Wednesday, May 5, 2010

FInal Portfolio

The following are the items I feel sum up my illustration year. I found myself sharpening my skills particularly in water color. I used this as my main media for creating illustrations.



My last Illustration for Illustration class ended up being my favorite. I have always been a fan of critters which is why I feel my peacock is strong. I used a variety of brushes to accomplish the different textures i needed to make between the thin feathers, and the smoothness of the beak.



I choose this montage because i enjoy the pick out method i used on the cheshire cat, and the corset.



This is the one and only water color of a person I am going to put in here. I have struggled with this throughout the semester and feel as though I was able to capture loose features while maintaining her bone structure. I went with a light blue back round which gave a nice contrast between her shirt making her as the subject pop.



I chose to put the life and death project in my portfolio because I enjoyed the concept which I feel led to a strong illustration. I used similar layouts, one that led into the other. I like this combination because i used colored pencil to add a texture. Through this project I learned the benefits of adding two different media together.



I'm putting this food montage in my portfolio because i like the overall composition. I enjoy the vertical layout and the color pallet. While working with negative space i made the cereal clusters, also giving them a crispy looking texture.



I chose to put my cold corn illustration because it is my only cartoon illustration that I enjoy. I used three different media in this illustration. I used pen, water color and colored pencil.



This martini glass is part of a number 11 project. This was my second revision, which I feel shows I know when to redo a project. I particularly enjoy this water color because I was able to use implied line to give a fragile effect.



I chose this flower picture mainly because of the back round. I liked the free flow of the wet on wet technique. The bright blue and pink/red also show a strong color pallet.

Thank you for looking at my blog. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed the class!

Monday, May 3, 2010

SOI round 1




For the Sociey of Illustrators I decided to water color a ballerina. I wanted a sense of movement but will redo because her arms are giving me a world of trouble.

World Peace rev 2



I decided for this rev to use a free hand effect on the peace sign rather than complicated stripes. The world shape isn't quite circular giving some breathing forgiveness to detail.

World Peace



This is my first rev of the cheesy airbrush. I choose to symbolize world peace. My contact paper mask bled through while I was trying to create stripes.

3 image montage



I decided to give this montage a food theme. I found some buttons that have witty sayings about eating more and paired it with bowls of cereal.