http://www.houstontrueblood.com Houston Trueblood Tue, 01 May 2012 14:06:06 +0000 http://www.houstontrueblood.com en http://www.houstontrueblood.com/To-Eileen http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/To-Eileen Tue, 01 May 2012 14:06:06 +0000 Houston Trueblood 3315066 <img src="http://payload50.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3315066/to_eileen.jpg" width="454" height="642" width_o="454" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload50.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3315066/to_eileen_o.jpg" data-mid="17014207" border="0" align="left"/> Postcards to Alphaville features the work of a large group of talented artists and is a “love-letter to films and those characters that brings us, the viewers, moments of joy, sorrow and revelation and sometimes seems more real than the neighbor next-door.” – The Fox is Black http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Ball-s-Pyramid http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Ball-s-Pyramid Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:52:48 +0000 Houston Trueblood 3130235 <img src="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3130235/balls_pyramid_2048.jpg" width="803" height="642" width_o="803" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload41.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/3130235/balls_pyramid_o.jpg" data-mid="15992236" border="0" align="left"/> They call it "Ball's Pyramid." It's what's left of an old volcano that emerged from the sea about 7 million years ago. A British naval officer named Ball was the first European to see it in 1788. It sits off Australia, in the South Pacific. It is extremely narrow, 1,844 feet high, and it sits alone. – Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides For 80 Years, NPR News. http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Inadvertent-Haiku http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Inadvertent-Haiku Sat, 03 Mar 2012 04:45:56 +0000 Houston Trueblood 2926605 <img src="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/2926605/liberty_haiku.jpg" width="535" height="642" width_o="535" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload31.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/2926605/liberty_haiku_o.jpg" data-mid="17014699" border="0" align="left"/> Presidential Run | Smeariness of Left and Right | Leaves us all ticked off – Inadvertent Haiku http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Too-Many-Shoes http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Too-Many-Shoes Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:33:18 +0000 Houston Trueblood 1802260 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toomanyshoes5x7_web_1.jpg" width="429" height="600" width_o="429" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toomanyshoes5x7_web_1_o.jpg" data-mid="15079320" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/muji.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/muji_o.jpg" data-mid="8890826" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/david_richard.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/david_richard_o.jpg" data-mid="8890822" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/generic_surplus.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/generic_surplus_o.jpg" data-mid="8890823" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/jackparcell_converse.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/jackparcell_converse_o.jpg" data-mid="8890825" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/onitsuka_tiger.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/onitsuka_tiger_o.jpg" data-mid="8890827" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toms.jpg" width="480" height="600" width_o="480" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1802260/toms_o.jpg" data-mid="8890828" border="0" align="left"/> "I had always considered myself a person of simple needs…But I owned more than 15 pairs: evidence that I was a materialist. A show-off. A hoarder." Self promotional piece. http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Lord-of-the-Flies http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Lord-of-the-Flies Tue, 26 Jul 2011 04:08:32 +0000 Houston Trueblood 1778832 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lotf_bookcover.jpg" width="423" height="600" width_o="423" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lotf_bookcover_o.jpg" data-mid="8765968" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lord_of_the_flies.jpg" width="400" height="600" width_o="400" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1778832/lord_of_the_flies_o.jpg" data-mid="8766020" border="0" align="left"/> Illustration and design for the book cover of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. The image of the sow's apparition as the Lord of the Flies has never left me since my first reading of the book back in middle school. Self initiated project. Oil on cardboard. http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Brazilian-Classics http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Brazilian-Classics Wed, 20 Jul 2011 03:37:22 +0000 Houston Trueblood 1753314 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-01.png" width="450" height="699" width_o="450" height_o="699" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-01_o.png" data-mid="8624087" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-02.png" width="450" height="699" width_o="450" height_o="699" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-02_o.png" data-mid="8624090" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-03.png" width="450" height="699" width_o="450" height_o="699" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-03_o.png" data-mid="8624094" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-04.png" width="450" height="699" width_o="450" height_o="699" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1753314/bookcover-04_o.png" data-mid="8624099" border="0" align="left"/> Illustration and design for a hypothetical release of four Brazilian literature classics. Illustrations acrylic on panel. Self initiated project. http://www.houstontrueblood.com/On-the-A-Train http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/On-the-A-Train Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:07:29 +0000 Houston Trueblood 1714632 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/atrain_guy.jpg" width="482" height="642" width_o="482" height_o="642" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/atrain_guy_o.jpg" data-mid="13270291" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain3 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain3 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8433701" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain1 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain1 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8624322" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain2 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain2 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8433773" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain4.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain4_o.jpg" data-mid="8433703" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain5 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain5 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8433705" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain6 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain6 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8433706" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain7 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain7 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8433708" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain8 copy.jpg" width="432" height="576" width_o="432" height_o="576" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain8 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="8433710" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain9 copy.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain9 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="9397923" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain10 copy.jpg" width="450" height="600" width_o="450" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/1714632/Atrain10 copy_o.jpg" data-mid="9397929" border="0" align="left"/> Sketches on the A train in New York City. These were all drawn with Alias Sketchbook Pro on my iPad. Most were done using a Boxwave or Wacom capacitive stylus (I prefer the Wacom). http://www.houstontrueblood.com/Sou-da-Bahia http://www.houstontrueblood.com/following/houstontrueblood.com/Sou-da-Bahia Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:02:06 +0000 Houston Trueblood 193160 <img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/mocas.jpg" width="670" height="501" width_o="700" height_o="524" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/mocas_o.jpg" data-mid="991889" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/sdb_vendedora.jpg" width="374" height="600" width_o="374" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/sdb_vendedora_o.jpg" data-mid="824564" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/sdb_pipa.jpg" width="373" height="600" width_o="373" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/sdb_pipa_o.jpg" data-mid="824565" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/pintores_1.jpg" width="670" height="521" width_o="700" height_o="545" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/pintores_1_o.jpg" data-mid="824569" border="0" align="left"/><img src="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/night_scene.jpg" width="478" height="600" width_o="478" height_o="600" src_o="http://payload.cargocollective.com/1/0/14847/193160/night_scene_o.jpg" data-mid="824570" border="0" align="left"/> Various paintings inspired by one of the most vibrant and creative places on earth: Bahia, Brazil. Acrylic or oil on board.