acardart

yes, it has been a long time

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:53:29 GMT

Hello all,

You may notice that my name has changed. Yes, ye olde rename token was bought and probably at some point in the future i will purge this account. However, in the meantime, if you'd like to add my renamed account search the username acardart (yep, all i did was switch)

Best,

Alison Cardinale

It might've been a while

Sat, 16 Jun 2007 17:43:15 GMT

But i'm still alive and ticking!

My sketchbooks have now been officially listed and ready to sell on etsy. You should check them out, I think they look particularly snazzy (and that's not just because I'm biased or nothing....)
Click the images to get to the listing, you know you want to....

Next up, working on robot sketches.

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:25:08 GMT

I still need to change the colors and tones on all the leaves, do some shading but not too bad so far i feel.

Mostly shading, this is an easy one because it doesn't require much color. Maybe I'll ghost something behind the words/word balloons.

also - as i started coloring her she started to remind me of Dr.Cox's wife/ex wife (i haven't followed) in Scrubs :P

Alright, now onto teh sex. The first image is a color update on the tentacle piece from a while back. I still have a few things left to shade on it.
The second image I'm just going to let you figure out what I'm trying to illustrate specifically there. I think I'm going to go in and work the background a little more, doesn't look right to me
Click for teh sexiness!;

Fri, 09 Mar 2007 14:24:43 GMT

This' actually something I've been meaning to do for a while now. Because I own a domain name I get spam. By the Hundreds. Daily. Most times it's the same message/image 50x more then necessary trying to sell me pills to further my erection or some other type from canada(the newest wave)...but occasionally I end up with text bodies of complete and utter nonscense that strike a cord in me.
And so I bring you my inspirations, my "Spam stories"

text was "Fall foliage average high!"

text's all in there from the email

Looking at it now I think i need to put a question mark behind the little girl's head. When it's colored the "moon glow" comment will make more sense

Next up, working on more sexy/masturbation material.
You'll understand later. There will be a thumbnail cut, it is *not* WS.

Art excercise

Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:20:35 GMT

Inspired by Iconotrast's post earlier today....

A nice little art exercise to get those juices flowing!

Tentacles!

Thu, 22 Feb 2007 19:31:48 GMT

The first stages, what do you think? For a book submission

Click for more~

i think i got everything....

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:05:50 GMT

From meg hunt's art meme..
The task was to illustrate a yeticorn cutting itself while drinking a PBR, while riding a british T-rex that's crying a single tear, surrounded by a cloud of moths; with drippy colors and halftones all over the place. the PBR can has a jetpack, and in the background abe lincoln is playing guitar hero. lincoln has one angel wing and one devil wing. the t-rex has the head of a baby and deer antlers, and there's a heart hanging on one of the horns. oh, and the yeticorn's horn is actually a phonogram horn, that plays a tune that says 'i don't get it.'

2/3 complete

Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:36:34 GMT

Shading and alterations complete on 2/3, thoughts?

News illustrations

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:44:27 GMT

I decided, a little late, to take part in this week's Illustration friday topic, "sprout". Same here, shading and maybe a few more layers of color.

While the first doesn't have the exact article because i save them to my computer, it still covers the same issue. Click the image for the article provided.

First up, bird flu and the killing of thousands of british turkeys to try and stop the spread of birdflu. I still need to do all the shading and whispy smoky stuff to the different layers but this is what i have so far

Second we have and article on investigators checking out coca cola products that claim to have "voodoo nutrition", aka they put less calories into your body and green tea extrcts combined with caffeine burns more energy then you take in. At this point I think I'm just going to work on shading. Thoughts?

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:33:47 GMT

or at least the beginnings of it.

What i decided to do was take articles in das news and illustrate them on my own.

The first article was on women getting uterus transplants and the controversey of medical vs ethics vs emotions involved of a women's reproductive system.

Second was from an article about a man who ever since he won the lottery has had the worst luck of his entire life. He's gone into dept, various family members have died/oded, he's being sued from every angle...the check will read "congradulations you've won..." but right now it is missing. alas

Lastly from an article on the weather in the midwest and the rising death toll from the storms

So what do you guys think of it so far? i'll try to find a few links to the articles in the future but right now I am without

Bad bad wicked zoot!

Fri, 29 Dec 2006 16:06:23 GMT

The holiday season, that's all i'm saying.

- but speaking of the holidays -

santa, finished

und new years

- You might find these guys around town. -

- Sketchbook scans -

here's a few to wet your whistle

Mon, 04 Dec 2006 12:15:55 GMT

sketched out 4 book covers, need to work those out a bit more.
in the meantime i finished sketching, inking and now halfway into the process on new years and 90 percent on santa

This might be a repeat for some....

Mon, 20 Nov 2006 20:06:23 GMT

...sorry about that ;)

- Completes -

Halloween, finished up on little alterations. I am so very much in love with this peice now

Talk like a pirate!! arrr! All shading and what-not done!

I know it's a wee bit early but here's my next valentine's illust. I might shade a little more in the hair but i kinda like it as is right now.

- Questionables -

Thanksgiving is soon upon us but my thanksgiving illust is only half done. Well poo. Here's what i was able to get done so far. Bear in mind that the black backround is only there to show the smoke, it won't stay

"Jersey girls" is something that i inked from my sketchbook after watching the MTV special on the Jersey shore.

update

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:34:29 GMT

Almost done

und

Moses poster

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 14:32:25 GMT

Sorry, i forgot to post this to my journal!
I had been contacted by comedian p.h freddy fred to work on a poster for his tour. I asked him for an idea for the poster, he told me "moses w/a guitar in a deli". From there I just let it roll.

sketch;

I *think* I might be done, might need to do a few more tweaks here and there still.

final?;

I had so much fun working on this one, thoughts?

Arrr!

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:37:11 GMT

It's been a while since i posted Mojizu chars so i started these two over the weekend.
They don't yet have names, histories or anything.

Arrr! The (finally) Inked first half of the sept holiday illustration celebrating 'talk like a pirate day'. Still trying to figure out what exactly they'll be saying in pirate lingo.

As always, your input/thoughts are appreciated. :)

More people scanned in

Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:24:20 GMT

Phew! Next up is the nameing, making the page and sticking up around NYC proper. Look for them soon! ;)

It's been a while

Sat, 14 Oct 2006 15:57:42 GMT

but here's one of the few projects i've been working on lately. I finally got them all scanned in!
The project is to make little cardboard faces, complete with their own individual names, then to scatter them around NYC proper. If you find one of the little guys there'll be an address on the back (by their name) telling you a link to go to to say you've found whoever it is you found. I don't expect that all of them will be found but I thought i'd be a neat project to try out :)

more from my sketchbook

Sun, 17 Sep 2006 14:18:11 GMT

SKetches

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 02:22:48 GMT

While I might've been silent for a short while, here's a few scans from my sketchbook

Re:commentary on the page - maybe I've just been going to the wrong shows...

Raaaaangers, whooooooooooooo.....

Loooooooooove bus....

I like this one best of all. expect more from this page in the future

summer vacation, pleasantly finished :)

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 18:04:44 GMT

More dreams!

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 13:04:08 GMT

This was my peice for August (that never quite got finished in august...whoops!) that is about halfway done.

Next up is September school illustration that'll be worked out today

Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:52:57 GMT

Dreams project done done donesky....
I still plan on doing dream projects in the future but for the moment, done

a few finishes that never made it to the final post here;

I like this backround now, thank ye ghods

Finish on dream within dream

Not sure if i posted this, but zombie dream complete with blood and rar :)

Dreams

Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:37:04 GMT

Zombie dream inspired by purpleallison

Still needs blood splatters and such, so much fun working on this one :)

Dreams of being an astronaut;

Still not sure if the backround is dark enough.

Dreams of happily being covered in snakes;

Pretty sure I'm done with all the patterns

Old peice revived;

Not sure if it's done yet

Dream within dream within a dream....;

Once I'm finished with the zombie peice this will be 90% done

Beginnings...

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 02:18:55 GMT

A dream within a dream....dream. I tried to incorporate all the dreams I loved as best i could but there's still a lot of work to do color wise. It'll be kept simple though, i know that much already

Dream of being an astronaut? Prett straightfoward :)