Room Decorations and Random Sketches

The first two are just some quote paintings I did with acrylic paint on canvas this past year for my bedroom and the last one is a caricature of Audrey Hepburn that I sketched!  I want to post some more class related sketches, but I though I'd start with some of the things I've done in my free time!

-Sam

Past Works

Since I haven't posted anything....Here are a few pieces of art that I did last year in my drawing and 2D design classes. The first one is a drawing I did of my grandpa with Prismacolor colored pencils on black mat board. The second is an ink monotype that I painted on plexiglass with black ink and then rolled through a press onto paper.
--Mandy

At one point in time this was a sketch

Small midsize car meant for developing 2nd world markets (China, South America)


It was a sketch at one point, I swear!

Specifically, this sketch

Sewing Machine

This was done last semester. I have a bad habit of drawing during lectures, but that's when I usually get my most inspiration lol.


The lecture was about the history of sewing machines and holy golly it was so boring

Sketches

Here are some more of my sketches. A male and female figure drawing as well as a still life drawing of a russian tea kettle called a samovar. The drawings were made in photoshop, pencil and MS Paint respectively.

Words from a cartoonist

As I take these classes more I am beginning to recall what I used to say to my old graphic design teacher "I am a cartoonist." We are currently heavly focused on perspective and proper proportioning that I can't help but feel a part of my heart sigh. Yes yes I know. You need to know the right way before you can do wrong right. But I miss my exaggerations. I miss seeing my emotions and thoughts in my lines. It's not that my eyes don't work, it's not that my brain and hands can't function. They however see things differently. Stuck in their own world, creating challenges during the transfer process.

Above is a cartoon version of my two friends Kasey and Drew made a while back (Program: Paint Tool Sai). They're playing xbox. The shapes I used obviously aren't fit to this dimension. But I can't help but feel happy when I make things like this. What do you think about cartooning or this image? What do you really enjoy personally drawing or crafting? How do you feel about our projects now? (what challenges are you facing?)

my view of hayes hall...done with pencil and marker.

thanks,

kurt

Some Illustrations

This is oil pastel on paper. I was inspired by a series of 1970s Vogue magazine covers. This is one image in a series of three that I did, and each of the drawings had a particular color scheme. I liked the simplicity of the cover.

An octopus. 

Both of these sketches I did at the same time. The skateboarder in particular was inspired by a guy I would often see on my way home from work. This particular time it was about 11 pm and I thought it was odd because usually when skateboarders are out at night they are with other skateboarders. So I sketched him. 

Vespa Sketch

One of the sketches I did in the past. I think it's a good exercise for line work. I think that the tires could be a bit more round and I should've cleaned the left over sketch lines a bit more. One thing I think would help our drawings is to make the lines even cleaner and smoother.

Snowboarder

The temperature outside is dropping and my anticipation of winter is rising. I drew this with charcoal to express my love of snowboarding. It is very simple subject matter, with no background, but I think it is very clear what I am trying to represent. It could use more detail in the pants and board, but I am just afraid of messing up, what I already have got.

Any helpful advice would be nice. It could be done, but I just think it needs something more.

-Jonathan Wallace