Rekindled

Hello once again,

I've been physically and mentally drained for the past few days, but it has been well worth it. I traveled to Chicago on Friday from good ol' Pennsylvania so I could see Eyedea & Abilities on Saturday, and I must say that every bit of the trip was crucial. I've never sat in a car as long as I did this past weekend, and it was very interesting. It was senseless to worry about anything considering all I was surrounded with was road and good music for hours on end. When we got into Chicago it was an experience considering I had never been there before. It was refreshing to see a new city and see how different it is in the midwest in comparison to the east. The show is what did the most good for me though. Seeing driven artists displaying their passion to the masses completely inspired me. I have been putting off a lot of in my life, and I feel it's time to finally wake my ass up and do what I need to do. There's a lot that I have to say, and I'm going to damn well say it. Visually, and musically, I am ready to show the word who I am.

On that note, here's my completed movie poster for my digital class. I was asked to do a movie poster for my modern interpretation of Frankenstein's Monster. I started with a drawing, and did the coloring in photoshop. Here it is folks:



I'll have a lot more visuals to show you guys soon. Some of it will be school related, and some of it will be personal work. All I know is I do feel creative, and I plan on having every piece worth viewing. So until next time,

Pz,
- Colin

Art + News

What up friends. I figured I should post some art up since I haven't brought myself to do the extensively difficult task of clicking to upload a new piece since I made this damn internet journal. The piece I'm uploading is entitled "And Why" and it was originally for an assignment in my Illustration Studio class. It was the only project I really enjoyed so far in that class, and it shows. My other projects looked like poopie. Anyways, I blew it up as a print and made it into a gallery piece, and here it is:



I hope you all enjoy it considering it was quite irritating trying to reap the benefits of technology and loading this beast. Everything's gotta be a hassle I tells ya.

Pz,
- Colin

Hello again.

To anybody that may actually view my miniscule blog, I apologize for my abscence. I am still attempting to become accustomed to pressing those little buttons on my computer with the letters on them for this thing. Well anyways, here in Lancaster land, we have an event where all the true art fiends, snobs who exploit art as a social orgy, and city folk from all around come to view art from multiple galleries in the city. It is called First Friday and it hosted on, you guessed it, the FIRST FRIDAY of every month. For a clump of months now I have been privelaged to be given the oppertunity to shove my forms of visual expression in anyone's face who will look at it. I am a part of an art group called Twisted System (I don't recall if I plugged that in a past post in my attempt for shamless promotion, but in case I didn't, come see our work at www.twistedsystemgallery.com!) and we rent a space so we can show our work every month. We were very successful last month in my opinion. There was a flashflood of drooling human bodies flowing in and out of our space like a colonic, and we were all loving it. I must say I am very appreciative of the people who give us a chance and look at our art. We are trying to do something different here in plain grey with a hint of orange Lancaster, and it is hard when you're nothing but an up and coming artist with no face. Well anyways, a few pieces sold last month, and we had a bunch of people who left with smiles and seemed very interested in what we are doing. This coming month should be a very good show. I myself have some ideas that are itching to come out on some kind of weird surface, and I'm sure my associates will bring the usual awesome sauce with them. I advise everyone to at least come and give us a look, I promise there will be something that you will fall in love with. If not, I will host a public lynching of myself by the statues at King and Queen. The First Friday of December is December 7, 2007 and the festivites normally start around 5:00 PM and we stay open until we feel nobody else is around to look at our art. We are only open on First Friday which is lamer than a poetry book filled with LFO lyrics, but we do have the online gallery for everyone to view (www.twistedsystemgallery.com) which will always be available to the public. In all seriousness though, underground/independent artists should support each other in every way possible, even if that means just coming in and seeing each others art, so come give us a gander and maybe someday we'll have an army of creative art zombies that will someday conquer the art world.

I commend anybody who once again willingly got hit in the face with my word vomit, and I'll probably update again soon with some art, poetry, or Dada nonsense.

Pz,
- Colin

Under The Influence

Every piece of art pulls inspiration of some sort when created. Whether it be from another artist, your surroundings, or yourself, inspiration is found. For myself, I seem to collect ideas and inspiration from inside of myself, the world surrounding me, and frequently from music. There's always some sort of strange clockwork system of ideas revolving within my mind and my soul, so I give a nice attempt to try and convey it visually. Then again, most of these thoughts and passions are collected into an enormous mass of creativity because the world affects me in different ways. If our current society was absent, I'm sure my art would be incredibly different than it is right now. My eyes and ears soak up so much information through the day, so it's obvious that most of my art is going to be a reflection of that data. I have an interested in the coined "darker" topics of the world and our history, so some of my pieces will pull concepts straight from those moments.

The piece I did entitled ".44" is completely inspired by former mass murderer David Berkowitz. I've always felt compelled to create an art piece involving him, so I finally did and I was very pleased with the outcome. Without his imprint on the world and our society, the piece would never be.

Other than myself and society, I'd say my next biggest influence would be music. There are certain musicians and lyracists that pour so much creative passion into their music that I can't help but feel creative myself. Certain artists such as Bjork, The Dresden Dolls, Nine Inch Nails, and Portishead just put me in an "artsy" mood, and I just have a driving passion to create. The melodies that these artists create just produce an atmosphere like no other, and by the end of a piece, I find that depending on the mood I'm in, and the mood of the music, my art will be a reflection of that.

A few other musical artists that drive me to create would be a few damn talented hip-hop lyrcists. Aesop Rock is an abstract lyrical genious and the words he uses put so much imagery inside my head that I can't handle it at times. It's almost overwhelming listening to his songs, but I can't seem to pull myself away. At some point in his life, he was also a visual artist, so I feel a strong connection to his music considering we both have a passion for lyracism and creative imagery.

Another lyracist I find completely inspiring would be Slug from the group Atmosphere. His words are very real, and come from deep inside the soul so I immediately feel an artistic connection to him. Supported by Ants' beats, Atmosphere's music has a very artsy feel, and it definately pulls strong emotion out of me. Without emotion, I simply can't even write or create visual art.

The only other influence I may have for art would probably be the concept of horror. Dark topics are always interesting. They pull emotions out of people that they would normally be afraid to feel, and I think those emotions are some of the strongest a human can feel. If an image can cause somebody to muster up an uncomfortable emotion, then the piece definitely has a certain degree of strength to it. Its the same thing in regards to feelings related to joy and the lighter sides of the spectrum. If a piece can cause somebody to feel, then I believe the mission is accomplished.

Art

As promised, here are some visuals for all you guys:








Pz,
-Colin

Good Evening

I feel an introduction is slightly neccessary. My name is Colin Zerbe and like millions of other creativity driven art zombies out there, I'm here to share my mind children produced through my fingers and thoughts. In the ridiculously short future I'll have images available for the general public to soak their eyes in, and occassionally I might spill my bottled up insides on here through the form of poetry. Sounds exciting doesn't it! Keep checking back if you're interested enough, and I'll try not to waste your precious minutes.

- Colin