Bueno ya estuvo pensando bastante como hacer mi autoretrato,y tambien he visto algunos de otro compañeros y he sacado la conclusión que no me basta describirme en pequeño parafo, entonces me lo voy a jugar a escribir algo mas largo y profundo
pero no en español. Eso obviamente va a dejar algunos sin posibilidad de leerlo, pero bueno, (que se jodan por no someterse a la hegemonia cultural de los anglo parlantes) lo tengo que hacer porque mi manejo del español (en mi opinion) es horrible, y ademas ya intente escribirlo y no sale.
Debido a la demanda popular traduje el autoretrato usado google translation y ahora esta aqui.
Hello fellow psuedo-bohemian-artsy-wierdos, I'm about to take you on a fairly mediocre journey into my inner-persona, but first an introduction, my name is Erb! yes it has 3 letters! and yes it's an awesome name! and no you shouldn't wear it out!
Now onto the voyage, we start from the outside and work our way in! First thing you guys should all know is that I'm antisocial, really antisocial, but just on the outside. I'm like a wall nut or coconut, I have a hard cold shell to keep people out (I can't have everyone getting at my fragile insides), but that doesn't mean I don't like to talk to people and definitely doesn't mean I'm afraid of people, and I don't have low self-esteem, I just have low esteem for most people. There's no concrete reason for why I have antisocial tendencies, it's just kind of a defense mechanism against the evils of human nature, with that said I usually show my true self to a few trustworthy people, don't ask me how that works, I don't even know how it works.
Well moving on... you maybe asking what antisocial behavior has to do with my art, well I'm a very solitary person and I like to create in solitude, although now a days I'm finding myself seeking out others to create with or around. Not only do I create in solitude but my creations tend to stay hidden away in my notebooks and files, never to see the day's light, ergo all the effort I'm gonna put in this blog so people can see what I do.
Most of this artwork I create is marked by my hate towards human nature and human kind as a whole (that means everyone, especially me), I can't say when I decided to bent all my hatred against our species, but I know it comes from my guilt plagued conscience. Since the age of twelve, I've been fairly sensitive to certain types "injustice" in the world, it probably started with my dive into vegetarianism and my love for science, at that age I discovered global warming and it just started to snowball from there. I guess I saw how careless we could all be, turning a blind eye to fairly significant problems to enjoy some superficial pleasures. And like I said it snowballed, I discovered alternative ways of thinking, of being, of living. My world had opened up, and yet I was still subject to live in the same world with people who didn't seem to care about the consequences on their actions. My world is constantly evolving as I discover new things, I became vegan, I started using linux distros as my main OS, I don't purchase products from those who threaten the earth and it's inhabitants (including us people), and as I grow artistically I try to introduce this into my drawings and such.
But of course I would be lying if I said I hated the likes of us 24/7, I enjoy humanity when around the company of friends and people I admire, and also when I enjoy a good piece of art, be it music, painting, comics, video games, movies, or of any other kind, I show no greater respect for humanity than when I enjoy art, and I guess that's why I ultimately decided not become a scientist and to become an artist.
Well now that we are entering my artistic side I can type about what it is that I like to do. I like drawing and illustration as methods for manifesting myself and my ideas (as opposed to talking). I also like comics and video games as mediums for creation but I haven't used much of either yet, I'm still working on finding a way to express what I want in each of them. I guess it may sound weird to hear some one say they want to create art using two mediums which are mainly used to feed the masses mindless slop, but hey no one said art was easy. I guess I just never got atoned to painting or sculpture or the other fine arts as much as I did to video games and comics. I've been playing video ever since I can remember, and pixel art has a special place in my heart, and my obsession with comics is a bit more recent but I must say I love em. I guess the only real way for those of you who do not understand is to experience them first hand, therefore I shall name some of my favorites in both mediums.
COMIC ARTISTS I LOVE:
- Robert Crumb, father of underground comics, crosshatches like a motherfucker, GOD.
- Winsor McCay, father of animation and one the most important illustrators ever, ALSO GOD.
- George Herriman, another important figure in comic illustration, GOD.
- Daniel Clowes, a modern day GOD of comics, awesome writer, awesome illustrator.
- Harvey Pekar, the Alan Moore of autobiographical comics.
- Alan Moore, the most important graphical novel writer since the begining of time.
- Steve Purcell, the creator of "Sam and Max Freelance Police", this guy is good.
- Hayao Miyazaki, modern day GOD of animation, GODLY story teller.
INDIE VIDEO GAME CREATORS I LOVE (these guys are all GODS):
As far as other things go I like alternative music, like indie rock and pop from groups like Death Cab for Cutie, The Flaming Lips, Sulek, Guster, Phoenix and Belle and Sebastian just to name a few, and I also enjoy Jazz, Blues , Ragtime, and Folklore.
I could probably keep on typing more and more things, but if I do it all at once the blog would get pretty boring pretty fast so ( also I´m sick of typing), so from now on I'll just keep posting my progress and such.
Y bueno para los compañeros que no pudieron leer todo eso hago un pequeño sintesis: me llamo Erb, soy vegano, soy un antisocial pero solo en la superficie, tengo fuertes ideas sobre el mundo y su funciona miento, me gusta los video juegos, los comics , y la illustration en general, y me gusta el mundo indie ( de creacion artistica independiente) y hay mucho mas, pero bueno con algunos de mis trabajos van a ir sacando cosas.
Salute,
ERB
Bueno ya el segundo año todo se volvio mucho mas dificil, ya eramos menos y habiamos perdido nuestro diseñador por excelencia, DellaRatta y para sumarle tuvimos bastante problema para convocar otros estudiantes a participar, pero lo remamos, decidimos usar un sistema de diseñador invitado. Yo realize el diseño dela primer tirada de 2010(salio bien atrasada) y luego hice la tapa del #2 para el diseño de Emiliano Umipierrez, y la tercera nunca salio a la luz, la revista sufrio una perdida de esprit de corps y eventualmente un "breaking of the fellowship".