tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64543885778497214092008-04-01T14:14:43.950-05:00JasharBlogjasharBlogger281125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-51967324119894493822008-04-01T10:56:00.005-05:002008-04-01T11:57:40.431-05:00Important announcementI'm in the process of revamping my website. The new look will (hopefully) be launching tomorrow. <span style="font-weight: bold;">If your bookmark for this blog doesn't work tomorrow, please visit </span><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://jasharawan.com/">jasharawan.com</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span> JasharBlog might not be found at its current web address but it will still be an integral part of jasharawan.com.jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-34761270030250977022008-03-31T11:11:00.006-05:002008-03-31T12:29:58.130-05:00Kimya Dawson<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/kimya.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/kimya.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"Kimya Dawson," The New Yorker, April 7, 2008<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/kimyacolor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/kimyacolor.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Here's a portrait of Kimya Dawson done for the New Yorker (plus some of the color variations I went through to get to the final). I was pretty excited to get this assignment because I like the Moldy Peaches. It's nice they're getting some recognition (albeit post-breakup, er, "hiatus").<br /><br />Listen to Kimya's solo work <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kimyadawson">here</a>.</div></div><br /><br /><object height="330" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/m_rMjRO7IRc&hl=en"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/m_rMjRO7IRc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The Moldy Peaches - Anyone Else but You<br />(y'know- that song from 'Juno')<br /></span></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-49238321539719659792008-03-28T00:22:00.005-05:002008-03-31T12:08:44.136-05:00Old School/ New School<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/mockup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/mockup.jpg" alt="" border="0" /><span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on down" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;">(click image to enlarge)<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some mock-up character designs I did earlier in the year for an ad agency. I recently realized that afros have become a recurring theme in my work (see <a href="http://jasharawan.com/pages/snoop.html">here</a>, <a href="http://jasharawan.com/pages/sharondap.html">here</a>, <a href="http://jasharawan.com/pages/elusive.html">here</a>, <a href="http://jasharawan.com/pages/bbb.html">here</a> and <a href="http://jasharawan.com/2008/03/kimya-dawson.html">be sure to tune in Monday</a>)...<br /></div></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-47781035278803699752008-03-27T12:22:00.000-05:002008-03-27T11:26:57.144-05:00Central Park<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/centralpark.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/centralpark.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">right outside of Central Park Zoo </span><br /></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-76909461602169368422008-03-24T14:13:00.002-05:002008-03-24T14:25:54.418-05:00Iraq Band<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/heavymetal.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/heavymetal.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"Heavy Metal in Baghdad," The New Yorker, March 31, 2008</span><br /></div>You can read Sasha Frere-Jones' Critics Notebook piece on Acrassicauda <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2008/03/31/080331gonb_GOAT_notebook_frerejones">here</a> and watch the trailer for "Heavy Metal in Baghdad" <a href="http://www.heavymetalinbaghdad.com/">here</a>.<br />Below are some unused sketches for the illustration.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/heavysketch1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/heavysketch1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/heavysketch3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/heavysketch3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-86093414789694940882008-03-19T01:34:00.001-05:002008-03-19T15:49:58.968-05:00The Madness of the Upper Class<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/money.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/money.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"The Madness of the Upper Class," The L Magazine, March 19-25, 2008<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Money Issue of the L Magazine hits stands today! I was asked to illustrate a story </span>about renting a room in a decaying upper east side penthouse. The climax of the story comes with the narrator and a relative of the owners discovering a bottle of 19th century port stashed behind the wainscoting.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/winespot.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/winespot.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>You can read the story <a href="http://thelmagazine.com/6/7/feature/feature1.cfm?ctype=1">here</a>.</div></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-82152470235702048742008-03-18T10:57:00.005-05:002008-03-18T18:04:59.111-05:00Posts of note-Rocket Gosh! Check out some color work I did for Nick Cacciola over at <a href="http://rocketsuperb.blogspot.com/2008/03/rocketgosh.html">rocketsuperb.com</a><br /><br />-Em's got her own blog over at <a href="http://poppypod.blogspot.com/">Poppypod</a>.<br /><br />-Hey! Drew's got a blog too- a <a href="http://andrewdegraffillo.blogspot.com/">degrafflog</a>, to be precise.<br /><br />-Fish's Eddy is having a sale! Pick up some of <a href="http://www.fishseddy.com/browse.cfm/2,130.html">Jordie's dinnerware</a> from his sketchbook series.jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-65984183291511334332008-03-13T13:41:00.003-05:002008-03-13T13:53:38.883-05:00Welcome Friend or FoeIlana, Em and I have started a blog with some of our fellow illustrators/ bar buddies. Ilana described the blog's statement of purpose as "sort of like back in art school when seeing your work up on the wall with everyone else made you want to try that much harder and gave you a bit of vital perspective to boot" and that sounds like a good goal to me.<br />It just kicked off yesterday so be on the lookout for upcoming art, news and discussion of the path in life we've chosen.<br /><a href="http://welcomefriendorfoe.blogspot.com/">Welcome friend or foe!</a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-11883446401714664552008-03-13T13:39:00.001-05:002008-03-13T13:41:27.556-05:00Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/indianajones.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/indianajones.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-53923702413945875072008-03-12T15:51:00.000-05:002008-03-12T15:52:43.488-05:00Hands Up<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/handsup.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/handsup.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-2743799349895547832008-03-10T13:28:00.002-05:002008-03-10T13:32:14.280-05:00Too much fun<a href="http://ghostshrimp.net/">New Ghostshrimp site!</a> <span style="display: block;" id="formatbar_Buttons"><span class="on" style="display: block;" id="formatbar_CreateLink" title="Link" onmouseover="ButtonHoverOn(this);" onmouseout="ButtonHoverOff(this);" onmouseup="" onmousedown="CheckFormatting(event);FormatbarButton('richeditorframe', this, 8);ButtonMouseDown(this);"></span></span>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-25911287063412277172008-03-10T11:49:00.005-05:002008-03-10T11:59:15.987-05:00Blind Mountain<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/blindmountain.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/blindmountain.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"Blind Mountain," The New Yorker, March 17, 2008</span><br /></div>Li Yang's latest film tells the story of a young Chinese woman who is kidnapped and taken to a remote village where she is sold as a bride. For this piece, the art director asked me to do the drawing large scale and with a brush. Here are some unused sketches:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/blindsketch3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/blindsketch3.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/blindsketch4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/blindsketch4.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-38436318039175519942008-03-07T11:20:00.001-05:002008-03-07T11:22:33.510-05:00Ziggy played guitar<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/ziggy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/ziggy.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-14450022285175699612008-03-06T13:09:00.002-05:002008-03-06T13:15:49.418-05:00The Prophet<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/prophet.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/prophet.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-33024993921937748432008-03-05T12:39:00.002-05:002008-03-05T12:41:28.974-05:00Empire<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/empire1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/empire1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/empire2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/empire2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-45530397082712585332008-03-03T11:45:00.001-05:002008-03-03T11:47:34.847-05:00Mountains<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/mountains.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/mountains.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>The background for an upcoming illo...jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-26246648497577373402008-02-29T15:12:00.001-05:002008-02-29T15:13:44.292-05:00Back Page<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/doodle.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/doodle.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-65564081465068477182008-02-27T17:52:00.000-05:002008-02-27T17:53:18.532-05:00Mitchum<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/mitchum2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/mitchum2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-2483271554951689042008-02-27T12:35:00.003-05:002008-02-28T17:51:57.663-05:00SupertrashEarlier this month, Portland's Bagdad theater was the site of the first <a href="http://www.myspace.com/supertrashfest">"Supertrash Film Fest & Exhibition."</a> Jason Leivian, the art exhibition organizer, asked illustrators to reimagine posters for their favorite grindhouse and B-movies. Here are some pics from the lobby during the screenings:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/uploaded_images/-1-779014.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://jasharawan.com/uploaded_images/-1-779011.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/uploaded_images/-2-760217.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://jasharawan.com/uploaded_images/-2-760214.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/uploaded_images/-3-737965.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://jasharawan.com/uploaded_images/-3-737959.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">photos courtesy of Jason Leivian<br /><br /></span></div>You can see my poster <a href="http://jasharawan.com/2008/01/remo-williams.html">here</a>. Jason is still accepting poster submissions for future shows and the upcoming Fantagraphics book.jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-8971653973473739182008-02-26T16:44:00.002-05:002008-02-26T16:46:17.827-05:00Margot at the Wedding<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/margotatthewedding.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/margotatthewedding.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Nicole Kidman</span><br /></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-31728528058215154232008-02-25T12:47:00.004-05:002008-02-25T12:51:58.832-05:00Split Decision<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/split.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/illoimages/split.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">"Split Decision," The Progressive, March 2008</span><br /></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-73057944577656870432008-02-22T19:55:00.003-05:002008-02-22T19:58:32.432-05:00Let's all meet up in the year 2000...<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/jarvis.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/jarvis.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Jarvis Cocker</span><br /></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-56953313796700546292008-02-21T20:23:00.002-05:002008-02-21T20:26:10.812-05:00Elastica<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/elastica.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/elastica.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justine_Frischmann" title="Justine Frischmann"></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Justine Frischmann<br /></span></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-69394242018397582632008-02-20T15:17:00.003-05:002008-02-20T15:21:02.263-05:00Carl Theodor Dreyer<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/dreyer.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/dreyer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/dreyer2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/dreyer2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">Unused illustrations. The top one was done in one hour.</span><br /></div>jashartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454388577849721409.post-26077125397635184212008-02-19T13:15:00.002-05:002008-02-19T13:21:46.696-05:00Waiting Room<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/audience.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://jasharawan.com/images/blogimages/audience.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>jashar