Illustrators Don't Sleep

                Hey there, sorry for the delay. Weird stuff has been happening and I'm calling it weird when it is the beginning of the semester than during midterms. Any who, this title is quoted by my good friend, after seeing all the work I have to put together. However, I am excited for this week because I get more time to sketch and illustrate what I like to do. This is great because whenever I am in my sketchbook, it mainly involved with the assignment than for myself. 

                   Then with Advance figure drawing, we went really big in class. You cannot see how big that drawing board is but imagine it being the size of me. It was exploring the relationship of the space while shaping the figure posing. We even got back with pastel, but it was like an experimental process with color than rendering the figure. 

However, one of my assignments that I am extremely happy with was the illustrated letterform project. My theme was the ocean coast, which got people reminded of Cape Cod. I am happy with this because not only are they done in watercolor & gouache, I was able to creative clear images for the future. Now I have to transit this fun into a child friendly shampoo illustration. Pray for me please.

Me on the weekends

Welcome to my new work station (thank 

you Dad for coming down to see me :3)

Having been painting in gouache and acrylic, for both Illustration III and More than Word.

For More than words, I have to recreate the letterforms that I posted Friday, then Illustration III is to paint the sketches of J. C Leyendecker. Very extreme and necessary practice for painting skin tones. 

Oiling off the Rust

Advanced Figure Drawing pieces

 Illustration III

Acrylic Medium

More than Words

Paper Collage

Upcoming Illustrated Letterforms 

 

Illustration 3 Preview

First Illustration 3 assignment, here what it looks like so far. One illustration has to feature foreground, middle ground and background, while illustrating a Civil War machine (This is the H. L Hunley submarine). The second illustration is showing an interaction with elder and toddler, with a particular culture background to them (I chose the Tlingit dancers). The medium for both illustrations is acrylic paint. 

Class courses

                 So the weather here has been mixed, as it is windy today while to the rest of the week has been humid that usual. Rumor has it that it will still be in the 70-80s degrees. So I'm in this mixed state of wanting to wear fall like clothing and yet I can't because it is too hot to walk around in.
                 I guess I would start off talking about what I think about my classes but I had to drop a class this semester. I'm sure it is typically that college students do this but it was one of those moments where I didn't want to drop because it had all the things I wanted to know. And for some reason, dropping a class is kinda of like turning down a commitment that you would do for those classes. However, a lot of the teachers that I talked said the same thing, "if you are not getting any sleep, then probably something should be dropped". I know that I will get another opportunity to take the course again, so this semester I will have much more focus and time to prefect my illustration skills.

                  Honestly, these semesters are going to be like Junior year of high school. A lot of expectation is to come out, as it will determine whether you are ready for senior seminar and getting a BFA degree. So I am trying to get a majority of the requirement completed for the Illustration concentration. So for liberals, I have Developmental Psychology and Art of Africa taken at nine a.m, which gives good amounts of time to get up in the morning. Psychology seems like a refresher from my high school psychology class, give with the dependent to our text books. As for Art of Africa, for being a new class, it does do a great job with introducing Africa tribes and their art artifacts that are influence our current day.

 Then for studio classes, the new class titled More than Words is a great combination of what I enjoyed in Typography I. Here we are experimenting and finding ways to incorporates type into illustrations. One of first assignments is making a concrete poetry, where we illustrate the word based on its description. There is a little bit more freedom on medium, but that is probably because it is a new class and the teacher sees what works best for students. Then for the six hour classes, I have Advance Figure Drawing and Illustration III. Yes, these both are six hour classes but with different functions. Advance Drawing has the similar teaching tactics from Life Drawing but we are now asked to push it as we start to work with other types of mediums. Also, not only do we have to do a self portrait but also large figure in space as well. Then for Illustration II, it is suppose to be studio working classes and I finally get to have my advisor for a teacher. However the first assignment is to create two illustration, one of a civil war machinate and another is a illustration featuring an elder and toddler. I know a lot of skills and improvements will come out of this class and I hoping it will do a lot more, not sure what though.







 

Back for the Third year

      Hey, I have come back from school and getting back into the studio classes. So far I had a majority of my classes these last few days, and already I have homework to figure. 

Mainly homework that keeps me up during the night. 

The classes that I have this semester is Advance Life Drawing, Typography II, More than Words, Developmental Psychology, Art of Africa and Illustration III. So far, I been working of typography work, which was hand drawing typefaces to creating a variety of layouts. Also for Advance Figure Drawing is have similar techniques from the life drawing course but experimenting as well as pushing the medium more. 

I'll have another post describing what I think of the class but for now here are some pieces I made already in Advance Drawing.  

Also I been recently been making cut paper illustrations and cards to this year so I will be posting them this year as well. 

Late July Update

I know that I haven't posted a lot on my blog, mainly that I have been busy with my internship and starting up the webcomic. However, I wanted to get something out to remind me that done some work this year. First off these three card are Father's Day cards, all made with paper collage. 

Then for my Father's Birthday, I was suggested to create a tropic themed picture done in the illustrated style of Doug Wildey; the cartoonist for the Hanna-Barbera cartoon of Jonny Quest. It was one of Dad's favorite childhood show and one of mines as well.

Lastly, I been getting back into acrylic medium. Now the question is what to paint. Currently I been created an illustration based on the older Godzilla posters (probably because I am still in the child and monster mode). Then I been trying to figure out small paintings of my sketches or something. My goal is to have at least five small paintings. 

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.