SOFA CON - PORTRAITS and AP print lottery

SOFA CON starts tomorrow ONLINE!  You can join us from wherever you live! The time slot for all of my new items will be 12:30 pm PDT on Saturday May 18th.

I wanted to just explain more about the portraits and limited AP prints.

PORTRAITS and HOW THEY WILL WORK:

The portraits will just be real simple paintings of YOU or YOUR LOVED ONES just standing there. There will be one portrait item in the shop with a drop down menu for how many people you want in there and the corresponding price. $200 for 1 person, $300 for 2 people, $400 for 3 people, and $500 for 4 people. (pets get tricky.  Let's say 1 pet is free and 2 pets would equal another human being) All of these 5 x 5 paintings will basically just look like this... (see attached). Once you order a portrait, you will have to email me at scottlava(at)gmail.com with your order # and photos of who you want to be painted!  This item will be in theScottCShop.com with the rest of the new items.

I will do a live broadcast all day on Sunday May 19th starting at 9am as I paint all of them. That will be a fun time right? Tune into twitch.tv/scottlava or YouTube for that.

This item will go on sale 12:30 PDT on Saturday May 18th and will be limited to 30 orders! So get in there fast!

Because these are so limited, we are only accepting credit card transactions in order to streamline the process.  See the FAQ page for more info on this: https://thescottcshop.com/limited-edition-release-guide-faq/

RARE AP PRINT LOTTERY!

I have dug through my drawers to find AP prints of older sold out prints and will be conducting a lottery starting at 12:30pm PDT on my facebook page and ending at 4pm PDT on Sunday.  The prints and prices are below. 

Here is how the lottery will work:

1. We will post each AP with an image of the print and the price on my public facebook page. Anyone who wants to enter just needs to comment on the pic. One entry per person, duplicate entires will be deleted in their entirety.

Winners will be contacted via PM next week!  And that's it!

Here are the APs that will be available in the lottery...

"Concentrating On The Js" - $70 . (13 x 16 inches)

"The Peek" -  $70  (13 x 16 inches)

"The Five Points Experience" - $150 (18x24 inches)

"The Alien" - $120 (4.75 x 4.75 inches)

"The Break" - $ 120 (4.75 x 4.75 inches)

"The Warriors" - $120 (4.75 x 4.75 inches)

"The Infinity" - $100 (4.75 x 7.25 inches)

And please join us in all of our DISCORD CHATS at SOFA Con chat all weekend! Lot’s of chatting and announcements are happening in there right now even!

In addition to all of this, we will be doing some livestream hang outs on Saturday at 5pm in LA with Alex Pardee, Frank and Becky, and Sonny Day along with some other surprise guests if we can make it happen. Tune into twitch.tv/scottlava or YouTube for that. 

SOFA CON Releases!!!!

It is time to talk about the most wonderful new thing that is coming up this weekend…. SOFA CON!

SOFA CON is a convention that is happening ONLINE ONLY with 24 amazing artists that you can attend from the COMFORT OF YOUR OWN HOME! You can virtually attend this thing from your SOFA. Or even your RUG, if you do not possess a sofa.

These 24 wonderful artists will each have a 30 minute time slot during the course of the weekend of May 18 - 19 in which to release some new wonderful items. My time slot will be 12:30 pm PST on Saturday May 18th. During which time I will be releasing new prints, pins, and a very limited amount of special PORTRAITS all in theScottCShop.com. I will even some AP prints from past sold out runs that I will be dropping at some point. For a complete schedule of who all will be participating and all the time slots go to: SOFACON.COM And please join us in all of our DISCORD CHATS at SOFA Con chat. Lot’s of chatting and announcements will be happening in there all week!

In addition to all of this, we will be doing some livestream hang outs on Saturday and Sunday. Some of us who live in Los Angeles will be broadcasting later in the day after all of the drops on Saturday the 18th. I will be painting PORTRAITS LIVE all day on Sunday the 19th at twitch.tv/scottlava or YouTube So you can tune into that whenever you would like that day.

HERE ARE THE THINGS THAT WILL BE IN THE SCOTT C SHOP at 12:30pm PST:

1. PORTRAITS!

 These will be real simple paintings of YOU or YOUR LOVED ONES just standing there. They will be priced at intervals depending on how many people you want in there. $200 for 1 person, $300 for 2 people, $400 for 3 people, and $500 for 4 people. (pets get tricky. i would say 1 pet is free and 2 pets would equal another human being) All of these 5 x 5 paintings will basically just look like this... (see attached). Once you order a portrait, you will have to email me at scottlava(at)Gmail.com with your order # and photos of who you want to be painted!

 This item will go on sale 12:30 PST on Saturday May 18th and will be limited to 30 orders! So get in there fast!

 I will do a live broadcast all day on Sunday May 19th as I paint all of them. That will be a fun time right? Tune into twitch.tv/scottlava or YouTube 

2. DESERT FLOATS (limited edition prints)

These little guys are just floating around the desert, but i have collected them here for you to hang on the walls of your houses. Each Float is 8 x 10 inches and $25 each (editions of 100)

3. New PINS!!

We’ve got the ACCORDION FROG and the LOG RUNNER! Both of these little guys are $10 each and would love to just run around on your jacket and see new places with you.

4. RARE PRINTS!

I have rummaged through my drawers and dug up AP copies of previously sold out print runs! They will be available for various prices. More on this when we get a plan together for you.

So mark your calendars and please come join us this weekend! And join us in the SOFA Con chats all week for nice chats with everyone.

Ok! See you!

MAY THE 4TH Great Showdown Release

Hello, everyone!

May the 4th is that special day for all of you who love the Wars Up In The Stars.

To celebrate this day, we are doing the monthly showdown release a bit early this time around and are excited to announce a special May The 4th edition of Great Showdowns. These showdowns will run for forty-eight hours staring May the 4th at 10 amEST through to Monday, May 6th at 10 am EST. As with all timed releases, edition numbers will be determined by actual sale totals. All of the prints are different sizes this time around, including a 12 x 12 inch print of my favorite four legged machine!

In addition to these prints, a special pin of my favorite four legged machine will also become available for all of you. You will be able to pin this little machine to your backpack or flight jacket or pillow or whatever else you like to put pins on.

And these will be the prints coming to you!

“The Four- Legged Machine” - $50 (12 x 12 inches)

“The Stout Fellow” - $20 (7.25 x 4.75 inches)

“The Little BeepBoop” - $15 (4.75x 4.75 inches)

The Four- Legged Machine enamel pin - $10 (1.6 x 2.22 inches)

New GREAT SHOWDOWNS Prints!

Hello, Everyone!

The third Wednesday of the month is almost upon us. which means…… GREAT SHOWDOWNS PRINTS time!!

We’ve got 3 new Great Showdowns prints that will go on sale this Wednesday April 17th at 1 pm EST in the Scott C Shop ! This will be the usual timed release which means they will be on sale for just 24 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 24 hour span of time.

And here they are! “The Shackled Fists”, “The Peach”, and “The Boombox”!

“The Shackled Fists” - $15 (4.75x 4.75 inches)

“The Peach” - $15 (4.75x 4.75 inches)

“The Boombox” - $15 (4.75x 4.75 inches)

BABY SHOES KICKSTARTER!

HELLO, EVERYONE!

I'm excited to finally talk about a new wonderful thing called ARTWALKS!

ARTWALKS is focused on kids shoes based on kids books. They are launching with a line of 6 designs by 3 incredible kid lit artists. Jon Klassen, Joey Chou, and myself. 

Baby shoes for your babies and your friend’s babies! Your baby may have already read Hug Machine. Now they can wear HUG MACHINE ON THEIR FEET! And also, Jon Klassen’s bear and hat! And Joey Chou’s unicorns! Your baby is going to FREAK OUT! Or your friend’s baby.

There are even blank shoes for your baby to CUSTOMIZE! I know your baby has been asking about that.

It’s a great thing they are doing. I am trying to get the word out to as many people as possible about this Kickstarter and would greatly appreciate any support you can provide. Whether it be backing the Kickstarter or simply sharing the campaign on social media. They’ve got all sweet rewards like original artwork, pins, and book combos.

You’ll love it! Check it out and support it if you can!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/artwalks/1294644168?ref=756140&token=17778e46

THANK YOU, EVERYONE!!

Scott C

LOOK AT HOW PUMPED THESE BABIES ARE! They just meet up for picnics to read their books and wear their new shoes. Your baby should hang with these babies!

GREAT SHOWDOWNS Print + Pin Release on Wednesday!

Hello, Everyone!

It is GREAT SHOWDOWNS PRINTS time again!

We’ve got 3 new Great Showdowns prints that will go on sale this Wednesday March 20th, in the Scott C Shop at 1 pm EST! This will be the usual timed release which means they will be on sale for just 24 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 24 hour span of time. So prepare yourselves for “The Sloth And Friends”, “The Spiders”, and “The King” !

And in addition to these three pins will be a new pin called SLOTH PIN. It is a jolly fellow with a pirate hat, sword and an S on his shirt for Sloth probably. You will enjoy this pin! It will be $10.

“SLOTH PIN” - $10

“The Sloth And Friends” - $15 (4.75x 4.75 inches)

“The Spiders” - $15 (4.75x 4.75 inches)

“The King” - $20 (4.75 x 7.25 inches)

AND DON’T FORGET, we have a new THE SCOTT C SHOP Instagram and Twitter! Go follow those if you want specific updates on the goings on of the shop happenings and upcoming sales and whatnot!

The Making Of "Clock Tower Valley"

This process post was first seen on Slashfilm last week, but here it is again in it’s entirety! Thank you, Slashfilm for all of the support! And thank you, Peter Sciretta for all your help with this piece. You can still pick it up in the Scott C Shop until this Wednesday March 30th along with those pins!!

There are some films that should be held up to the sky and rejoiced. Back to the Future is one of those films. It is a world that I want to live within and explore, so I wanted to create a piece that celebrated every square inch of this film. I wanted it to feel like a Disneyland map or a medieval tapestry with flattened perspective, where one could get the lay of the entire land and decide where and who to visit.  

I named it “Clock Tower Valley” and I would like to take you on the journey through it’s conception and creation. It is a valley of clock towers, prom dresses, undersea dances, cutting edge inventions, hazmat suits, wooden crate scooters, and VW vans. There is a famous orange vest in this painting and a car that travels through time. Let us embark.

Initial Sketches

I began by watching Back to the Future for the 128th time, taking screenshots as I went. The film is so iconic that even the most insignificant moments have stayed with me. Background characters and seemingly throwaway moments are just as memorable as some of the main sequences. I wanted it all. I wanted to experience every last detail.

Over the next few weeks, I spent time with these screenshots, this mountain of film references. I began sketching these characters, objects, and spaces. I did not know exactly what the final drawing would contain, so it was better to just draw everything and trim it down later. I did thumbnails of what the scene might look like as a whole. I knew that the clock tower and plaza should be the main special element and that everything else should just live around it, so I sketched some thumbnails of that.  

Composing the Painting

I gathered all of these drawings and scanned them into the computer to compute the heck out of this thing. I cut all of the little elements out of the drawings and began to assemble them in photoshop. I started by enlarging the thumbnail of the entire space and just laying all the cutout characters and elements into the drawing like a puzzle. This is when I decided what things would make the final drawing and what things would be cut. I arranged and rearranged until the scene felt just right.

It was at this point that I reached out to my good friend Peter Sciretta over at /Film for his advice on the drawing. I knew that this was his absolute favorite film and wanted to put that knowledge to good use. He suggested adding a few elements, like the photograph of Marty and his siblings. It was difficult figuring out how to incorporate that photograph into the drawing since it was such a tiny little thing, but we both agreed that people would enjoy seeing it. I ultimately solved the problem by just putting some eyes and legs and a little smiling mouth on the photo, like I always do. It really had it be its own character. I did the same with Little Flux. I like bringing objects to life in paintings, so they can hang with everyone.

Printing It Out

Once the overall drawing was as final as it was going to be, it was time to print it out so I could trace it onto watercolor paper to be painted. However, the drawing was still fairly rough at this point. Likeness is sometimes a finicky little beast. If I feel like I have nailed the likeness of a character too early in the process, I become fearful that I will fail with the likeness in the final piece. It’s just an inner battle I always have with myself.

Taping It Together

My printer only prints on 8.5″ x 11″ sheets of paper and this was a big painting. So I needed to tape the pieces together to make it nice and big.  

Tracing It Onto Paper

I brought the taped-together Frankenstein paper over to my light table to trace the drawing ever so lightly onto my big piece of watercolor paper. I used a 4H pencil to ensure that the drawing remained light. Too heavy of a graphite line would muddy up the paints later on.

Color Swatch Time!

Once the drawing was there on the paper in all its faint splendor, it was time to figure out the color scheme. In a painting with so much going on, it is a good idea to simplify the color scheme as much as you can. I selected a few basic colors as a road map to stick to for the background elements. I painted little squares of color that professional artists call swatches. Feel free to call them swatches even if you are not a PROFESSIONAL. You can live your life how you like!

Blocking In The Shapes

It was time to really get started. I began by laying in the big areas of color.  I like to do this first – it feels like I have accomplished big things right up front, getting an overall feeling for how things will look.  

Character and Object Colors

Initial colors often take the longest to get in there because decisions need to get made. Luckily, the color schemes of the outfits have already been chosen by the costume designers on this film, so I just looked at my reference. I gave myself a bit of a break on this and just plugged everything loosely in there. It always looks like a real mess at this stage, but that is how it goes. We will save it later with lines!

Mixing Up That Line Color

Once the basic colors were all blocked in, it was time to mix the big batch of dark reddish brown for the linework. I put some burnt sienna in there, yellow ochre, olive green, vermillion green, some blue…heck I put almost every single color in there.  

Linework Time!

My favorite time! Linework time! This was when those blobs of color that vaguely look like characters and buildings began to take shape. But this was also a rather stressful time because this was when the likeness of the characters either hit and miss. Some of the likenesses felt like successes while others felt a bit like misses. But you can’t win them all. If any of the likenesses were just too overwhelmingly bad on a character, I just got my paper towel wet and wiped that part out and started over. Watercolor is quite forgiving in that way. If you don’t like what you painted, just wipe it out and do it again! I definitely did that in this painting here. Especially with Marty’s face. His face was tough to get right.

Punching Up The Values

Once all the linework was in there, it was time to relax! I just needed to punch up all of the values. The colors were all quite faint at this point, with limited value contrast. I like to push the darks as much as I can, varying the levels of the mid tones.  

I like to listen to podcasts at this point in a painting because my brain can finally enjoy things again. I listened to a lot of Comedy Bang Bang and Unspooled during the course of this painting. In the early stages, where I had to use my brain for drawing and composing, I listened to lot’s of good old EDM. That stuff is like a little repetitive brain massage.

Popping Those Outlines

This thing was almost done at this point, but the time came to go back and heft up some of the outlines on these characters to help them pop.  This is a little cartooning trick, you guys. Make the lines on the inside fainter and thinner than the lines on the outside. Sets that character right in there on top of the background.

Colored Pencil Accents

Some parts of the painting needed some light colored lines. I brought in my colored pencils for the rocks and pebbles, stripes on shirts and dresses, and bits of hay in that pile of manure.  

Calling It Done

At some point, you need to call that painting “DONE.” I could probably work on a painting indefinitely, but I do not have infinite hours to work on a piece.  I just need to call it DONE, so I can walk away and get some fresh air and shift focus onto new projects.  So I called this thing DONE! I now present it to the masses!

And that is how the story goes. I hope everyone enjoyed this little journey through “Clock Tower Valley”. This was a piece I have wanted to paint for a long time and it felt good to revisit the movie that helped shape my world so much.

And don’t forget to grab a print of this before Wednesday, March 13th in The ScottC Shop! Once the sale ends, the prints will be gone forever!

"Clock Tower Valley" - Print and Pin release!

“Clock Tower Valley”

(16 x 20 inches - $70)

IT IS DONE, EVERYONE.

Let us gaze upon “Clock Tower Valley”, inspired by one of my absolute favorite films of all time. Arguably one of the greatest films of all time. Thank you to my friend Peter Sciretta from Slashfilm for his advice on all of the minute details. This is Peter’s favorite film of all time, so he knows what he is talking about, you guys.

I loved making this thing so much. I would like to live in there amongst everyone and just stroll around.

We will be releasing timed edition prints of this thing starting this Wednesday, February 27th at 1pm EST lasting until March 13 that 1pm EST. Once the sale ends the print will no longer be available. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 2 week span of time.

Also, available on Wednesday will be these 4 pins! The Traveller, The Doctor, The Little Flux, and The Machine. Each pin will be $10 each! A pack of all 4 pins will be $35.

Here are some details from “Clock Tower Valley”…

UMBRELLA ACADEMY - Little Animated Bit

Have you seen Umbrella Academy yet? Well, it is wonderful. It is a new super hero show on Netflix based on a comic by the same name illustrated by my good friend Gabriel Ba and written by Gerard Way. It is a unique take on the super hero genre that i find quite refreshing. Ellen Page is just amazing in it, as is Robert Sheehan who plays the wild character called Klaus who can talk to ghosts. It is beautifully designed and you will probably love it.

I was honored to be asked to design a little animated segment in the episode 8 where a character is telling a children’s story about the Umbrella Academy heroes. I painted 7 spreads split into parts to be animated by the marvelous gang at Pip Animation Studios in Toronto. I was happy with how it turned out! This is the first time I have seen my watercolors move like this and it is fun to see. It has tipped my interest into the world of moving pictures. I would like to do more things like this.

I am going to post the 7 shots below, so if you do not want spoilers, DO NOT SCROLL DOWN. I mean, it doesn’t really spoil anything in the show. You will just see what I did for it. So if you want to be surprised go watch the show! Thank you to Jeff King and Steve Blackman who were so great through all of this process. I had a great time with this project.

GREAT SHOWDOWNS Print Release on Wednesday!

Hello, Everyone!

It is time for some more GREAT SHOWDOWNS PRINTS!

We’ve got 3 Great Showdowns prints that will go on sale tomorrow, Wednesday February 20th, in the Scott C Shop at 1 pm EST! This will be the usual timed release which means they will be on sale for just 24 hours. The edition size shall be determined by however many have sold in that 24 hour span of time.

So prepare yourselves for “The Bear”, “The Rescue”, and “The Black Knight” ! BUT ALSO, prepare yourselves for a SECRET SHOWDOWN that shall sneak it’s way into 20 random orders. That Secret Showdown is called “THE BEES”. So be on the lookout for those BEES in your orders!

IN OTHER NEWS, we have a new THE SCOTT C SHOP Instagram and Twitter! Go follow those if you want specific updates on the goings on of the shop happenings and upcoming sales and whatnot!

“The Bear” - $15 (4.75 x 4.75 inches)

“The Rescue” - $15 (4.75 x 4.75 inches)

“The Black Knight” - $15 (4.75 x 4.75 inches)

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AND NOW LET US GAZE UPON THE SECRET SHOWDOWN:

“THE BEES” - Not For Sale…. Hidden in 20 random orders!