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12x18 Drawing

This piece, one of my earlier pieces  in this class, was heavily inspired by animation and such. It represents the transition from a gruesome death  to the afterlife. Here, you can see one of my original characters, Nightfall, laying by the shore. He's just fought a gruesome battle with someone he used to trust, and is now grieving over his life's losses. Some things I'm proud of here are the blood details (of course, the best thing out of an entire piece of mine is the blood. edgy.), and the galaxy pattern. I'm also really proud of the overall storyline. I just wish I had drawn and shown the shore better. Other than that, I'd say I'm pretty proud.

Value Assignment...?

I haven't much to say here. I actually don't like this anymore, please don't look at it for over 3 seconds. The person drawn is Daveed Diggs. I wish I did things darker and more realistic. It looks so weird...and so light. If I could redo it, I would. 0/10. I'm proud of the different value techniques on the left, though. Especially the cross hatching.

Thumbnail Sketches

As unprofessional as this sounds, I forgot what this was for. I think it was the first thumbnail sketches we had to do. Not much to say here, I just tested out pieces of my art style and things I wasn't too good at at the moment. I wish some parts were darker, and if I could redo it I would, but I guess it's alright.

Observational Drawing

I think this piece is pretty good. Although, I'm not too pleased that the best part of this is the bee, the smallest part. Some lines here aren't as straight as I'd like them to be, such as the small table that the cat is near. These parts had to be done without a straight edge for some reason; that part was done so long ago that I can't recall why. I like the cat anatomy here, I'm glad that I studied several cat positions before starting. Aside from some issues with the shading and a few other minor things, I could give this an 8/10. 

Two Point Perspective 


I'm really proud of how this came out! I love the whole murder and ruins aspect of everything. The killer is in the bottom left, wearing a cat mask. I find it stupid how much detail I put into Maison's (fun fact, according to Google Translate, it's French for home. I did that on purpose, it's supposed to be like a furniture store or something.) storefront, but everything else is so plain. Weird...gosh, it needs more shading. I love the graffiti on the distant wall, though, and the "join da webewion" on the closer wall. I just wish this wasn't so rushed and the lines were straighter in places like the windows, but a 9.5/10, overall!

T-Shirt Design

Not much to say, I think it was creative. Creative enough to win? Well that's going a bit far.

Two Point Perspective (9 Boxes)

Not much I can say. The boxes gave me a lot of trouble, and some lines had to be done without a straight edge, but aside from that, I feel like I got it done efficiently, I guess. The designs got really uncreative, though.

Observational Drawing Sketches

Here are the early sketches of my observational drawing. It was originally a Sprite office tower, but it got changed. I had a bit of trouble finding my final ideas and drawing the flash drive, but overall, it's...uh...something.

Harlem Renaissance Sketch

I'm planning to do a background with all the colors commonly used for the Harlem Renaissance, with buildings and a piano keyboard sidewalk. It should be alright, I really like the sketch.

Harlem Renaissance Sketch v2

It's coming along pretty decently. Things look a little crooked here but I promise it's not. I didn't color it directly because it'd be like "poof your sketch is now ruined fun." I didn't aim for realism here because I was more trying to figure out how to do things and where things go, which would require an "art style" approach instead. I love the idea of the piano keyboard, and I like the colors I chose for it, as they kind of reflect the heritage and feelings of the Harlem Renaissance, I think? As for being inspired by artists, I wasn't, really. I was more inspired by these photos:

Final Piece

This piece isn't exactly my best work. The colors messed up a bit, but I'd say it's fairly alright.

Proportion Practice

Not the best photo exactly...but in this I drew myself. It came out alright, I guess??? I'd rather redo it, though, a lot of little things in this annoy me.

More Proportion Practice

I couldn't get the hair right everything looks a bit crooked again but I promise you it isn't that crooked. But the hair needs to go think about its life decisions. Also, the character is gender neutral, so if you say that it's not the correct proportions for a male/female, you have 5 seconds to run.

Proportion Practice [presented 2/26/18]

Michael Mell from Be More Chill. I like the proportions and stuff and I experimented with the mouth a bit. The hair didn't come out nice though, but it's alright.

More Figure Study

It's alright I guess? It's pretty old so the shading isn't exactly my cup of tea now so...? I mean, it could've blended better. But the clothing detail is alright.

Still Life Project

It could've been better. I still really love the bottle texture, but I could've used darker shading in a few places, especially the lemon. The petals didn't blend as nice as I wanted, I hadn't used oil pastels much before this. The lowest petal was messed up beyond repair...but I guess it's an alright piece.

Pen and Ink

This came out much better than expected. It was a valid effort for the fur texture on the bulky part of the hind leg, but it didn't come out too well. What's happening here is basically a god, with what gives him his power, his key, broken in the crime scene of a story. Anyways, I like the dark places near the stomach and tail, and this might be tied with the first piece on this blog for my favorite project.

Choice Artwork

I don't really like this...the character idea (a baseball playing lynx/satyr) was interesting, but the paper size kind of threw me off, especially for the shading. I felt like the flowers added a nice touch to the background, though their colors and patterns ended up a mess. The hair texture is acceptable, but the rest? Eh...50/50. I couldn't get the right skin color, nor shading color. My supplies were different, too, I wasn't used to alcohol bsed markers, at least, not the ones I had, before this, but I was short on time and nothing else looked right. They had literally came in the mail the afternoon of me finishing this. Still, there needs to be more shading, especially on the jacket, tail, ears, everything.

Portfolio Cover

(front)

I hate this. My art style changed drastically since. The anatomy is just horrible, there's so much wrong with it.

(back)

BURN. THIS. Horrible colors, horrible anatomy, horrible everything! The colors all messed up and my art style is different, so is this character design. How could it be this horrible?