Plane Design

Update: I changed up the exploded view for some more cohesive pages in my portfolio. Hoping it might work better.
Also, I tried to put the plane in an environment so that it might add more interest.
Beat boards and layout with the prop implemented on the way soon!

Here's the finished color and material variations of the plane design, as well as the final design and exploded view.

Carriage Variations

So I took the opportunity to do different variations of the carriage for my personal project.

I want to add more extravagant details and decorations to it, but time is a factor.
Probably going to go back to do it all, but for now, this is what I have.

Tumbleweed man!!

So I promised myself I would start updating monthly. Since I haven't really done all that much that is postable work, I figure I will just post this up. It's actually for an assignment, but I kinda like how it turned out. We're supposed to do eight variations of these characters made up of basic primitives and texture it. So enjoy TumbleWeed man!

Here's the thumbs for the rest of the assignment. I dunno if the last two on the right look reflective enough. Crits are welcome!

Image and Idea

This was for my Image and Idea class. The main part of the class was about putting two things together that don't normally go together, and not being able to capture the image with a camera. So the first one was about creating a super hero (or villain) from an inanimate object, and I chose an outhouse. I tried to play around with those splashy ink effects and sort of the look where the picture isn't all that clean.
The second one was to pick a charity and create a poster for them, keeping in mind about putting two things together that dont' normally go together. I choose the Center of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technolologies, which pretty much just deal with alternative and clean energy.

Digital Landscaping!

This was for my digital landscaping class with Mike Humphries.
The class entailed going on location every week, and every 4th week taking our best painting to the lab to touch it up. I think I practically just painted over 100% of all my paintings for all three of these, but I did learn a lot.

Toward the end of the term I started being able to use color more freely I think. That's why I think the first two seem a bit dull, while the third is a bit more exciting. I dunno. Gonna be painting more over the next off term.
I'm a bit too embarrased to show my actual gouache paintings, but here are the retouched up ones.
Definitely more paintings (hopefully traditional) to come!

Style

This is for my Style class, probably my favorite class this term. Learned a lot about different styles, as well as design.

First one is of "ToadGo's" which is a play off ToGo's. We were supposed to design a fast food restaurant with its' play area in the style of a specific artist. I chose Charley Harper.

Second one is a musical tribute to a specific musical artist, and we were supposed to take the form language of the instruments the artist uses as design a tree/layout based off that. The layout was supposed to be in the style of a specific artist, of which I chose Thomas Hart Benton.
I chose the Cranberries for my musical artist, of which you probably cannot tell. Had the most trouble with this one, but I learned a lot about gouache doing this one.

The third layout is of a 1950s gas station around late afternoon done in the style of Eyvind Earle.

AN UPDATE!!!! FIGURES!!!!!

So... I'm updating, haha. This term was just about figure drawing, so that's just what I've been concentrating on. I had Analytical Figure Drawing to help me with my anatomy, and then Inventive Drawing for just practice. I ended up filling up two newsprint pads, as well as a third Biggie newsprint pad. I think I went to a lot of workshops in the first 8 weeks of the term, but then the last 6 weeks I just couldn't bring myself to pick up a pencil. Anyway... I just posted some of the stuff that I thought turned out pretty decently. I hope you guys can see improvement, haha. I would feel pretty depressed if nobody sees improvement in my figure drawing.

These poses ranged from 1min - 40min.
Yay for updates!!