Tristan Tierce - Illustration

"GBGV"

Card Tests

Desert Experiment

Flower Chiba

Doodles

Backstory

POV Experiment

Nature vs. Machine

The piece "Cinemark" has been incredibly influential for much of my recent work. It was created during a time when I was uncertain of the direction that University would lead me regarding a fulfilling job that still allowed room for my creativity.

During the conception of this piece, I was working as an Usher at Cinemark. This job allowed me to utilize the significant free time I was given during my long shifts to illustrate and plan for the future. Since I was not allowed to have any technology or book during my shift, I resorted to using the only available items which were referred to as "Drop Sheets" by the Ushers. These show time schedules were filled with significant blank space, allowing me to unfold the entire paper and sketch out designs and plans for the future.

My sketches only continued to advance once I was promoted to the Box Office, where the job became even more isolated and monotonous. Designs sketched onto the drop sheets can be seen represented throughout my other works, from AllenT to World Wide Waffles.

While this image of "Cinemark" is represented in 2D, the physical piece is 3 Dimensional. The base canvas is covered in dozens of bruised and beaten drop sheets, each with unique writings and sketches that are individually dated and marked.

This piece is incredibly important in defining the future I wanted to outline for myself, as well as further establishing that no matter how frustrating or dead-end of a position I found myself in, I would make the effort to utilize my surroundings as an advantage and create something that represented the passion that I asked of it.