Three Fears

For sketchbook class we're assigned to illustrate our fears. I went for the obvious on this one. I'll post a couple more when they're finished. I also haven't really rendered something in quite awhile, so it was kind of nice to get back into that.

Fear no. 1: loss of eyes



Fear no. 2: loss of teeth


Fear no. 3: loss of left hand

Graphite, pen, Acrlyic, Oil on toned Rives

Grandma

Ink Test

I've recently taken down squishing ink onto a page and toying with the results. The one on the right is actually the other side of the semi-transparent matte duralar. I didn't plan for it to be a Rorschach test but Ink splotches usually go well when mirrored together.



Sumi Ink, Graphite, matte duralar

In Progress

So I've basically been in a rut for most of this year, as of now. The end result of my projects haven't really been fitting my expectations, so I've been severely lacking with the blog updates. As the semester progresses I'll have more work, for better or for worse. Hopefully for better!

This piece isn't really close to being done yet. I've spent most the time establishing the lighting and values. It's actually a real pool I saw a few months ago and have been dying to have a go at, and I was fortunate enough to be able to incorporate it into one of my assignments. I'm debating adding another figure to help balance the composition.



100% photoshop. Feel free to crit! There's still some changes to be made/major refinement, but still.

Fire and Flowers

Finally some new work to post. I'll be adding images on a weekly basis now that classes are going on. For this we had to use a medium we're not familiar with, so I dried some flowers and grabbed a lighter to see what I came up with. Also I made myself another sketchbook for sketchbook class! This one far better quality than the one before.

Warms and Cools

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French Comic Exhibition

I recently received pictures of "Bulles a Croquer", a comic exhibition in Brittany, France this past June. One of the Illustration professors at MICA, Alain Corbel, displayed his student's work from his Sequential Art class but also extended the invite to Illustration Club. I haven't taken the class yet, but I made a six page comic to contribute to the show. Looks like it went well, some tremendous European comic artists attended.

My work hanging in the background.

The show was in an old car factory!

More Old Man

I started this sketch a few weeks ago but just got around to the watercolor today. Unfortunately I don't have a scanner handy so the powershot will have to suffice for now.



Graphite and watercolor on Rives BFK

Spidey Sense, Tingling!

A local gallery is having a show with the theme "Superheroes."

Needless to say, I had to hop on it.

Unfortunately, I only had a week to do it. Im pretty happy with the traffic light, but Spidey could still use some work. Oh well.




oil on rives BFK

Keith Progress/change

The left is after matte medium and a few ink washes, the right is after more medium and really thin oil paint. I'm trying to make a bunch of stages with it, but still keep it complete at any given one. it's fun.



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