Yawn #3: Dad

By the end of the semester I will need 5 of these yawn pieces, and this is the third, but technically it is only the second 3'x4' piece and I'd like to keep them all this large. That means, I'm only counting this as the second piece, and will need to complete three more in the coming five weeks to be done in time for the student show. Talk about stress! But I know I'll enjoy the actual drawing it entails, even if the time management needs working on.

Plan B: Waking Up

This week's comic! Brad and I are both creating weekly comics now, and they're presented together on page two of the newspaper, so no more my-week your-week going on now!

As always, click on it to see it larger:

UCD Portfolio: Self-Portrait

So far, I have the black and white photograph and the baby yawn as a print for my portfolio. I've also taken newspaper cutouts of all of my Plan B comics and used them as a free choice. There's three! The fourth of five? A self-portrait "with container," which I've chosen to be saran wrap. The fifth will hopefully be finished soon...two more weeks to go!

Plan B: Spring Break

And we're back! In body, but not in spirit. Here's the latest comic:

As always, be sure to click and view the larger image!
(making it extra-large makes it way too big for my page...)

Tattoo

One of my friends recently asked my to draw a tattoo for her; "recently" being about a month or two ago. My first permanent piece of art! I was inspired by a watercolor picture she already had, and I incorporated more of an inky fantastical style to it. She'll be getting it over the course of spring break!

This first image is black and white, because she wanted a specifically simplified and bold style applied to the original picture:

Once she was presented with this draft, she decided she would rather have a fully shaded  version that was still fairly circular to put on her shoulder. I have since completed this version and handed the original to her not too long ago. I had some difficulty deciding on what to do with the hair that just "disappears," but I finally sketched a way for it to seem to sway behind her head. It still incorporates the first ink draft, with added pencil shadings and a forehead. I like the final effect:

Yawn #2: Baby

The series continues! This piece is larger than my first yawn drawing, it's 3'x4', and the other four drawings in this portfolio will also be large. Thankfully, it also applies as one of the free choice pieces for my UCD portfolio, as long as it is printed to the right size for the matting specifications.

The layout of the image is actually horizontal like this in the photo that I used, but I actually drew it vertically. For some reason the image uploaded sideways and simply won't upload any other way. Then again, this is how it was originally supposed to be, so oh well.

UCD Portfolio: Black and White Photograph

I have been perusing my photographs from my introduction course last semester, and it was strange converting my favorites into black and white. It was like I took the life from them, because when I take a picture, I usually take it because of the color composition or contrast that I find appealing. Most of the pictures I take are because I naturally pay attention to colors...so this was a new beast to tame. I went downtown and took more pictures with black and white values specifically in mind, and I narrowed down my new and old options to five. With some help, I was convinced to print my favorite for my UCD portfolio, but I'll show you the top five options:

This is the one I'll be printing for my portfolio.

This is the original.

And the other four options: