Sunday, October 6, 2013

Inktober has BEGUN!

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Anatomy Study is Better with A&W


Title: Anatomy Study is Better with A&W
Date: October 6, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3

Notes: It's been awhile since I've done any anatomy study, so I thought it would help a ton to really start using these practices to further bolster my painting skills.
Each of these are only fifteen-minute studies.

Inktober: Days 1 - 6







Title: Inktober: Days 1 - 6
Date: October 1 - 6, 2013
Medium: Brush and Ink, Watercolor, Sepia Toned Tombow Marker
Scale: Varies

Notes: It's here again! Inktober!
Which means every day needs to have something to do with ink!!!11
Experiments abound for this month...

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Friday, October 4, 2013

What Did you Want to Be?

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Evil Man


Title: Evil Man
Date: October 4, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Same as above.

Notes: So if you would have asked me in High School, this guy pretty much would have been what I would have told you I'd want to look like when I was in my thirties. I'm not gonna lie, he's still pretty bad ass, but I don't think I would want to look like this guy anymore.
Either way, still experimenting with those oil brushes and wash brushes. I feel like I might be onto something here... Just gotta keep on practicing with it.
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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Comics 1 -- The Editor

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Comics 1: The Editor



Title: Comics 1: The Editor
Date: September 26 & 27, 2013
Medium: Pencil
Scale: Final is 8.5" x 11"

Notes: Dialog. You'd think this would be easier considering the typical length of a comic. Unfortunately, this isn't always the case.
We were assigned to make ten different ways of using dialog just to experiment with word balloons.
If you really look through comics, the word balloons usually stay pretty much static all throughout, so to vary from that typical formula was a tough pill.
This is my attempt...
(Btw... I imagine Cora's editor to sound kind of like Him from Power Puff Girls.)
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Monday, September 30, 2013

Late Night or Early Morning?

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Trying out New Techniques



Title: Trying out New Techniques
Date: September 27, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Varies

Notes: I found a new set of brushes for photoshop that I believe will help me a bunch when it comes to painting. It's an oil paint brush pack.
It seems to be good to just block in the colors with a solid texture brush and then be able to slowly build up the values with a different brush.
I would love to learn real oil painting, but I think that will be something that I learn through a billion youtube videos and a summer break.

The Duchess (WIP)


Title: The Duchess (WIP)
Date: September 28 & 29, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3

Notes: Applying what I learned with the Oil Brush Pack to a more realized study.
It still has a bunch of work to go, but I thought I would share what I have so far...
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Illustration 3 -- Spot Metaphors

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Visual Metaphor Research:

Tony Huynh - "To-Do List" (Fusion)
  • Target - Everyone has some form of a To-Do List.
  • Source - Literal Staircase.
  • Ground - Both are considered stepping stones toward a common goal.
  • Tension - There is no literal staircase you have to climb to finish things you want to do... unless you're a staircase builder.
Tony Huynh - "Insomnia" (Replacement)
  • Target - Counting Sheep to get to Sleep.
  • Source - Insomnia.
  • Ground - This is supposed to work to help you sleep.
  • Tension - Imagine having a real room full of sheep. That would be insanely noisy.

Sachin Teng (Fusion)
  • Target - Cluttered Life.
  • Source - Cluttered Refrigerator.
  • Ground - Just like in food organizing, your life can be equally cluttered.
  • Tension - Life isn't always as simple as a game. And as you can see from the illustration, the pieces don't always fit together right.
Victor Calahan - "Smoking Gun" (Fusion)
  • Target - Smoking is Literally Suicide.
  • Source - Smoking Barrel of a Gun.
  • Ground - Think about it: In the grand scheme of things, how much different is this really?
  • Tension - Placing a cigarette in the chamber of a revolver might not exactly work right...
David de las Heras - "#3" (Fusion)
  • Target - Going Green
  • Source - (While not a waste of Paper) Many People are Considering Green Alternatives.
  • Ground - Ultimately, paper is made from plants, right?
  • Tension - To actually type like this would be a serious mess!
Christoph Niemann - "Shining" (Juxtaposition)
  • Target - Profits are in the Crapper
  • Source - Profit Margins
  • Ground - I think that to horrify someone with a knife with a simple piece of paper is really interesting.
  • Tension - Even in rock, paper, scissors, scissors beats paper every time.
Thomas Fuchs - "On a new generation of women being ambivalent about motherhood" (Fusion)
  • Target - Are Woman Facing Trepidation about Motherhood?
  • Source - Pregnancy.
  • Ground - As with all labors of love, there will always be questions about whether you are doing the right thing...
  • Tension - There is no literal question mark in your stomach...
Wesley Bedrosian - "Hospital charges can be all over the map." (Juxtaposition)
  • Target - Hospital Visits are Confusing.
  • Source - Varying Hospital Costs.
  • Ground - I'm just as confused about why the prices of hospital visits vary so readily...
  • Tension - You cannot charge someone this way.
Stephen Savage - "Design and Innovation" (Juxtaposition)
  • Target - Breaking the Mold.
  • Source - Innovation.
  • Ground - It takes a different mindset to have a breakthrough, sometimes boredom will breed ingenuity.
  • Tension - Designers are a different breed than the standard workers.
Theo van den Boogaard (Replacement)
  • Target - Sense of Beauty is Changing.
  • Source - Male / Female Relationships aren't what they used to be.
  • Ground - Change in sexual orientation has been an ongoing debate for some time now.
  • Tension - There is no way to simplify the human mind when it comes to sexual orientation.
Five Written Metaphors:

Bauhaus - "Slice of Life"

"Your standing on charisma again // God knows it cannot last // 'What's the difference'"

I believe this is a metaphor for age. Age is constantly fleeting and so is the physical appearance that goes along with it.

Depeche Mode - "Wrong"

"I was born with the wrong sign // In the wrong house // With the wrong ascendancy"

I believe that this is a metaphor for birthright. There is never an "ideal" moment to be born, no matter what parents may think. To play into the lyrics themselves, there is no right time to be born, nor a right time to not be.

Motorhead - "Ace of Spades"

"If you like to gamble // I tell you I'm your man // You win some, lose some // All the same to me"
This is literally a metaphor for living life on the edge. If you listen to the lyrics of the whole song you get the feeling of this all throughout, even the pacing and speed of the song feel that way.

I AM X - "Spit it Out"

"The past is weakness // Don't beg the question // When the answer is war // There are moments when I'm overcome"

I believe this is a metaphor for not saying things when you need to. Sometimes conflict is part of a relationship Sometimes getting into an argument can breed a closer relationship.

Kenna - "War in Me"

"Here its bittersweet for me to know // Fever, taking over // The status of my fear soars // I'm waging a war // War in me"

I think this is a metaphor for not only the physical torment you can get during sickness, but also a metaphor for fighting inner turmoil. Just trying to get things out on paper (especially for an artist) can be a literal war in your own head. The images want to battle logic and sense...
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Saturday, September 28, 2013

Illustration 3 -- Silhouette Finals

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Illustration 3: Critique Notes


Title: Illustration 3: Critique Notes
Date: September 23, 2013
Medium: Pencil

Notes: During critique I decided it would be fun to draw each person as they were getting critiqued. This is the order that we were critiqued. I tried not to move too much and just draw the people where they were sitting from my angle. It was actually really fun and a good change to get back into life drawing for a minute.

Illustration 3: Silhouettes




Title: Illustration 3: Silhouettes
Date: September 19 - 22, 2013
Medium: Photoshop CS3
Scale: Each piece fits on an 8" x 10"

Notes: This was actually a continuing even further from this.
I think these turned out alright. There are some serious wavy line issues that I need to address, but all-in-all I think that it was a pretty valiant attempt.
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Comics 1 -- Cora's Meds

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Comics 1: Materials Test


Title: Comics 1: Materials Test
Date: September 24, 2013
Medium: Brush and Ink
Scale: Original is 9" x 12"

Notes: It was a classwork assignment that we attempt to ink some textures. We had to do a minimum of five textures in total.
I just wanted to do some ink as it was a minute and I didn't want to grow stagnant.

Comics 1: Cora's Medical Debacle


Title: Comics 1: Cora's Medical Debacle
Date: September 21 & 22, 2013
Medium: Pencil
Scale: Final is 8.5" x 11"

Notes: We were assigned to do a pacing comic in which we were supposed to do a comic that tests our ability to make a comic that can go really slow or really fast.
I thought it would be interesting to show her on one side getting decent sleep, and on the other side tossing and turning.

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