To Kill a Mockingbird

Beastly final assignment: three weeks, three illustrations on a classic novel picked out of a hat, 11 x 14, anything we want beyond that basically.

Gouache, acrylic, and graphite over a textured surface.

Woo hoo for one more semester under the belt.

This one is titled "Alone at the Movies."

angst angst angst

because everyone knows that it is weird going to the movies alone despite the fact that there is nothing wrong with it. Right Miles Webster?

Scratchboard for the first time wee woo

About 1 1/2 hours. Figure drawing, je t'aime.

Not too bad for a second swing at pastel eh?

Cold Turkey. Har har har, get it?

My first experience with gouache, which was mildly stressful.

Awh precious little eskimo family.

Brandon Bakus pointed out to me that I make art with bald eagles a lot. It's true, but it's ok, because bald eagles are complete badasses.

Done in acrylic. ALSO- if you haven't heard, using wet paper towels and then tracing paper as a palette will keep your paint wet for practically forever.

FUN AND EASY AND FAST AND FOOD AND STUFF

Hey, Megan Fox Poops Too

Conceptual celebrity portrait: watercolor, colored pencil and ink.

Defeated

My most recent Ill assignment was to illustrate an emotion of our choice through two images: the first being an environment without any figures or animals, and the second being a figure in an environment. The emotion I chose was defeated. Hence we have a sickly looking dude in a desert-esque place, and a still life of a dead bouquet of flowers. Defeated? Maybe.

Both images were done first as a base gouache painting, with acrylic and graphite as the successive layers.

Marlon Brando. What a hunk. Oil rub with colored pencil.

Poppin Collars. Watercolor portrait of mah dad.

Quick beach sketch. Lidooo.

So, what if we slept standing up?

Also, I am on a long term peanut butter kick.

Oh, Figures, Hello

I am always working to improve, and that is that. Figures on toned paper with conte and charcoal, each about one hour long.

Behold, the pear.

Monochromatic still life chea

Miss Kacey. Watercolor portrait.

Leaves began to change while I slept last night.

Fall knows me.

My fingertips too are turning gold.

Is it beauty, or contamination?

The color is enchanting, but that leaf is dead.

INK FISH

An Oarfish. In pen & ink.

If you haven't heard of them-

watch this. Es loco.

Editorial Illustration

The National Drug Enforcement Agency is hiring ebonics translators because they are having some difficulties. hah.

Lets sketch.

This is from last year, but I didn't get it back until recently and I believe that it deserves a post.

More sketches wee woo. I apologize for the poor photo quality, I get impatient with these things. I WANT TO UPLOAD NEW STUFF NOOOOOOOW

Tattoo for Ms. Sarah Koenig. Day lilies and swirlys wheee

Father's Day Envelope

How tender :)

Loom, part 1

The current progress on Nancy's loom. Much much more soon, my apologies for the lack of photo quality. Birdies, Totoro, song, Jimmy, and spider.