I Forgot...

I forgot to say that they are all watercolor illustrations. The only times that they were changed on the computer were when I changed the brightness and contrast and saturation of them.

Final Portfolio

For my first choice, I decided to pick the number five project/illustration. I really like my cupcake illustration. I had a good photo reference for it, because I went out and got everything, created the scene, then took a photo of it. So I got every detail of it from that one picture and did not have to imagine what goes where or what to draw, which was nice. I wish the sprinkles were more well defined, but they were a real pain in the butt to paint. I think my favorite part of this is the paper cupcake holder, they sort of do look like the folds. I love the colors in this.

For my second choice, I picked the book covers assignment. I really like the concept of Gatsby's backyard to emphasize how wealthy he was and how beautiful his house was, but there's nobody in it, because even though he threw lavish parties for people, he was a very lonely man. My favorite part is the table, I really like that shade of red and the shadows of the white table cloth that the creases made. The window and that wall of the house could have been improved, but I tried putting in some line art of bricks on the wall,  and it did not turn out well, so I just left it as a smooth outdoor wall.  

For my third choice, I picked our classical CD covers. This one was for Vivaldi, the cool colors make it look more wintery, so I decided this was gonna be for his Winter album. I was surprised by the fact that I got the gold adornments on the face done, even though they took forever. I had a problem with the background by creating texture and definition. I did not want it to look flat. I wanted it to look like silky sheets or curtains. I like how the purple fades into blue on the face. I could have enhanced the background more, but I did not want to mess with the paper anymore, because it was starting to shred and get really thin.

For my fourth choice, I chose our Life and Death assignment. I really did not have anything better to choose from. The only part I like about this is the ketchup bottle. I did not have a photo reference for the tomatoes, so it was hard creating highlights and stuff. I just followed Rusty's comments. The life part looks more like a cartoon illustration while the death/ketchup bottle is a product illustration, so they do not really coincide well together. I wish that this piece only contained the ketchup bottle. I've realized from this class that I really like to illustrate food items more than anything else. 

Book Cover

I chose The Great Gatsby for our book cover assignment. I actually googled Great Gatsby and a screenshot of The Great Gatsby game popped up in the images, it looks like it might be Gatsby's backyard. I really liked it, so I decided to base my illustration on it. I really like the scenery aspect of it. It was difficult getting the perspective on the railing and the stairs. I desaturated the layout a bit to make it look less intense, color wise. My favorite part is the table, I think I spent the most time getting the shadows on the creases almost right.

World Record

The world's smallest living dog, in terms of height, is a long-haired, female Chihuahua named Boo Boo, who measured 10.16 cm (4 in) tall on 12 May 2007 and is owned by Lana Elswick of Raceland, Kentucky, United States. It was either this or the woman with the smallest waist. I wish I would have made this more defined, it still looks flat. I had to go into photoshop and collage pictures to create photo references. I wish I would have done more with the guys pant leg and shoe. The sky could have been improved also. I do like the roof though, and some parts of the grass.

Classical CD Design

Here are my final layout and closeup of the mask for the Vivaldi CD Cover.

NAHM Final

This is the NAHM poster printed out with text. I should have made the text smaller. Whoops.

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.