Underwater Reflection

Not entirely happy with this image, a little rusty with acrylic.  Normally I use colored or graphite pencils best; and much more practice is needed to really get a grip on this medium.  A trip to the supply store must be made.  I need to start creating larger pieces with more detail in the future.

Storm Waves

A quick acrylic painting of some waves, painted just to pass some time.  Only about 11x14.

Jellyfish...

 

I decided to draw a jellyfish because I finally became sick of drawing self-portraits while at a loss for a model... I love marine life, and water more than anything explainable; just as much as I love art I suspect.  There's the same kind of peace and solitude in water, aquariums, and things that live in the sea as there is in drawing.  I drew the center image originally in colored pencil and then edited it digitally through Photoshop.  The other two versions are changed further using filters.  Left being "Diffused Glow" and right being "Glowing Edges", I tried others however there seems to be something about the word 'glowing' in relation to an image of a jellyfish that just appears to fit.  At this point I'm not really sure which I like best but they were fun to experiment with regardless...

Childhood Memory Portrait W.I.P.

This hat reminds me of playing the original Mario game on the original Nintendo gaming system when I was a kid.  I'm at a momentary loss of what to do with the background.  I don't think leaving it blank is the best option; however a solution still hasn't come to mind.  Graphite? Ink? A pattern? Decisions, decisions.

Charcoal Self-Portrait

Spent one night doing this portrait a few weeks ago.  Didn't come out half bad, only took about 6 hours total I believe.  I really missed charcoal, this wasn't a half bad solution to that, it's nice how quickly it is to use the medium.  I should think of something a bit larger and more complicated to create with it.

Underwater...

Finally got around to scanning and completing the underwater portrait I've been working on for too long at this point.  I'm mostly happy with the final product.  This one has more digital editing than I think I've ever used before which is an interesting switch.   More underwater imagery to come I'm sure.

Drawgasmic 2010 Submission

DRAWGASMIC 2010!

 

"Underwater", Colored Pencil, 11x8.5

This is the colored pencil piece I'm submitting for the Drawgasmic Exhibition in July 2010.  The show will be held at 2720 / Art Dimensions Gallery in St. Louis, Missouri.  You can go to http://www.drawgasmic.com/exhibition.php to check out more about the exhibit and all the participating artists.