Hair play illustrations

        So I got a chance to get back to gouache, now it finding time for life drawing time. But I really wanted to get back to this medium, especially when Illustration III will probably bring it up as my instructor enjoys the brand.
       Anyways the idea about this was back as school, where art students can be expressive and open with themselves if they choose. So it is still disappointing that we still have to deal with people who slur or have time to insult us down the street. It is rude and ignorance for people to hear as it is a part of us that we are expressing. So in these illustration, hair is a personified and personalized by the individual. Some of these characters are based on my friends or people I have seen back in Beverly.      

Upcoming Events

         Soon far, the weather back home has been sunny and nice. I just hope it was nice in all the other places that my friends were residing this year. I do give them a shout out to stay safe and hope they talk to me soon.

          So far this summer, I am doing an internship this summer for my Junior/ Senior year requirement. Currently I am interning at the Stonington COMO Community Center, where I am assisting in their Marketing department. Mainly I have been creating posters, sign, flyers, as well as assisting in preparation for their upcoming fundraisers events. One of them is coming up next week is their Mad Hatter's event to celebrate their 70th Anniversary in a recreation of Wonderland. I do encourage people 21 & up to attend this fundraiser at the Velvet Mill, where they will provide a large amount of served food and beverages as well as interactive activity related to the theme. There is even a silent auction that with have great prizes to chooses from. Again I do encourage people in the area to check it out on the 6th of June and some of my sign work for the event (not including the flyer on the left). Be sure to wear a hat or "Alice in Wonderland" themed accessories.    

        I haven't come up with an ideas for art posters but I recently did a commission work for the Doug Walker's Art contest. Honestly I was enjoyable to do as I was able to returned to using acrylic and could create a poster inspired from Drew Struzan's artwork. With the combination of Struzan's layout and the technique used when creating the pulp fiction book cover. Also this was also one of the reason why I haven't posted yet on my blog once coming after evaluation. 

May Update!!!

        Hey All, I have been putting this out for far too long. It has been coming back from college, evaluation, good bye parties to figuring out what to do for the summer. As well I am help to come home to a great amounts of friends but for now, I have a stable schedule and will be finding time to update for the summer.

       Mostly I am happy enough that I have an internship that will help transit into my junior year semester as well as possibly opportunities for the next summer. From find small art related needs to doing house work, I am also making a webcomic with my best friend. Currently we are setting up the website and pages so but you will find more information once the page link is added called "Write Me In". There isn't a regularly up keep yet but will be soon.

        I wish I had something better to say but this was just thought up at the top my head. Next time I'll have something more interesting to say or remember. Happy Memorial day on Monday!!

Illustration II Final

So here is my final illustration piece done in acrylic. this was inspired off my first acrylic painting delicate theme monster. Very similar concept but having the girl feeding her monster pet, which is inspired off of a lamprey or some kind of worm creature. I actually planning on continuing the series of girl and monster, perhaps even throwing in some boy and monster as well. Mostly likely they will be a little bit small from these 14" x 22" piece. Here are some ideas I created a while ago that I expand upon.

     

Life Drawing II Finals

                 We are so close to the end, with final pieces being critiqued to taking the last final exam the liberal art classes. I'm happy and sad, but I 'm hoping tonight will be a little uplifting since it is a masquerade themed prom dance. Hopefully, there won't have deja vu experience from my senior year masquerade prom. 

                  So now what I have left is my digital illustration finals and Studio XL print cards. I am do with my illustrations but I need paint a few more things to it, so it will be put up soon. But these are the final pieces that I displayed for our Life Drawing II evaluation, two ink wash drawings on poster board and one charcoal drawing on stonehenge. I can say that this semester has been my ink wash pictures, being able to experiment with mark making, value and application of the medium. I also want to thank my cousin for being the model for the two pictures of the figure in space     

Sneak Peek to finals

I'm gonna be working mainly on finals so I will be away from the blog again but I will show the final product on the blog. But for now, since they are not finished I wanted to give people a little peek at what they will become. 

Wanting Summer badly

               Huh, I guess I really been putting this off for a bit. Just saying that I'm not really dead but sucked into my finals work. That will usually what will happen with artist, we don't mean to be anti-social but working on art pieces because people want perfection, or something that they don't want. 

             Anyways, I didn't stay at school for open house this year because I want to be home to distress myself any more. If I did stay, saturday would be a constant tour group looking through our entire house and I feel I couldn't get anything started or done by. So, I wasn't able to get a lot of open house pictures but I got a couple, both showing the process and the quality amount of work students have been making. Here is the third floor, this is the hallway of 2-D Design work and mix media. 

           

These are some of the Fine art Drawing& Painting and foundation course.

Next is the large Life Drawing and Advance Drawing class room, I was happy that some of my portraits were put up at least. 

Also here is the illustration wall for open house, see if you can find my where three of my pieces are.

Then Senior Gallery shows have been coming up and have been a ton of inspiration to check out. I first one that I went (which was probably three weeks ago) was the "After the Fact" gallery: the mixture of animator and graphic designer gallery. The featured animators were Kaitlyn Assmann, Anthony Corrado, Patrick Gerety and Dakota-Lynn Zouzias. Then for Graphic Designers are Sarah Middleton, Alyssa Pettit, Deborah Manchester, Brenda Roswess and Mayuka Fujii. I can say that each one of them had their personal passion incorporated into their concentration and art theme. Go check out their websites to learn more about them.

 Then there was the large illustration show "To the Nine", featuring Hannah Connolly, Emily Weigert, Anthony Milani, Lisa Martinez, Jennifer East, Elliott Grinnell, Rose Fristrom, Kaleena Deshawn and Kaleena Deshawn and Krista Erickson. I definitely recommend you check out their websites or artwork on your own because there was so much great stuff that I cannot show myself. If you like watercolor, gouache, pen & ink, pastel and mix media, you'll enjoy their unique approach on the medium.    

Holy Morning

             If you ever had the sensation that you cannot get anything done, currently what I been feeling right now. As much I been calming myself, it just been overwhelming with one assignment. For our final piece for illustration, we have the choice to do whatever we want, using whatever materials or concept that we wish to create. It might sound great at first but it is a serious death trap to many. The term "do what you want" is mainly seen in sketchbook, a place where we can draw out ideas and hide what is considered good. And with all the strict assignment based projects that happen, it is an odd twist to get when your final piece will display all your learning and improvements from the beginning.

             So there is that, but then I have to figure out my three final pieces for life drawing, very similar to last year where we had to create one portrait, one figure and the last is what you want (either study, figure or portrait). I have a strong idea on doing one or two large ink drawing but not sure if to do it as a portrait or figure. Mostly likely it will be a figure since I have improved in that, it just to find a model to pose for. Hopefully, I have some one for next weekend.
            Next for digital illustration, I need to start my three theme illustration. What I am think of is doing a harmony with Freud's theory of Id, Ego, and Super Ego. This concept has interested me for a while when I took psychology in high school so it will be interesting to find an iconic interpretation for them. One idea I have for the Super Ego is having him as a greek statue figure, in able to depict perfection and an overwhelming god watching over the Ego. As for the Id and Ego, I keep thinking of some sort of child or teenager that is rebelling against the Super Ego. From the definition and research for it, the Ego has so sense but he always wants to impress the Id, making him the cool badass kid that you want to be with. For now the Id might be a combination of a wild child but mainly I want something to help contrast the Super ego look of a statue.
               Lastly, have to finish my power point for Humanities which will probably transition into another large project. I better be rewarded with a long movie on a big screen than doing homework while listening to the movie on a tiny computer.