that interacts with the public in some way. I decided to do a drawing of one of the "superhero" guys that I have been doing recently.

This is the finished drawing, taken into Photoshop and Illustrator and blown up. I initially wanted him to be saying something but opted out to go for something more open ended. It might have been too open ended in the end.

I took the digital file to Kinkos and got it printed out 36"x90" which was awesome because it is super cheap and the blacks were really dark.

I took the printout home and mounted the 9 different parts on rag board and cut them out. I assembled the pieces on location (Raymond Ave. in Pasadena) and snapped some shots. Overall the experience was a good one even though I was nervous being so exposed while putting the piece up. Enjoy!

Portraiture Studies

2009-06-10T11:12:00.000-07:00

Just a few in-class and workshop paintings from Portraiture with David Luce last term.

http://portraits.com

2009-06-08T16:32:00.000-07:00

Just a quick update. My midterm painting for my Portraiture class was
featured on http://portraits.com
Thanks to Greg for the interest in my painting.

Go check it out!

Media Experimentation

2009-06-06T13:47:00.000-07:00

Here are some process shots from my Media Experimentation class. The Clayton Bros. did a gouache demo and we had to practice that technique for homework. This technique is called a "gouache wash off."
(sorry about the crappy photos)

Old Man and Sea 35mm

2009-06-05T18:17:00.000-07:00

Just a little 35mm photo of one of my screen prints from last term taken with my Minolta X 370.

Process Shots: Cerberus

2009-06-02T13:58:00.001-07:00

The initial sketch on an 8x10" piece of paper. I scanned the sketch and blew it up to fit comfortably on a 17x23" piece of paper and printed it out on regular printer paper.

The next step was using my "lightbox" (an 18x24" frame without the backing and a strong light on the floor) to transfer it to Cream Rives BFK. I used FW Acrylic Inks for the entire piece.

The linework in progress.

The finished piece after adding the river Styx, a boat and Cerberus' mother and father.

Madlib

2009-05-15T12:10:00.001-07:00

Just a quick sketchbook drawing of Madlib done over break.
I've been obsessed with his music for a bit.

M POSTER

2009-04-20T10:50:00.000-07:00

Poster from Advanced Illustration Studio with David Tillinghast for the movie M.

Portraiture

2009-04-20T10:26:00.001-07:00

Some shots of my midterm painting for Portraiture with David Luce.

Cave

2009-04-02T10:30:00.001-07:00

This piece was done for my Illustraton for Publishing class.
It was inspired by me falling 8 feet into a hole when I was 3 or 4.
I remember being really freaked out because there were shadows moving
around in the "cave."

Advanced Illustration Studio

2009-03-28T16:05:00.001-07:00

These are a few spreads from my book for Advanced Illustration Studio. My theme was about death, and I focused on religion and burial practices.

Advanced Illustration Studio

2009-03-06T19:36:00.001-08:00

a few images from advanced illustration studio

WHY

2009-03-06T19:34:00.001-08:00

Large Format Poster (24"x48") from Illustration Design Lab last term.

Sketchbook

2009-01-10T14:16:00.001-08:00

14 spreads from my Moleskin Watercolor sketchbook...

ATMOSPHERE

2009-01-05T20:35:00.001-08:00

YYAAARRRGGHHH!!!

2008-08-05T18:38:00.000-07:00

Was in Long Beach today for my Portraiture class with Jeff Smith. We were painting at Scott Glazier's boat, which is amazing. It was a great time being by the ocean and painting a piratess on a boat.

7.5" x 11.5" - FW Acrylic Ink on Rives BFK

SDCC 08

2008-08-03T18:18:00.001-07:00

A few photos from Comic-Con. Half of the fun of going there is just for the spectacle.

Bottom left photo posted by special request from Mauricio Abril

Fairfax Farmers Market

2008-07-29T18:40:00.000-07:00

On location again today with my Portraiture class, this time we were at the Fairfax Farmers Market painting while the sweet aroma of coffee and donuts teased my belly!

I am really happy with the finish of this painting. I think it might be my favorite piece done in this class so far. Wrinkles are easily my favorite thing to draw. They make my job a lot easier. I am going to add some text and maybe an image to his newspaper at a later date.

stuff

2008-07-22T15:34:00.001-07:00

On location piece done today in Portraiture class.

Some studies for a series of paintings I'm doing for my final in Portraiture on alcoholic writers. From left to right: Edgar Allen Poe, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, Truman Capote, and Stephen King.

Sketchbook fun.

Homework for Portraiture. Went on location do to a "face of" piece.

On Location

2008-07-15T16:33:00.000-07:00

The past two meetings for my Portraiture class have been on location in L.A.

The first was in Chinatown, we were sitting in the grass on the right side of the picture, it was overall a really fun time. Some "colorful" pedestrians made it even more interesting.

Ballpoint pen drawing

Today we met at Union Station in L.A.
Another fun experience, we got to sit in comphy chairs. We had the same model both times. But for this piece she looks like a dead man. I spent a lot more time on the scarf alone than I did on the face and I think it shows. Oh well.

Arcylic Ink

2008-07-13T12:22:00.000-07:00

I realized I had some king of Painter program on my computer. I decided to try out a Nicolai Fechin master copy. I had a great time doing this, painter is a blast because of all the crazy brushes and textures that there are. I'm looking forward to playing around with Painter in the future.

sketchbook

2008-07-09T13:20:00.000-07:00

started messing around with photoshop a little bit, coloring my drawings from my sketchbook. i need to start playing around with photoshop more because i never use it at all. ive also been using my brush pen a lot, which is fantastic.

2008-06-28T16:20:00.000-07:00

3-20 Min. Figure Drawings

Need to work on my figure drawings more.

Portraiture

2008-06-18T12:46:00.001-07:00

Homework for Portraiture - FW Acrylic Ink on Rives BFK

In-class painting from Portraiture class yesterday.

FW Acrylic Ink on Rives BFK

The Mau Final

2008-06-12T11:26:00.001-07:00

The Mau

2008-06-12T10:58:00.000-07:00

This is a piece done for my portraiture class. Our assignment was to do a portrait of a friend (Mauricio) on a full sheet of Rives BFK (22" x 30"). There were a lot of requirements for this assignment but im not going to go into that

This is the graphite line drawing for the piece. I lightened up the lines with a kneaded eraser before I went in with the FW Acrylic Ink.

I used some watered down acrylic ink to get the line drawing back in the piece. Then went in with blacks to indicate the darkest darks.

After this it is just a very slow process of laying in transparent washes all over the face to achieve the right value and color.

This is the final for the face. After I had all of the washes in place I went back into the piece to add more details. Like the stubble, the teeth, the eyebrows, etc.

Then I got working on the background. Ill post the final in the next post.

SP

2008-06-08T11:24:00.001-07:00

Self Portrait for my Portraiture class
FW Acrylic Inks

Weekend Workshop

2008-06-08T10:12:00.000-07:00

Friday Painting Workshop - 5 hours

Saturday Workshop - 2 hours

HEADS HEADS HEADS

2008-05-28T19:32:00.000-07:00

It seems like all that I have been drawing and painting this term so far is heads, I'm not complaining though because it is extremely fun to draw!

15"x 21" FW Acrylic Ink on Rives BFK

This was done yesterday in Jeff Smith's Portraiture class. When I put it up on the crit rail when the class was done I realized how close in value the kimono and background are. Oh well. I was pretty happy with it.

12"x 20" Acrylic on Matte board (2)

These two were both done in workshop a week apart. The first one was done in 3 hrs. and I was happy with how much I got done, I am happy with the value but there isn't enough color in the face. The second one took about 4 hours. This painting was a huge breakthrough for me in terms of color. For some reason it just clicked and I understood what was going on.

FW Acrylic Ink in-class drawing (Portraiture)

FW Acrylic in 3.5"x 6" Sketchbook

Been having fun in my new sketchbook with acrylic ink. The pages are very thick so they take wet mediums extremely well. Done from photos.

Sketchbook / Portraiture

2008-05-15T17:42:00.001-07:00

I just recently finished my moleskin sketchbook. It is a great feeling because I have never finished a sketchbook before, so I am hoping that this will be the first of many. I uploaded a handful of pages for your viewing pleasure.

The last two images in the bunch are from my first plein air painting excusrion with Mauricio.

I am excited for my portraiture with Jeff Smith, this is a drawing that was done on the first day of class in Acrylic Inks.

Sketching For Illustration

2008-05-13T17:16:00.000-07:00

The first two images are in-class paintings for Sketching for Illustration. The first one is week 11 and the second is week 14. The last image is my final for the same class, painting of a "crime scene."

Saint Francis

2008-05-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

This was my midterm for my Drawing for Illustration class. The theme was a biographical illustration. We were shown a list of well known individuals from the past and the present. We were instructed to pick an individual to illustrate. Gayle didn't want this midterm to be just your run-of-the mill portrait. She wanted these pieces to be more interesting than that and we were instructed to learn about the individual we chose so that we could illustrate something that may be a little know fact to most people. Thus making the piece more interesting to look at.

I was excited to get started on this piece and the research was a blast. Normally comps are a huge struggle for me, and for some reason I came up with four comps that could all conceivably turn into an interesting piece.

In doing my research I read a story about Saint Francis in which he and some friends were walking in the forest. They came upon a group of birds and out of the blue St. Francis started preaching to them. Instead of flying away when St. Francis approached, the birds stayed and listened him.

I thought that the story was interesting and decided to illustrate that.

11"x17" Pen and Ink / Acrylic Ink

Me Too...

2008-05-04T18:45:00.000-07:00

These are a few pieces I did in my Drawing for Illustration class
with Gayle Donahue. I had a great time in this class considering
it was a Pen and Ink class and that is the medium that I am most
comfortable with.