Month of Love : Kevin Jay Stanton

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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Kevin Jay Stanton - 69 Love Songs

Super crazy late (it's not even the Month of Love anymore!) but I wanted to post it anyway! I chose Abigail, Belle of Kilronan because it is an incredibly beautiful song and I wanted to try something wistful.

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Kevin Jay Stanton - Fetish (2 of 2)

Like I said, this was a tough one for me to figure out. In the end I decided the closest thing I have to a fetish is falling in love with a series of fictional characters. I have a thing for grumpy, sarcastic guys in particular, and chief among them is Garrus Vakarian, of the Mass Effect trilogy. It's actually spun into what could be a small series akin to Kali Ciesemier's awesome zine, All My Anime Boyfriends, at this point. So maybe I'll give that a shot when I have a little more time!

Kevin Jay Stanton - Fetish (1 of 2)

Initially I didn't plan on doing a piece this week because I couldn't think of anything other than the lyrics of a Rihanna song. When I mentioned this to my little brother, he thought of Hedonismbot, so I did a quick cut-out of one of my favorite Futurama characters. It's kind of a dirty gold color, which I think is pretty apt.

And I couldn't help but hear "Djambi!" in my head while doing this.

Next piece coming in a few hours!

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Kevin Jay Stanton - Favorite Love Story

I realized that while I do watch a lot of romantic movies, I tend to think of the romance as somewhat secondary. The forerunners for this project were initially two of my favorite movies - The Fifth Element and Ever After. But neither of them really resonate for me romantically. Frankly I just like Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Drew Barrymore kicking ass. All of my ideas revolved around heroic poses of them.

So I went back and decided on A Very Long Engagement, which can truly be called a romantic movie. In highschool I would sigh about how deep Mathilde's love for Manech was and how strong their bond was, and think about that mournful tuba. Also, Marianne Cotillard is a serious badass in this, and I'm all about that. Oh and for anyone who hasn't seen the film - "MMM" stands for "Manech aime Mathilde" and is carved into the bell of a church where the lovebirds grew up.

At the moment I'm trying a bunch of new techniques to flesh out ideas and this seemed like a good opportunity to do so!

Monday, February 3, 2014

Kevin Jay Stanton - The #nofilter Valentine

Valentine's Day for me isn't a whole lot different from other nights I spend with my boyfriend. Usually he cooks, maybe I cook, we watch a movie, sleep. There's one ritual though, which I think counts as celebrating V-Day: discount chocolate. February 15th is prime-pickings for leftover chocolate and the prices are cut deep. I barely eat chocolate normally, but I'm looking forward to this year's trek for CVS's slashed priced candy (my favorite are the scalloped ones)!