My goal for this blog is to post a sketch per day. I will try for twice a week at the very least. This will also be my personal blog, where I shall post things like travel diaries and other things that need posting. Enjoy.

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Illustration project

Watercolor pencils. Another piece of that huge project for class. This version is slightly tweaked on the computer- in the end I decided I liked the original better.

My critique went pretty well, and he's given us till Monday to revise. I'm thinking about completely re-doing this, if I have the time. I'm kind of aiming for an A; in this class that's hard to get!

Monday, March 29, 2010

Facial Expressions

Bad scan, real sketchy, but my favorite expression to date. I modeled it after Jude Law's Watson in Sherlock Holmes.

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Our Current Disaster :D


OMG I HAVEN'T POSTED IN SO LONG HERE'S WHAT I'M WORKING ON FOR CLASS RIGHT NOW!!!!!
Character study whee! Finally putting the necessary time into it. Whaddaya think? Does it look like the same guy? If not, why? I've got a LOT more to do before Wednesday!!!

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Just Another Blonde Boy


Still in progress. I think I'd like to finish this one up a bit nicer- although there's something that weirds me out about it.

(Queen And Her Guards didn't get in the exhibit, btw. So it's decorating my wall instead. I think part of the problem was that it doesn't read so well from far away.)

Saturday, March 13, 2010

Today's sketch

Based on myself- I traced my reflection on the computer screen and went from there. Doesn't look so much like me anymore, especially in the eyes.

Corel Painter. About 20 minutes.

Friday, March 12, 2010

Queen And Her Guards- Final Version

Here it is. It'll look better a bit larger than the blog displays it- click to see the larger version.

A bit of a rushed job, but I'm fairly pleased with it. It looks very nice printed, matted and framed. I've just submitted it for The Donckers Show in Marquette Michigan- Donckers is a really wonderful candyshop/restaurant, and is where Art Prom is being held this year. I thought it would be a great opportunity to force myself to finish something, and get my work out there. The show is juried, and a lot of the other entries looked pretty great, so who knows if I'll even get in- but I'm proud of myself for trying.

Queen IN PROGRESS

Thought I'd try and throw together a piece for inclusion in a student art exhibition- entries are due tomorrow. So I'm trying to turn this sketch into something. Which is always harder than I think it'll be! At this point I was just trying to lay down some base colors, to have something to work with for shading and stylization. The purple/mauve on the chair is my favorite of the current palette...

I'm not too certain about anything here yet but I'd really like some sleep... so let's hope I can find some thunder for this in the morning!