comic: "See No Evil"

FINALLY my comic that I made for my Illustration 2 final is here! Loosely based on three chapters from the Chinese epic "Journey West" (also known as "Monkey" or "Monkey King"). I'll add more information to this post later.

Radiolab!

Finally! The first assignment that I am really quite fond of from Illustration 2. Struggled unbelievably hard with this one. Debating whether or not to put the Radiolab logo in there.

My subject was Morality. I will add to this post later to explain when I've had some sleep, maybe.

Zodiac Part 1

3/5 Spot Illustrations done for Daniel Krall's Zodiac assignment. More coming later.

The God In The River REVISED

Okay, so I sent the final out to two professors for critique, and used both of their suggestions and came up with this, my final FINAL edit.

So to recap: 11x14", lineart was brush+ink+crow quill, colored digitally.

The God In The River

Awwwww hells YES.
So I've been working on this piece for like, an entire week, just to polish it up for scholarships and for Society of Illustrators. Here's the original ink and graphite, versus the final colored piece. This looks nothing like what I did in class.
This illustration was a non-literal interpretation of a remix of "My Sweet Shadow" by the band In Flames. I listened to the song, and wrote down what I heard instead of the actual lyrics, and then used the images I came up with as a spring board for that. The actual process was more complicated, but that's it in a nutshell.

Hammering Heads

Done!

Operation: Defy Boredom

So I'm working on something new, to keep my head from imploding from boredom. This is a semi-self portrait, based on a dream I had recently. I honestly don't remember anything about the dream except it included explosions, casual business attire, and hammerhead sharks.


Go ahead and fullview 'em for full detail.

Tin Man

Assignment for the Digital Illustration final, reinterpreting/illustrating the Wizard of Oz. This is my version of the Tin Man, a character that I have named Nikhil and have fitted him into my own comic.

China

Editorial illustration on 18"x18" wood panel, acrylic. The assignment was to create a finished editorial illustration for an article in Narrative Illust. I chose the sort of recent National Geographic issue about China titled "Inside the Dragon." There were two spot illustrations sketched in my sketchbook for the assignment too, I might post later.

Oedipus and the Sphinx

Painting of Oedipus and the Sphinx, for Illustration I. I decided to do my own spin on the topic and make the piece have a sexual tone, relating to erotic asphyxation. The Sphinx's name comes from the word originally meaning "strangler" and killed her victims by strangulation. Was thinking of Moreau's piece on the subject, as well as Ingres's sphinx.

Done on a piece of gessoed chip board prepped in high school, 14"x18"

Why Mister Poe, What A Black Cat You Have

Part 1 of a 3-part diptych illustrating Poe's "The Black Cat." Lots of planning involved in this project. Each is vertical 11"x18" and this first piece is completely digital. Resolution 300, so the psd is like...127 megabytes. Saving is a BITCH, but it's really close to done... I just need to figure out if i'm going to put some text or a pattern at the bottom of the frame. Any suggestions?

Work In Progress!

So, the aforementioned work in progress: The assignment is to do a 45 cover and back, the back which I will do in class. Apparently, a 45 is the old name for a single released on its own mini vinyl or something like that, but someone told me the cover size was 7x7". So yeah, mini I guess? Anyways, the song is Mark Farina's "Dream Machine." Go crazy.