From Last Quarter

A frog painting I did.

And, I got a cat! Whose name, coincidentally, is also Frog.

Portraits

This portrait of singer Sufjan Stevens, which I did last quarter in my Illustration Techniques class at SCAD, was juried into the Society of Illustrator's 2010 Student Scholarship Exhibition. So I framed it all up and sent it off to NYC. I'll be going up in May to attend the festivities/observe the proceedings. A really exciting opportunity and a great honor!!

Some process shots for a portrait I'm doing. I've been looking at illustrator Mel Odom and wanted to try my hand at some fun 80s splatter backgrounds.

Frederic Michalak, French rugby

A little shot of my desk, mid-painting. I think its fun to see people's workspaces.

Baba Yaga

The first of my Concepts and Composition pieces for Baba Yaga.




Some process shots of laying down the early washes and then building details on top...

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Scratchboard

My current assignment for Illustration techniques here at SCAD-ATL is a set of three illustrations for a fairy tale, one large piece and two smaller spot illustrations. I chose "The Green Bird," my favorite Chinese fairytale (is it still a fairy tale if there are no fairies in it? Is it a folktale if it has magical elements? anyway...)
Top: sketch for large illustration (final here, bottom, spot #1 finished.
Cheers!

Mother Superior

A drawing I did in my Drawing for Illustrators sketchbook. With details. I like the nun hugging the pony.





Also, progress shot of a drawing I'm working on for class. Probably about 1/4 done (?). 18x24. (Note: more here!