This is my three image gouache montage, I probably spent the most time out of any on this piece and I wish it showed a little more. It shows in the iguana's eyes, but not on the mouse. I think it's more of a scan problem, I have tried to rescan, but to no avail. Looking back, i think i coulf have made the background a different color, i was looking for something neutral, and that seemed to fit. however, i feel it clashes with the iguana.
Next is my product illustration, as you may or may not recall, I had some problem with this project starting 3 different times! I finally got a winner and kept it. I did go back in and work on the cord some more, but I found the gouache a little harder to reactivate, so it just did not flow quite right. I think the hamburger part itself came out nicely though...I am espically proud of the little shine by the mouth part and my detail work on the dialpad. I used my pin-striping brush for that, it's got a longer tip and is really good at getting little details out.
Third is my album cover. I blogged about this recently. I think this is my favorite piece from the whole semester. My only real concern was the name of the album at the bottom, it does not sit quite right. however, i really like the composition, and this is one of my better pen/wash illustrations.
Lastly, i have my book jacket. I am actually not a big fan of this piece but it's probably one of my better projects. the guy just looks too orange. If i had more time i would have done more line work on his face. I think the layout is pretty decent though
For the next part of our portfolio, we had to pick out our 10 favorite exercise/technique works. things we did, but wern't projects.
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Next up is my hen. I did this one when we had to do watercolors and then put line work on them in photoshop. I really liked how my hen turned out so i decided it would be a good addition to this portfolio. the angle is not too interesting, but i think i got a really nice texture and feel for the surface of this particular feathered friend.
This one also came from the photoshop line art assignment. I really enjoyed how the different colors came together to make something new they couldn't make alone. This is the piece that made me enjoy water coloring more then i had at any other point.
I had painted this gouda-looking watercolor when i was working on the poster illustration assignment. I had chosen a small-scale cheese making event and did not quite know what goat cheese looked like, so i painted this. This is the first piece i did in watercolor i felt i really got some good depth to and did not look completely flat. Did you get my cheesy pun?
This was not part of any project, it was merely practice. I was going to work on something and decided it would be a good idea to practice a bit before i started. I turned to a page where i had started to do a wash (the big yellow stroke) and wanted to paint something quick, but i didn't know what. I saw an article in the paper nearby and decided to follow it and paint a horse. I think horses can show some really good movement, and i think that's present here, i tried to add to that by creating the splatter at his feet. Although it was just a practice, i am very proud of this one.
I did this one in the same breath as the previous one. I was really struggling to find something to paint so i just took my brush into my paint and put it on my paper. I had a bigger brush, that's how the biggest mesa came to be. I looked at it after i did that and said this looks like a mesa, i'll take it. So then i went with that idea. I'm very proud of my sky and texture on the mesa.
We were tasked with painting a large scale watercolor and i was still really struggling to come up with something to paint. I decided to paint a larger subject matter to match the size of the area we had. This was my first real work with line art in combination with watercolor. I really like this one, it's probably in my top 5 best of the semester.
Oh my avocados. This was my first gouache project, i spent quite a lot of time on it and it really helped me get the techniques down. I almost picked this for my best of the semester, but i still think Shark Sandwich has it beat.
This is a practice work from when we were working with airbrush. We had to make a planet and put it in space. I really liked how the space part came out. It was also probably my best remasking job.
And finally, out best marker comp. I was having a tough time finding one i felt was up to the task of being the best, but i think i found a winner.
This is my marker comp for the Ryle Hall cafeteria mural. I think all my marker comps had the same level of detail ,but i think i put the most amount of planning and though into this one. As it could actually be considered to be done, i took my good sweet time coming up with a concept and executed it. I really wanted to show these really dynamic angles leading up to the Earth, but it was harder on the left side.
So all-in-all i had some good fun in ARt 219, Illustration, and would gladly take it again. I think the one thing i took away is that line art can save just about anything. I will be continuing illustrating if no other purpose, for fun. It can be an asset to designs and will hopefully boost my portfolio.
-Erik La Londe
