Travis Louie

“Pug Conundrum” will on display at Context Art Fair in Miami with Harman Projects Booth A11

“The Secret Admirer” for Harman Projects at Context Art Fait, Miami

Happy Turducken Day

If you get a chance, you must see @realgdt.bsky.social directed Frankenstein in a proper movie theater. Great storytelling, beautifully designed vision of mad obsession and a glimpse of humanity.

Happy Halloween everyone

“The Mysterious Mr Hagstone”

“The Mysterious Mr. Hagstone”
Looking through the hole in his head from the back, reveals a glimpse of the future.

This rabbit and this bird are thinking of you.

Unless one has the means that allow for certain possibilities, very often, the urgency of making a living robs the artist of the time required to make masterworks.

Bob The Daily Affirmation Polar Bear

It is really slick and smooth. The trick is getting the ideal amount of paint on the brush so it does not bead or smear uncontrollably

I had to render this “Squid Jacket” for a client on a new paper surface called Yupo. It takes the paint better than the graphite

"Benny's Frog" acrylic on board 8"x10"

New print releases for the month of June are up now www.travislouieart.com/limited-prints

Soup of the Dragon

Portrait of Martin with his favorite bat at the conclusion of the second race during "The Great Bat Races" of 1893

"Varmot", based on actor Sam Elliott and "Dinner at Ape" based on actor Marie Dressler

American Illustration 43 Winner TRAVIS LOUIE @travislouie.bsky.social

#publication The New York Times for Kids @nytkids

Cover for The New York Times for Kids issue evoking both the section theme “The Unknown” and the main feature of the issue “What Lurks Below.”
#fishstories #travislouie

New mini prints are available in the Prints and Collectibles section of my website www.travislouieart.com/limited-prints

I tell my students not to give them “knees” because it makes them look like a person wearing a mermaid costume.

A couple of things, . . . Everyone responds to critical analysis differently; some people are inspired, while others are frozen by it. Being tough on people is worthless if the result is not helping them expand possibilities. It's important to meet people where they are.

One of my goals as an instructor is not to be as bad as that teacher was. I understand the challenge of a larger classroom of students, but it's important to explain one's criticism so it sinks in properly.

Getting brutally critiqued by college art instructors is not the badge of courage people think it is. It didn’t make me a better artist, it made me realize how full of shit my light and color teacher was.

"Soup of the Dragon"

Frog saw that the buzzer was reading a tiny book.

The Sword and The Hat for Giant Robot mini Raku Mini Gaki Show

"Secret Admirer" first pass

Does anyone want to see this as a painting or a door-to-door salesperson or activist looking for signatures?

"Jackalope Dreamland" for the Beautiful Bizarre Dreamland exhibition at Corey Helford Gallery

Ads from comic books many of us grew up with. Admittedly, I did have sea monkeys at one point.