posters for BCAC...

it has been forever since i have posted on here...probably 2 or 3 years...there are so many sites to keep up with!
well anyway, i wanted to share with you 2 posters i did recently for the baltimore child abuse center here in baltimore. i did them through the ad agency i work for under the art direction of mary quick. both are promoting music events at the power plant live benefiting the baltimore child abuse center.

the unbearable lightness of being

An image based on the Milan Kundera novel.

Its about a man who is torn between a carefree life of womanizing and lightness and his responsibility for the woman that he loves.

In the novel, Teresa, who is the main character's wife was described as a child taken by the river in a basket to his door to be cared for by him.

Infectious VOTE!

Hey all! Been a long while since I posted anything. So, I entered one of my latest illustrations into Infectious as a possible design for an iPhone skin. BUT, it won't be turned into an actual design unless you show me some love and VOTE for it!


You can do that here: http://www.infectious.com/voting/kiwifruitbird/buried/2967


And, you can even create and submit your own ideas! Go forth and vote!!

Edgar Cayce - Virginia Living

these two were done for Virginia Living on an article about spiritual healing

RIchmond Magazine Illustrations

Stuff did for Richmond Magazine. An illustration about A murder in a good neighborhood

It's been about a year...

...Since I last posted anything here. Looking good people, it's nice to see this blog is still active and the talent is still fresh. I recently graduated the SVA MFA Illustration as Visual Essay program, so if any of you have questions, feel free to shoot me an email. (ray at jonesray dot com)

Here's the last few images from my thesis and personal work. These are all 50 x 39 in, ink on khadi watercolor paper (this paper is about the equivalent of canvas-- it's very heavy.)

Autumn - At War with Deceit

Autumn - Sink

Winter - The Invitation (video of me working on this one here. )

Thanks for checking it out!

--Ray

{ Z Z Z }

fletched-out skesh
{ s }

Afghan War Stories

"VS" Art Exhibit Tonight @ the Windup Space!

For those of you who are in the Baltimore area, come by tonight to check out "VS.", an art exhibit that features 14 local Baltimore video-game artists, comic artists, and illustrators, some of which may be familiar to everyone here (check out Jeremy Enecio's piece shown here).

Take a look at the list of artists below, and be sure to check out the blog which previews some of the pieces you will see at the show.

http://versusexhibit.blogspot.com/

The Windup Space is on North Avenue near the corner of Charles St., across the street from the McDonalds in the Station North Arts District. There will be refreshments (Coke VS. Pepsi, Apples VS. Oranges, Dunkin Donuts VS. Krispy Kreme, etc.), and the Windup Space serves all kinds of adult beverages as well (it's a bar... there is also music after 9).

Hope to see you there!

the Velveteen Rabbit

Illustration Based on my favorite Children's book, The Velveteen Rabbit

Interview with a vampire

Not a fan of twilight, but it did make vampire books "hot" right now. Figured its a good time to do a vampire piece.

Done!

Time to graduate! Woo!

See the rest of these guys over here.

Recent Work

Recent job.. dealing with Cyber Terrorism





And a portrait of Tiger

Returner

Hi everyone I haven't posted on in here in like forever but I've decided to start again. So first the updates, I've moved out of the US and am currently residing in Brighton, England where I'm pursuing my masters in sequential design and illustration. Update number two: for anyone who remembers my work, I've moved away from collage, at least for the time being, and am focusing on figuring out this whole painting thing. Currently as part of my thesis I'm working on a graphic novel based around mixtapes, that's just a tease I'm not ready to post any of it right now. However here are some of my recent works and hopefully I'll be taking a more active part on here again.

Long time

Hey everyone, I havn't posted here in I don't know how long. I graduated from Ringling last year and am finding it harder to get feedback now. I'm doing a illo about the recent-ish hijacking by somalian pirates and am finding myself in need of some feedback. Here's the sketch (I've done a little more since the scan but not too much) Any feedback would help me a lot. Thanks

Colors

Boy, it's been awhile since I posted here.

Process work from a series I'm doing for Allan Comport's Illustrated Book class here at MICA. It's a weird retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk. There's a couple places where a light's against another light or a dark against a dark that need to be addressed, but I'm really just trying to push some unexpected color relationships. There's some more process work from this on my blog as well.

I'll update as I reach final.

{ H A B E A S }

this is a digital glazing experiment i think i'll use for some postcards, etc. i've been trying to synthesize the kenichi hoshine cold wax effect...digitally, which is a blast.

happy sunday!

cars

this is a drawing inspired by my late night walks around Richmond

carriage dream

dreamed this up yesterday morning

GOCCO ART SHOW

This was my first attempt at Gocco printing. I used a figure drawing that I did at Dr. Sketchy's. Each is hand colored with markers and gelly roll glitter pens. Come see my show while its still up!

Bout a hundred years ago a whale washed up on VA Beach. It became a tourist attraction.
Just having fun with the Idea of high society types posing for a picture in front of it.





For an article about private security firms setting up shop in africa.

ROOOOAR

Apparently there are statistics out that due to the recession, people are dropping the f-bomb a WHOLE lot more than usual. This is just a response that came to my mind.

Recent Work

All of these were for a cyber/anti hacker newsletter gig..

Estella

Here's a conceptual portrait of the Character Estella from " Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens.

Richmond Magazine

an assignment done for Richmond Magazine.

A very interesting assignment, I had to illustrate two poems, one is about middle aged women feeling refreshed after a massage at a Korean spa. The other is about the love of a father for his son

sorry Sterling

AFI Film Festival

I was asked to create a lot of our promotional material for the AFI Dallas Film Festival, which starts today. The art direction was to make something that "makes the studio look awesome." This illustration is going in the program for the Festival to be seen by real cool people, so it made me real nervous.

I knew that my normal stuff doesn't really scream AWESOME FILM FESTIVAL, so I did a weird Shaun-Tan-esque robot with cowboy boots and cacti, since our studio is a bit of a crazy contraption.



In conjunction with the Festival, Reel FX also hosts the Tex Avery award, so I did another page for the program to advertise the event, and we decided to keep it in the same style as the robot ad.




And then, ALSO in conjunction with the festival is the Animation award, so I did the certificate that the winner will receive, along with whatever supersweet computer system.

Anyone else attending Concept Art's Reverie Workshop this weekend? Hope to see some of you there. Take care.

ufo3

Third installment of my UFO series

snail knight

Cyber Soldiers

For an anti hacker newsletter.

Obituary

An editorial illustration of a short story for Sterling Hundley's class. Im not 100% satisfied, but it is what it is.

Comic

This is a comic I wrote and did all the art for as a sample. I tried to keep most of the writing to a minimum and focus on the art. I made this with the intention of pulling in freelance jobs at the NY Comic Con and for the most part it was a success. All the huge companies told me to get lost but a few small indie type publishers were interested and I'm currently working on sample pages for them.

As always, criticism is welcomed, and appreciated.

This is just the cover and 2 non- sequential pages from the inside. If your interested in reading the whole thing its on my blog.

decemberists

A group portrait of the band

van gogh

the artist with his sketch book

Final Semester

Im in my final semester at school, and am trying to put togather a portfolio for concept art. Here are my two latest pieces.

CITIES ARE PEOPLE TOO

that is the official title, and it will be written in the sky weaving around the buildings in the final of this. comment, please!

{cry me a friggin river}

"boohoo. all day everyday when i wanna look at doods'n'shit, i turn 'em to stone. wtf!?"
-medusa (famous quote from a famous book)

Quick Job

Year of the Ox

Happy Chinese New Year, all!

Bruce Chatwin

Bruce Chatwin capturing his inspiration in his notebook

Hemmingway

Mr. Hemmingway capturing his inspiration for his famous book

Mah Fanshee New Buisness Cards

Just got these printed. Havent recived them yet but I have high hopes that overnight prints will do a good job.

world war 1 doodle

Galeru's Graphisme dans la Rue

I got this off of www.graphiccompetitions.com, and www.lagaleru.org. Translated the title is "Graphics in the Street." This is an international poster competition held in a suburb of Paris. The theme is "the city." Entry fee is basically just the shipping price of your work as far as I can tell. There are "3 equal prizes : the winners will have their images edited
in silkscreen, format 120 cm x 160 cm and posted on billboards throughout the city of Fontenay-sous-Bois. Each winner will receive the sum of 1500 euros and 20 examples of their silkscreened image."

The deadline is March 15. I think i'll be entering. There are some other competitions going on right now, check out the website above to stay updated!

gp

RICHMOND FINal

tell me what you guys think, thanks

impression of richmond

in progress

Some Thesis and Beyond

First post of 2009!! Well, I'm pretty sure I haven't posted any of this stuff here yet, and its been reworked here and there since when I first started these pieces anyway.



The first 3 were part of my thesis (well, the 3rd one was actually a freelance job, but "sshhh") and since thesis, I REALLY felt the need to go over that Jekyll and Hyde one. I also touched up the first 2 images, but the adjustements are minor. Edge control and saturation type stuff.






This one was another freelance assignment that I came back to about half a year later, and decided that I'd learned a lot since I first attempted it, so I wanted to re-work the thing. I'm pretty happy with how it finally turned out. For the most part.





And lastly this guy, this was something I started on at the Illustration Academy at Ringling this past summer, and wound up working on and off on it until very recently. So here it is!

Thanks for looking!

-McLean

white house diggers

this is based on a article in motherjones about people who are hired in the white based on their political affiliations but transfers to other positions and stay in office after the party of their affiliation is out of office

Gant, I'm trying to follow your advice!

Hey... here's something i've been trying recently... finishing my pieces 90% BEFORE i go to the computer to finish... although the 'oh my' girl hasnt been touched by the computer yet... also i'm trying to restrict my color pallet to just 4 or 5 major colors... its... hard! lol...! anyway, feel free to rip these apart :) my self-esteem's back and i'm ready to hear all the crappy things i need to do to make better art!

Old Man and the Sea

ufo watch 2

ufo watch redo

Two thangs.

Here are two things I have to show. One is an enviro just for fun, the other is something for school (which still needs a good amount of cleanup I might add ;P)

goose print

A/P of edition of 38. These will be for sale on Dec 15 at the GLCCB on Cathedral St (or whatever the address is... it's next to Utrecht and across from the 24-hour Rite-Aid).

The second one is coming.

Final promo "American Autumn"

eh..another one of these.....

this is on an article in mother jones about dieting to reduce the consumption of recources , thus reducing the strain on the environment

digital color

trying things out, what do you guys think

Fall 2008 Promo (progress)

I don't know about the colors in this version. More to come.

New Obama Drawing

Well, its been approximately 50 years since the last time I posted... jk, it has been a while though.

Anyway just wanted to share a drawing I did last night. Critiques are most welcome!

TITAN Illustration Contest

IT'S FREE TO REGISTER AND COMPETE and there is a CASH PRIZE (in euros)

from the website:
Every competition has its own particular characteristics, its own thematic orientation and, over time, develops its own tradition and reputation. TITAN in contrast is new, launched for the first time this year but with no lesser degree of ambition than to carve out its own particular identity.

The original impetus for the competition comes from the Superior School of Art and Design (ESAD) and the fact of being a design school has orientated the kind of search that the competition represents. At the core of the schools’ philosophy is a belief in design as a social tool, with all the cultural resonance that this implies. Moreover, we understand that in order to be an effective tool design must also be a process; of thinking, of collaborating and often of imagining, in short, a process that turns ideas into actions, concepts into reality. We strive to encourage a practice that is capable of generating a physical and visual world which expresses our society’s deepest needs and desires.

It is for these reasons that our attention is drawn to the ways in which the special skills of image making - drawing upon unique interpretation and vision - combine with other graphic and visual languages to create narratives and identities. Thus TITAN is concerned, not simply with illustration as a self contained practice but with the fusion of illustration and design.

We thought long and hard about the categories that would best encompass our objectives. Our belief in the promotion of a vibrant design culture, applied in social practice, led us to create categories which gravitate around notions of doing rather than a more conventional list of form-based areas. Needless to say, although forms of categorization may influence our perceptions - which is a good thing in itself - the search always returns to ideas expressed through the taking of form. Regardless of categories therefore, our most profound concern is to attract work of excellence that reflects the diverse and ever expanding domain of contemporary image making. That such excellence exists we have no doubt. Through TITAN we aim to celebrate it and its authors and most importantly, to take it to a larger public.

Andrew Howard (Head of Jury)
link here

{ya heard?}

a doodle, more or less to get the feel for which road i'll travel to this gigantic show december 6th here in sf.

safe weekend, y'all!

{s}

pale fire

a better scan

based on the novel PAle Fire by Nabokov

Experiments and work..

Urban Farming







About stopping your medication prematurely.























The Duck hunting images are for a short piece in virginia Living. The Top image is the feature and the bottom two were spots. After some back and forth on the sketch stage a two week deadline turned into a 3 day deadline so I didnt get to spend as much time as I would have liked. Was fun to get a job doing this new direction.

The Bottom image is about toxic chinese imports and the bush administration allowing it to happen.

Shop!

Just the latest image to add to the new portfolio.


It's taken me awhile but I've got an etsy shop up with a few prints for sale! Check it out and tell yer friends to buy some stuff!

WIP animatic...

Progress shots on an animatic / environment study I'm (slowly) putting together.

A bit hard to see in the thumbnail view right now (full view is a bit easier.) Although this at an early phase, any reaction is appreciated.

Done with sketchup.

First-timer!

Hey guys, first time poster, though I have been watching the blog a long time.

A little info on me, im a senior at VCU. Anyways, here is a personal peice I did recently. I thnk it could use a few mor hours of polish, but here it is!

new illo!!!

just in the sketch process.

some new girls

wooo! its been a while

Just thought i'd update with a few of my new stuff ...

I'm living in Brooklyn now... its all cold :( but a nice artist community here :) I'm working as a web designer by day, and drawing at night...

i'd love it if anyone has any feedback on what they hate/like about any of my work ... i've been having a few problems promoting work lately... i've been featured on a few sites, and i have two shows coming up next month (group ones) but... i cant find anyone illustration wise interested in my work! am I doing something wrong? am i just doomed to be a "fine artist" and just do gallery showings????

sigh. i'd just really like a gig. even just ONE would be nice :)

any input? pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese? could use some help. I've been advertising alot to fashion/ magazine people




Thanks everyone :)

morrrrrrrre

for the sandwiches, though it's a bit of a departure. the food is speaking to me again. i think i'm going to try to work some of these themes into my other works...

edits: i kept working on them... i want monies...

ardors and arbors

an illustration of Nabokov's novel " Ada"

New Paintings?!

Wow. I havn't posted on here in a minute. Here are some pieces that I've recently finished. I've been working completely digitally since school ended last semester. Its something I never let myself do back then, I'm not quite sure why, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it now. Enjoy! Comments and critiques are totally welcome.

Yeti/Lockhammer

The Golden Yeh Rén

Lobster Johnson


-Zachariah Bauer

illest of ILL

poster I just finished for illest of ill 

Illest

Ink Blot Girls

I am taking a break from that giant fashion thing, and the Papa's Palace thingy today, and doing some INKBLOT GIRLzzz. they will actually be going in a kind of show thingy at a boutique in Baltimore, called London's Boutique.

I don't really know what the deal is... it's not an official show, but they'll be making an appearance at a party there. fun!

these are all pencil and ink, and scanned in for collaging.

and the double girl, i think i need to fix the one's arm... it's not quite long enough (forearm) the question is whether you all like the one where the arms are exposed more, or hidden under the dress. I like the one that's hidden more... but let me know.

The Official Guide to Papa's Palace

This is something my cousin John Gant is after me to do (he coordinates the rentals for the house).

It's a guide that he can send to renters and people unfamiliar with the house to help them understand where things are, how many people it sleeps, and things of that nature. I'm doing it in B+W/Grayscale to ease production (knowing my family, this will be printed off the computer everytime it needs to be sent, or, even worse, xeroxed UGHHH)

this is just the cover page, and one of the floor plans, a sample if you will, to show what i'm planning on doing. let me know what you guys think, pleeeez

rudolph nose

this is about this article in reader's diegest about putting a comic twist in a tragic situation to make it lighter and more bearable

" Bambi Doll Massacre "

My bodyguard haha!!!

Quickie

Just a quick illustration I threw together the other day after talking with co-workers on guys and video games. It feels weird going back to brush 'n ink after awhile... feedback's always welcome!

abomination !!!!

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sketchiz 4 cocktail party 2009

thought i would get back in the grooooooooove with some fashion/lifestyle illustration

the color sketch is a study... trying to figure out pallett and environment... the colors aren't quite working yet... and the brushwork will tighten up fersher. Her name is Marie. Be Nice.

Have a beer...

WIP, part of the same downtime side project I posted earlier. Cinema 4D...and appears very small on blogger :)

The Half-man: Help me pay off those loans!

GET IT!!!

Hey people I just wanted everyone that was interested that my comic is finally on sale through LULU. To get your copy just follow the link above. Check it out and let me know what you guy's think.

russian Invasion

Illstration about the Russian Invasion of Georgia, one of its Soviet era satelites

New Promo Piece

Hey everyone I realized recently that I haven't posted in forever, here's my latest piece that I'm currently having postcards made of. I'm trying to get one more mailing out before I leave for my grad program in England in two weeks.

new sandwich

hmmmm let me know what you all think.

Concept Artist opening at Big Huge Games

The Big Huge Games art team are big fans of School of Ill and we thought we'd drop by to advertise a job opening. We're in growth mode and looking for an experienced, exceptionally knowledgeable, talented, and motivated Concept Artist to contribute to our upcoming original RPG title (Xbox360, Playstation3 & PC), headed by internationally celebrated Game Designer Ken Rolston of Oblivion fame. This is also an opportunity to work alongside award-winning Big Huge Concept Artists Sean Andrew Murray (Syracuse Illustration) and Jeremy Enecio (MICA Illustration). Together this talented duo has earned high accolade from Spectrum, Dominance War, and Society of Illustrators to name a few.

To view some of the concept work from our past titles visit our ConceptArt.org forum post. You can also check out what our art team creates in their spare time by visiting the Big Huge Art Blog.

The Big Huge art team has been bestowed with Gamespy's 2006 Special Achievement in Art Direction Award and critics have commended Rise of Legends as "A playable piece of art..." (Game Revolution), and "...the best looking RTS I've ever played" (PC Gamer).

If you think you're the right person for the job then click here to read the full job listing with directions on how to apply, as well as take a closer look at our benefits and fun office perks such as free sodas, extensive game library, pool table, ping pong, and bar modeled after a local Irish Pub just to name a few. We do all we can to adhere to our motto of "You Gotta Have Fun To Make Fun!"

Looking forward to seeing your work,

Dave Inscore (MICA Illustration '95)
Founder and Studio Art Director
Big Huge Games
http://www.bighugegames.com/

A few concept examples from our past titles...

jackie robinson

i totally stole this image out of Spirit, the Southwest Airlines magazine. It is a *very good* photograph and I couldn't help myself. To my own credit, I can't draw so good, so it don't look much like the original. HA stealing intellectual property. and then making it your own intellectual property. damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

Trying to Stay Productive.

Cheers.

Deity

Did these for the weekly over at the 2012 forum. The theme was to create a new religion, so I thought it would be a good excuse to draw some lovely deity ladies.
Watercolor and photoshop

doloris

illustration of the book Lolita

The Elk

Here's the final, folks! I would love to hear what you have to say.

BRUSH Crazy!!!!!!

just got this sweet brush pen yesterday so i went wild and did these. there about 15- 20 a piece.

there is still more to do

this is possibly the most intense painting i have ever done. i'm about ready to be finished.

what i still have to do:

the tree top, (fill in triangles)
gold on antlers
touch-up
spot-definition

Isaac Hayes

Isaac Hayes. Pretty simple illustration. For a show at Joe^2

drawings

another diddy from iFX::

this is supplementing an article about art mentors and their protégés. this was a really tight deadline i had to crank out and didn't get to fully address the line drawing, particularly the full composition and the silhouettes dueling in the background. all in all, i'm fine with it. hope everyone is well!

one dynasty character designs

For an article about some of the effects of the war.

This actually is my first job. Well first job that will actually be published. Its for realms of fantasy, and im not sure when the issue will come out or if its even available on shelves.

The story left me struggling to find something interesting to paint but I was pretty satisfied with this idea. The general gist of the story is that this group of people want to do something new, they find a map of that leads to a hidden/magical village and then they set off back packing to and try and find it. They end up finding the right spot on the map but they find no village.

Here are a couple of other paintings


Insurance policy



Myanmar




Mental Disorder

nabokov

conceptual portrait, words ont he note cards are to be added on later pretty unsatisfied with this, crits are very welcome

Pinky Swear

Wow I haven't posted in... forever. The 18 page comic is done! wooo. You can check the rest of it out in proper page order here! I'll be taking copies of it with me to San Diego next week. If anyone else is going, hope to see you there!

ufo watch 1

sorry guys, been slacking quite a bit. but heres a new painting from my UFO series

Peel da 'nana UPDATE

Motion graphics project work in progress.  Design and concept by:  www.pixelbombs.com.  3D work by me.  

Hope to have this one done by next week.  This will be on display at Bedrock...see www.bedrockbaltimore.com for info.

hellboy

hey ladies. it's been a while

here are some things



the animals are 1. an ibex. and 2. a few gazelles. and are part of a larger series called "Horns and Hooves."

the food one is savory monkey bread, inspired by my sister's culinary expertise.

Portrait of My Grandfather

Howdy y'all :)

My name is Bryce Homick, I'm a recent grad from MICA in illustration, with an unofficial concentration in Ceramics.  Currently I work at Firaxis Games doin 3D stuff and concept art.  I'm honored to be a part of the blog!

I stopped doing villain portraits for a second to paint my Grandfather, who passed away some time ago.  I ended up printing it out, framing it with driftwood and giving it to my Grandmother, who turned 90 this past weekend. 

Admittedly the background is a little boring, and there are some parts that need help, but I was a little pressed for time, and the more important part was the face and likeness. I'm happy with the result. 

From a photo, approx. 2 hrs. painter/photoshop

More 3D side projects...

WIP render of down-time side project...some stock textures for building details and foliage courtesy of www.morguefile.com, www.imageafter.com, and total textures collection. Car is photographically textured (aka mostly 2-D from used car photographs.)

I have worked on this a little bit more since rendering this test...including the trash on the ground and more building details...regardless let me know what you think/ suggestions.

Cinema 4d...no stock models here (though these are pretty simplistic models :) )

I've been away...

Okay, so I haven't posted here in a while. I think? Yeah. So here goes nothing.

This is just the latest and greatest (in my opinion) hits from my blog since school let out. Although, I think the version of the bottom guy on my blog doesn't have glasses... anyway, enjoy!

the bros' heroes

all of these suck, sorry guys, outta practice, but the bros' music kept me going

Tattoo shop sketch

Ladies!

Hi everyone. This is pretty much the first thing I've done this summer, just playing around and trying some things. I'm trying to find the right balance of cartooneyness for different things and I like how this turned out.
let me know what you think?

bro

One More image, created last night

Another business card design for a friend, critiques on this and the previous post encouraged!

Hello All, Long Time no Post.

Hey everyone,

I haven't posted in ages, largely because of my computer crash a few months back put a definite halt to my digital work for a little while.

I'm working on getting back into it, heres a few things I've done recently.


Self Portrait, just for fun/practice





* Some stuff I designed for a friend

Critiques on these are more than welcome!

Captain Nemo finish

Photographic-textured junk car

-Low detail 3D model with photographic textures gathered from a used car sale site/ heavily manipulated in PS to within fair use.  

-Meant to be viewed with motion blur as it is driving by quickly.

Yes, low air in the back tires :)

Please critique / make suggestions...

Captain Nemo!

teh ufo watch

redo of a old painting

Tattooed chick!!!

New Website

I've finally finished my website. It has the majority of my new work from the past year. Check it out and let me know what you think (of the site and the work). Thanks.

click here-->JohnMacConnell.com

Random find

http://www.ultimateirongiant.com/model/model.php

I was looking for hand reference for something i'm sculpting in zbrush.

I actually typed in Hogarth hands and for some reason this iron gaint website came up.

its got some of the original, or copies of the original designs and backgrounds. Thought someone on here might appreciate this.

Congratulations to the graduates of this year. I hope we keep seeing your success.

More inks

****************I paint too**********************






These have a bit of digital tweak.

*********************Update***********************

Drawing people with this technique.

yay for moms!

what more can i say?

Coupla new things

Both from my "fashion class", this time taught by Frank Stockton.
More detailed explanations are on my blog, but basically the first one was for an assignment to illustrate "something worth shortening your life for", so I decided to do "Rocking too hard for the Man to handle." (I think that inking the lines by hand instead of computer probably would have made it better, though)



This other one was our second and last assignment from Frank. We were each given a fortune cookie and told to illustrate the fortune. Mine was "Smile to others, honesty and friendship bring you fortune." (the illustration is a bit of a stretch, but the two-headed man makes me smile.)



That's it for now!

portrait

whos this? I dont know if it looks like him

portrait

sorrya bout the double post, can some onw deleter this?

Animals

I finally got around to joining this blog.. took me long enough. Just started experimenting with this technique. Any feedback is welcome.

Hullo

Hey everyone, I finally joined this blog, which is super exciting for me.
My name is Kate Haberer, I'm a junior at MICA (well, since the semester is almost over, I guess that means I'm almost a senior)

Heres a paper cut for you!

Its Thumbelina, and the first piece I did for my Junior "mini thesis" this semester.
Its a new medium for me, but I absolutely love it so expect a lot more.

Thesis Work

Finally, a spare minute to post thesis work!
So I based my thesis off of the Blues. I wrote a brief history of the music and selected what is, in my opinion, key events to telling the history. This was/is a really fun project. I believe that I chose wisely for my subject, which kept me from getting burnt out or bored with it. I saw a lot of people have the opposite effect with their work. I will continue to work on this after school and will hopefully be able to add another 15 spreads to the book. As of right now this is what I have hanging in the thesis show along with a handmade book, which I sold 9 of at the show and will continue to take orders. I make them as orders roll in. Hopefully I will get some photos on here of the book as well sometime soon.
The images are in order as they appear in the book. Essentially the art is supposed to be seen in book form with the text. I tried to make it so the images could stand alone yet when seen as a whole together in the book become even stronger. Underneath the images are the chapter headings that correspond to the image.

I am only posting a couple images here but the rest are on my blog: http://andrewrwright.blogspot.com
Pleas check out the whole and let me know what you think! Good or bad...

Bahamas, darling.

here is a floral lattice for a tropical dinner party in Nassau.

this one's for Kali

ok, so i said i would never post this, but i will anyway. it's two years old now, so no judging. And, kali, there deffinitely were ladies in couture on that famous airship, though maybe not Gaultier or Galliano. It was, after all, the maiden transatlantic voyage of the most luxurious way to travel in the future. AIRSHIP. Amazing (did you know you can still take a zeppelin cruise of the Rhine? I want to go.)

so here is "Love is in the Air."

Zombie Pub Crawl

pit of shaolin monks!

Well, because I was encouraged to post again by miss Laura Shema, here's another piece to add to my Duel to the Death series. I had a lot of fun with this one and I really think there's nothing cooler than Shaolin masters in Kung Fu movies so I had to include these guys and I hope I did them justice! Feel free to debate that issue with me.

Also, I revamped my blog into more of a portfolio site so if you feel like browsing, please check it out! thanks for looking.


a couple details:

New process, same old subject matter

Hey everybody. I kinda get tired of saying it, but the recent work on the site's been outstanding. Seriously.

Here's a couple new(ish) things. I'm trying out a few different ways of working, and these two, i think, are exemplars of that.

You all saw Kali's Macbeth poster that she did for Sam Weber's most recent assignment, yes? Well, here's the one that I did. Acrylic and colored pencil. I'm still really new to Acrylic, but I'm pretty pleased with this.




This second one was for Jose Villarrubia's Illustration Concepts class. The assignment was to use a mythological monster to express a contemporary societal issue. I did two, but the is the one that's completed to the level of quality I'm comfortable with. It's about the use of steroid (specifically the Human Growth Hormone) in professional sports. Not terribly complicated.



This was a black and white acrylic painting that I then applied some limited color to. It's a lot more realistic than my regular work because...well...every once in awhile I have to prove to myself that I can draw at least semi-realistically. I'm still trying to find a happy medium between the cartooning I love to do and my natural desire to render.

I've got a few things on my blog that I haven't posted yet, and I'll put the complement to that Minotaur piece on there in the next day or two, so if you're curious, hit up

theredcenteroftheearth.blogspot.com

Silly Animation...

Another sort of technical drill in CG. Crit welcome as always... 

This is what it's like, right?

I don't post so often, but I figured you guys might get a kick out of these.  I recently did some illustration work for Ringling's Design Center, which handles all in house and local non-profit design projects all fancy style. They gave me the type for this one, and while (personally) I feel there's a bit more to being a freelance illustrator, it was still fun. 

These illustrations are "maps" for different career paths, so kids or prospective students can kind of understand what a typical day might be like, if they don't understand the industry. I was asked to do four maps, with different careers, that looked like hand drawn maps you might draw to tell your grandma how to get to the grocery store or something.

this one is more the typical mappy type map, which was not as interesting, and I don't really know what train goes to the east village, sorry if my map leads you astray.

this was "digital film director" but I decided to let the designers handle the title, I blanked on a good solution. The desk of a film director looks suspiciously like an art student's....

Fun project, not often I'm told to draw more loosely. :)

Been Awhile...Go Figure...

...No pun intended.
Here are some drawings (in no particular order) from my figure drawing elective. I will miss this class...
These are all vine charcoal on Canson paper. George Pratt told me about the Canson paper. What a difference that stuff makes. It is soo smooth, which makes for easy lift out, and takes a pretty good beating.
Feedback is always encouraged!!



I really love this blog for many reasons. One is because of the diverse set of images that get posted. Although I have not been posting, I have been scoping this place out. It keeps me inspired and raises new ideas to address in my own work. I do apologize for not commenting as much as I want to or should be. I will be putting an end to that once I wrap up my thesis. Thanks guys and gals...and keep on cranking!!

EDIT-
Thanks Adam! I was not even thinking about how many images I was posting. There are many more of these on my blog if you care to look- http://andrewrwright.blogspot.com

recent landscapes

I've been a member of this blog for a long time but I don't think I've ever posted anything.  Here are some of the recent landscapes I've completed.  All are oil on canvas on board.  Comments and criticism are welcomed.

More of my work can be seen at: dannydoodle.blogspot.com

"fenced"

12 x 20"

"division"

20 x 18"

"the ancients"

17.5 x 22"

"watchers"

16 x 20"

Danny

question for teh MICA peeps

Hey guys, I'm wondering, since Sam webber taught your guys for a while, If he did a demo or explain his techniques. I'm really curious about how he gets teh texural qualities in his pieces. Appreciated

Hercules V. Zombies

Hey everybody, heres a painting I finished a while ago for my thesis. Its Hercules as hes being surrounded by an enormous crowd of zombies. He doesn't really care though, because hes Hercules, and hes got the power of the Five Fingers of Olympus. That would be why his hand is on fire, if anyone is wondering. Also, the reason why theres zombies is those weird jellyfish looking things. Those are parasites that were dispersed in seed form by the cult of Hera through the meat at Titan Burger. Its a long story, Hercules worked as their mascot, and when all hell broke loose he was one of the few people not turned into a zombie. Why? Because hes a vegetarian of course. Anyway, the rest of the story he's trying to set things right by working his way through the cult members, who take the form of the beasts in the 12 labors of hercules. It's been a really fun project, and I'm doing two more paintings before the end of the semester. More on those soon.

I used some friends as reference for some of the zombies. Can you name them all? Hint: Theres 5 MICA senior illustration majors.

Oh! Also I have a blog set up at feastofbees.blogspot.com. I've got a bunch more work up on there and update it much more often. Check it out!


-Zachariah

hunger artist

another one based ona kafka story, i think this is the last one, time to do more conceptual stuffs.....
pardon the bad image

Updates!

Hey guys, some new stuff for y'all!
I updated ciesemier.com with a bunch of new things, and also prodded my blog into being, kalidraws.blogspot.com
I thought I'd share my most recent completed assignment for Sam Weber, who has been teaching in our Fashion Illustration class. (Basically, Sam's assignments have nothing to do with fashion, but I'm alright with that)
He asked us to come up with a poster illustration for any Shakespeare play, and I ended up doing Macbeth. I also tried out graphite instead of pen. I like the textures on Macbeth's face and hands, but I'm not sure about the rest. (I also had some horrible text drawn in at the bottom too, but I took that out...)
Let me know what you think.

Cinderblocks and Pizza

I'm trying out a slightly different coloring method than usual, it's an attempt to keep my linework and digital coloring but make it less dullishly flat and maybe even give it a hint of form.

Paint-over/ collage-over of a rough 3D model to figure out color and texture.

more stuff

This is the 2nd one in the series, its an illustration of another Kafka short story called "The law"

Things for you to like

Hi. I'm new to this group. Here are some new things I've done. More at my website nataliejeanne.com.
Don't have as much work since graduation as I'd like to, but no one ever told me what would be in store for me after graduation, and how that would impact my art productivity.

Big Huge Games - Art Open House

As a fellow Illustration grad (MICA '95) I've enjoyed following all the impressive work that's been shared on the site. Adam was kind enough to send me an invite (thanks Adam!) and I wanted to follow up from Neal's post below with pics of the Open House invite which include driving directions to Big Huge...

I hope to return from time to time and share concept art and other imagery from Big Huge. Currently we have six Illustration grads in our art department, five from MICA and one from Syracuse. Here's a teaser image from our as-yet-unannounced RPG (being led on the design side by Ken Rolston, of Oblivion fame) from Syracuse Illustration grad and BHG Lead Concept Artist, Sean Andrew Murray...

Lots more work from our past Big Huge titles can be found in this conceptart.org thread...

Hope to see you at the Open House!

Dave Inscore (MICA '95 Illustration)

Man Crush

I've been in the trenches for George since we first met.

<3 ::hugs and kisses:: Regan Dunnick
xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo

From Dave Inscore, Those of you near Baltimore

Hi all,

Please help spread the word. Big Huge Games will be having its semi-annual ART OPEN HOUSE next Thursday, April 10^th from 5-8pm. There’ll be lots of food along with Big Huge artists demoing game creation techniques. Artists will also be on hand for student portfolio review and feedback. Big Huge is rapidly expanding with multiple projects underway for the Xbox 360, Playstation3 and Wii gaming platforms. We have more challenging and exciting work that we can handle and are on the lookout for talented and motivated students interested in paid summer internships.

There are a limited number of spaces for portfolio review. To reserve a timeslot please contact Jessica Hara at jhara@bighugegames.com

Space for the event is limited. If you plan to attend we kindly ask that you notify us at RSVP@bighugegames.com. Directions to the event are attached.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Dave

-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

Dave Inscore

Studio Art Director

www.bighugegames.com

Jeff put the verbal knife to my throat

Columns Vase Thing

Another random, weird animation in progress. No idea what is supposed to be going on here.

stuff

This is an illustration of KAfka's short story "the Refusal"

Not very deep conceptually, I just need to crack out alot of portfolio pieces before our new york trip

Duel to the Death!

So I've been a part of this blog for a very long time it seems and never posted! I just wanted to share some pretend concept-ish paintings I did based on an amazing kung fu film Duel to the Death, which you should definitely see if you haven't. Let me know what you think! thanks

Here's a bunch of stuff

Man, I have been neglecting blogs all over the place. I am sorry for that. Here is some stuff I've been doing lately.

These first three were a series I did for my Fashion class. It's not fashion related, get off my case. This was Sam Weber's first assignment for us, which was to basically do three pieces with a working hierarchy (Jack, Queen, King, style). Mine are about the colonization of the American midwest when it was full of giants. These were all done in Acrylic and colored pencil and are about eleven inches high by whatever inches wide. I still need to do some color correction on the bottom two, but I wanted to post them. Maybe they'll get posted later when they're all fixed.



There's this site called Project Rooftop (projectrooftop.com) that has contests to redesign Superheroes and they have prizes and such. They're doing an Ironman competition now, or rather, they had an Ironman competition which ends tomorrow. I decided to spend time I ought to be spending on school work trying to win some comics and shit. Here he is, in his photoshop majesty.


I wrote some notes in the email I sent to PR, so I think I'll post those and save some breath.

Hey, guys! This is my first attempt at a redesign for PR, but I am a student of Daniel Krall and he challenged me to superheroic fisticuffs. A couple of quick notes on what I'm calling the Model L Mark I Golden God Variant of Stark's classic suit:

With the advent of advanced cameras and HUDs, the suit has advanced far past the need for any physical eyeholes, yet the semblance of a face remains to add some level of humanity to the suit. The shoulder plates have been streamlined to connect into a neck-guard, preventing projectile injury to the most vulnerable part of our hero. The whole suit, actually, was streamlined for flight more than anything else. Any extraneous elements have been scoured off in an effort to minimize breakage during combat or crashes. The multiple repulsors on the suit serve dual purposes: first, they enhance aerial maneuverability to the point where the suit can generate a sort of anti-gravity field. This, in turn, prevents damage to Stark's surroundings, as he's not just firing hyper-focused beams of energy everywhere. Additionally, the repulsors can be individually activated or deactivated, allowing the airborne Start to rocket in near perpendicular directions while maintaining forward acceleration. The second purpose is as a defense against larger enemies (read: Hulk). I originally designed a variant of the Hulkbuster armor, but decided to scrap it and add some elements of that suit to the Golden God. The repulsors on the arms prevent Stark from being easily lifted and thus easily tossed by Hulk or other bulky adversaries.

I will seriously try and comment more in the future. I am very sorry.

This is a drawing based on the sketches I posted a day or two ago, it's about 38x 13 -

SUE

I finally got a picture of this new painting - I'd love any feedback, thanks!

sketches for new painting

Hey, I'm new.. ish. Thanks for inviting me Adam! I'm a mica alum from painting, and have been really impressed with the postings on here, so glad to be a part of it. I'm posting sketches of what my next painting will be, I can't decide if I want her masked or not, because with out the mask it gives off an alabaster, static feeling, but my gut tells me the mask. Oh, to explain the last one, that will be the top of her hair, i plan to make it miles high and as ornate as possible. Let me know what you think!

Good sculpture book.

So I'm working on a maquette next for my thesis. And reading carefully through one of Smellybug's tutorials on conceptart.org i found a book name that he posted. I checked it out and its really sweet. It even works as an anatomy book. The sculptor in the book builds up a figure sculpture from armature, to the skeleton, to the muscles, and then puts skin on. It's a really great resource for both figure sculpture and drawing as it illustrates all the good stuff about anatomy. The book is called Modeling the Figure in Clay.
here's the link: Modeling the Figure in Clay, By Bruno Lucchesi

Growing Up

Another illustration for my book.

Cowboy Monster Hunter

Hey everybody, my name is Zachariah Bauer, I've been a member of the School of Ill blog for quite some time now, and been looking at it for a bit longer, but for some reason I've never posted anything. Well that ends today! We had spring break this past week at MICA and instead of going home, I decided to do work. So heres a bit of what i did this past week.






Oh, and some other info if anyone is wondering, I'm a Senior at MICA. This comic is literally the first comic I've ever done, and I'm really jazzed about it. My sequential teacher actually wants me to pitch it to some european publishers and make it into a full comic. Which would be sweet, if i had the time currently. Anyway, most of what I've been focusing on is character design and development. I'll be posting more work from my thesis soon. More on that later. But if anyone at MICA is curious, the second senior illustration show is going up this week on the third floor of the brown center.

thanks,
Zachariah Bauer

Oh my God look at this!

A friend of mine showed me a website that flashes for 30 seconds a figure.... that you can draw!!
free 30 second figure drawing... why not?

http://www.posemaniacs.com/pose/thirtysecond.html

I hope everyones semester, and lives are going well.

battery

a patinting for a group show that i MIGHT be getting into

Richard Solomon’s Office Destroyed in NYC Crane Collapse

On Saturday, the 15th, a crane collapsed in Midtown Manhattan and crushed a four-storey townhouse, with additional damage to five other buildings, and four deaths.

The building that the crane demolished contained the offices of Art On A Grand Scale and the Artists Representative Richard Solomon. The staff members of these offices were unharmed, but the collection of famed illustrations it housed within are gone. Updates are being posted to Richard Solomon's blog, reporting on the loss of the building, the loss of the history within, and the memories it held.

My sympathies and well-wishes go out to everyone who has been affected by the tragedy.

http://richardsolomon.com/confab/

Sushi Chop...

Murder of a tuna roll in progress.

Dream Image: burden

something small basedon a dream I had. I think its about Burdens

Cut Sushi WIP screen grab

In my spare time I've got another simple animation started. I'm using a blend of photographic textures mixed with CG materials so far. Going to make that knife cut up the poor little sushi, unless I get lazy. Lemme know if you think this is worth continuing...

two more

this doesnt work as well with younger people

"In Heaven, Everything is Fine...

...you got yours, and I got mine" -from eraserhead

Umm ok, another rendering/compositing drill in Cinema 4D / After effects. Patterning was done in illustrator.

Buy things from me.

Go to my website www.gantart.com and click the word "shop" or go straight to this link: GP Shop.

I have now put posters, note cards (great for thank yous and hellos) and a lot of new art. You can buy framed archival prints, for a really good price at just uner $40 dollars and the quality and colors are good. I'm also selling unframed posters, mugs, baby onesies, dog tshirts, and a lot of other stuff.

What do you think of that?

Also, check out using cafepress for selling your own stuff. Not to advertise it or anything, but it is fun to set up shop, and people look at it and think "oh they're interested in doing things with their artwork."

it's a good thing to do for yourself.

experiment

this is what i was going to do withthe rambo thing, what do you guys think?