Drawing II: Gestures [Revelation]

Spring 2012

Rachael Burke, the Drawing II Professor, went more quickly into figure drawing than Sulpy, my Drawing I Professor, but I mangaged well. Burke Typically ahd us sketch gestures starting with a class of 1 to 2 to 5 minute gestures to a day of 'Geometric Reduction.' The concept seemed to correlate well with the Modeling thought process in Computer Animation. The last day we had to do shorter poses ranging from 5 to 30 minute poses, I had a revelation. Cross hatching or showing line work seemed so unfinished and undesirable to me at first but it came through to much pleasure in the 25 minute pose below. If a painting could include their brushstokes, then so could a drawing include pencil strokes [I know, not new in general but new to me]

Materials:

   Drawing Paper

   Graphite Sticks

   Assorted Pencils

   Charcoal

4 D Design: Reveal Video

Spring 2012

The criteria of this video project was to create a situation with a suprising or shocking reveal, be it humorous or frightening or anything inbetween i suppose. By using various, and confusing shots that showed clear decerable form, people were led on to beleive what they saw was something ... else? Well, I Wouldn't want to spoil the suprise, now would I?

On a more objective topic, windows movie maker was an extremely poor choice for video editing but unfortunatly it was all I had on hand; that and a cell phone with a video camera with the resolution of a newborns eyesight, but I don't believe this hindered my concept all too much. On the other hand, the Audio editing eperience was the invaluable and Audacity, even in its beta version, was easy to grasp, handel, and maneuver when editing my diagetic noise.

Equipment: Cell Phone [Video recorder]

Programs: Audacity [beta], Windows Movie Maker

Computer Animation: Ball Bounce

Spring 2012

My first rendering in Steave Carpenter's, Compter Animation Course. Not my strogest subject but I definitly feel out of my comfort zone and that is always the key to learning: being on the brink of failure.

Our class bounced a ball, that's it. Quite different than what I expected but ended up pretty simple once an understanding was found.

Programs:

    Lightwave 10.1 [Modeler, Layout]

    Adobe After Effects

Drawing II: Sensitive Contour

Spring 2012

Professor Burke had beaten whatever composing and siting issues the students had out of their system. Even though I felt confident from my Drawing I experience, it was a good wake up call. especially since the vine charcoal stained to paper and made erasing quite messy. This is my most succesful sensitive contour piece by far because of its meticulous siting but a still life will always be Dead Nature in my eyes.

Materials:
    100lb. Drawing Papaer
    Charcoal

Painting I: Subtractive Value

 Spring 2012

I had never done subtractive charcoal pieces before but if I did, I pressume they'ld feel very similarly to subtractive oil painting. Mixing an achromatic black was a gratisfying experience in itself but when my professor, Richard Estrin, stressed the lack of need for siting and proportion, I was relieved and nervous. It was an interesting start into oils to say the least

Materials: Gessoed Bristol Board, Oil Paint

2 D Design: Final [Femme Fatale]

 

Fall 2011

Upon my Final Deadline, I decided to further the Paper Cut Projects that I had come to love for their 3 dimentionality and clean and crisp appeal.

I paid special attention to the border of the composition and color scheme of the piece but also, for a first, the narrative that I attempted to portray. Quietly laid upon his cheek, at the crosshairs of the sunset through the window, is the kiss of a maiden whom either likes the taste of blood or had a shade of lipstick fit for a vampire. Unfortunatly, subtle is not very powerful or useful at all if it goes unnoticed, point taken and moving on. The piece did not suffer because of it [though I still wish it had that extra boom cha].

Materials:
    Illustration Board
    Colored Paper
    Colored Pencil
    Acrylic Paint

Drawing I: Self Portrait

Fall 2011
At the end of the figure section of the Class, Sulpy, my Drawing Professor, assigned us an out of class Self Portrait.
There is an obvious likeness but i still believe the proportions of the face are incorrect [not to mention the hideous proportions of the hand] but none the less, I appreciate the final product and the valuable lessoned learned and in turn, experience gained.

Materials:
          100 lb. Drawing Paper
          Charcoal