Shoe Studies

Did two pairs of shoes for class.

Self Portrait and Hand Studies

Did a self portrait for class in Photoshop. Tried to go with something more flat and graphic but didn't pan out the way I intended (does it ever?). Had fun playing around and making it into a more cartoony style. Also some hand sketches for the same class. Haven't sketched in Photoshop in a long while. So from left to right, top to bottom you can see I became a little more comfortable with it as I went along. Hands can be daunting but I had fun doing these. Might have to go back in and paint some of these.

Couple paintings before school starts

I did these two to get me back in the swing of things before I go full steam into my last semester.

The first one is a portrait I did from a photo I got inspired by. Got to experiment with a number of different tools in Photoshop with this one.

Next we got Oakland Athletics rising start Jemile Weeks. I haven't done a lot of portraits of people with darker complexions, so this was certainly a challenge. Can't use the normal tricks that are used for Caucasians. Gave me a chance to explore and learn. Someday I'll learn how to tackle dreads.

And for whatever reason, when you maximize the second portrait, it makes him look orange...

Major Mojo

A flat piece I did from a concept logo sketch I did. Got more more acquainted with the pen tool in PS. I'll see what else I can do with him.

Character concepted from last year

Few characters developed in class about a year ago. Gas masks are fun to design.

More sketchbook assignments

More of my pen and ink sketchbook assignments.

Been a long time since I've updated anything on here. I've got a lot of work backed up but I'll just be adding some works in pen and ink that are already on my computer.

Here's some sketchbook assignments I've done for my heads and hands class. One hand using both sides of 6 step shading.