YEA!

I have sketchbook pages to show but no access to a scanner since i'm no longer at school. but i'm heading down to the Illustration Academy soon(like 2 days?) and i'm sure they'll have a scanner down there somewhere. hopefully i'll be able to keep everyone who asked up to date on all that's going down while i'm there. hopefully it's gonna be epic. real talk. so stay tuned.

"Be wise enough not to be reckless, but brave enough to take great risks."

Overdue

Some sketchbook stuff i've been able to squeeze in during finals time.

Progress

I haven't updated in a while so I thought I would post a in progress piece.
lately i've been doing a lot of experimenting/working out techniques.
but i've failed way more than i've succeeded, for surrreeee.
so after rubbing my painting out in frustration and going home to lie down in bed and stare at the ceiling for a bit, i thought about what i actually LIKE doing and what works for me. Such as drawing(which comes way more naturally than painting). When i look back at a lot of the stuff i've done, there really isn't anything i'm too excited about mostly because everything seems like it's a hit or miss (which was funny because Frank Stockton said he felt the same way about his student work in one of this blog entries). which isn't really SO bad, but right now, there are way to many misses. Also there are too many influences and too little dadu. Thats why i like sketchbooking. it's easier to be dadu. YUP ramble ramble, i apologize for wasting your time. take it easy everyone. PEACE.

so, starting off with a drawing (keeping in mind that the paint is going to come next). kind of what i did in high school, when my art brain was still a little ignorant piece of....brain.


- Sketch


- Drawing on Illustration Board 9" x 12"

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The Society of Illustrators Student show was last Friday.
it was crazy. crazy awesome. very inspiring and very humbling.
really great meeting other students too...really cool peoples and artists.
unfortunately i didn't get to stay and meet and greet all of my heroes, and others who hold celebrity status with me. A big thank you to the society and Scott Bakal, and my teachers, especially Susan Doyle and Fred Lynch. All in all, it was a great night, makes me want to do it again!

Digital??

So, these are basically my first digital paintings ever.
done in corel painter. which was actually quite easy to get the hang of, i guess cause its basically paint.
the assignment was to do two portraits of Isaac Newton.
i'm still trying to catch up in photoshop and all that jazz.

Two

I'm starting to work out a technique that I like.
it involves a lot of wiping, painting, drawing and more wiping.
oh yea! most importantly, more fun than frustration.
but don't get me wrong, frustration is good too.





oh! and i'm officially going to the illustration academy this summer.
WORD.

Drawing of one of those print sketches.
haven't drawn like this for a while.


- Love Bait, 8" x 11" pencil

Blah blah? blah blah.

I should have been writing a paper.
oh well.

Sketchbook love

- quills and ink are awesome.
- white acrylic gouache is my new best friend.
- it's good when my hands get covered in art supplies.
- mess up? who cares?!

In motion

My next few weeks.
Actually for printmaking class, but I decided to do them as paintings as well.

WC

Went to the park the other day and did some watercolor.

Found a red pen

More stuff from the moleskine.
i included the drawing of the girl, because i way prefer the drawing over the paint.
actually i usually like the sketches/under drawings of paintings more than i like the finished paintings. which probably is not a good sign?

!Rawr!

just one.
oh! and i also think i'm going to the Illustration Academy this summer...well, that's if i get accepted. hopefully!



take it easy everyone!

Pens

People have been asking me what pens i use.
so...i give you....

The Pentel R.S.V.P ball point pen. FINE.


People also ask me if i've tried the famous James Jean SKB pens.
i have. and i don't really like them. they are really great pens but i'm attached to my Pentels.
go Pentel!!!!!

too few

What i've been able to squeeze out between all the work i've been doing.
TOO FEW.

sketchbook therapy

more stuff.
wish i started painting in my book earlier.
very therapeutic, nice to lose track of time and get lost for a little bit.
all watercolor except girl with the megaphone (oil).

Lifeboat

The sketch for the next painting.
this one is a bit larger so i'm giving myself the rest of the semester to finish it. the sketch is 7" x 10" and the final painting will be 21" x 30".

got to draw

Well since i feel like i've been slacking on sketchbooking. i decided that i would force myself to draw everyday. it's only been three days but i don't feel like i'm "forcing" myself anymore...more like just drawing. for some reason on the last page, my pen kept exploding everywhere, especially when i was doing eyes. so all the eyes are deep black holes. which is really creepy looking.

Triptych

Hello! updates have been kind of random lately because i'm working on so many things at once. but hopefully i'll be able to post some more finished work soon. and more sketchbook stuff.
but for now, another sketch...

for an assignment
triptych involving an animal, i chose crows/ravens.
and we also have to include text somehow.

Blogs

No art but...just so everyone who asked knows
i posted the blog list thing on my other blog.

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Progress shot of one of the paintings i mentioned before.
i should really invest in a new camera. or borrow someones phone.
because their phone camera is probably better.