The UGLI Blog

Illustration Sketchbook (pt.1)

2011-05-14T16:01:00.005-04:00

Displayed are entries to the Illustration Club Sketchbook 2010 - '11.

Yu Quan Tan

William Chung

David Gonzales

Kwasi Braxton

Ella Fastiggi

"Tofu"

Fundraiser for the Trip To San Francisco

2011-03-25T11:50:00.001-04:00

Comic Sketchbook (pt.2)

2011-03-24T15:58:00.006-04:00

Here are new, awesome additions to the Club Sketch.

Siva-Jack

Lexaz

An Unknown Artist?...

Larry Torres
Ramon Campos

Comic Sketch Book (pt.1)

2010-09-05T13:47:00.005-04:00

Last year UGLI experimented with communal sketchbooks. Though nervousness struck the best of us, members produced interesting pieces. These first few pages are from one of two books currently in circulation.

Charles George

Christian Castro

Jaclyn Schauer

Ella Fastiggi

Alex Stone

Weekly Theme - Movie Posters

2010-06-23T14:24:00.009-04:00

EDIT: A good number of us want to do this, but want more time! So the deadline has been extended to JULY 10th.

Most of us are followers of other art collective's weekly themed illustrations. We would like to try the same device for UGLI. Our first theme, proposed by Charles George, is movie posters in the style of Dan Struzan (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Ducktales: the Movie - Treasure of the Lost Lamp...)

Image borrowed from http://sidebar.typepad.com/

An optional, additional challenge is to illustrate the worst movie you've ever viewed.

Submit your images to UGLI_FIT@yahoo.com and your images will be upload onto the blog the following week. Good Luck!

UGLI Visits the National Museum of American Illustration

2010-05-29T23:59:00.008-04:00

Today, members of the Illustration club and guests were invited to attend the last event arranged by the Esperanza administration. A bus was chartered to transport the group from FIT to the National Museum of American Illustration (NMAI), located in Newport, Rhode Island. The three hour-plus ride was well spent viewing explosions, gun fire and good company.

We were all impressed to find the museum housed in a mansion built in the colonial, rich-side of town. I felt we accidentally walked into the set of Ghost Whispherer.

I think the image speaks for itself...

We Ooo'd and Ahh'd at the Rockwells, Parrishs, Wyeths, Leyendeckers, Oakleys... Some people stretched their necks and the rest poke their noses. For most of the time we gathered around Norman Rockwell's preparatory sketches, trying to leech his..., do I dare say, guineas?

Some of us waited patiently for the other to finish their ogling.

Hunger for food beckoned us from the visual luncheon. The employees of the museum recommended a diner called the Newport Creamery. It was rather interesting to step into the place and have the customers and employees stare questionably at us. I personally think its the clothes. We were dressed NYC drab, while the locals were springtime Gap. The Creamery was totally five stars. It must have to do with farmland being so close by. A good number of us couldn't resist ordering the New England Clam Chowder.

Despite being a holiday weekend the ride back was smooth. We passed the time watching Inglorious Bastards and playing guessing games. A few of us napped it out.

Special thanks to Professor Eric Velasquez for sparing his busy schedule to act as Club Chaperone. Also, great job to Charles George, Christian Castro and YuQuan Tan for running Illustration Club for the past two years. Kara, me and the rest of the new administration will continue to build on the foundations our predecessors had established.

Images of the Museum were borrowed from the NMAI website

Recepci'on

2010-04-24T15:11:00.008-04:00

Congratulations on the success of the Illustration Club's annual gallery event. We, the officers, wish thank the artists who took the risk of investing in themselves by submitting their work for the show. Without them the event would had been embarrassingly barren. We also would like to thank our guests for attending. Thanks for believing in the students and in the arts.

Viewers were shocked.

Artists were dancing in delight.

Some of us even made a few bucks.

We caught this one gentleman avoid purchasing artist' card. We have him on file.

Kudos to Charles George, Christian Castro and YuQuan Tan for negotiating with the the Founder of Illustration House, organizing the submissions event, hanging the artwork, cutting the cheese and inflating balloons for the children. Like what the Egyptians did for their gods, we honor these men's actions by preserving their image onto a blog space.

More images of the event can be viewed at YuQuan Tan's Flickr site

We're recognized by FIT's Illustration Faculty! Additional photos can be found on the Department's Homepage

el futuro es ahora!!!

2010-04-20T21:34:00.009-04:00

THE FUTURE IS NOW! the pieces have been hung and the countdown till the reception begins!

The past meets the future as the officers of the underground league of Illustrators (Charles George Esperanza, Yuquan Tan, Christian Castro) meet Walt Reed, the founder of Illustration House, friend of Norman Rockwell, and the biggest name in American Illustration today.

Apostles of the future chosen!

2010-04-13T23:25:00.010-04:00

Eric Fowler, Melanie Reim, and Vincent Difate choose the art for the show. Tough task indeed.

The new gallery card images chosen

2010-04-11T00:36:00.004-04:00

front of card Illustration by Gabriel Roa

Back of card Illustration by Anastasiya Tarasenko

The future of Illustration

2010-03-31T21:29:00.005-04:00

On April 22nd the opening reception of the Illustration Futuro exhibit will come to fruition. We will forecast the future of Illustration while paying tribute to the past generations in the grand Illustration House, where the works of countless world renown Illustrators have also been displayed Such as Norman Rockwell, Bernie Fuchs, and J.C.Leyendecker to name a few. We will keep you posted on all of the updates so stay tuned.

Raise the Alarm!

2010-03-31T15:37:00.001-04:00