Better Now?

**FINAL**

I've still been wrestling with some background ideas here and I have something that I like a little better... 

Also I cleaned up the hairline and made some sensitive adjustments to some of the line weights...

Let me know what you think, any and all input is well appreciated! thanks! 

BEFORE

AFTER

**UPDATE**

Now Smiling...

Same individual from a previous post,  after he posted new reference photos. 

Another Quick Drawing Board Sketch

Yusuke!

Check out his stuff here.

Self Portrait - Photography

Okay, This was a hard project.  Mainly because of the concept, we were forced to think of who we are, how others see us and how we perceive ourselves.  Deep stuff, I thought so at least.  Three prints were required, one of "What we fantasize about," "How we see ourselves" and "How others see us."

I'll let you guess which image belongs to each concept... 

Ignore the digital bits on the middle one, I have no idea how they got there, my apologies. 

Another Drawing Board Face

Ink Sketches

Both of these were done in class as we are experimenting with different surfaces... 

glass and chrome...

Not satisfied with where I am in this media yet... I want to tighten up a little but still maintain the certain aqueous media sketch look to it... I'm working on it... Just thought I'd share my progress thus far. 

Black and White Vector Art

This was completed as an assignment for my computer applications class, black and white vector illustration.  Done primarily with the pen tool creating closed paths for all the shapes.  It may or my not be 100% done yet, I'm not sure but its not due until next Thursday.  If it changes dramatically I'll post it again, and if you guys have any suggestions let me know, I'm not 100% sold on the image as a whole yet.  I'll probably toy with it a little here and there.  

**EDIT**

Without Black Shape

Let me know what you think! 

Back in the Saddle

And I'm a little rusty... here is one drawing that I did on Sunday, and the only picture I took.  I took it just to prove that the park opened this weekend (last weekend it did not because of predicted thunderstorms, tornadoes, and about 5 inches of snow in Atlanta).  Hopefully next weekend I'll be able to break out a little bit... plus this weekend was pretty slow... 

And I had my camera in my pocket after work and saw these images, they were just interesting to me...  Thought I'd share these as well.

Just for fun sketches...

Just a fun sketch and a sketch of a friend... 

First "for serious" watercolor attempt

Not my first time ever touching watercolor... I did one or two paintings back in high school with them but was never too successful, and I've been working with the for a little this semester, with my Obama Stained Glass Window and such.  But that utilized just plain solid color washes and nothing really more.  This is Joe Walsh,  I'm not too familiar with him, he was suggested to me by a friend.  Point of saying that is I don't know how solid a likeness I have but I do enjoy the piece, and had fun with it!  Let me know what you think! 

Some Bean Sketches

Did these awhile ago, decided I haven't posted any caricature work on here recently so here you go.  Weather permitting I will also spend my Sunday in the chair @ Six Flags.  You may see the results of that posted here if it pans out.  If not... next weekend for sure! 

Illustrator Magazine Cover

My first endeavor into the incredibly powerful Adobe Illustrator program., a magazine cover completed as part of an assignment for my computer applications class.  All the images were scanned in from various magazines (National Geographic June 2005 and April 2005, and AfterCapture August/September 2008) and clipped using the pen tool path applied as a clipping mask.  All the article titles, and the magazine title and tag-line are original though. 

There is a lot going on, because the image had to contain 7 images and 4 article titles.  I definitely learned a lot with the assignment and I'm excited about the next two for the coarse, Black and White Vector Illustration, and Color Vector Illustration!  Keep an eye out for those two coming within the next month or so! 

Depth of Field Project.

The goal of this assignment was to play around with the depth of field (what's in or out of focus) while exploring one interior space and one exterior space.  For my interior space, I choose my computer, and my pets.  

My Bud.

Male Red Eyed Tree Frog

Cosmo, Veiled Chameleon

My exterior space, I chose to take a closer look at the forgotten areas around our house, and what lives there... 

I forgot to spot tone these before I scanned them in... so I have some imperfections, most of which were addressed after the scan...

Floating Heads

Sketches

Two more quick sketches of random faces from the Drawing Board...

Coeur Brise

I have a piece in a show tonight, Couer Brise - The Anti Valentine's Day art show @ Eyedrum in Atlanta.  Should be a fun time maybe? Come check it out if interested! 

February 14th, 2009

8:00pm - 11:00pm

Eyedrum

290 MLK Jr. Drive Suite 8,

Atlanta, Ga 30312

Atmospheric Landscape Painting

My latest assignment for my watercolor class is this, atmospheric landscapes.  I did two of them because I wasn't too fond of my first one (which actually appears here second.)  First one is 12" x 16" in size and the second is 10" x 14." Both completed in black india ink. 

More faces!

I haven't alloted much time to doing these lately, but I got in a couple during some downtime today...

Ugly Object Project

One of my 4 studio classes this semester is photography.  This is my first project in that class, ugly objects.  I chose aluminum cans as my "ugly object" because I keep finding them in the TRASH and I have to dig them out!  Gross.  Anywho, please recycle! enjoy!

All are raw scans, no editing involved.  Taken with a basic manual 35mm film camera from like 1972, Nikon. 

Spotlighted

I am currently the featured student on the Kennesaw Visual Arts Home page, read about it 

here! 

In the Dark

Yesterday I was without internet service because of some yard work going on in front of our house, I think they severed the lines.  Hopefully it'll be back on tonight but today I'm posting from school.  

Here is what I've been working on recently, photo restoration for my computer applications class.  Retouches applied with Photoshop CS4.  

This is an old photo of my grandma from my moms side, (far right), her sister (far left) and two unknown friends (center)

Before

After

Ink Wash Still Life

I've been unusually interested in puppets lately, Don't ask why but this is a still life with two hand puppets and a hat.  The one on the left is one that I made, a cow wrapped in bacon, and the one on the right is one that I purchased, a shark

I find ink incredibly challenging.  Especially since we are not to use white ink to lighten values that we take too far,  I would really enjoy pulling out some highlights, but it is what it is.  

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