Rockclimber

"Rockclimber"

color pencil and chalk pastel

This was my final for my Advanced Drawing class. The assignment was to create an illustration from a bird's eye view perspective. I wanted to have fun with this piece so I intended to create a piece that was action packed with color, perspective, and composition. I use a lot of photo reference to get my figures to look as realistic as possible. Taking a TON of photographs then Frankenstien them together is how I attempt to capture dynamic moment in my pieces. 

Narrative Illustration

A full and spot Illustration for a narrative poem done with acrylic. The poem was about this lady who became very friendly with an alligator who lived in the lake near her home. So close that she was able to be face to face with the enormous animal. The spot Illustration below is suppose to have the first letter of the poem in it and an element of the story incorporated into it. 

Reflections

"Reflections"

charcoal 

Fabric Studies

A couple fabric studies done in color pencil on toned paper. Fabric can be an extremely complicated and difficult to draw or paint. Doing these studies were surprisingly helpful in understand the way fabric drapes and creates movement

Portraits

A couple portraits done on toned paper for an anatomy class last year. When I draw portraits I usually always use grid lines on the faces to get proportions right then erase them when adding in values and details but decided to leave them in to show a little of my process. The top one is my roommate watching TV, the middle is myself, and the third is a movie frame that I paused and drew. 

Literal/Metaphor Piece

"They Will Never See Me Cry"

acrylic on clayboard

"They Will Never Break Me"

color pencil

The project was to illustrate a section of the poem, Hitting and Getting, by Philip Schultz and create a literal and a metaphorical piece. The poem was about his struggles as a child with dyslexia and how he dealt with it. The poem was fun to work with because all of the visual imagery. The top was the literal piece and the bottom was the metaphorical one. I wanted to create two dramatic pieces the represent the poem's powerful words.

Fragile Earth Project

"Holding on For Life"

Chalk pastel, color pencil, and charcoal

The Fragile Earth project was assigned to all junior Illustration majors at Mass Art to create an illustration in response to our Fragile Earth. It dealt with anything from endangered animals, global warming, and pollution. I focused an the La Loma tree frog which is one of the many amphibians that are critically endangered because of a drastic decline in population due to a rapidly spreading fungus called Chytridiomycosis. It was on the brink of extinction until scientists in Costa Rica have finally been able to breed these frogs but still battle to find a solution to save this species and many others from this mysterious, deadly disease.