Figure Drawing

Here's a sample of my work from figure drawing class last semester. First three were 3-5 minute poses and the last couple were probably 15-20 min.

Giants Baseball - TORTURE

Anyone who knows me knows that I'm a huge San Francisco Giants fan. I made this sort of in honor of the 2010 Giants who won the World Series. They never made it easy on themselves, or their fans, hence the tagline "Giants Baseball: Torture" was given to them. Done in Corel Painter. Go Giants!!!!

Black and White

The theme I was given for this project was Black and White. We could take it anywhere we wanted and for some reason I went with a dove and a raven. No real inspiration behind it. Just seemed like a good idea at the time. Compositionally it isn't all that exciting but it was fun messing around with overlapping parts of the birds and I thought it added an intriguing element. Done digitally in Painter.

Book Cover

Book cover for a hypothetical book about the Lochness Monster. I mixed it up a little bit and used Photoshop instead of Painter. I'm honestly not sure why I generally stick with Painter because I really enjoyed working in Photoshop for this one.

"The Challenge To Be Healthy"

An illustration I did for the given title: "The Challenge To Be Healthy." Definitely not a style that I typically work in, but it was a nice change of pace. At the time I had been looking at the work of an illustrator named Christoph Niemann. All of his work is done with a flat graphic style and he just creates a lot of fun images. I definitely suggest checking out his work. I definitely created this image with his work in mind.

Passion Project Spring 2010

Another older one from last spring. This was for a "Passion Project" and go figure I chose to do something sports related. I'm really happy how these turned out, especially the baseball one. The hardest part was making them look cohesive as a series. My painting style would change slightly through the process and I'd have to go back through to change them all accordingly. Still wish I could have done a hockey one, but never got a hold of a stick and puck for reference! All of these were done digitally in Corel Painter...

Old Portrait

This is a portrait I did of my friend Mark last year. Definitely turned out a little bit creepy with the dramatic lighting and hoodie. My excitement about digital painting is probably due largely to this project as it was the first time I really felt like I was getting a handle on the technique.