Jeff Chouiniere's Art Blog!

ESCAPE!

2010-07-26T18:17:00.000-07:00

Done!

Escape!

14" x 19"

Ink and Digital

I gotta say this one was a ton of fun to make - I'm gonna keep working with digital, I think there's a lot of potential there. I also really enjoyed working more abstract then usual and I've got a couple other pieces kicking around in my sketchbook I'm gonna pursue.

2010-07-24T09:00:00.000-07:00

More work on the weird piece! Finally have all the linework seperated. Now it's time to stat really getting into the rendering.

2010-07-22T20:32:00.000-07:00

Started blocking in colors - next step rendering! I gotta say, working this way is really freeing; I'm willing to get riskier on my pallet and where I drop colors and I can experiment with the placement.

2010-07-22T11:33:00.001-07:00

Inked, scanned and color pallet picked out. Decided I wanted to stretch my colors a bit on this one...I'm a little scared.

2010-07-21T20:34:00.000-07:00

More work on it. I'm digging it so far.

Tomorrow: Finish inking, get it scanned and cleaned up and then COLOR! muhwahahaha

2010-07-21T08:48:00.000-07:00

Playing around with a bit more abstract/gallery-ish type work. It's kinda fun to not have a specific article or idea to launch off of. I've been doing a lot of free-drawing lately, this just kinda spawned out've it.

Next step - ink!

New Mailers

2010-06-18T12:40:00.000-07:00

Well after the pretty lackluster printing of my original postcards (they really botched the color and a good 2/3's of them printed fuzzy) Vistaprint gave me a pretty spectacular deal on my new batch! So - to follow the old ones up, here are the new designs!

Another attempt at digital

2010-06-10T21:00:00.000-07:00

Another attempt at digital painting. Again - I'm digging it but I don't know if it really feels like me.

Next - new concepts!

More digital!

2010-06-07T14:46:00.000-07:00

So I've been continuing my exploration of digital and how I can make it feel 'natural'. This time I redid the Routes piece.

Next up I'm working on the greyhound piece again along with a couple NEW pieces I've been itching to get done.

Digital painting?! WUH?!

2010-05-23T11:40:00.000-07:00

So, after meeting and talking with a lot of art directors and other artists in my field I've come to the sad sad realization that the world has gone digital and that I severely missed the boat. So I got myself a little tablet and decided to give some actual 'digital painting' a try (more then just the block coloring I'd done in the past).

Now I'm not giving up on traditional just yet but WOW digital is fast (and I kinda dig the outcome a bit - though I still need some more practice and whatnot).

New blog, new website, new mailers...! ARTOVERLOAD!

2010-05-12T19:02:00.000-07:00

So I got my mailers in today - besides a small color shift they look fantastic!

Also, in tribute of my new website design/layout (I dun lurned me some flash) I redid my blog a bit, too!

2010-05-03T10:51:00.001-07:00

Color corrected the new Carmen piece and found the old font and updated it (it feels way better to me).

Getting everything updated for a new website update...ugh

Mailers!

2010-05-03T10:25:00.000-07:00

So I finished throwing together my next set of mailers - Any feedback y'all could give me would be greatly appreciated that way I can catch any mistakes and whatnot before I get them printed.

2010-05-03T09:10:00.000-07:00

More work with acrylic. Just playing around with old concepts while I work out the new medium.

HOLY CRAP A HORIZONTAL-ISH PIECE!

2010-04-22T12:00:00.000-07:00

Went ahead and got the senior gallery piece scanned in before I turned it in. Turns out it wasn't due for another week...o well.

Opens on the Wed. the 12th next month at 11:30, y'all should be there!

2010-04-22T07:24:00.000-07:00

Carmen

~5.5"x11"

Acrylic

Continued exploration of acrylic washes.

I like to go back and redo piece that I liked when I start playing with a new technique or material. That way if something isn't working I know it was the new stuff and not the concept.

2010-04-20T22:48:00.001-07:00

Routes

~11"-21"

acrylic on bfk

My little ode to growing up in suburbia. You're not quite in the city but you're not quite in nature.

So...I think it might be time to invest in a bigger scanner.

That or I need to start working a tiny bit smaller. Sorry about the crappy picture, camera phones don't work too well for taking great archival shots. I'll try to scan this sucker in chunks once the ink is finally dry (in like 3 days...I gotta start doing the borders a little thinner, too.)

Continued exploration of acrylic washes on bfk. I like the texture of the paper but I need to find something that holds up to tape and masking fluid better because this just tears apart when you take it off. I might go back to the watercolor paper...it's just so damned expensive.

2010-03-17T20:33:00.000-07:00

Finally started scanning in some of the work from this Winter.

This is actually turning into an acrylic and oil piece on a huge canvas for a show this summer.

More to come!

2009-12-17T18:04:00.000-08:00

2009-12-08T08:36:00.000-08:00

5 Hour Energy article: About the real effects of 'Energy Shots'

2009-11-21T20:06:00.000-08:00

I've been experimenting alot lately so I'm trying to document my process work in an attempt to find out where I go wrong or what's not working. There's a lot of mixed media going on my brain and the translation tends to get a bit muddy.

So: Self Portrait

9"x18"

Graphite

-Next step acrylics for background and silhouetting.

2009-11-03T04:51:00.000-08:00

Sounds of the South

24"x36"

Oil on Canvas

2009-10-29T19:41:00.001-07:00

So I decided to see if I could get oils to work with my illustrations. I went for something a little easier that I already know for subject matter; revisiting the South picture for a bit of nostalgic value.

I'm not done yet but I'm having a lot of fun watching the in progress steps that I've been taking pictures of.

dichotoME!

2009-10-26T19:15:00.000-07:00

finished.(?)

I'll probably keep going and ruin it at some point.

2009-10-20T13:05:00.000-07:00

Been working with oils alot lately. Definitely something I'd like to get more in tune with my illustration style.

2009-09-14T18:15:00.000-07:00

Guitar Zero?

For an article about whether Guitar Hero type games are helping or hindering music.

Oxi-Cleaned

2009-09-09T12:01:00.001-07:00

For an article about how infomercials are taking over traditional advertisers like Clearchannel.

2009-05-12T11:15:00.000-07:00

"The Dragons are Singing Tonight"

Inking final - I redid some illustrations out've an old children's book I had.

More to come!

Portraits

2009-05-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

Couple fun portraits I did to play with that ink splattering technique as part of the baseline drawing instead of the coloring.

Toejam and Earl

2009-04-30T20:44:00.001-07:00

Preliminary work for the Toejam and Earl piece for Seminar.

....ihatechoo for making me do characters again, Ryan.

Gogol Bordello

2009-04-30T14:04:00.000-07:00

First stab at the Gogol Bordello concert poster. Since my screens wont burn right (...yeah I've gotta buy actual screens soon...) I'm trying this technique me and Joe talked about - basically mimicking screen printing on an inkjet printer.

Oh and Gogol Bordello with Man Man playing Boston in June?! How the hell did that slip under my radar?!...I'm slipping.

Another attempt at Carmen

2009-04-22T06:09:00.000-07:00

I decided to take another stab at the Carmen piece.

Open House Award

2009-04-21T15:50:00.001-07:00

Bridget Endowed Fund - $1000 tuition credit Jeffrey Chouiniere

Presented by Mark Hoffmann

Criteria: This scholarship is to be designated for students who have excelled artistically and academically concentrating in any medium who will be continuing at Montserrat College of Art. Secondly, priority will be given to students with significant financial need. It can be awarded to any academic department.

This fund is named in honor of Gail von Metzsch’s mother, Bridget, the daughter of poor Irish immigrants who had to leave school in ninth grade to work and contribute to the family income after her father’s death. Throughout her life, Bridget emphasized the value of an education and instilled this value in her daughter, Gail by reiterating how much she enjoyed school.

Gail believes strongly that if Bridget had had an opportunity to continue her education it would have made a significant difference in her life. This scholarship is established as a fitting tribute to her influence as a role model and a loving mother.

...Wish I would've gone >_<

2009-04-21T10:47:00.001-07:00

Breast cancer fluff piece.

2009-04-12T20:18:00.000-07:00

Of all people I was asked to make a piece of work to be auctioned off for a breast cancer awareness thing. Seriously?

Current work!

2009-04-12T20:14:00.001-07:00

I was bored.

Infographic for Venuszine magazine (this may actually get published!)

Movie poster 'unnamed' (get on it guys!)

Theatre poster for Carmen

Digital Catch-up

2009-04-12T20:08:00.001-07:00

Illustration Seminar catch up

2009-04-12T20:04:00.000-07:00

PSA for a greyhound racing rehabilitation group.

Men's Health: Abusing the Pill

Esquire: How to Wear a Black Tie

Yankee: Beating Seasonal Depression

Illustration 4!

2009-04-12T19:54:00.001-07:00

Wilco concert poster

'sound'

American Airlines advertisement "grow your miles faster"

Illustration 3!

2009-04-12T19:47:00.000-07:00

Here's the last of last semester's uploads. Illustration 3 with Joe!

Portrait of Ben Folds

Alphabet book pages

Article about Men and Myspace (and the lack of sex organs men have to exploit comparatively).

Portrait of the amazingly multi-talented Dennis Hopper.

More editorial!

2009-04-12T19:44:00.000-07:00

For an article about girls growing up too fast.

Portrait of Tom Waits

For an article about women getting cleavage tattoos.

Now for Editorial!

2009-04-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Well here's some more catch-up work from last semster. This time it's Lauren's Editorial Illustration class. Enjoy!

For an article about a girl who regrets getting married too young.

Spot illustration for the subject of "Nature vs. Nurture"

For an article about the westernization of the east.

For an article about the death of Starbucks.

2009-04-12T19:40:00.001-07:00

Abe Lincoln the pirate.
sic semper tYAAAAAARannis

Children's Book from last semester.

2009-04-12T19:27:00.000-07:00

I guess I'll start this party off with some work from last semester, get caught up a little.

This is some've the children's book stuff from Kelly's Children's Book Illustration class.

a couple character concepts from class.

Some of the sample pages we had to make along with the cover.

And a sample page (with no text >_<>