Brian the Hagen

Absurd, surreal & challenging cartoonist 'n' artist | Cincinnati, Ohio

[foervraengd]

Okay so I followed this video about foreshortening and…

Sycra. I love you so much for making this video.

[brian-the-hagen]

Abstract landscape with bird and girl. Drawn in Acadia National Park, Maine. . . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comic #altcomics #art #artwork #inkdrawing #ink #watercolor #acadianationalpark #maineart #drybrush #winsorandnewton #abstractlandscape #landscape #popart #popsurrealism #lowbrow #lowbrowart #weird #weirdart #weirddrawing #strange #strangeart #strangedrawing

[brian-the-hagen]

Drawing to teach myself the tarot: both the Waite-Smith and Thoth decks. The High Priestess has exchanged her scroll of memory for a cell phone. Her two pillars and silver crown led my subconscious to The Moon card, hence the shellfish. Her temple is open to the bird-filled night sky.

[brian-the-hagen]

Bold sketches. Big brown paper meets me. Why plan ahead? . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comics #art #artwork #sketch #penandink #watercolor #lowbrowart #weirdart #weirddrawing #strangeart #automaticdrawing #popsurrealism #automatism #surreal (at Cinncinati, Ohio)

[brian-the-hagen]

Last Airport sketches? .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #portrait #art #artwork #pencil #pencildrawing #portrait #caricature #portraitdrawing #hpn #westchesterairport (at Charlotte Douglas International Airport)

[brian-the-hagen]

I'm getting crankier as I sketch MORE rich people with fine bone structure in the Westchester County Airport. (HPN). . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #portrait #art #artwork #pencil #pencildrawing #portrait #caricature #portraitdrawing #hpn #westchesterairport (at Delta Terminal - Westchester County Airport)

[brian-the-hagen]

There's a lot of rich people with fine bone structure to sketch while stuck 4 hours in the Westchester County Airport. (HPN). . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #portrait #art #artwork #pencil #pencildrawing #portrait #portraitdrawing #hpn #westchesterairport

[brian-the-hagen]

"Finish everything!" The advice didn't help at all. . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comic #altcomics #art #artwork #lowbrowart #darkart #weirdart #weirddrawing #strangeart #darkhumor #strangedrawing #toughlove #badadvice #selfloathing #artistblock #penandinkdrawing #penandink #watercolor

[brian-the-hagen]

Love is also pain. (Drawn and painted while listening to Nick Cave.) . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comic #altcomics #art #artwork #lowbrowart #darkart #weirdart #weirddrawing #strangeart #strangedrawing #lovelost #brokenheart #stonerart #gnib #dippen #penandinkdrawing #penandink #watercolor #winsorandnewton #winsornewton #heartache #heartbreak #lovelost #brokenheart #nickcave

[brian-the-hagen]

Pen and ink portrait of Natalia on our whalewatching trip. In the spirit of realism, the scattered ocean waves to her left show an utter lack of whales. . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #portrait #art #artwork #penandink #penandinkdrawing #dippen #gpen #profile #whalewatching #barharborwhales #barharbor

[brian-the-hagen]

"Jesus is THIS way." Today, Boston; tomorrow, NYC. (at Copley Square)

[brian-the-hagen]

Tonight, my pencil is a chisel, slowly revealing the idea and the composition that hid behind the initial random lines of this drawing. (Work in progress.) . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comic #comics #art #artwork #pencilsketch #sketch #historieta #lowbrowart #darkart #darkhumor #weird #weirdart #weirddrawing #strange #strangeart #strangedrawing #wip #workinprogress (at Rockland Harbor)

[brian-the-hagen]

Freelance artists die without health care. Right now, cancer is clawing too deep into a person I love. And I'm furious with today's Senate vote…so here's a drawing from my unconscious. . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comic #comics #art #artwork #historieta #lowbrowart #darkart #darkhumor #weird #weirdart #weirddrawing #strange #strangeart #strangedrawing #killthebill #aca #dontkillus #aca #obamacare #penandink #watercolor #popsurrealism

[brian-the-hagen]

Love – it ain't promised and it may not come back. (The art is deliberately drippy watercolors over pencils, followed by ink.) . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comic #altcomics #art #artwork #historieta #lowbrowart #darkart #darkhumor #weird #weirdart #weirddrawing #strange #strangeart #strangedrawing #lovelost #brokenheart #stonerart #420 #penandink #watercolor #winsorandnewton #winsornewton

[brian-the-hagen]

The belly dancer wants you to know that she knows she's beautiful. Drawn in Jacob Hoffner Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Northside) . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #illustration #art #artwork #sketch #sketchbook #penandink #watercolor #enpleinair #pleinair #bellydance #bellydanceart #bellydanceartist #winsorandnewton #winsornewton #cincinnati #northsidecincinnati

[brian-the-hagen]

The belly dancer wants you to know that she knows she's beautiful. Drawn in Jacob Hoffner Park, Cincinnati, Ohio. (Northside) . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #illustration #art #artwork #sketch #sketchbook #penandink #watercolor #enpleinair #pleinair #bellydance #bellydanceart #bellydanceartist #winsorandnewton #winsornewton

[brian-the-hagen]

Orange margaritas helped this student convince her friends that she was NOT an artist. Overheard & sketched from life, or: eavesdropping as art . .. ... .. . #adhd-comics #comics #comic #comix #cartoon #altcomics #altcomix #art #artwork #lowbrow #historieta #lowbrowart #darkart #darkhumor #overheard #eavesdropping #graphicdesign #artist