Class Breadth 4 - Reflection

In my reflection piece, I chose to place three marbles on a mirror and use acrylic paint as my medium. 

The choice to have two orange marbles and one blue marble was intentional. Not only are blue and orange compliments, but I wanted to show that it's okay to be unique. The blue marble represents standing out in a crowd of those who are all the same. I also chose to to have the tabletop that the marbles are resting on be slightly tilted upwards in the direction of the blue marble to signify that I think you should highly view uniqueness as a positive thing. 

I also made the decision to alter the colors a bit by taking a picture of my still life using a filter on my phone. I just really liked how the filter made the colors pop. 

Home Breadth 7 - My Most Beautiful Sister

I was inspired to make this piece after seeing the previews for Fox's remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. But I didn't want to depict the character designs from the remake, I wanted to use the original designs. 

My favorite characters from Rocky Horror are Riff Raff and Magenta. I wanted to show the strong sibling bond that they have. I particularly like the expression on Magenta's face. I think I captured the sass that Patrica Quinn brought to the character in the original movie. 

I also wanted to try something new with this piece. I usually don't like to outline my sketches before I color them because I like the look of that style. But I knew that I wanted to do this piece with watercolors, so I thought I'd experiment with the lined style. I really like how it turned out and I think it's a nice balance between hard and soft. 

~ Crayola Watercolors on Strathmore Watercolor Paper, lined with Micron Pens ~

AP Exhibit 2016

I related to this image by Zachary Gudziak because of the simplicity of it. I also really liked the message of the piece. It's an interesting interpretation on how greed affects humanity. I like the plain background. There are times when I use very plain backgrounds because I want the focus to be on my main subject. 

I related to this image by Hannah Jurgens because I love that she embraced a style that is entirely her own. I've been trying really hard this last year to find my own drawing style and I've found it to be quite a challenge. My current style is not nearly as stylized and animated as Hannah's, but we are alike in the way that we aren't striving for realism. 

Class Breadth 3 - Self Portrait

Here is my self portrait created using torn pieces of magazine.

Home Breadth 6 - Pumpkin

This girl is not any particular character. I just wanted to create a girl that was dressed in a pumpkin-inspired way. 

~ Prismacolor Colored Pencils on Strathmore Tan Toned Paper ~

Home Breadth 5 - Strange and Unusual

In no way did I intend for this piece to come across as romantic. I just happen to really love Beetlejuice and Lydia as characters and I love these costumes. Something I really like is the way the shades of red play off each other. 

~ Prismacolor Colored Pencils on Strathmore Toned Gray Paper ~