Constructivism

Computer Illustration II
Photoshop & Illustrator

This one is just me goofing around for this assignment, honestly. It had to be made in a style reminiscent of Russian Constructivism. I made mine slightly comical using my own picture. This one was more about learning filters and layer styles and blending options in Photoshop. I also created most of the background in Illustrator and imported it back into Photoshop to finish it up. It helps to try out new techniques each time, so over time, I can perfect them.

Skate Boarding Poster

Computer Illustration II
Skate Boarder Poster
Adobe Photoshop CS6

Well, it's been a little while and I've been learning new tricks in Illustrator and Photoshop.
This is a fictional store poster for a skateboard store. I used suggestions from classmates and my instructor and I am pretty pleased with it. I was still unsure about the results, but I got my grades back and seems like the teacher agreed that I did pretty good here :). I created everything on this except the skater, which was a random image on a web search.

80s Dance Party

Computer Illustration II
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator

80s Dance Party Poster

Figures - Acrylic Paint

Life Drawing II

Acrylic

I finally got a chance to create figure paintings. I've always wanted to try but had no idea where to begin. For this assignment, we used our sketches from earlier in the week to paint themI watched a bunch of tutorials at first about how to blend skin tones properly and which base colors to use. The one I subscribed to that I really liked the most was from an artist named Eric T. Francis. I hadn't heard of him before, but I'm really glad I found him in my search!

I have no idea why I was so apprehensive about painting. I had a ton of fun once I got into it and started to understand a little bit how to get the right tone. Not bad for a first attempt at painting a figure with acrylics! I'm pretty happy about this!! I will definitely use it more and paint some landscapes in the future.

I found the figures on this Gesture & Figure practice tool website. It's awesome!

Let me know what you think!

Shiny Text Effect

Computer Illustration I
Photoshop text effect: Shiny text effect

Figures - Pastels

Class: Life Drawing II
Medium: Soft Pastels

Sketches - charcoal figures

More random sketches I did for class. I think, and my teacher agrees, that my proportions are getting better as I go along. I just need to keep at it!