MICA: Sophomore Illustration

Sophomore Illustration 2- Spring 2012

2012-01-26T09:46:00.002-05:00

Welcome!

Semester Long, update!

2011-12-02T11:59:00.001-05:00

So I found out that my semester long project was way~ out of bounds to the given "rules" to the project; which had me start everything all over again. At first I was in a panic of what to do given the shortness in time, but i decided to go along with the children's book concept but with a fresh story that had to do with
the Baltimore Raven. You could say this is my Baltimore version of the ugly duckling tale...
As for my research in getting the pages printed out in a book format, I decided to make my own book!
I have made books before so I'm excited to see how this one will turn out. I am aware that I don't have much time left, but I'm confident that I can pull this through! Thank you.

And the two children's books that helped me through this project are...
Henry in Love Peter McCarty
Olivia Ian Falconer

Book making reference site: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-bind-your-own-Hardback-Book/

The Little Black Raven

By Jane Kim

There once was a little raven.

But this poor little bird was alone. He had no mommy, no daddy…

And no friends. "You're too big! You're too ugly!" They all cried out.

This made the little raven sad, "Am I ugly?" he questioned.

"Now, who said you looked ugly?" called Mr. Parrot. "I have a huge beak and an even bigger body! So I'm ugly." said the little raven.

"That doesn't mean that you're ugly! That just means you're different!" Mr. Parrot assured. "Different?" asked the little raven. "It means you're special." said Mr. Parrot.

"Imagine a world full the same type of bird." said Mr. Parrot,

"Now Imagine a world full of all different types of birds! All different colors and sizes!"

The little raven gave out a smile. He now understood that everybody was different, not just him alone.

"But the most important and most special part is your heart…"

Then all of a sudden, everything went dark!

"Little raven, little raven," someone called in a distance," please come out, my dear!"

"We missed you!" said the mommy raven. "Yes, what took you so long?" chirped his siblings.

"A dream… A wonderful dream…"

Mark making and testing of the new inks.

indigo, sepia, copper, and india ink

Inner paper lining of the book!

Basic notes of the raven

howard pyle!

2011-12-02T11:55:00.001-05:00

As for calling in sick for today's class, here is my version of the Howard Pyle project.
The film I watched was Inception; and the two other figures in my photo are my two younger siblings...!
Now that I look at it, I think there was more tension in our version of the scene than in the original. :)

Friday research day

2011-11-20T19:49:00.001-05:00

Sorry this is late!

I spent Friday wandering around Baltimore and taking pictures (to use as reference for compositions and details), getting off the light rail at the harbor and weaving my way back to campus. I'm going to use trash, pamphlets, etc from off the street in my collage stickers. I'm attaching some of the pictures I took, as well as two sketchbook pages showing my thought process for the pieces so far.

SLP Occupy Baltimore

2011-11-18T20:16:00.006-05:00

I just got back from a day spent at Occupy Baltimore!

Today was purely for research.

I arrived there at around 12 pm with just a small sketchbook. I had only been sketching for about four or five minutes when a woman approached me. Soon I was fully engaged in a conversation with three people from extremely different walks of life. Philip, Alisha, and Hykeem. When I first met Alisha she showed me a sketch she was doing from a perfume add in a magazine. She told me she was homeless and that she had only been there for three days. She said OB offered her protection all night when she was rejected from Code Blue [a local Homeless Shelter]. I asked her all sorts of questions about Occupy Baltimore and her life, and she told me about the movement from her perspective.

Philip came over to sit and talk, and told us about his participation with The Black Panther Party. He came to the movement this afternoon to help the homeless population that congregates at OB. He thinks that the OB movement is a waste of time and lacks any organization. He also said that being arrested would do nothing to help our country. He fought with Alisha on so many issues and it was really weird to be in between that. But he eventually offered her a place to stay that night and food and so they left.

Hykeem was one of the first members of OB. He joined OB October 5th when the movement began. He spoke of the lack of leadership and of the idea that he deserved to be the unofficial leader. He told me of how he takes care of the OB as a community, and how he loves everyone in the movement.

These interactions were what I wanted from today, and although I took so many notes afterwards, during our conversations I didn't want to hide away in my note-taking. I will bring my sketchbook to class, by then it'll probably be full.

I took about 15 pages of notes. and I intend to make a small illustration each day based on the ideas in the conversations I heard today. They will also be based on my research since the beginning of the Occupy Movement.

Heads up! There is a protest happening tomorrow about Homelessness in Baltimore. It will be In front of the City Hall, and it begins at 6pm. You can meet people from the Occupy The Highway movement that are walking all the way from Occupy Wall Street to The White House.

ravens

2011-11-18T19:27:00.005-05:00

Rise & Conquer (SLP)

2011-11-18T18:12:00.008-05:00

Hello! For my project I decided to create a series of posters for the Maryland Zoo. I am focusing on their two ravens, Rise and Conquer. These also happen to be the live mascots for the Baltimore Ravens. I didn't know these two ravens were at the zoo, so I thought I'd try to bring some attention to them. I WAS going to go to the zoo today, but there were some complications with transportation and timing. I checked out the Maryland Zoo site and found the page about the two birds. There are some videos on youtube that I checked out as well. I did some sketches, but haven't come up with anything final just yet. So far I've tried to combine football images with the birds because I feel like that kind of a big thing here. I've got a raven in a ravens helmet and another image with both of the birds flying over the stadium. I also thought to have a portrait of the two, but seems a little boring. I'm still trying to come up with some non-football related images.

If I can't get to the zoo tomorrow I might just call them.

Their page:

http://www.marylandzoo.org/animals-conservation/rise-conquer/

Yoooooooooutuuuuuube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8UHuaBUS08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2Y7Hzt_Crg&feature=related

SLP

2011-11-18T17:46:00.005-05:00

Hey everyone! I'm doing posters for the annual Baltimore celebration/festival of Edgar Allen Poe's birthday. This morning I visited the Poe House (they host the event). I couldn't take pictures, but I did sketch a bit and take some notes. Even though the museum was tiny it was really cool. I don't think I'm going to use anything I saw in the Poe House in my final pieces (they're illustrations of his short stories/poems), but it was a really nice experience and definitely got me in the Poe Zone. I spent the rest of the day sketching and starting 2 of the final pieces.

Bring Hockey Back 2 Bmore

2011-11-18T17:32:00.007-05:00

Most of my project so far has consisted of research, researching things I never even considered.

What sparked the idea for the project is my love of ice hockey. The Washington Capitals played the Nashville Predators on Tuesday September 20th 2011 at the First Mariner Arena formally known as the Civic Center. Apparently Baltimore used to have minor league hockey teams and teams a part of the American

Hockey League. My idea for the project is to Bring Hockey Back 2 Bmore. There were three teams over the years the Clippers 1962-1977, Skipjacks 1981-1993 and one of the players Bruce Boudreau whom I met a few years ago, is the current head coach of the Capitals, and finally the Baltimore Bandits 1995-1997. This game was pretty big The Baltimore Classic brought the first hockey game back in 14 years! The 1st Mariner was over a bit over heated for the game and the rink was kinda small and oh yeah we lost. Whomp whomp. I still had fun! The seats I sat in were at the top BUT cannot complain 1. I didn't pay for the tickets 2. I could see everything. Back in the mid 1960s my seat would

have cost $1.50 and the front row seats only $4.00!!

I learned from going there that the history of ice hockey in Baltimore stretches all the way back to 1896 when Yale University played the Blue Jays of John Hopkins University inside a new arena on North Avenue! Possibly the first ever collegiate hockey game EVER played in the United States!

There aren't as many

rinks near by as I am used to growing up in Montgomery County. One must also consider the costs of playing and financing an interest in hockey it is really exp

ensive. Anyway, I also did research and found that Baltimore and a lot of organizations want to build a New First Mariner or something. I am totally on board with it. It will create more jobs, help revitalize the area, and there will be bigger shows. As for professional Sports Teams:

Well we cannot exactly compete with the fan base and popularity of the Washington Capitals, one of the best hockey teams in the NHL hands down. S

o an NBA team might be in the works and most people are/will be satisfied with bringing back an AHL Hockey team. Baltimorians want their ice hockey back!

Alright here are the old Logos for the teams

I had trouble posting those in order actually adding them to my text at all. Anyway, I had to research what exactly a "Clipper" or "Skipjack" was, um what other animals started with the letter "B", other animals considered

to be "Bandits". "Clippers" are ships that are narrow have great speed (I could go on) Skipjacks are a ty

pe of tuna and a type of boat. The latter being used in Maryland fisheries for oysters. I was thinking about redesigning all the logos for t shirts or posters. Not sure how I can redesign some of them umm like the boat related ones. I did sketches and I thought why not connect all 3 some how. An animals plus water related and alliteration! yay fun my favorite design so far is the Baltimore Blue Crabs. I don't know why I didn't think of it before BUT the jerseys I looked them up and they are hideous so I think I will redesign or design a jersey and hopefully have one made or find a blank hockey jersey and paint it myself!

I hope that Baltimore would actually use my design. Um I didn't get as far as I had hoped I plan on posting clearing designs for the Logos asap and would really appreciate if you guys stay tuned and gave me your opinion on them. Should I just try to manipulate the old logos? I don't know maybe too easy or too hard actually?

semester long project

2011-11-18T16:55:00.000-05:00

I spent the day working on finalizing the layout/composition of my postcards, particularly the card I am creating for Sound Garden. I will also be making cards for Fell's Point, the Inner Harbor, Red Emma's Coffeehouse, Bohemian Coffeehouse, MICA, and the Sheffield Institute for the Recording Arts. The biggest issue/question I've run into so far is whether or not I want to include hand-lettering for the front/back of the postcards-- for example, should I just insert Sound Garden's logo into the bottom of the top image below or refine my rendering of it?

I was also playing with the idea of illustrating Robert's name differently for every postcard; for this I'd draw a larger version of his name, scan it, and then place it on the card. Once again, I'm running into the question of whether or not it would be better to just type his name/address out on the computer. The left side of the postcard below is where Garrett (Robert's best friend who is also living in the Baltimore area) and I would write our description/stories of the location. I want to keep that part in handwriting because it seems more sincere/personal, whereas typing it out would seem way too formal for the relationship we have with Robert.

Other than that, I plan on rendering my drawings with watercolor and ink, as is my repertoire, and I'll be doing so with the help of images I took last Friday and days previous. On a different note, would it be ok to have the orientation of my postcards vary? I feel like some of the locations would be better suited to have a vertical composition, but I don't want those postcards to seem out of synch with the others.

Any feedback/ideas would be welcomed!

2011-11-18T16:44:00.002-05:00

I'm doing poster designs for a few Baltimore bands (Beach House, Future Islands, and Wye Oak), so I'm starting with Beach House. The top image is the preliminary sketch and my intended color scheme. I've decided to paint these, so the bottom image is the sketch on canvas - still having some layout issues with it, but I'll continue to work on it (and sorry it's so hard to see, I sketched it pretty lightly).

Semester long: Jane Kim

2011-11-18T16:41:00.001-05:00

For my project I am planning on making an illustrated children's book based on an essay that my little brother Joseph wrote for his english class. The essay is about a trip that my family and I took to Korea last summer and his experiences visiting our home country for the first time. Below I've included a few sketches and notes based on this project. I have also included my edited version of his essay as well as side notes on how I am planning on doing the drawings. I've also researched a number of self publishing websites as well as photo album sites that came useful to me in calculating time and pricing. It's a lot but I am confident I will finish on time.Enjoy!

Edited by Jane Kim

Illustration I Final Project

Children’s book

*Italics: Notes forillustration ideas, composition, color, and lighting.

Title: Untitled

Hi, my name is Joseph and I am 11 years old! I live with my parents and my twosisters, Jane and Lisa. We have lived here before I was even born and now weare moving back to our home country, Korea.

Now my new home is Seoul, the capital of South Korea. Whenwe arrived, the city was filled with bright lights and colors! Every buildingand every house was so close together; it was like a big town squished togetherso there were no gaps in between!

Whole family in thecar driving past a bustling city at night. Flashing signs, lights, and traffic.

At our new house, everything looked so bright and clean. Itwas the most luxurious house I have ever seen! There were huge windows, shinyfloors, and we even had two refrigerators!

But as much as I wanted to explore more of our new home, myeyes started to get tiring. Soon I couldn’t stop yawning, so my mom put me inbed. I couldn’t wait to wake up the next morning.

One page, Joe sleepingon Korean bed sheets on wooden floor as mom closes the door.

Dark with light sourcecoming from open door.

The next day my mom and I decided to see the rest of theneighborhood, and let me say this, Korea has so much food! Our small littleneighborhood had all the tastes of the world!

Wide view of all sortsof bakeries, eateries, street food, and other stores. Featuring many peopleeating, talking, walking. Mom at a stand paying for take-out lunch while Joelooks at the setting.

After that we went to visit my dad’s new office. The roomwas small but somehow my dad fit his meeting table, his desk, a chair, and amini fridge! It may look big but it really wasn’t.

Mom holding lunchstanding in front of the entryway with Joe. Joe with a surprised expression looks on asworkers try to fit everything in the small room. Dad helping one of the workerswaves at them.

On our walk back home we saw a huge park for bikes and forjogging! Ever since we found that park my mom and dad thought that we shouldbuy two bikes!

View of a widelandscape with view of a river, dad baying for bikes at a bike stand in thecorner.

Everyday was a busy day for me. My parents thought that Ishould get private lessons. The classes that I took were Korean, guitar,ping-pong, piano, and a traditional sport called tae-kwon do. The classes werefun but I was so busy! It was like school but worse! I had to go to lessonsevery ten minutes! Now I know why people say time flies.

Joe centered in themiddle running with all the lessons surrounding him. OR Joe trying to handleevery activity all at once.

As quickly as my summer was passing by, my family and I allmanaged to find time to visit my grandma’s. I didn’t know we had so much family here in Korea! So manyaunts, uncles, and cousins! It really was endless!

A small thumbnail ofour family in front of grandma’s door with her greeting us.

A bigger picture ofour family (maybe take reference to a master’s painting for composition?;Pierre’s Luncheon at the Boating Party) Joe in the side playing video gameswith Chan and Che-yee, others helping out with food, setting table, talking,laughing.

On the last day we all decided to go back to the park, andluckily we were in time to see the fireworks show. As we all snuggled up in ourblankets looking at the show in the sky I felt sad as to how the summer was alreadyover. It felt just like yesterday how we came to Korea and now we had to go.

Overall view of thenight sky with a show of fireworks with the family settled in the bottom of thepage under a huge blanket.

This summer was like fireworks. There was so much excitementand happiness that had to fade away so quickly, leaving only a trail of smokeas a way to remember those bright colors once again.

One page; black smokeaftermath of the fireworks.

Small thumbnail of aset of three luggage.

Sketches (pages 1-4)

Websites, notes on pricing..

self notes on page setup

before edit: storyboard ordering

Semester Long Project

2011-11-18T16:40:00.008-05:00

Sketches of Madie, Mac, and Shirley characters.
Layout and sketches of first three pages of comic/zine.

Final layout of first page.

Baltimore Ghost Tours- WIP

2011-11-18T16:39:00.012-05:00

I've been digitizing sketches and gathering information for my booklet about the Baltimore Ghost Tours.

-Anne Lee

Semester Long Project

2011-11-18T16:35:00.004-05:00

I spent the open studio time working on composition and color. I was experimenting with different objects that i could move around to create an even better composition.

I wanted to also experiment with color to ensure that I won't have problems deciding on colors when doing the final illustrations. Although my idea hasn't been completely changed I have added a few tweaks. I decided that my project will be a little book of postcards from a created character. The character is a creature who is a tourist at Baltimore and is sharing his experiences at each location. The book is his documentation of his travels to Baltimore. So I'm planning on doing water color and pen drawings for each postcard and each card will include the name of the place and also a little story next to it.

Does it work?

please leave a comment!

WOOO CIRCULATOR

2011-11-18T16:33:00.009-05:00

Sooo, I decided to scout out Baltimore via the circulator today to pick out some landmarks to put in the game. I wanted to put all of the most immediately recognizable ones on the cover. There will also be characters and text on it, once I get the background a little more fleshed out.

(Also now that I think about it maybe I should put the circulator in there too...)

(and then I got kind of bored and doodled up more character stuff)

2011-11-18T16:03:00.001-05:00

Finished my sketches, Looked into screen painting processes, prices on screens and paints, and experimented with color and patterns and the acrylic medium.

Hampden Zine Post

2011-11-18T15:30:00.006-05:00

Hey Guys! So today I went into Hampden to do research for my zine.

I went into a bunch of shops and took some pictures to get more of a sense of the culture of Hampden. Since the DIY culture is big in Hampden, (zines at Atomic Book, handmade accesories at 9th life, and clothing at Double Dutch) I want to portray that with my zine. With this in mind, I started embroidering the cover of the zine and I'm going to incorporate applique and embroidery throughout the zine. Here are some pictures from today and sketches:

a sketch of some interesting buildings in hampden

final sketch for my cover: the letters Hampden will be hand-embroidered

and the rest will be acrylic?? not sure yet

painted crab shells with baltimore icons

a funky window display for 9th Life

some books and things from Avenue Antiques

2011-11-18T14:39:00.015-05:00

Hi guys, this is Lizzi!
Today I went to the aquarium to do research for my project. I spent around 3 hours there, sketching and taking photos.
I changed my project idea, and now I plan on making concept art for a game about the aquarium. A young boy gets turned into a fish and stuck in the aquarium, and to turn back
into a human again, he needs to collect 5 pieces of a shell. He gets a piece of the shell after completing a level by helping out various creatures in the aquarium.

All the photos I took can be found here, if you're interested in looking. I mostly took reference photos of environments.

so yeah sketches and color stuff for my project:

I plan on making the other sea creatures into humanoid things like these jellyfish, but I might change my mind about it later. I'm gonna alter these jellyfish people a bit to make them less humanoid, though.

2011-10-26T22:33:00.002-04:00

Hi guys! I'm posting a WIP of my extra credit.
Feel free to crit and give suggestions!
-Lizzi

Semester Project WIPs

2011-10-24T22:40:00.005-04:00

Hi all! It's Evyn again...

I wanted to post some WIPs to get some crit for my semester project, so here they are!

My idea was to do concept art for a video game. The game follows a MICA student who, being a broke artist, has a part time job as a pizza delivery person around Baltimore. However, being an illustration student, he/she is able to draw things that come to life to help deliver pizzas faster.

I'm also toying with the idea of having some kind of antagonistic big-corporation-pizza-brand that tries to stop you from delivering pizzas... maybe a different pizza corporation for each level?

Here's some concept art for it so far;

costume designs

BME: The Light Rail (Midterm)

2011-10-18T22:17:00.001-04:00

David D Beginning, Middle, End

2011-10-07T19:01:00.003-04:00

Beginning

Middle

End

Beginning Middle End Sketches-Pippi Longstocking

2011-10-07T17:30:00.003-04:00

Beginning

Middle

End

Sketches!!

2011-10-07T16:43:00.004-04:00

Korean Folk tale: Charan

please leave comments

thanks!!

Beginning Middle End - Joe Maccarone

2011-10-07T15:53:00.004-04:00

Princess and the Pea

2011-10-07T15:14:00.002-04:00

thumbelina

2011-10-07T14:55:00.002-04:00

Mazu's Iron Horse

2011-10-07T14:52:00.003-04:00

HEY GUYS THIS IS EVYN WHAT'S UP

uh, so here's my triptych! any suggestions/"this is crappy fix it" is appreciated!

Rapunzel

2011-10-07T14:46:00.001-04:00

Rapunzel

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Beginning, Middle, End of a school day

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8AM - In the Light rail

11AM - Middle of School Day

4PM - Departure, Back home

Rikki Tikki Tavi

2011-10-07T13:35:00.001-04:00

B/M/E Update

2011-10-07T13:29:00.006-04:00

The black and white images are the sketches, and the watercolor final is about 90% of the way done! My story is A Perfect Day for Bananafish by JD Salinger. The scan didn't come out well at all; it looks better in person, I swear!

The Little Mermaid

2011-10-07T05:20:00.006-04:00

Beginning

Middle

End

Coppelia

2011-10-06T23:52:00.007-04:00

Sketches :]

2011-10-06T22:58:00.002-04:00

beginning

middle

end

The Lion and The Mouse

2011-10-06T13:27:00.005-04:00

Sketches for The Lion and The Mouse

Anne L

COOKIES!

2011-09-30T00:29:00.003-04:00

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Say Anything

2011-04-08T23:57:00.003-04:00

I took some liberty with the story

need feedback on the concept

environments

2011-03-26T21:48:00.006-04:00

quiet-finally let me post it!

sorry it's embarassing but I couldn't find the blog website till today.

vast

simple

intimate

dangerous

cluttered (i'd put a lot more crazy stuff in

arg won't let me load the 6th one-for quiet let me try to post it separate

-laura

2011-03-25T22:26:00.004-04:00

Environments! part 2

2011-03-24T23:50:00.001-04:00

Environments! part 1

2011-03-24T23:49:00.002-04:00

Environment Sketches

2011-03-24T16:02:00.004-04:00

"Well, that's not what I expected" Final Piece

2011-02-21T13:46:00.001-05:00

Well THAT's not what I expected II

2011-02-21T02:03:00.001-05:00

In case I can't make it to class tomorrow(have to be okayed by the doc) here's this assignment. Hoping I didn't cheat.. I ended up liking this composition better than my other piece. I'm not satisfied with this one yet tho.

-Dan

Final - Well THAT'S not what I expected.

2011-02-19T20:27:00.001-05:00

The first is my final sketch and the second is my final piece. I was really trying to edit down the amount of lines in the second, which is more difficult for me than you would imagine. I thought I could solve the problem of the balancing the weight of the apple by making her hair dark instead of the background, and adding a bold pattern to her dress instead of the worm. I also adjusted the length of the worm to make it appear like it was coming out of the apple more, and some simple action lines to indicate her nausea. Hope this isn't too late, I'm finally getting better from this never ending head cold.

Thanks,

Sarah Robbins

i hope this never happens

2011-02-10T18:58:00.004-05:00

sorry this is on the late side, I had a hard time with the floor space and deciding what to do with it D:

That's not what I expected Round II

2011-02-10T15:42:00.001-05:00

Here's my final sketch for the brush and ink final for this project.

well thats not what i expected 2!

2011-02-10T12:54:00.001-05:00

2011-02-09T22:30:00.002-05:00

sorry its late.
and for the poor scan quality.
ill try to scan them in again this week

Shark!

2011-02-09T03:37:00.003-05:00

That shark on the lower right? I can't decide if I need to give it teeth. It looks dumb every time I try it out, but I am sure there is a way to do it, I just can't decide if it's necessary.

So teeth, yes? No? Other suggestions?

Assignment 1 Final Sketch 1

2011-02-02T20:25:00.002-05:00

Sorry it's so late, technical difficulties.

Not expected

2011-01-31T23:44:00.004-05:00

I forgot to upload this to the blog.

like finding a penis in a haystack...

2011-01-29T18:06:00.000-05:00

this is my sketch.
i thought maybe people would look at it and be like
"aw cute, food. oh wait. thats not what i expected.."
so, most people read left to right, so the penis would be one of the last images they would see.

the first one is the grayscale and the second is just a cleaned up version of the line drawings, so everything would be more clear.
any comments would be appreciated.
thanks
~anna c.

Thats not what I expected

2011-01-27T20:17:00.001-05:00

Deep sea adventure gone terribly wrong.

Unexpected Pinup

2011-01-27T18:33:00.002-05:00

i'm kinda still wondering if i should do anything with the background - so i'm open to suggestions

Golden Ocean

2011-01-27T18:23:00.004-05:00

A common spiritual metaphor describes each individual as a drop of water within the Ocean of God. The ocean is warm, embracing, vitalizing, made of pure love. You immediately recognize these boundless waters as your true home.

"Water can also be understood as the world of manifest reality. It reflects the light of enlightenment. In fact, that is the purpose of manifestation. But while that reflection appears to be real, it is found to be fleeting, changing, ultimately intangible".

Well, THAT'S not what I expected

2011-01-27T18:07:00.003-05:00

My idea was about not getting your hair done the way you had wanted. I need to work on the expression and the hands.

Well THAT'S not what I expected!

2011-01-27T17:51:00.005-05:00

by Laura Miller

You can't choose your parents...you also can't choose your babies!

There's more texture and detail I want to add to the environment. I didn't know if I should loose the door in the background. I thought it could be interesting and add more of a sense of depth if there was some discretely rendered hospital action taking place in the hallway but I don't know if it's working or not.

2011-01-27T17:49:00.002-05:00

sorry its really bad quality, i dont have access to a scanner right now so im using a picture. i will scan and post it as soon as possible. the one baby that has a dark blotch on it is a monster with like 7 eyes and horns and lots of sharp teeth.

Unexpected Assignment

2011-01-27T17:28:00.000-05:00

Even pirates can spend a quiet evening at home (er, sea) with a Jane Austen novel and a cup of tea. All that wenching and pillaging really wears you out.
- Jayne Steiger

Well,

2011-01-27T17:25:00.003-05:00

The scanner did some funky things to this image. The negative space has more shadow and smoke from the female's cigarette.Even so, it still is pretty empty . Also, seeing the sketch on screen instead of on paper really changes how I perceive it. And in a bad way. I know for the next skecth I'm going to play more with the composition as well as the female's expression. Seeing it on screen makes me realize it doesn't convey the story I'd like it to. And the hand. So many sketches of that hand and it still looks jank.

Man, it's like holding a painting up to a mirror and realizing it just looks totally wrong. What does everyone else think?

Well thats not what I expected! ( michele feldmann)

2011-01-27T16:37:00.001-05:00

Just what every girl wants to find under her bed a gnome smoking a pipe

2011-01-27T16:15:00.000-05:00

mermaids in space?!

Angie Kwon

an unexpected pizza

2011-01-27T16:02:00.005-05:00

I've gotten some really awesome suggestions for other things I could do with this piece, but I was curious on the feedback from this one first :) Some of the concerns I had were does the narrative work, and is the composition too busy/not busy enough or too scattered?

Thats Not What I Expected (Albert Young Kim)

2011-01-27T16:01:00.002-05:00

Christmas gifts are our forever-loving precious gifts. However one day, the baby opened its present and a baby-devil pops out when the puppy should be there! Somehow it got in and ate the puppy! This baby made itself a surprising new friend.

Well that's not what I expected..

2011-01-27T15:20:00.002-05:00

One thing led to another and then...

Paracat - Definitely NOT what he expected.

2011-01-27T13:00:00.001-05:00

One can't be too careful when jumping out of planes, lest we mistakenly pack our house cat instead of a parachute.

I'd like to hear back if the narrative style of this is working and if you have any suggestions to make it flow more smoothly.

-Sarah Robbins

Well...THAT'S not what I expected...

2011-01-27T11:57:00.003-05:00

Nothing like bringing a dinosaur to your class's Show-n-Tell to make an awesome impression...I'm pretty sure no one expected that.

Well That's Not What I Expected

2011-01-27T11:52:00.003-05:00

Oh goodness, she just birthed a half human, half fox child in her living room...

Well, THAT'S not what I expected

2011-01-27T10:37:00.002-05:00

The main concept of my sketch is a priest, or in this case the pope, giving a sermon but he's not wearing any pants... because I wouldn't expect that.

Illustration sketch

2011-01-25T12:48:00.000-05:00

I decided to change to character to Lil Jon. I'm having trouble choosing values. My intentions are to keep it super simple in terms of the values. I know it should be darker, but for some reason I can't seem to figure out a "value scheme". Alot of the details are here but there's still a few little details I haven't sketched in, like possibly a "batman quilt design". But that's minor to me right now. Any tips, suggestions?

6hr project and embarrassing story illustration

2010-04-27T11:35:00.014-04:00

Say Anything.

2010-04-27T11:10:00.002-04:00

2010-04-22T13:00:00.007-04:00

Here is my finished Say Anything Assignment as well as a watercolor version that I started but didn't finish.

Watercolor

Digital completed.

Also here are some of my images from the Experience day.

embarrassing

2010-04-21T21:08:00.002-04:00

Greenmount Cementery

2010-04-21T20:56:00.003-04:00

This was an interesting trip. Not many people to interact with here but one man did come to talk to me. He says he comes every week to take pictures and told me where I could find all the dead and decomposing ravens.

Landscape homework.

2010-04-07T10:24:00.004-04:00

Sorry this is a little late I didn't have internet over the weekend.

these scans dont really do a couple justice but I ll show you them in class on Friday.

2010-04-06T15:56:00.001-04:00

Mollie's Environment Sketches

2010-03-28T19:16:00.000-04:00

Sorry for being late.... But here are my sketches anyway! They go in this order: vast, deadly, intimate, cluttered, quiet, simple.

2010-03-26T15:12:00.005-04:00

Some of the sketches are more developed than others. I started my actual pieces a little before working on them. The desert piece is a mess but itll look really good in the final. The sand will be more intricate and neat and the flower and sky will be painted. The sunset idea for vast is shit also. I couldnt really think of a good one. the quiet and deadly sketches are the same scene but done very differently in the end.

Brandon Enviornment sketches

2010-03-26T14:50:00.004-04:00

The images are posted in the following order, vast, simple, quiet, intimate, dangerous, cluttered.

San: 6spaces sketches

2010-03-26T14:42:00.005-04:00

vast

simple

quiet

intimate

deadly

cluttered

Michelle sketches

2010-03-26T12:53:00.006-04:00

Here are my sketches, I never got the assignment sheet so I missed out on some details, so I think these sketches aren't quite as finished as you would have liked them, sorry! Also they aren't quite the size requirement? Im not sure if you wanted each image to be exactly square or?

the order is
quiet
simple
vast
dangerous
intimate
and the last 2 are both cluttered

Nicole Mueller: environment sketches

2010-03-26T11:56:00.008-04:00

Here are my sketches...it was a little hard for me to do them in pencil because I was thinking of doing some small paintings for the final that really focused on color (thinking of Bernie Fuchs as inspiration). Seeing some of the landscapes in b&w they don't seem as interesting to me, and I was afraid some of my ideas might be too unoriginal. But anyways here they are:

simple

I had 2 for vast

quiet and deadly

intimate and cluttered

Justin Schmidt: Environment Sketches

2010-03-26T09:48:00.003-04:00

final 6 sketches...

sorry its a photo, its too large for my scanner, and for some weird reason blogger doesn't let me upload my scanned images, i don't know why this is so.

plus i was planning on showing it in class, which is also why they're all on one paper.

5''x5'' pencil and micron

Settings

2010-03-23T20:04:00.003-04:00

2010-03-23T19:29:00.000-04:00

2010-03-23T19:26:00.000-04:00

they didn't all fit in one post, sorry.

Enviornment as Character

2010-03-23T19:17:00.011-04:00

simple

quiet

vast

deadly

intimate

cluttered

Technical Difficulties: Resolved

2010-03-23T19:08:00.004-04:00

Here are my six sketches (finally). Again, I apologize they're a little late, but my scanner was fighting tooth and nail the whole way.

SimpleVast

Intimate

Cluttered

DeadlyQuiet

environments

2010-03-23T19:02:00.005-04:00

quiet

vast

simple

intimate

deadly

cluttered

Enviornment as character

2010-03-23T18:52:00.006-04:00

2010-03-23T18:39:00.007-04:00

The two Burnt Sienna ones aren't the colors that they will be in the end.

vast
simple:
quiet: This is the earth and the moon in space, i figured space is very quiet. I think it will feel more like that once i finish the black tiles and put some stars in the black.

The rest of the black tiles will be filled in, possibly with stars.
Intimate
Deadly

vast, simple, deadly, quiet, intimate, cluttered

2010-03-23T18:29:00.006-04:00

my apologies for the lack of rendering on some of these, there were some transportational issues with the originals.

environment as a character

2010-03-23T18:27:00.004-04:00

order : clutter, deadly, intimate, quiet, simple, vast

by A Shin

Environments

2010-03-23T18:20:00.007-04:00

Simple, Quiet, Vast, Deadly, Intimate, Cluttered (shown respectively).

- Allie

quiet, simple, vast, intimate, deadly, and cluttered

2010-03-23T18:14:00.008-04:00