Book: gatsby

Color Composition 2





















Color Comp 2, am more satisfied with this one! i think the modeling on the girl is much less severe than on the previous comp. Rusty suggest to add some more modeling to indicate the body underneath the dress, so I will be making those changes. The floor is still slightly skewed but it's working out better. I am especially glad that I finally got the party scene in there. Rusty suggested that I keep the crowd at a lighter gray and have Gatsby's figure with more black so that he stands out. That sounds good to me! because I really didn't want to put him in ablue suit. I chose to paint the walls green to indicate the symbolism of the color green in the book. So on to the painting....

BooK Gatsby

Pencil Comp/ Perspective/ Character Development


















Alrighty! So I had to re-vamp my approach. The last image shows some research I did on drawing crowds and party scenes, as well as trying to get an idea of the 20's feel. The party scene at the bottom right, I used to shade the figures in my party scene (top right). I drew it on a separate piece of paper, large scale and then placed it into the room by scaling it down. The picture is taken form the movie based on the book. I also began to work on the perspective of the floor some more but it still has a tilting effect. I'll work it out though. I like the sketchy feel of the crowd of party-goers so I may keep that in the final piece... It's coming together...

Book :Gatsby

Color Compositions






















Evidently I am still struggling with perspective issues. Here is my color composition development for my book cover illustration. I went for a higly stylized illustration of a 1920's woman in a grand room with floor tiles. She's leaning against a bar and gazing through the doorway into the other room at Gatsby circulating the party. I had some difficulty placing the scence in the doorway so I did it on a separate sheet of paper. Along with persective, I am also struggling with illustrating the crowd of party-goers. Round two... here goes...

Book

Sketches








































The two sketches above were the most like out of my book cover sketches for "The Great Gatsby." In the 4th sketch (top) I went with the theme of one of Gatsby's soirees, placing Daisy in a sort of alluring position and also I wanted to use her dress to indicate the time period. In the 2nd sketch (bottom) I used to car as a medium for addressing the time period. I also wanted to allude to one of the main plots in the book about who was really driving the car that was in an accident. Both ideas I like, but I think I may try out the party scene to give me a chance to work on some figure modeling and spacial relations, which is clear from my pencil sketch that I struggle with perspective. Let's roll!

Sound Final

Lawnmower















Here is my final illustration for the sound assignment. I chose to do the 13 x 19 in illustration in gouache medium. I tried to get the idea of the motion of the lawn-mower running over the twig by using some motion curvesn around the shape of the lawn mower. I think the curves may have been more successsful if I did more of them or made them more obvious. One element that I think was successful was the grass. I like that there is a clear area where the grass has been cut, for which I just used a tint of the darker green, and blotted with a dry brush. The taller grass took me a while to figure out, but with some technique suggestions from Rusty, I think it turned out nicely. I first laid down areas of color, after it dried I went back in with a damp fan brush and used paper towel to pick out some color, I then went back in and added detail to the blades of grass.

World Record

FIN

Here is my final World World Record Poster. I think it has gotten much better since the last attempt at goauche. In this piece I learned the importance of not being afraid to add more color to the work because it helps to bring out definition. I'm still a little afraid of using too much pigment though, but rather I can be comfortable with adding layers and building up to a more saturated painting. The speed bubble worked out rather well because of the higher contrast. In re-working this piece I will work with the figure more, and find a way to add structure to the face legas and feet.
In the final poster, the concept was to design the poster like a comic book cover, thus the blocked letters and wording on the poster.. "possibly the most amazing feat..." I looked at some "Flash" comic book covers for examples.

Cheesy

Final

yeah... so the final cheesy airbrush illustration was not the most successful project. I think it turned out ok considering. I had some issues with the contact paper. When I cut out the shapes I also ended up cutting into the paper of the board; that in conjunction with my heavy handed wet airbrushing there was a lot of bleeding. The overspray from the baby cloth tarnished the white on the stork. I should have remasked. The color on the baby's face turned out well, but then it meshed into the background. After peeling off the mask, it ripped several patches in the piece, which I was able to fix in Photoshop. Well I guess you learn more from failure: don't spray to much pigment at a time, take more care in cutting the mask, and re-mask to preserve color!!!!

Sound Illustration

Color/ Marker Comp

My color comp of the lawnmower running over a branch! I'll definitely have to reconsider some compositional issues. Some of the comments I got were that the sound wasn't coming across very well. It could also be mistaken that the lawnmower hasn't yet gone over the branch which would defeat the purpose of it making a sound. I do like the perspective of the composition, but it may have been more indicative of sound to compose it in a way that seemed like the mower was coming towards the viewer.... hmm sounds like more complications. I'm going to try and indicate some sort of vibration, maybe smoke or something being exhausted from the mower. Also someone suggested that adding a human shadow would help to position the person. We shall See!!!!

Sound Illustration

Pencil Composition

I did two pencil comps for the sound illustration. In the first one I tried a different perspective on the hands pushing the lawn-mover, but the composition doesn't quite fill the whole page. The second is of the same perspective used in the original sketch with the majority of the person's figure cropped out. Rusty suggests I use the first sketch and orient the composition horizontally. I'm sure that'll solve the problem.

Sound Illustration

Sketches

These are my sketches for the sound illustration. I thought of things that people could quickly associate a sound to. The creaking of wood (elephant) to the sound of tap shoes and a tree trunk breaking. I enjoyed the lawn mower sketch and the added element of the twig being caught in the motor. I may crop out the guy listening to music in the next stage because I think it distracts from the lawn mower.

MO Postcard

FINAL

Here is my final version of the abandoned ski lift for the Missouri Postcard. The method I used was watercolor. I think the rust turned out well. The shades in the snow was a little difficult to figure out so I went and looked at some watercolor of snow landscape. Who k new? - SO many shades of white haha Rusty. I also toned down the colors in the background and added tree trucks to the landscape. All-in-all i think the colors turned out the way I wanted them to, so, am happy with it. I liked working on a small scale for a change.

MO Postcard

Color Comp

Here are some color compositions I did for the Mo Postcard. I wanted the background to have a snowy landscape, so there are little blades of grass shooting up. I think on such a small scale, I do not want to tackle doing snow on branches like in the second sketch. In the first sketch I used prisma color markers and on the second I used a combination of markers (for the background) and prisma color pencils for the ski lift. I think the rust turned out better on the second ski lift.

MO Postcard

Sketches

The assignment was to come up with artwork for a postcard about Missouri, based on what Missouri said to us. I immediately thought about the major landmarks, such as the Miss. River, the farm landscapes, and then the Metropolitan cities, Kansas City and St. Louis. Thinking of St. Louis I thought about how it was the Gateway city, and tried to convey the idea of a melding of cultures, a more urban figure with a natural and more rural landscape; hence the cowboy and the building, as well as the sketch of the Metro in St. Louis. Essentially, neither of those ideas were working. I finally ended with a sketch of an abandoned ski lift, which is personal to me because of the memories I share with my friends and the connection to the experiences I have had in Missouri.

Airbrush

Airbrush: Practice & Banana

So we have been practicing with air-brushing. The first image is of my first time practicing with airbrush, freehand lines at first and ten spheres using a template. The banana was our first assignment using frisket masking. I think it turned out ok. There was some spreading under the frisket because my pigment was too wet. Also, doing the dark areas first was in best interest but I fell the lighter color over it dulled the intensity of the darker colors. I also had some issues with using extra sticky frisket because it peeled of some of the color. next time I think I will paste the frisket on the board and then carve out the shapes vs carving the frisket as a whole and then attempting to paste it on the board.

Cheesy Color Comp

Stork and Baby



































































The assignment was develop a cheesy image to airbrush, since apparently most airbrushed items are "cheesy". While thinking about all of the cheesy cartoons and figures that I could paint. I thought about cheesy concepts in general, like the stork delivering a baby. So I found some images and crafted them together. I decided the easy method for airbrushing later, would be to do the color comp in segments. The stork was easier but I already fore-see challenges with with baby skin. We shall see, looking forward to it and all the frisket. I also have some liquid frisket that might help with the smaller details.

FINAL Convo

Final Convo: Photoshop




















For my final conversation piece (goat stew) I worked in with line drawing and coloring in Photoshop. I struggled a but with the coloring because there was a little anti-aliasing around the line drawing. In hind-sight, it would have been helpful to use the channels function to get rid of it and maintain a clean line. Since the method of cartoon I was using was with flat color it seemed like an easy task to color it in but to show depth and shadows I used tints and opacity of the same color. When I flattened the images, the white background really helped to punch up the color. I'm ok with the turn out but if I were to do it over I would have spent more time on the shading as well as cleaning up the anti-aliasing.

World Record

World record: Tight Pencil Comp





















So here are my pencil comps for the most tattooed man record. I really wanted to focus on the face and try to create an illusion with the texture of the tattooed skin. With the first sketch I wanted to focus on the attitude of the individual so I showed a full head shot. I was thinking of putting the information on the tongue. On the second sketch I wanted to focus on the tattooed allusion more by making the face itself a tattoo. The idea was to have the most tattooed man with tattoos around him. The execution of these ideas.... um failed! So I changed my idea to doing the Fastest man in the world record!!!





















I wanted to go with the idea of breaking the sound barrier, so he's placed in a sort of speed bubble and i used lines (which will be in color) to indicate his fast movement. Since the fastest man in the world is Jamaican (Go JA!) runner, Usain Bolt i wanted to keep the idea of a track runner, hence the outfit. I also didn't want to play off of the whole, faster than a Lightening Bolt idea because it's been so over done.

World record

Development and Color Comp




















Here are some images I looked at for inspiration and composition. The image of Flash was really helpful in getting an idea of fast movement in terms of the color striping. The other image I used to get the pose of the runner.













These are my color compositions of the runner. I really don't like the stark contrasts with the reddish orange color and the dark background I want. It was suggested that I play the movement stripes off of the green of the running uniform. I also added the speeding bullet at the top of the second sketch to add a greater idea of the speed. I used the prisma-color markers to make light marks so that the striping would not be so blunt and flat. I also used a slightly different tint of the background color for the speed bubble, as Rusty suggested. I think it worked out a lot better, but I have been struggling with this assignment. I think it should translate a lot better with gouache.

Week 9

3 Image Goauche Montage- (re-do)

1st 3-img gouache

2nd 3-img gouache

Yeeaaaa! I think the re-do turned out much better. It certainly printed better. I still struggled with the face and trying to get a smooth consistency without it getting too gray. I think the modeling on the hair and facial features turned out well and more statue like. Een though the background turned out way more red than originally intended, the rabbit isn't blending in too much and I took the extra time to pickout some edges on the flowers. Overall I'm more happy with the second go-around :)

Week 9

PAS DES YEUX!!

(No Eyes)

Our assignment is to pick a world record (Guinness World Record) and illustrate, starting with 5 initial sketches, for a final 13x19 full bleed poster. The record I chose was the most tattooed person. After looking at some photos of full-body-tattooed people I wanted to focus my image on people getting odd places on their body tattooed, like inside of the mouth, eyes, etc. I was also considering where the text would fit on the poster. Finally I started to think about the actual most tattooed man and how his image kind of reminds me of aboriginal tribal tattoos; considering the style of tattooed on his chest and torso and the darkened of his now covered skin.

Week 8

Conversation: Marker Comps





















ALLLLrighty! More marker comps. So Moving on from the initial pencil composition, I wanted a flat color palette. I moved the goat in more to overlap the pot a bit; and also changed the steam to a more steeping sort of mood; as well as working on the goat's expression to show a sense of worry. After he intial marker comp, I added a rope and stake to resolve the questions of why the goat was on a leash and who was holding him, and to also relieve the tension of which direction thegoat was going. I also muted the colors in the background so it wouldn't take up so much focus.

Week 8

Conversation: Character Development





















Here are some Looney Toons images I am looking at for character and environment development. The backgrounds are more flat and general shapes when the scene is outdoors. Sometimes detailed to give the illusion of depth.

Week 8

Conversation: Pencil sketch




















Voilà! I present the tightened version of my initial conversation sketches. So I made the pot sit in a ring of stones to add to the outdoor feel, and also the trees. I didn't want to make them too detailed to imply depth of field. Some of the comments I received was to make the face of the goat more expressive, and there was also some confusion about whether it was a deer or goat. Hopefully moving to color will sort out some of the recognition issues. I am also rethinking how I did the stem from the pot. A less fluffy and more slender rising steam would probably serve my cartoon style better.

Week 7: Midterm

Portfolio

This first image is one of our earlier watercolors. It's still one of my favorite pieces from this class because I was able to achieve the impression of detail without tightening up my painting method, which is one of the advantages to using watercolor. If I were to do anything different, it would be to add a little more color variation in the trees to add a little more depth.

My first gouache illustration! This illustration was very successful for my limited knowledge of gouache medium. I am particularly proud of how the face and skin turned out. I also liked being able to use it as a sort of watercolor, to mix and blend. If I were to do anything different, it would be to resolve the background a little more, adding in more rocks and getting a smoother transition. Also the feet could be completed a little more to give the impression of being under the water.

This piece is from our memory illustration project. It looks fairly simple, but I chose to include it because it took a lot of sketching and re-drawing to get to this point being that I am not very cartoon-inclined. So I was actually happy to be able to reduce an image of my brother to this outlined drawing. I still had to work a lot with the face using a gouache pick-out method. If I were to do anything different I would probably add in line variations and clean up the background.

The X-ACTO knife: The goal of this project was to create a realistic product illustration. In honesty I would completely re-do this project to liven it up and also to tighten up the text. I do however, think it was a great challenge to my re-productive ability in illustration. The most successful part of this piece would have to be the transitions and variations in the gray of the knife.

The 3-image gouache montage! This image took a lot of time! There are some refinement issues that I would change, but I think this project was definitely a learning experience. The stages of marker-comping and working out variations was a great help. It's great to have a new perspective on creativity and meshing of images that wouldn't normally be related to one another. I learned a lot about composition, both in drawing and color by working on this piece.

Week 7

3 Image Gouache Montage

Here is my final painted and scanned 10 x 14 inch gouache montage. I has some difficulty painting the face and I restarted quite a few times. I mostly used a pick out method, so lots of layering paint and then picking out highlights. It also printed a lot darker, so I would like to brighten up and take away some of the contrast. If I were to do anything different I would start off with a thinker layer of gouache with a lighter gray color in the face vs yellow, and picked out more of the flowers and bunny. Also I could work on smoother transitions with the hair. I am happy with the background and the drawing is still intact so yeaa!

Week 7

Conversation Piece

This assignment is to create an illustration of an over-heard conversation by strangers. It has to be in a square format (final to be 10 in x 10 in). Here are the initial 3x3 thumbnail sketches (6 out of 10 shown) from which one compositional idea was chosen for us to develop. I think I definitely want to do an unrealistic cartoon, comparable to the 1960s Looney Toons style with flat color and more animated facial expressions.