Photo Illustration

This is a conceptual project based on the idea of obsession. Technology is becoming an increasingly important part of our every day lives, we use it so much that it seems it is becoming a part of us. This is a series of photo illustrations based on that thought.

Little Miss Muffet

I illustrated this piece based on the poem "Little Miss Muffet"

Studying other Illustrators

I studied some pieces from some of my favorite Illustrators to understand their process. I learned so much from it and came out with some pretty good pieces.



After Lane Smith "Pinnochio"



After Bonnie Christenson "Django"

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Coldplay Clocks

The goal of this project was to create a CD cover based on the lyrics of our choice. I chose to illustrate Coldplay's "Clocks." The line I used was "Confusion never stops, Closing walls and ticking clocks." This is my process work through the final piece. The final piece was done using prismacolor pencils and terpenoid on acrylic paper.













The goal of this project was to create a CD cover based on the lyrics of our choice. I chose to illustrate Coldplay's "Clocks." The line I used was "Confusion never stops, Closing walls and ticking clocks." This is my process work through the final piece.

Head Studies

This is a series of head studies I did. The female head studies I did from life, sketching out the basic structure and then finishing the rest of the study from a reference photo. The male head study I did from a reference photo.



Oil Pastels, Watercolor, Prisma Pencils



Prisma Pencils, Acrylic Paint



Prisma Pencils, Watercolor



Prisma Pencils, Acrylic, Gouache

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Drawing from Life: Street Scapes

I started this project by sketching thumbnails from life downtown. I finished off my sketches using reference photos that I shot while I was sketching and finished the pieces using watercolor, gouache, and ink. Unfortunatly, I lost most of my thumbnail sketches sometime between then and now. I sketched these pieces in the late afternoon, and I particularly like how the light creates nice shadow shapes on the buildings.






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Weather Studies

This is a study I did on weather. I took the same object (the Statue of Liberty) and placed it in three very different weather situations. Enjoy!





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Studying Cartoons

Because I have such a strong interest in Children's Illustration, I thought it would be a good idea to study some of my favorite cartoon characters that other Illustrators have created. I did these sketches in pen and chalk. I intend to sketch more in the future, but this was all I had time for at the time. I do not own the characters, I only used them to study.




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Faces

I'm continually learning what makes each person unique. I enjoy exaggerating facial features to make people look almost like a cartoon. Here is a conglomeration of face sketches I've done, both gestural, realistic, and cartoon-like.











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Sketches

Sketching is wonderful. It lets me explore creative solutions and strengthen my weaknesses without negatively affecting a final product. One of my weaknesses is drawing hands. Lately I've been sketching hands everywhere I go, studying the way muscles pull and the way hands fall when they are completely relaxed. I've also experimented with "caroonizing" hands, exaggerating features, both by making them more prominent, or by almost deleting them altogether. My sketches are on all kinds of different paper, mostly just whatever was around when I felt like drawing.









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The Creative Process

My first project this semester was to illustrate a devotional titled "Never lose the Wonder." What follows is my creative process, starting with thumbnail sketches, and moving to the finished piece.

I started with simple studies of people who seemed to be wondering, trying to figure out what composition I wanted to use. I debated using a very young child with his grandmother captured in the wonder of christmas, a young woman expectantly waiting for something, and a curious child wondering what his mother is holding.





In the end, I chose to portray a woman opening a gift, wondering what's inside. The whole scene is illuminated by the gift inside the box. I experimented with many different mediums during this process. I started by taking a few reference photos to work from, and then began sketching out my composition.











Eventually I brought the drawing into photoshop and began working digitally. One of the requirements for the illustration was that it had some kind of vignette, so I also experimented with different brushes and textures to give an interesting vignette without distracting the viewer from the content of the image.





I decided to use a subtle torn paper texture for my vignette. This is the final illustration.



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