Summer Quarter 2012: Drawing and Anatomy: Figure Studies/Shawn

Gestural study:

terracotta conte on newsprint

Gestural study:

terracotta conte on newsprint

Gestural study:

terracotta conte on newsprint

Gestural study:

terracotta conte on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Shawn propped on pillows:

Vine charcoal and black conte on drawing paper

Shawn seated:

Vine charcoal and black conte on drawing paper

Summer Quarter 2012: Drawing and Anatomy: Figure Studies/Dustin

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

 Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

 Gestural study:

Ball-point pen on newsprint

Gestural study:

Ball-point pen on newsprint

Gestural study:

Ball-point pen on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on newsprint

Gestural study:

Vine charcoal on nesprint

Dustin seated 1:

Vine charcoal and black conte on drawing paper

Dustin seated 2:

Vine charcoal and black conte on drawing paper

Dustin seated 3:

Vine charcoal and black conte on drawing paper

Summer Quarter 2012: Drawing and Anatomy: Figure Studies/Rebekka

Gestural studies:

Ball-point pen on newsprint

Gestural studies:

Ball-point pen on newsprint

Gestural studies:

Ball-point pen on newsprint

Rebekka Seated:

Ebony Pencil on drawing paper

Summer Quarter 2012: Drawing & Anatomy: Bone and Muscle Studies

 Detail of Head of Femur:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Bones, Muscles and Tendons of the Hand:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

 Master Reproduction (I believe this was based on Davinci):

Vine Charcoal and Black Conte on drawing paper

 Detail of Femur and Pelvis:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Pelvis and Femur study:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Rib and Vertebrae study:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Skull Study:

Black and White Conte on Gray Mid-tone paper

Upper Arm Muscle and Bone study:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Bones of Foot study:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Muscles and Tendons of Foot study:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Torso study:

Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Back of upper leg study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Shoulder joint and clavicle study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Knee joint study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Lower Leg bone study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Front lower leg muscle study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Back lower leg muscle study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Back muscle study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Scapula study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

 Front upper leg study:
Ebony pencil on drawing paper

Spring 2012 Illustrator Final: Book Cover

Final Project:  Book Cover recreation, King & King

For the final in our Illustrator class we had to re-imagine an existing book cover.  I chose the children's book, King & King by Linda De Haan and Stern Nijland.  I printed the final image and wrapped the actual book for the final.  All artwork and text is vectored.  I drew the two Kings after comic artists Darwyn Cooke's Hal Jordan from New Frontier and Ben Caldwell's Steve Trevor sketches, but I omitted the women the guys were kissing.  Throw in the crowns and hearts and I think you have a cover befitting the controversy the book has received.  The book itself is very sweetly written and illustrated in multi-media collage.  The last page has the two Prince's kissing as they become King and King, but their lips are covered by a heart.  It's all innocently enough presented, but it has caused an uproar in some circles and I wanted to put this on the cover, only more explicitly.  I also chose the rumpled paper texture as a nod to the book being a heavy topic for some, it's on the banned books list after all. 

Spring Quarter 2012 Digital Illustration

The quarter finally wrapped up this past week.  The following are my major projects from Digital Illustration.  The course focused on using Adobe Illustrator to create vectored artwork. 

 

 Project 1:  Graphic T-Shirt design

For this project we had to design a t-shirt.  It could be any theme or subject matter.  I like and own quite a few t-shirts of cartoons and such from the 80's and Mother Brain is one of my favorite characters so it made sense for me bot incorporate her into the design.  I copied this after promotional artwork released back in the day for Mother Brain for the Captain N cartoon. The image was hand drawn and scanned, then vectored in Illustrator.  I left the sketchy elements after a critique but was originally going for a more symmetrical framework with her tentacles.

 

Mid-Term Project:  Propaganda Poster

We were tasked with making a World War II inspired propaganda poster.  I went fairly literal to the task, as we didn't have to remain specific to WWII and could have chosen any subject matter.  Wonder Woman is hand drawn after a pin-up originally by Darwyn Cooke.  The illustration was scanned and vectored in Illustrator and text and effects added to finish it out.