Then I apply acrylic paint on top of those sketches and images to complete the piece. I try to use images from the past, type from foreign language magazines, and drawings from my own sketchbook that I feel strong about. I have a particular fondness for stamped random numbers that are found on parking tickets. Most of the objects that I use are found pieces of paper from the street and miscellaneous junk mail. My process is quite random and doesn't have much sketching of the final composition. It is a tight rope I love to traverse and when I'm able to make someone smile or laugh I feel I've accomplished my goal. It is a delicate balance between what some people will find offensive and others find absolutely hilarious. It is amazing how broad the spectrum of humor is. The thin-line between tragedy and comedy is also pervasive in my art. I seek to create an image that makes you feel like you're on a city street being bombarded with advertisements, street signs, and discarded paper. 9, 2019, upon which a press release will announce the four winners. Attendance at the event must be confirmed by Sept. 30, 2019, via email/and or phone to invite them to present their papers at Innovations in Mobility. The majestic signage and layered landscape of typography that is the city is amazing. The SAE Membership Team will contact the selected main author winners by Aug. You can walk down a street in Lower Manhattan and see urban walls tagged with graffiti and walk down the same street a week later only to find that it is vastly different. The city is a constantly evolving organism that has its own unique beauty. Graffiti on the sides of buildings, posted bills on a construction sites, and lampposts layered with stickers promoting propagandists. One thing that has fueled my current work is urban scrawl. Growing up just miles from New York City helped feed my constant need to see new things.

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