Global Warming :-(

Political issue illustration for Theil's class. I decided to stay clear of the elections right now because I'm just sick of it all. To me this is a more pressing issue. I couldn't decide at which stage I think it is finished... I hardly ever combine traditional and digital mediums, so I guess this can be considered a bit of an experiment.






the original scanned painting
acrylic

hue change and digital painting
photoshop











added layers for a cutout look
photoshop

Where Am I Going?

I have no idea.

Beethoven

...Beethoven, and some.

So I've channeled some kind of different style here. It all started with the portrait of Beethoven then I kind of took it from there. It may have already burnt out though, since I haven't done my last few illustrations this way. I am trying to find some kind of happy medium.

I feel like a painter

Most mornings I feel like I'm going to die of exhaustion. Mondays and Thursdays I am painting nudes and Tuesdays and Fridays I am staring at computer screens, early mornings for both of those activities is not a preferable time of day, but I guess that goes for anything really. I have been neglecting showers and make-up and hair this semester until after class so as not to be late. I usually shuffle to class with my toolbox full of paints and juggling a canvas or too, trying not to get hit by cars when crossing the street or run down on the sidewalk by security in their golf carts, sporting bed-head, fresh sheet marks on my face, and the latest holes in my pants for all to see. Ahhhh, I love the mornings...

and some of those figure paintings I hardly remember doing...

Mastercopy sketchbook pages

So for my very first blog post... these are my mastercopy studies from first semester junior year figure painting class. For the most part they were a pain to get started, but as soon as I started with the paint I seemed to fall quite nicely into completing each one very quickly. All but two are done in acrylics, the other two are a mixture of charcoal, acrylic, and other stuff... I painted from old masters to contemporary painters and some of those I discovered online.