ARCHIVES 2016 LIFE OF JOSHUA BOULET
Updated 12.30.2016 by Boulet
Drawnk- a Seattle Artist meet up Collab
Inks by Boulet
The Original pencils
Updated 12.29.2016 by Boulet
2016 year end rap
It was sealed with a kiss as light as a tap
Updated 12.27.2016 by Boulet
Carrie Fisher
as Princess Leia
2nd and Bell
Seattle be like...
Taylor Grigsby finds a unique use for my
NorthWest Leaf Christmas cover
City Hostel Christmas
Seattle
Updated 12.24.2016 by Boulet
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Updated 12.20.2016 by Boulet
New comic
Updated 12.14.2016 by Boulet
Updated 12.12.2016 by Boulet
I drew some Christmas covers
Updated 12.07.2016 by Boulet
Quote by MLK
Life Drawing
Sasquatch
Updated 12.05.2016 by Boulet
Kyle Gass Band
at Tractor Tavern
KG in the crowd
Barton Fink
Updated 11.28.2016 by Boulet
My drawing in the
Seattle Weekly
See me?
Eli Wolf made this
Reed Carpenter frames my artwork
Always good to see my art
in a good home
Boulet in Oakland
Photo by Allie W
Updated 11.17.2016 by Boulet
Inspiration for this one came
while listening to a Talib Kweli song
America's President
Updated 11.12.2016 by Boulet
Drawing at GreenWood Community Dinners
Updated 11.04.2016 by Boulet
Seattle Weekly cover by Boulet
NoFX Seattle
Updated 11.03.2016 by Boulet
Seattle Weekly cover by Boulet
Updated 10.20.2016 by Boulet
I'm back in Cali
Wormhole Wednesdays
photo by unknown
Getting ready for Halloweed
with Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Updated 10.17.2016 by Boulet
WEEN
in San Francisco
Updated 10.10.2016 by Boulet
A lot of Hearts...
I draw my Dad
Claude Boulet
One of the most bad ass women in American Cinema
Linda Hamilton Terminator 2
Updated 09.19.2016 by Boulet
Skinny Bob
Updated 09.18.2016 by Boulet
Art collab
Art party
Updated 09.17.2016 by Boulet
Life Drawing
I get sketched by Seattle artist
Seth Goodkind
Updated 09.06.2016 by Boulet
Greenwood Art Blastoff
Updated 08.30.2016 by Boulet
I made a T-shirt
Updated 08.29.2016 by Boulet
Where is my mind?
Updated 08.25.2016 by Boulet
Moon Lander
as it should be
A collab with
Nick Gucker
Here we are working on it
Nick Gucker tags backbook 40
Updated 08.17.2016 by Boulet
New Dune
Les Miserables
IN SPACE
Updated 08.15.2016 by Boulet
My submission for Ween Zine no.2
Pity the Postman illustration
in the Seattle Weekly
Greenwood artwalk
Updated 08.04.2016 by Boulet
Viva Los Amigos
watercolor
because it made me smile
A new cover for Seattle Weekly
Pockets of Light
Updated 08.02.2016 by Boulet
A new Blackbook
BLACK 40
39=51 days usage
Sketchbook dump
Updated 07.29.2016 by Boulet
I did a mural!
Herbs house
in Ballard
Updated 07.20.2016 by Boulet
A new DUNE comic
Updated 07.15.2016 by Boulet
I've been playing Pokemon GO
here is what I've caught so far
Seattle Art Museum shares my sketch
Street Art
Updated 07.12.2016 by Boulet
Some recent things ...
Updated 07.10.2016 by Boulet
Nothing Gold can Stay
Updated 07.08.2016 by Boulet
Deep Sea Diver sketch
Summer at SAM
Here is a recent watercolor
"Get Sarah"
I made this as a thank you
for my participation on Sasquatch 206
A page from current Black Book 39
Life Drawing
I found this sticker
and drew all over it
Thanks for the photo
Orion Tippens
I also drew this
HELLO!
Updated 06.28.2016 by Boulet
R.I.P my friend...
Updated 06.26.2016 by Boulet
Based off this photo
I'm in Creepy #25
Dark Horse Comics
Got a copy of the Ween-zine I have art in
Updated 06.22.2016 by Boulet
Anything VS Pizza Tuesday
Updated 06.21.2016 by Boulet
Fremont Solstice
He followed me as I went to get something to eat
He drew this in my blackbook while I ate
We go to a bridge
and we write our tags
I went back to the spot only two days later
and the tags had already been buffed
Updated 06.17.2016 by Boulet
Life Drawing
Updated 06.09.2016 by Boulet
The thing about racism is . . .
back to the program. . .
Local Artist StarHead Boy
is inspired by the photo of my lounging
updated 06.6.2016
SASQUATCH 2016
as lived by BOULET
May 26th 2016
I'm part of a group of artists that have been invited by Ryan Henry Ward.
This will be my first time at the Gorge. I hear it's gonna be awesome.
Fueled on laughter an curls, Jessica and Roxy Rose get us there.
Close to the festival she picks up two hitch hikers and drops them off at the main gate.
Time to make our way to the artist camping grounds.
I find a spot, and set up a tent.
Sasquatch is a four day festival, and this is just cold night one.
I shiver myself to sleep and think "What the hell I've gotten myself into?"
FRIDAY MORNING- DAY 1 - I'm gonna be all right.
For the next couple of days I'll be painting a mural with Henry.
I'll be drawing people from the crowds.
This is for Pepsi's Kola House.
It is a comic book mural.
It will take us (Henry, the 3 Chicago artists, and me) four days to finish.
FINISHED MURAL
Here are some detail shots of what I did:
The Three background characters here:
All of the red / blue crowd scenes.
My fingerprints make up the red splatter!
See the little red heart?
They would host Kola House podcasts in front of the work in progress.
Photo credit unknown.
Sketching Henry at the Kola House stage.
THE BIG GRAMS BACKSTAGE STORY
Sunday night. Big Grams (Big Boi from OutKast and Phantograms) are playing the Bigfoot stage.
I walk up to security and show them my orange backstage bracelet.
The security guard frowns and says "No backstage passes tonight."
"But I'm the visual artist" I say, as I hold up my sketchbook, and a lanyard with my photo on it that says VISUAL ARTIST.
(Thank you Melissa)
"Okay. That works." he says and opens the gate.
I try but I am not able to actually get on stage, despite my pleas of needing to document the show correctly.
So I walk around to the front of the stage.
Here I am able to stand between the barrier of fans and the stage. At times Big Boi will only be a few feet from me.
This is where the media is allowed, and about twenty of them run around snapping the same photo..
I dance. I draw. I enjoy the show.
At some point they stop to wish the DJ a Happy Birthday.
A pink pinata is lowered from the top of the stage and everyone wishes the DJ, who is also named JOSH a Happy Birthday.
He swings, but the pinata is pulled up. He gives them a look. I can only see a certain amount being this close to the stage.
After he demolishes the pinata he HURLS the large mop handle he was using, into the crowd
The Girl on stage screams "JOSH! What are you-!?"
Big Boi just stares.
I couldn't see what happened, but I thought there is no way he really threw that mop handle.
Quickly Sarah, on stage, apologizes and the show gets back to jamming.
A few songs later security comes up to me and says "All media has to leave! You gotta go!"
"But I'm the visual artist!" I say and show them my sketch.
"Okay. He can stay." one guard points at me "but everyone else- OUT!"
Now it is just me and two security guards in all this space.
I smile and continue to sketch.
It took a few attempts but eventually I am able to produce something I am happy with.
BIG GRAMS at SASQUATCH 2016 by BOULET
I have time, so I turn around and sketch the crowd.
I stay until the show ends. When someone is yelling at the DJ to apologize, but I can't really hear, and the crowd groans.
I walk around the back to try and get an Autograph, but Big Boi is GONE.
I see Sarah of Phantograms, and wait to say hi.
I show her my sketch and contemplate if asking her for an autograph would be okay. Then I think, wait, I might be like, only sign here, and that might be rude. What should I do? I stand there, smiling.
She gives me a weird look and walks off.
Damn.
I walk back to camp, tell my story, and hang out with my friends.
Sunday ends.
It will be late in the next day when I meet
AMBER
There are three sides to this part of the story.
Mine, hers, and the truth.
This is mine. . .
When I see her, out of the corner of my eye, I abruptly I leave the conversation I was having and walk over to her.
I can already see that there is something special about her.
Politely, almost a little too shy, I ask to sit down.
"You're an artist?" I ask.
"Yes."
"You're also a. . . a . . . "
I stumble on my words.
Just say it Boulet. Just say what she is. You see it. So does everyone else. Besides, she is kinda cute.
"You're a Sasquatch, right?"
AMBER - THE FEMALE SASQUATCH ARTIST
We talk a little bit.
Apparently the Sasquatch tribes will socialize with the Humans ONLY once a year- at the SASQUATCH Music Festival
"Wow. I had no idea." I say.
She has some amazing art ideas.
I try to make her laugh.
As we talk I pick up a vibe that she might be flirting with me. Seriously?
I thank my lucky stars! I can already see our two styles melding together into some kind of weird Human Sasquatch obscure art greatness!
Of course I could only see her once a year, but.... I'm not worried about that.
How does that saying go? True love knows no bounds? Yes...
Plus, she is kinda cutel. Wait, did I already say that?
I should have told her that then and there, because I get distracted by a friend or smoking weed, or something, I can't really remember,
but it will be a few hours before I see her again. . . .with another man.
She is sitting on top of the hill.
I can see that she is sketching now. . . him.
He is a handsome Prehistoric Reptile type bird man. It is hard to describe. I'll just draw it-
Amber and the Bird Man - he swooped in, and I immediately disliked him.
I try to give them some time, but he isn't leaving.
Finally I walk up the hill to say hi, but the vibe has already changed.
I watch her draw for a few seconds- just long enough for my heart to break, and then walk off.
I am already lost in the crowd as I wave bye.
MY HEART!
IT HURTS!
Like a raging fire that can't be controlled.
Each heart beat causes a pain that pounds thru my body.
had just met her. I had nothing invested. How can it hurt like this?
I plop down in the grass at the main stage, and amongst the festival goers I smoke hash until I can forget about Amber.
Which turns out to be a lot of hash
A cute Sasquatch girl broke my heart.
but....
I am still alive.
TUESDAY MORNING
For the last day that damn sun wakes me up on time.
I quickly break down my campsite.
I high five all my new friends, hitch a ride, and get the fuck back to civilization and a warm shower.
MY FAVORITE SASQUATCH MOMENT
At one point I am back at the camp. Carl comes up to me and tells me that down at the main stage bar he was talking with some of the other artists.
He tells me that everyone was saying how awesome of an artist I am.
Who? I quickly ask
He lists off a list that will forever stay close to my heart.
I give him a hug.
THE END
THANK YOU FRIENDS!
THANK YOU HENRY!
Thank you, my friends, beyond whatever words or art I could ever produce.
I'll give you a BIG HUG next time we meet.
-BOULET MAY/JUNE 2016
UPDATED 06.03.2016
Seattle Weekly Shindig!
UPDATED 05.23.2016
I'll be drawing live at Sasquatch 2016
watercolor
It's Always Sunny in Philildelphia
The Gang Goes on Family Fight
Charlie, do you eat Dragons?
watercolor
goodbye BlackBook 38
Hello BLACKBOOK 39
My art in the Seattle Weekly
Finished. Seattle E-Bike
UPDATED 05.04.2016
For a WEEN fanzine submission
UPDATED 04.28.2016
I have artwork in CREEPY 23 by DARK HORSE COMICS
The frontispiece
The frontispiece
I pay tribute to comic book legends
Frank Frazetta
Bernie Wrightson
Richard Corben
Jack Davis
In the credits
my name is next to Richard Corben
Corben also has a short story in this issue
In the letters section
I have a fan!
Thank you Salvador Wolfe
Salvador Wolfe- contact me for a free sketch
UPDATED 04.24.2016
UPDATED 04.22.2016
Some sketchbook stuff
Ballard Life Drawing Class
I model,for the class
and draw back
Oscar smiles
cool collab
with artist Cassie Murphy
I benched Georgetown
UPDATED 04.13.2016
Sasquatch Festival pre meet
UPDATED 04.12.2016
Collab with Colin Curry
My third eye is kicking strong,
and out of my heart shines this incredible light.
I call it GOD, but it prefers to be called love.
Delusions of grandeur?
UPDATED 04.11.2016
KEXP Seattle
Sticker SLAP
Thanks Xaiver lopez
for this interview
http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattlearts/2016/03/26/11717/
Title: A Confab with Joshua Boulet – Of Dark Horse Comic Books,
Led Zeppelin, Love and Reefer Superheroes!
Sketching a sketcher
Colin in the Park
I'm trying to change this about me
regardless
it is a great quote
UPDATED 03.31.2016
The Sun Rays of Europia
watercolor by BOULET
for sale in the shop
Another Seatle Weekly cover!!!
I created this after watching
Jill Bolte Taylor's Ted Talk
So I sent it to here in an e-mail
She wrote back
awesome!
UPDATED 03.21.2016
Bernie Sanders Rally at Key Arena
Seattle
Standing in the rain drawing
will ruin sketchbooks
UPDATED 03.20.2016
Capitol Hill Light rail opens
Seattle Mayor Murray is there
I sketch him
UPDATED 03.12.2016
UPDATED 03.10.2016
new stuff!
Seattle Weekly cover
My art next to Daniel Clowes's art?
bad photo (lighting) of a great cover
concept
Earlier in the day...
St.John at Bernard's in Seattle
UPDATED 03.09.2016
A new comic!
in the comic section
UPDATED 03.01.2016
I read a friends social media post
and made this
UPDATED 02.24.2016
UPDATED 02.23.2016
UPDATED 02.21.2016
As I was watching
HITCHCOCK's
THE BIRDS
I paused the movie to draw this scene
I made this to heal my heart
Updated 02/17/2016
Drawn at a Seattle local meet up
Updated 02/12/2016
Here is what I did today
Live drawing at
BLICK ART MATERIALS
Went to ART PRIMO SEATTLE
STACKED PAPERS
Nemesis local comic artist
Busy day
Updated 02/04/2016
A quick sketch
on the C Line
My drawing in the Seattle Weekly
01.21.2016
Cool little art show
lots of great local talent
04.04.16 Pioneer Square Saloon 5/10p
Updated 01/25/2016
A NEW COMIC!
a quick one
that had me smiling
while drawing
enjoy!
01.21.2016
From DRAWNK in Pioneer Square
The Talented Reed Carpenter painted me
Reed Carpenter (check out his FB. click here.)
from DUNE mini comic night
01.19.2016
01.18.2016
Happy MLK Day
01.08.2016
Before I leave Dallas...
A comic
Warp Zine meet up
01.01.2016
Lets start 2016 out right!
