Peyo Illustration

For my project, I chose the comic book artist Peyo, and did a self-portrait as a Smurf.

Edward Gorey: Autumn Bartels

I chose Edward Gorey as my illustrator and I decided to try to follow his Victorian macabre theme.

Final Sketch- Pyle Project

Apologies, it's not the best photo since I gave away the batteries in my digital camera earlier, and I don't have access to a scanner.
I'm planning on doing the cross-hatching in micron and then maybe come in with some light watercolor (possibly, or just in select areas).
I need to fix the angle of the bottom of the pier, as well as the guy on the right's right arm (his right, our left).

Pyle Project Rough Draft

-adding a crest to the red shield
-watercolor and ink
-bringing red knight's sword out in front of the shield (makes more sense, and its how it should be actually)
- more value and drama and richness of color.
- background needs work.

John Held Junior

For my pieces, I decided to create work in the style of John Held Jr. For subject matter, i decided to do reflect upon the "MICA girl," as John Held junior used his work to describe the lifestyle and fashions of the roaring twenties and the famous flapper, i decided to go off of that idea and do commentary of fashion and mannerism of girl art students, and some of the styles you may see on our campus.

Beatrix Potter Illustration

I picked Beatrix Potter for this project. I decided to do two illustrations in her style. One being more realistic since she was very interested in drawing from observation and scientific illustrations. The second being in her more well-known style à la Peter Rabbit.

Like Beatrix, I used real models and sketched from life. The first bunny is my dwarf rabbit Gimli, and the second is my sister's rabbit, Quicksilver. I drew sketches of both of them while home over Fall break.

Quentin Blake Watercolor

My illustrator I chose to research was Quentin Blake. His style is loose, cartoon-like watercolors. I followed his process step by step: