CD

This is my illustration for the classical music CD design. I've decided to do mine on Vivaldi. I found out that he is from Venice which got me thinking Venetian and got me to Venetian Mask and Masquerade stuff. I tried really had on making the blue and purple fade into each other.

NAHM

This is my watercolor illustration of the Native American History Month poster. I wanted to recreate drawings made on a buffalo or animal hide.

Society of Illustrators

This is my Society of Illustrators Illustration. The idea came from my friend, Greg. I asked him what I should sketch and he replied with an egg in a frying pan, so that is what started it all. It was hard painting without a correct photo reference. I found a picture of an egg in a frying pan but not one with them being on a hot plate so I sort of had to mess around with it. I found a picture of a hot plate and just tried to combine it with the egg and frying pan picture. This is the result.

Life and Death Final

My Life and Death I got back mounted on black foamboard.

Life and Death Final Illustrations

These are my Life and Death Final Illustrations, before being printed out. I wish the tomato plant was more realistic, but I was messing with it a lot, I did not want to screw it up anymore. I do like how the ketchup bottle turned out. I think the print out looks better.

Life and Death Comps

These are my life and death comps.

Life- Zebra, Death- Coat
People in class like this one, but thought I could do more with it. I really did not want to draw another zebra. I only drew a zebra, because a cheetah was too hard to draw.

Life- Tomato Plant, Death- Ketchup

I did not want to do a live tomato plant, then a dead tomato plant, so I aimed toward humor and went with a ketchup bottle. Rusty approved this one. I'm glad, because I really did not want to draw that zebra.

Life- Tree, Death- Paper Towel

I was stuck on the third comp idea. So I just drew my roll of paper towel on the dispenser at my apartment and drew a tree with it. 

Number 5 Final

Got my number 5 assignment done a while ago, but I'm posting it now, so it doesn't get mixed up with the midterm portfolio. I think this is one of my strongest pieces. I worked a lot on the fine details of the icing and the highlights on the candle. The sprinkles were hard to create and improve, because they were so small. The paper cup part was also difficult in creating the folds.