Mom & Pop

Forgot to add these two yesterday and only remembered because a classmate told me they were on display at the Bakehouse. So if anyone is in the area, and is curious to see my work as well as fellow classmates, the address is: 561 NW 32nd Street. More info here: "Less Is More". Also check out the artist studios, they're awesome!


Here are the two pieces:

Lines!

Did this one around the time I did the other stop motion paper cut out one. This one was first. There's actually a very epic story board behind this (not really) complete with bbc sound effects, but I had to dismantle my stop motion station to make way for my easel in this very small room I inhabit. Don't think I'm going to build that station again, digital is way easier to access than my faux oxberry and I got a hold of a very neat program I can use on Lucid Lynx (it was actually in Ubuntu's repositories) called Pencil, so:


Lines from Michael Barquero on Vimeo.

Lazy Summer

Haven't been keeping up much with the sketchbook, but here's some new work. Some stuff from imagination, mostly from books, the birds are courtesy of my pop who brought in a cage with four zebra finches- there are now seven, heh. Oh, and of course, the obligatory airport sketches from my visit to San Francisco to visit CCA for their open house.

What Does Marsellus Wallace Look Like?

Figuring

More figure drawings and figure paintings. Did most of these at the AI here in Miami.