It's been a long time my dear

Yes, it's been quite a while since my last update. Here are a few things:

This is a current piece for Editorial Illustration - Pencils and a color study (the scanner at school was not functioning so I had to rely some bad lighting for pictures).

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This is a logo design for my digital illustration class. It's my first real attempt at doing anything in Illustrator, so bare with me.

I like otters, so here you go!

Not too much to talk about here, started with a pencil sketch, then pen tool overlay, then live paint.

Current Project Glimpse

This is a lightpost poster design for C2E2 for an Art Direction class. It will be paired with a piece from another student. We both render/finish our own pieces and also our partners. It should be a good piece

These are my final pencils as well as my color study.

My painting will be placed on the right hand side and my partner's on the left. Mine consists of the "real" superheroes, and alongside them will be the regular joes who dress up as them for conventions. I'm attempting to do more superhero work in the hopes of getting a booth at comic conventions this/next year.

AAART Planner Cover Competition

So here's an update with a cover I painted for the American Academy of Art's Planner for the 2010-2011 school year. The focus of the competition is to represent the school (and Chicago if desirable) in pretty much any way you want. Based on the traditional approach of the school and it's legacy, I thought a more realistic approach would be suitable. *Realism is all relative though because a little painted man has popped out of his painting and complained about his role. This is a painting of a man painting a painting, of a man painting a painting.

I enjoyed the story of this piece and I believe the fact that it kind of breaks the 4th wall for the viewer is an interesting aspect. One of my goals for this painting was to continue to use my own photo reference, but only to use them as a guide, not a bible. Things like opacity, variation of color in skin and achieving some correct looking darks were some of my guiding principles for this piece.

There is a variant of the school logo, I thought both worked pretty well, portraying different characteristics of the school and the medium.

I've continued to touch up this piece since it was scanned, and hope to enter it into the Illustration department show at school.

Gouache/Watercolor on Illustration Board (10.5" x 15.5")

it's been a long time

Well it has been quite a while, but here is a small update. This is a painting for the Higher Learning Commission. The idea was to show the value of continued education, specifically at a collegiate level. I've been wanting to do a superhero poster for some time now and saw my chance to sneak it in. The artwork that is chosen will be used by the commission however they see fit: promo, posters, etc. There are some compositional aspects that I attempted to utilize and really want to continue to explore. I learned a few things working on this piece so even if only for that it was nice to work on.

Self Portrait WIPs

Here are 3 of the 4 self portrait pieces. I'm becoming a little more confident throwing color down and achieving better color intensity, and overall I'm pleased with these paintings so far. I feel like I've been learning a lot with this project.

Small Update

This is 1 of 4 expressions portraits for a school assignment. I am portraying myself as 4 different Marvel characters. It's probably about 90% done. Gouache on Arches 90lb watercolor paper.

another update before the finish

There is a while left in this painting. I need to detail all the hair that is directly lit and add some details of layers in the hair overall. Mostly, contrast needs to be improved. I'm thinking of doing a portrait of Elliott Smith next, who I play frequently when I'm painting.