Final Project

My final project was to work of the first few pages of a graphic novel/comic. I could only finish the first page, and the second page is about halfway done. The basic story was going to be of a guy who is fleeing from an unknown antagonist (in a hat). I inked most of the foreground elements, and used charcoal for to texture and shade the backgrounds. I only present the characters here as silhouettes, but on later pages I had planned on drawing their faces in detail.

~Warren

final project - Austin

Sadly I didn't get to finish my art project (as you can see by the flat overalls, lack of eyebrows etc.). However, due to the fact that I had only 4 days to finish the project, I couldn't work with usual tight and realistic style. So it was sort of an experiment for me, and I painted almost the whole thing with the palette knife and it was a lot of fun.
It's been a fun semester!

The Wonders of Cephalopods

my final project:
intro music, clay models, narration, editing by me.

Van Gogh and Millet - Austin

Things I'm thinking about and influencing me in my final project. Just thought these were some really wonderful paintings, worth sharing. 

Self Portrait- Yasmine Beydoun

For my self portrait I decided to draw my siblings since they've affected me soooo soo much in life. when i look at them i really do see myself, it's weird. Also, the picture of my sister looks kind of like an old woman but i think it captures her spirit nonetheless :)

Maria- Final Project

For the final project, I am going to create a short graphic novel using charcoal, pen, and crayon. I have been writing short autobiographical stories for the self portrait project with the graphic novel in mind. It will consist of larger drawings worked in with smaller ones, and I think the combination of charcoal and crayon will create an interesting effect. I’ll work with Illustrator, and then use blurb.com, a website that prints custom books, to create the final product. I enjoyed the drawing portion of the semester a lot, and wanted to return to that.

Warren Jin - Portraits and Projects

This is my self portrait. I drew it using a mirror and my very own face as reference. I think it exemplifies how I've been feeling lately, namely exhausted and unbalanced. (I actually rather like the asymmetry -- it makes me look confused). I am particularly proud of the ears -- those are some damn fine ears.

 On the side of the portrait (2nd picture down), I also drew some quick caricatures of myself. I am actually particularly interested in how caricature artists can capture the essential features of a person with just a cartoon, so I've been playing around with that in my sketchbook as well.

Last of all, I attached a 'practice' self portrait I drew in my sketchbook. Sadly, I don't really think it looks all that much like me, although that may be because I was drawing from a weird picture as reference and I got lazy with the hair.

I've got big plans for the final project. Well, maybe not that big. I plan on combining the color and light assignment with the final project.

Since I really enjoy drawing myself (so narcissistic of me), I'm looking to get a set of pastels from Utrecht to do more self portraits, experimenting with the different effects I can achieve using the techniques we discussed in class. I think I may also branch out to other subjects, but I will likely stick to portraying human and animal forms.