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Brock!

johnbrock

About Me

I have outstanding court vision.Artwork: brockelliott.net . BLOGGGG: ICONIC/IONIC . Ch-ch-check 'em out.Plus Points: drawing, puns, Scrabble, crossword puzzles, Trivial Pursuit, photographs of old chairs (particularly if arranged symmetrically), superfluous punctuation, faux-seriousness, design, fonts (both serif and sans), science!, history!, dropping out of college(s), semi-obscure pop-culture references, your momMinus Points: this town, PETA, every political party ever, people who support Ron Paul, the Second Law of Thermodynamics, being really into magic or fairies, the Rococco Period, Ayn Rand, Frida Kahlo, people who prefer full-screen to letterbox, Stephon Marbury, the San Antonio Spurs, Skip Bayless, all this melancholy shit

My Interests

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My Blog

It’s Vader Time!

Today I found an adult-sized Darth Vader mask outside of my apartment complex. This is one of the best things that has ever happened to me. Seriously. ...
Posted by Brock! on Sat, 12 Jan 2008 04:48:00 PST

Half Awake in a Fake Empire: 2007 in Review

2007 has been the least tumultuous year in recent memory. This time last year I was recovering from being robbed two days after my birthday and preparing to be robbed yet again to ring in the new yea...
Posted by Brock! on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:29:00 PST

Where the Wild Things Are

This movie is going to melt my face with the heat of its awesomeness. Screenplay by Dave Eggers, directed by Spike Jonze. Seriously, seriously, FUCK YES. Also, I read Part One of "The Chldren's Hos...
Posted by Brock! on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 03:21:00 PST

Wand’ring Mazes Lost

An 18x24" sequential drawing for my DIII class. The boxes aren't actually so crooked, I just suck at taking pictures, apparently. If you can't read the text, it says: "He stood and thought of fate. ...
Posted by Brock! on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 03:10:00 PST

Samus Aran would be proud

With the impending release of Super Mario Galaxy, I figured I had better hurry up and beat Metroid Prime 3. So I did. It was pretty awesome. Go me.Also, here is the final transparency drawing. Thi...
Posted by Brock! on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 02:46:00 PST

ghosts, entropy, and an elephant head

So, my assignment in Drawing class for the last week or so has been to create artwork using multiple sheets of transparency paper. Well, I decided to draw figures (or use old drawings), scan them, co...
Posted by Brock! on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:33:00 PST

Six Drawings of Six Pretty Girls

Had to draw six images for class this week. I drew these. All are on parchment paper, all are 11" x 15". It's probably pretty easy to tell what kind of mood I've been in."Spirit We've Gone, Spirit W...
Posted by Brock! on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:09:00 PST

Ritual Sacrifice

Below is my second Drawing III assignment, where our professor asked us to create an image depicting a "ritual." He suggested some pretty lame ideas (like holidays or daily rituals), but I went with ...
Posted by Brock! on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:35:00 PST

Art Prints for Sale!

A few people have expressed interest in purchasing my art in the past. NOW YOU CAN. Well, six of you can. I've recently completed a small run of prints of my last two paintings, "Remedios the Beaut...
Posted by Brock! on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 02:17:00 PST

Agent Zero & Me!

If I had a Saturday Morning Cartoon, this would be it. Gil and I -- best buds, professional basketball players, and hardboiled P.I.s -- out to avenge something and stop the dastardly something someth...
Posted by Brock! on Sun, 15 Jul 2007 12:29:00 PST