Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Ulises Farinas came out to LA from Brooklyn for his first art exhibition. We showed a collection of drawings and some comic pages, that are hell bent with detail. He draws with a metal nib and dips his pen into ink which sounds like the lost art of drawing. His detail is amazing and anyone who likes to draw will be swallowed up into his world that gets more and more fine as you look at it all. See his art for sale at giantrobot.com The dots in this piece are so fine and amazing. It's seriously detailed as fine as can be.
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Castleforte signed at Giant Robot 2 on sunday. It was a fun event with people of all ages who came to make Papertoy Monsters Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.
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Ulises Farinas Other Places exhibition at Giant Robot 2 Los Angeles. Fine line drawings, a fun opening, and a lot of detailed drawings. The art is currently available for sale here. Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.
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The book signing. Sunday before Martin Luther King's Day, we had a signing and a Papertoy Monster making day. Free templates and a craft table. Family fun that was actually free, but if you bought a book, there's hours and hours of enjoyment contained within. There's 24 templates. 2 each by 12 artists. Castleforte below is the author who put it all together. They might seem easy but these aren't that simple. To get something to look fairly tight takes cutting, tabs, and glue, but these are perforated templates, so cutting, isn't that needed. That's him below. But above was something interesting. These are “special needs” adults who came in a van as a pack and hung out until it was time to make stuff. I was amazed at how happy and excited they were to be there. The woman in pink was talkative and energetic. I had to take her pic. That's the book! The cookie! Wow, a Giant Robot, Big Boss Robot cookie made and baked by Shelly Niimi. Check it out! The raisin eyes work great.
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It's 2:25AM friday night. The bars just let out, and I hear what sounds like a dumpster being emptied and dropped by a truck, but it's magnified. I take a look outside and see a car with it's headlights on facing another car. The street is empty, sans the two cars. How did that happen? I walk down and see a deployed airbag, a kid is walking around saying, “what do I do?” “i'm fucked” “I live right down the street”. He's in shock. He's fine, and I'm there to try and help him out. I suggest calling the police and was hoping the neighbors would come out. He then says, “I don't care about this other car, I just want to get out of here.” Since I was there to help so my first instinct was to help the kid out. I found his front plate which was logged into the parked car. I grabbed it and handed it to him. I gave him a plan to get his car out. Free the front left tire from the fender which looked to be an impossible task. He needed a crow bar or perhaps the Jaws of Life to get his car free. Why was I helping this guy who could have killed someone? It was time for him to be responsible. I told him good luck, and he's stuck.
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