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DATE: ~1986
DESCRIPTION: I was inspired by a strange very very short cartoon that was featured before a Godzilla movie. In this two-minute clip, Bambi the deer walks around foraging for food with classical music playing in the background. This continues for a minute, until Godzilla's foot comes out of nowhere and crushes Bambi flat.
I actually found it on YouTube! - Bambi Meets Godzilla
I found it hilarious, and so decided to create my own series - "Gozilla meets..." or "Godzilla versus..." Here's my extremely odd example, which involves some creative childhood personification.
DATE: ~1996
DESCRIPTION: My AP Biology class took a field trip to the Bay Area, including San Francisco. There was a point at which we were entering the city and I saw this Chevrolet billboard that read "HAPPY F'N NEW YEAR". I read this aloud, much to the disappointment of my Bio teacher, Mrs. Jepsen. Fun times.
Attached is a photo of the billboard and a note explaining what had happened that day. I'm not sure if it was Kim or Megan who sent me this. Thanks to whoever it was!
DATE: ~1999
DESCRIPTION: Another scribble from Biochemistry or Biology lecture at UC Berkeley. My drawing started to get exotic and primal at this point. Say hello to "Señor Phospholipid" and "Basal + Apical". One other note, which I didn't scan...at the top my name is written as Bryan "Nuthin' But Satire" Tolmachoff. Heh. Also, it's possible someone assisted me with these drawings - possibly A-Lo.
DATE: ~1990
DESCRIPTION: These assignments were fun. Write a poem and combine it with 'skillful' drawing. This one apparently about contemplating whether to kill a porcupine. Must have been from one of those short stories in a giant literature book we would browse through on a daily basis. I couldn't find anything about "Gordon and the Porcupine" in Google.
DATE: May 1982
DESCRIPTION: This is definitely an example of post-WW2 abstract expressionism. It's early Kandinsky-esque, with its devotion to inner beauty and color symbolism. Bright colors on a muddy background. Painting much like creating music.
Kandinsky said, "Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the hammer, the soul is the piano with the strings."
Four year-old Bryan said, "I like Dino vitermins!"
DATE: April 1988
DESCRIPTION: School poetry and art project. I liked military aircraft at the time. I must have paid a lot of attention to detail as well because I drew the tail codes (ED) - representing Edwards Air Force Base, which was just over the mountains from where we lived.
It was around this time that I decided a career in the arts was unattainable.
DATE: Fall, 1984
DESCRIPTION: Here I am with my team, the "Raiders" in the Littleton Soccer Association. Yes, I know we weren't black and silver, but for some reason we chose the name "Raiders". Oh, and we liked to pull our shorts up high.
My dad was an assistant coach, pictured to the right of me in the team picture. Since it's the Fall season in Colorado, there is snow on the ground!
One other thing to note, my hair is weird. I think I might actually have had a different hair style at one point in my life and it was here in 1984.
