Friday, December 30, 2011

"We Need a Background"

This was for a contest on Sketchoholic.com.
The prompt was to create a background for the provided characters.
Pretty fun.


original characters

Thursday, December 29, 2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Friday, December 23, 2011

Christmas sketch

***apparently I was channeling Shel Silverstein when I drew this.....
pencil & pen

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Children's Book FINAL

This is my final assignment for Concept and Technique
Great class! I learned a ton! I still can't believe there's only two months time between the two versions, and look how much better I got in terms of executing basic things like light and shadow, and color, value, etc.!

The illustration:
Very time-consuming.... and EXTREMELY FUN to work on!
The designs changed constantly, which changed the story along the way...
... but I'm really happy with the end result.

I still can't believe I was "satisfied" with the original version. 
I'm sure I'll feel the same way about the revision, 
when I look back on it years from now.

Version 2 - Revision
(December)

Version 1 - Final
(October)

original sketch
digital

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Tower of Power FINAL

Music Promotional assignment for Concept and Technique.

paper collage & colored pencils, 10"x10"

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Jing

Chiaroscuro final assignment.

charcoal, 18"x24"

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Sunday, December 4, 2011

yikes.

I don't know what happened..... I'm sorry.
acrylic

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Dog Sketch

a VERY quick sketch of a dog with a great face.....
to be completed......
digital

New Nudes





changing things up....
..... I like it!


long pose (6 hrs):

Friday, December 2, 2011

Chiaroscuro

These are from my chiaroscuro class:





trying red pencil on tone paper with white charcoal.... 
.... I don't like it.

value studies for the final chiaroscuro assignment: