Hummingbirds

Mixed Media.

Saves time to just say mixed media, right? If you must know, it's the same materials and techniques as the last one, just with different results.

Did you know that a hummingbird's heartbeat can reach up to 1260 beats per minute? An interesting fact with no correlation to a Katy Perry song.

Halt! wHoo goes there?

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Aging + Cracking Varnish, Oil paint rub.

Sort of an involved process, making the use of several tiny bottles with warnings about flammability and proper ventilation. Personally, I prefer to work more simply with less materials and less fuss, but I have to admit that this method yields some pretty interesting results.

It appears that Mr. Owl is suspicious of you. Appropriate for Halloween, yes?

Hands and Birds

Pencil Studies.

Some of you may be wondering what I've been doing for school. It's some of this, some of that, some probably undue amount of stress, and a whooooooole lot of coffee.

Hand studies are probably the most annoying thing about drawing classes. And it always me takes several pages of ridiculous failures in order to get back into the swing of it. Knuckles, psssht.

Also, here are some grackles being grouchy. Because that is all they live to do.

Guitar Sounds

Pencil.

Here's a line drawing for some class work. No likeness is intended, but it is based off a photo of St. Vincent that you may find here.

Complacent

col-erase pencil.

Is it almost next month already? Time is flying by. Oy.

I have sort of an obsession with drawing wavy hair.

Movin' and Groovin'

Graphite.

I spent an evening watching music videos and doing figure doodles of the dancers. Practicing simpler lines, motion and fluidity. Stuff like that. You know.

Beyonce's "Single Ladies" video still cracks me up almost 4 years later. Sigh.

Officially Summer

Photoshops.

Hope everyone had a glorious solstice on Wednesday!

Mug, Pear, Gourd

Graphite.

We're gonna pretend that I didn't do this last year in Basic Illustration, and that I didn't post date this post back a week, okay? All right. Sweet.

Triiiangulation!

The Pood

08 Zig Technical Pen.

This is what she is thinking just about all the time. She wants to be everybody's best friend—all the people, dogs, and other creatures alike.

Windswept Wavy Wobbles

Staedtler triplus fineliner.

Outside of drawing for class, I haven't been able to do much except make meaningless marks with whatever writing utensil is in my hand. So for now, you get some of my nicer squiggles, and let's just leave it at that.

Biker Chicks

Pen & Ink, Photoshop. 18''x24''.


Screen-printed Edition of 50. (Apologies for the photography.)

Hipster lady cyclists rank pretty highly on my fun-to-draw list.

I had the pleasure of being a part of ARTCRANK ATX this year, and it's been a really amazing experience from the get-go. I've never had my work screen printed before. I couldn't be happier with the results. Thanks to Industry Print Shop for doing such a great job.

Remaining posters that didn't sell at the ARTCRANK Opening this past Friday are going to be on sale for $40 at Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop here in Austin through March 18th.

Otherwise, I have a few extra prints in my possession, and I'm sure we can strike some sort of deal. ;)

It was an honor to be chosen to participate in such a great event alongside so many other talented people, and I hope to be considered again when it comes back around next year!

Print Detail:

Magnolia

Papermate Flair felt tip pen. (Classy!)

The best part about designing for weddings is drawing pretty flowers.

Wingback Armchair

Graphite, powdered and the pencil-type.

Working out a style/mood/feel for the drawings for my Illustration project.

Forgot what a mess powdered graphite makes. But it does give great tone.

Star Shadows

Photoshop.

Hope everyone had a Splendid Solstice!!!

Credit to the Hubble Telescope for the awesome pictures of space. So neat.

Not really sure what I was thinking for this one. I like it though. Played with transparency and layering. Also, disembodied forearms! That's always good times.

The one on the right ended up with hair sorta like Josie, from Twin Peaks, and I kinda liked it, so I left it short, though maybe it is awkward how it doesn't define her neck like the others.

Sins, continued.

Photoshop.

Some more plates.

Scandalous

Photoshop.

Swingin' by to share a couple of things from class. This project was about the Seven Deadly Sins, and I chose animals to represent each one, and then illustrated them for a theoretical collectors' plate series. The Seven Deadly Sins are a set of ideas, and how better to display them than a set of wacky collectors' items?

I ended up liking these two the best, but I might come back and post the others if anyone is interested.

The fox is envy, because they're sort of sneaky and cunning, and he looks like he's coveting something. Also, green-eyed. Duh. Besides, everyone loves a fox.

The snake is gluttony, because he ate something that was too big. In all honesty, it's probably an egg, but Larry said he liked the creepy ambiguity of a "mystery bulge."

Here is what they look like as pretend plates:

Rainforest Layers

Photoshop.

This one was sort of a doozy. It's 6 inches wide by 5 feet tall. Everything was hand-drawn in Photoshop with a tablet, though I may have borrowed the beetles from *cough* a previous piece. I broke it into panels to upload so I could show some more details.

There may be some pretty blatant ecological discrepancies, but I won't say anything if you don't.

Crumpled Statue

Ink, scanned textures, photoshop.

I am in no way actually affiliated with the Royal Shakespeare Company. The first assignment for class was to create a poster for a currently running production put on by the RSC.

I was somewhat disappointed that I couldn't fit a bear in anywhere.

Garden Sunset

Polychromos colored pencils.

Playing with my new pencils and ignoring perspective.

Festive Insect Activity

photoshop, illustrator.

This is/was my entry to the 2011 ACL Design Competition held by the Austin Parks Foundation. For those of you not familiar with the Austin City Limits Music Festival, it's a music festival that happens here in Austin at Zilker Park. Tons of people show up every year, and it's sort of a thing.

Thought I'd try to show the native park inhabitants enjoying the music.