"Illustrationism" Grad Show 2012

hard to believe its been a week since the show...

all of my fellow graduates are marvelously talented and you can see for yourself if you click on the link ~> link
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pics taken by: bret and lynn

Some Recent Work

page 1 piece for 'narrative' class. i chose the poem 'if you forget me' by pablo neruda to illustrate for this assignment.


here is a silly illustration of o'malley enjoying a summer treat for my calendar assignment.


and here is a page out of my sketchbook of a boy sleeping :)
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Inks

hey there blogverse its been awhile. sorry about the lack of updates, life and school have kept me quite busy.
here are acouple of ink pieces that i am satisfied with. first image is for my thesis project and the second was an assignment for my 'words and image' class. we were given a song title as a basis for our exploration to create an album cover (i should note that we also had to replace the artist/bands name with our own). i was given 'i put a spell on you' by nina simone.
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Broken Bones

(click on images to enlarge)
i do not update this blog enough and i apologize for that, new thesis pieces soon to come. in the meantime here is alittle something something for narrative class. quote from ~> link


quick sketch of bret. check out his site here ~> link

hope everyone is well.
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Happy Holidays! Heres An Update

second finished thesis illustration and a little something from my business plan assignment.


happy holidays guys :)
~cheers
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Groom Killer

(colored and black and white finals. ink, gouache and photoshop)
i am doing a series of illustrations based on the supernatural beings that people have claimed to have sensed or seen on the horse farm that i grew up on. this piece is based on the ghost dubbed "groom killer" or "man killer". we had (she has moved on apparently) this ghost of a mad horse in the third aisle of the main barn who some believe was the spirit of a mare that had killed acouple of employees back in the day before we owned it (the farm is over a hundred years old).
i had an interesting time with this piece, i was encouraged to be more loose with my ink work so i was kind of out of my comfort zone...i think it turned out ok.


(close up)


(snap of w.i.p ink and roughs)
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