Tattoos

Updated 6/30/09

cocktail napkins

I had a dream my head was a motorcycle

evilpus

smurf

for a one-hour sketch battle with steph mccrea.

transformation

finally got some tattoos in progress! will add pics when the gabs gives the 'okay'.

added links to mike price & michael suarez.

rare things

Added Ean McNamara to links. More naked furries there than I remember.

doodlepack

Let your problems solve each other.


In other news, I tattooed my own leg.

vandalismo!

the tattoo shop used to be a travel agency. they had a nice cheesy mural. this is what happens.

before
after
zoom
i'm taking suggestions on how else to deface it.

set painting for dummies

got hired back in april to paint and dress a set for the play "Frankenstein" along with my friend matt biringer. carpentry by thad livingston. you'd never believe the whole thing is made of luan and bubblegum. also, special thanks to (the always lovely) katie poinsett.

eh, i'm never gonna finish this.

so just run with it.

sprite sheet?

why wasn't i born in the 80's? oh, wait, i was.

I'm still alive.

Grandma (Again)
acrylic and ink on canvas
2008
Commission from back in March(?) but i haven't had internet access for about 6 months so HERE IT IS! Not my best composition, but hey, I got to paint those hands. Big shout out to Linc for making a sweet uncut wood frame for it.

I have totally been a non-artworking person lately, but I bought a tattoo gun the other day! So maybe I'll scar some people for life soon and post pictures here.

portrait commission

marlene & tom
acrylic on canvas
2007
commission? commission. from now on, they're all monsters. all of them.

busy bee...

I never update! Ah well, lots of stuff has been going on. Went to Las Vegas and drove to a bunch of cool canyons out west. Made a couple paintings (coming soon). But the big deal for me right now is that I'm learning some web programming languages called PHP and MySQL.

I have never concentrated so much in my life. I'm not sure what is going to become of all this, but it's going to be very cool. Hopefully I can get some kind of web game off the ground. Make some money. Do something with my life. We'll see.

open for biz

The Store is now open. I've only got a handful of things on there right now, but I'll put up whatever I don't sell in person in the future. Just gotta figure out how to ship paintings...

BUY SOMETHING
or get out.

katfish

katfish
acrylic, marker, and printer cartridge ink on canvas
2007katie wanted a painting of fish. she got this instead. oh, and cmyk ink never dries. ever. it's been over 3 years. never.

more sock monsters

roxy & vanilla

"roxy & vanilla"
acrylic and marker on canvas
2007sometimes you paint dogs. commissioned by mike and becky sneed.

flock of socks

i keep sewing

the show (again)

Thanks so much to everyone that made it out to the show. I know it was a hell of a long drive for some of you, but you helped make it a success. For those that couldn't make it, it went something like this:

23-year funeral

"23-year funeral"
acrylic & marker on canvas
2007
Yes, they are real. Yes, sock stuffing is involved.

11" x 17" posters of this are available for $9 plus shipping. Email me if you want one.

the show

if you are reading this, i hope you got the invite. if not, here is yours.

sisters

"abby & juliette"
acrylic & marker on canvas
2007
holy crap, since when do i love painting hair and fabric? since when do i love painting at all?? who am i?!

recent stuff

"amy c."
oil & acrylic on canvas
2007
i've always had a fascination with smokers. i've tried for years to pick up the habit, but it's just too hard. i guess between biting my nails and chewing my lips, i have enough freudian fixations happening.

"grandma"
acrylic on canvas
24" x 40"
2006
this woman kicks ass. she's a hero of mine, and not only because she's half spider.

"v foundation charity skate deck"
spray paint, acrylic, & ink on skate deck
2006
who would have thought a charitable, cancer-fighting organization could piss me off so much? i would have, that's who.

done?

okay, got most of the crap up and took the site live. while going through my old links, i found that about a third of my friends from college no longer pay their web hosting bills and are probably a bunch of rotten drunks. on the bright side, okan and jon have blogs of their own now. coolie.

take this, it's all i have on me:

game animation

foolin' around with some guys modding the hl2 source engine. made this guy for them:

requires DiVX to view.
4023 triangles. what? - it's a shooter...

old 3d animations

this guy was a blast to build. i've really taken a liking to constructing functioning systems in 3dsmax. there are a couple lighting and clipping issues, but i'm far to lazy to fix them.

spiderbot: .mov or .mpg

a trio of dungeon dwellers based on my roomates and i. they face the same ol' challenges as everyone else - avoiding paying rent, getting robbed by adventurers, and smoking pot with the dragon next door. and much like us, their existences went nowhere.

'gork' morph test: .mov
'gork' 360: .mpg
'stuart' 360: .mpg
'stuart' physique test: .mpg
'stuart' 360 closeup: .mpg
'spitt' physique test: .mov

my first animated character, and the source of the sixth kingdom stuff. i've been mildly obsessed with myrmecology ever since watching them carry away my leftovers through the cracks of grandma's driveway. i just realized i later painted her portrait as a spider-person...

baby's first steps!: .avi (13.4mb)
baby's first character!: .mpg (8.9mb)

old illustrations

old portraits

old concept art

more sketches

just found these old pics i did for the gang i used to play city of villains with. it was a fun challenge to make decent illustrations from in-game models. at the time i thought some of the guys needed better costumes - but really, you can make anything look cool.

old sketches

ol' suckface

Inspired by Jon McNair's Strange Creature.

old abstract stuff

these are collaborations with jen stark:

lost sketches

I won't say how old these are, but I just found them under a book. Maybe I should clean more.





I'll give you a clue. I was still working on Pirates!

w.i.p.

I'm switching over to a blog-style website in order to make updating less painful. When it takes at least an hour to add content to your site, you tend to put it off completely. So from now on, I VOW TO PUT EVERY PIECE OF ARTWORK I PRODUCE ON THIS SITE! Plus, this way, people can comment.

Now to upload all the old stuff somehow, and figure out a way to do thumbnails or galleries, or something.

linkage

friends & enemies:

Javi Ameijeiras
Okan Arabacioglu
Matt Bednarik
Rob Bilek
Brandon Blackwell
Chris Brindley
Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell (ice)
Jongim Chang
Chad Clikeman
Stephen Cook
Melissa Diaz
Alex Fine
Jay Gillen
Hans Hageman
Jess Hara
Kim Herbst
Ben Kutil
Val Lucas
Jon Marro
Jon Marro (shirts)
Jon Marro (jeans)
Shaun Martin
Sam Matics
Steph McCrea
Jon McNair
Ean McNamara
Nikie Monteleone
Mike Moore
Chris Mucci
Noah Pfarr
Mike Price
Saralyn Rosenfield
Melody Shickley
Jen Stark
Michael Suarez
Ted Terranova
Holly Tatnall
Catharine Wang

abouts

Benjamin Harris is a New Jersey–based artist and a 2005 Illustration graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). He has worked professionally as an illustrator and 3D animation contractor for videogame companies including Sid Meier's Firaxis Games and Big Huge Games. His art focuses on "Inner-Life Portraits", highly stylized caricatures painted with influences ranging from toys and animation to entomology and optics. Ben's works have been exhibited throughout Maryland, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.

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