Some light reading

Here's the final version of the image I was working on the other day. I feel I made some strides in it that will help me push towards better work. Lighting and color are one of my big focuses, and I think I'm learning a lot as I work.


I also whipped this up a couple days ago. I know I said I was going to focus more on environments and inanimate objects, but this just sort of happened.

The boots are kinda weird looking.

The thing last night was sort of a bust. It was more of a mass interviewing process rather than a situation for networking. I hung out for a bit but it wasn't really worth it to stick around too long. There was like a million nerds there. On the plus side, it got me working pretty hard, and I feel like I have a good head of steam to carry on.

As Paces Hip

I started watching a Gnomon video today about light and color. So far it has been very insightful. I found myself noticing colors in things I never thought about on my way home from work. I mean I always knew how it worked, but for some reason I'm being more conscientious about it. Scotch neat.

I started this yesterday and continued working today. I have a bit more to finish up on it, but I'm liking where it's going. The color and light isn't perfect, but it's drastically better than when I left it yesterday (before watching the video).

I don't do vehicles/objects/environments near enough (hardly at all), so I'll be focusing on those things for a while. I think this is a decent start.

TGIFF

I'm working on an illustration for work that is of our association president. It's always fun trying to draw someone in a way that satisfies their own self image.

Here's a little sneak preview of something I'm working on. Mayhap I'll post the final on inauguration day??

Parents are getting in town in a few hours to help with wedding planning. It's going to be a fun and fast year! I may not be able to post until Sunday. We shall see.

I want YOU! (to read further)

I was going to write a lengthy post about "finding an identity", but it was coming out very emo, and that's just not my style. So I'll say this: I'm going to use this blog to attempt to keep me on track creating something as close to every day, if not multiple times a day, as possible, and hopefully to help me get better as an illustrator/designer. Sometimes things will be crappy, but I'm going to post them anyway to show myself that it's okay. If you feel like telling me how crappy it is or possibly just give me some encouragement, please feel free to do so.

I'm working on a recruitment ad for our magazine currently, and whipped this up. It's really more of an exercise, seeing as I was using the original poster as a reference and purposely made it as similar as possible. But I'm happy with how it came out and it was nice to paint this way instead of my usual style. It's all digital.