Rob Funderburk Studio Blog

ink bathing sketches

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:17:00 -0400

ink bathing sketches

rgf-storythinking: RGF, people in a meeting sketch, 3/2012

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:21:25 -0400

rgf-storythinking:

RGF, people in a meeting sketch, 3/2012

RGF, thumbnails, 3/2012

Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:19:07 -0400

RGF, thumbnails, 3/2012

Rob Funderburk, sketch at Washington & Des...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:48:31 -0400

Rob Funderburk, sketch at Washington & Des Plaines, 4/21/12.

Photo

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 21:43:00 -0400

Photo

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:23:17 -0500

for real

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:21:07 -0500

for real

hey did i tell any of you guys i got a big thing full of old...

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 23:19:59 -0500

hey did i tell any of you guys i got a big thing full of old maps? i do. studio excavation

blocking some forms onto salvaged background, based on an aerial...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:03:15 -0500

blocking some forms onto salvaged background, based on an aerial reference image

sketch blocking shapes from reference, an aerial shot of a...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:28:30 -0500

sketch blocking shapes from reference, an aerial shot of a friend’s family’s farm

some old ones from a while ago, sideways assessment as grounds...

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 19:23:32 -0500

some old ones from a while ago, sideways assessment as grounds to build new on

At Believe Inn, starting Friday July 6

Thu, 05 Jul 2012 14:44:00 -0400

Sharing a dozen or so works on paper in a group show at Believe Inn in Chicago, opening this Friday July 6 from 6–10pm, and running through August 4th by appointment.

In this showcard is a detail of a piece from a set of six there stemming from these, along with one of these. Also including some small walnut ink & mixed media studies, and a couple of city sketches.

Believe Inn is an alternative exhibition space and friendly, vibrant creative hub hosted in the studio of artists Chris Silva and Lauren Feece. The artists assembled for Now Is the Time come from far & wide and seem like great company — included are:
Chad Davis
Christopher Allman
Damion Silver
Emmett Kerrigan
Frog
Gabe Lanza
Geoffry Smalley
Hao Ni
Kane One
Luke Pelletier
Rob Funderburk
Uriel Correa

Please be my guest!

Believe Inn
2043 N Winchester, Chicago
Group Exhibit: Now Is The TimeOpening Friday July 6, 6–10pm
Addtl. by appointment through August 4, 2012
believeinn.org
facebook.com/believeinn

Farmer Market sketch 5/11/12

Sat, 12 May 2012 20:55:00 -0400

Chicago Stories

Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:27:00 -0400

Some sketch portraits from among 28 or so I did for the new Chicago Stories by Michael Czyzniejewski, 40 short & punchy fictions in the voices of famous Chicagoans, just released from publisher Curbside Splendor — get yours here, paperback (best) or electronic.

Jean Baptiste Point du Sable,
first resident of Chicago

Mayor Jane Byrne

Nathan Leopold & Richard Loeb

Steve Dahl, of “Disco Demolition” fame

Rhubarb & Ribbie, White Sox mascots

Hugh Hefner

Ada & Minna Everleigh

Rich Koz / Svengoolie

Get Chicago Stories here, paperback or electronic.

* Chicago Stories Release Party
featuring author Michael Czyzniejewski & Guests

Saturday, April 21

7–10pm
Cole’s Bar, 2338 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago
FREE

Portrait batch for Czyniejewski's Chicago Stories

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 21:49:00 -0500

Dennis Rodman

Barreling through sketch portraits for Chicago Stories by Michael Czyzniejewski — 25 or so by time I’m through, quick shots above and below of today’s crop for your interests. Total roster are attendants to Chicago history small and large, humanities rendered in swift fictional monologues by Mikey Chiz.

Dennis Rodman


David Yow

I call Michael “Mikey Chiz” here cause he said I ought quit referring to him as “Mr. Czyniejewski”. Maybe I did a couple times.

John Wentworth

Rod Blagojevich

Mayor Jane Byrne

Sister Carrie

Skip Dillard

Several more on the way, and a done thing this spring, a paperback and easy to carry, from Curbside Splendor. More soon; info & preordering at Curbside Splendor.

Chicago Stories by Michael Czyzniejewski
Spring 2012 from Curbside Splendor
Pre-order now: http://goo.gl/1nWII

Chicago Stories by Czyzniejewski

Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:05:00 -0500

Cover has just been approved, and I’m working diligently now on a whole slew of portraits for Chicago Stories by Michael Czyzniejewski, forthcoming this spring from Curbside Splendor. I’ll share some in-progress sneak-peeks as we proceed!

Really exciting project — great folks to work with, and a delight reading Mr. Czyzniejewski’s sophisticated renderings of imaginary monologues from a range of notable Chicagoans, some near the surface of the city’s consciousness and others a bit deeper down, all implicit in the ethos and mythology of place here, sometimes hilarious, typically brilliant — a job well done by Czy I’ll hope to serve well with attendant art.

More soon, and check it out: curbsidesplendor.com/curbside/books/chicago-stories

Chicago Stories by Michael Czyzniejewski
Spring 2012 from Curbside Splendor
Pre-order now: http://goo.gl/1nWII

AV-Aerie sketches

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:15:00 -0400

Component renderings from project for Chicago Opera Vanguard at AV-Aerie (RIP), 2009. Turned these up the other day moving some rolls of paper, just though I’d share. Click them to see them bigger.

Visual Reportage from China, c1890

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:52:00 -0400

Bound sets of Chinese huabao, c1890.

D.B. Dowd, an illustrator, visual journalist and teacher in St. Louis, Missouri, is at work on an exhibition project called Drawing Conclusions: The Illustrator as Reporter, projected for 2014 and including historical examples of illustrated press from China. I stumbled Dowd’s posts about these today and am very excited to see more.

In 1872, a Chinese daily newspaper called Shenbao was launched by a British publishing interest that employed Chinese reporters, editors, illustrators and printers. After initial success and some format experiments, the group introduced illustrated supplements called huabao (“pictorials”), beginning in 1884 with Dianshizhai Huabao and later Feiyingge Huabao. Below is a spread from the first issue of Dianshizhai Huabao describing a battle of the Sino-French War.

Wu Youru, “Forceful Attack at Bac Ninh,” Dianshizhai Huabao #1, 1884.

And here is another characteristic huabao news image, describing a trainwreck reported from America in 1890.

Visual report of American trainwreck by Wu Youru, Feiyingge Huabao, September 1890.

Detail of above image by Wu Youru.

Along with a lot of great information about visual reportage more broadly, Mr. Dowd assures he’ll write more these pictorials in coming posts on his blog: ulcercity.blogspot.com

Best of luck, Mr. Dowd, and thanks for sharing.

Chicago Tribune Cartoonists, 1931

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 16:49:00 -0400

Excerpt from the silent 1931 promotional documentary “From Trees to Tribunes,” featuring the Chicago Tribune company’s stable of cartoonists at that time:

This video edit is courtesy of Hugo Sleestak on YouTube. All three parts of the original film can be downloaded at archive.org.

five buildings as if on one block together

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 17:47:00 -0400

Click on any of these images to see them bigger.

Gene’s Sausage Shop, Chicago

Fielded an interesting challenge from art director Josh Engleman at Time Out Chicago: draw five specific restaurants — spread across town in reality — as if they were on the same imaginary block together. Coulda really spent a lot of time geeking-out on this one but had to turn it around pretty quick — maybe thankfully, heh.

Illustration for Time Out Chicago #333 (click to see it big)

The illustration accompanies the article “These Roofs Are On Fire!” by Julia Kramer & David Tamarkin in Time Out Chicago’s print issue #333, along with photos spotlighting these local restaurants with great new rooftop patios (L to R in my illo above — click it to see it bigger):

Davanti Enoteca: 1359 W Taylor St, davantichicago.com
Owen & Engine: 2700 N Western Ave, owenengine.com
Gene’s Sausage Shop: 4750 N Lincoln Ave, genessausageshop.com
Reggie’s: 2105 S State St, reggieslive.com/musicjoint
Studio Paris at Paris Club: 59 W Hubbard St, parisclubchicago.com

Thanks, Josh, for a real interesting assignment.

Davanti Enoteca (on imaginary block), Chicago

Owen & Engine / Gene’s Sausage Shop (on imaginary block), Chicago

Reggie’s (on imaginary block), Chicago

Reggie’s / Paris Club (on imaginary block), Chicago