Saturday, September 13, 2014

Allowed to Grow: Working on the final!


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Monday, August 11, 2014

Allowed to Grow: Unfinished, Early-phase Drawings (stay tuned)




























































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Saturday, July 12, 2014

Organizing














































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Friday, July 4, 2014

Train of Thought #12: Personal Hurdles


































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Saturday, June 21, 2014

Train of Thought #11: "Water Sports"

Happy Friday, friends. I am posting this from the sizzling beach of our chosen campsite in Flaming Gorge, Wyoming- A.K.A. The "Beautiful Middle of Nowhere." My repeating plans for this annual trip include a little swimming, some drawing and reading on the beach, and sunburning my lily-white skin in the boat while I watch brave family members who have this waterskiing thing down. For as low-key as I am here, the illustration I did leading up to the trip turned out to be pretty jazzy and energetic.

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Friday, June 13, 2014

Train of Thought #10: Illustrated Selfie


Well, the baby stole my tablet pen (it was only a matter of time), so the originally planned Train illustration will have to wait until next time. Luckily I did finish another drawing this week, so I can share that now. One of my classes was working on self-portraits in mirrors this week, so I started this drawing of myself as a demo. Things just work out if you're drawing something every day.





















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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Train of Thought #9: Summer Colors and Cars

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Friday, May 30, 2014

Train of Thought #8: Maya Angelou


I thought another portrait would be appropriate for this post since the world lost an excellent human being on Wednesday. I am thankful that so much of Dr. Angelou's beauty and wisdom is preserved for us in writing. Her passing was a major topic across social media platforms, and as I was reading the blog "Humans of New York" on Wednesday, I found one quote about her that I loved (I would give credit to the source, but her name was not included).

"I tend to be cynical about a lot of things, but Maya Angelou is somebody that no matter how much I pick her apart, she still has integrity. She was a victim of incest and rape, and she worked as a stripper. And now she is a literary icon and Nobel Laureate. It goes to show that life is cumulative, and you can't devalue any type of experience."














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Friday, May 23, 2014

Train of Thought #7: Ancient Arena Sports

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On Saturday night we saw Real Salt Lake play the Colorado Rapids and had a great time. Whenever I go to sporting events I find myself totally amazed by the sea of fans, and I can't help but think about how ancient this kind of experience is. When I was 17 I was lucky enough to visit the Colosseum, and I'll never forget the feeling that swept over me as I thought about how many people had sat in those seats; cheering and booing over unbelievably violent battles, sharing in the glories of victors and thrilling at the strength and speed of those who were trained to compete. Most modern-day professional athletes live the celebrity lifestyle, so I suppose we've progressed in that we don't force slaves and prisoners into the ring anymore (not in this part of the world anyway). But isn't it interesting that little else has changed when it comes to the things we watch for entertainment?


With those thoughts in mind, I wanted to devote this week to a soccer illustration, and I thought with the world cup coming up next month maybe I should rep my state and country at the same time with a celebration of the magnificent Kyle Beckerman. My younger brother is living in Brazil during the chaos, so maybe I'll send him a t-shirt? You can get one (or a poster) at the link below the picture.
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Friday, May 16, 2014

Train of Thought #6: "Universal Desire" (in-progress)

Sometimes it's good to get into your supplies and work with something you haven't touched in a while. I haven't used oils in about a year and a half and this painting has been in the back of my mind as something I need to finish. I posted about it back then, and my opinion remains that the painting needs to be simplifed in a major way. I find that sometimes when I paint to relax I use too much color, and rather than complimenting each other they compete in a bad way. Right now I'm painting over this and converting it to grayscale because I want to focus more on contrast, composition, and movement.

I don't regret how I started it because there's no way I would have been able to decide on something without making the mistake in the first place. This is a really different process than the one I use when I'm doing most illustration work. I like the trial and error aspect of painting, so when I do this kind of personal work I don't plan a lot before I get the paint out.
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Friday, May 2, 2014

Train of Thought #4: Road Trip

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Friday, April 25, 2014

Train of Thought #3: Visual Art Institute


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Friday, April 18, 2014

Train of Thought #2: "Snake Love"


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This week's image was dark. Yeah. I recently watched a documentary called "The Elephant in the Living Room" and found it pretty disturbing. It brings up social and ecological questions concerning whether or not it's acceptable for private citizens to keep exotic animals as pets. Personally, I think it's the worst idea ever, but to each his own I suppose. I might have been checking under my bed every night while working on this.

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Friday, April 11, 2014

Train of Thought: "Backyard Jungle"



















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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Allowed To Grow: Aesthetic Questions


I'm still struggling with some of these aesthetic choices and whether or not they're working with my concept for "Allowed to Grow." I don't know if all the images in the series should follow the same process when it comes to my mark making choices. If they do, will the story become boring, and will my process become too mechanical? If they don't, will they feel disconnected?


Looking back on "Victory," I appreciate this kind of line drawing for the way it captures the imperfections of hand-made imagery. The marks are organic, full of movement, and contain a certain level of mystery and incompleteness that allows for a lot of interpretation and imagination. These subjects are suggestions, but can still dominate a composition conceptuallly.
















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Monday, January 20, 2014

Allowed To Grow (layering graphics and line)






















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