Jonny Clugston is a narrative photographer and writer based in Santa Cruz, CA, attending the University of California, Santa Cruz as a Film & Digital Media major. He has worked with the Santa Cruz Sentinel, receiving multiple awards for his editorial work in sports. His photographic works manage to capture intimate yet casual […]
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Sketch: Fuzzy/Warm
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I pulled out the charcoals and did a sketch, sort of in the same way someone might do a rain dance. Artist- Julianna Chavez
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Details in California
This morning I’ve been working on freehanded details for a typical Californian home. Typically, when I’m trying to create a familiar environment in a piece, I prefer to work from mental generalizations and memories rather than tangible photos (The house and the car had blossomed just as the palm tree and the flowers had). Mental […]
Illustration: Symbols
During this last Spring quarter at UC Santa Cruz, I had the pleasure of taking Stacy Kamehiro’s class, Art of the Body in Oceania, a course about visual culture phenomena in Polynesian island areas. Before this class, whenever I had heard the term, “tribal tattoo,” all I could think about were sunburned, sweaty lines […]
Illustration: Autopilot (a self portrait)
This week’s illustration, Autopilot, represents moments when I feel most like myself. Namely, I’m referring to walks home, usually from running errands. I believe religiously in stopping and smelling the roses, and if the roses do not require stopping, then I put myself on autopilot, completely encapsulated in the scent of the flowers. With the […]
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Little Black Duck
This morning, I’m sending you a dream I had. Artist- Julianna Chavez
Saturday Morning Cartoons: Minimalism
If you have become familiar with the Saturday Morning Cartoons posts/series, you probably know that I like to focus on minute details in my illustrations. This Saturday I thought that I would try something a little different. Whilst I am known for my extremely expressive drawings of faces, I thought that it would be […]
Saturday Morning Cartoons: We’re Over Here, Guys
What entices me about photography is that however insignificant or small a moment may be, its most lovable features usually stay in the photograph. Even if a picture is blurry, mistimed, or simply ugly, it still has a lot of memories attached to it; it’s still a truthful snippet of a part of someone’s life. […]