Old Creature Sketch

Here's a sketch I did last fall. I really wish I had more time to just doodle and paint. Anyone have any name suggestions for this character?

Unfinished Past Projects

When I peruse other art and design blogs, especially those of other students, I like to start back at their earliest work and move forward. It is encouraging to see their progress. It gives me hope that I too may progress from where I am in my own abilities. Hopefully someday I will be able to look back on these projects with new eyes, knowing that they were stepping stones in my learning process and, hopefully, be able to see a world of improvement.

Here are two projects that I never finished. A few terms ago I took an independent study course in illustration to better my color and compositional skills. With that in mind I did learn a lot as I worked on these projects. Often times I reach a point where I become disinterested and unhappy with a piece I'm working on. I wind up leaving it behind and starting something new. Perhaps some day I will make my main focus "finishing" projects.

So here they are, for whatever its worth. The middle image is an old value study for the one above it.

Doodles

Path Progress and Process

Here's the next in the Hansel and Gretel series. It is still not finished but I thought an update would be good anyway. I'm really enjoying working with flat simple shapes. It has allowed me to focus more closely on design and composition.









This is an update of my previous post. There ate still a lot of things I would change about it.

Hansel and Gretel Visual Developement

I've been working on my own versions of Hansel and Gretel for months now. I've already created some paintings, and a mountain of sketches, most of which aren't fit to post. The only thing I think I might add would be another distant mountian to the right of the house.

By the way, I finished up the image using some great photshop brushes from Bit Box. Quality stuff.

Sketchbook

The top image is a character painting I did in acrylic last week. Like most things I do, its not finished yet. It was mostly just for fun and I wish I had made it make more sense as a narrative. The second image is from my pocket-sized moleskin.