Drawing at QDept Sessions
I was asked by TWiN Studios/RabbitContent to draw for the 3rd QDepartment Director Series Event. 20 local artists, including myself, Jelson Jargon, Jayson Atiena and Ronald Wimberly spent 30 minutes drawing to an album of TWiN’s choosing.
Live Drawing at QDepartment Event from sougwen on Vimeo.
This 20 artist/ 20 song concept culminated in a memorable audio/visual improvisational spectacle highlighting the illustrator’s conceptual and technical prowess against the backdrop of a crowd-pleasing compilation of popular songs.
Thanks to all who came out. Was lovely meeting several of the other artists and checking out all the inspired work.
More photos here.
UPDATE: Check out fellow brooklyn illustrator ZSO’s post about the night and a writeup by Boardsmag about the event.
1. May 2009 at 08:43
Nice one Sougwen. You were definitely one of the memorable ones from the night… probably one of the reasons your piece was stolen from the event! Don’t really know what to say about that one. Ha. Kinda pissed, but I guess it’s a mad compliment too.
18. January 2010 at 20:40
Sougwen, I discovered your work through your last.fm page and I truly enjoy it. I find this video particularly interesting because it refers to a live performance. It is always fascinating to witness artistic creation, especially when you cannot go back and make “corrections”. The previous comment mentions that your drawing was stolen from the event, which makes it even more interesting, because you are left only with that very act of creation (caught on film), not the created object. Much like a jazz concert, where the improvised music is usually not recorded and survives only in the minds of those experiencing it. This reminds me of the liner notes of the album “Kind of Blue”, where pianist Bill Evans makes an analogy between jazz and traditional Japanese painting with black ink. Which brings me back to the graceful black lines in your work – thanks for producing such beauty!
27. April 2010 at 10:01
Thank you for the kind words. Though there is a certain preciousness in process in my work, the final product is seldom at the forefront of my concerns. The temporary act of drawing is infinitely more fascinating and gratifying.