Monday, December 8, 2008

As the semester continued, I started to see the overall image come into view, as I developed the beastly figure's insides. (woman, tv's). It was hard to visualize what it was going to look like until I blocked it in. The overall style had come from a smaller drawing which consisted of a crowd full of skeletons at a concert. To my dismay, this piece dissappeared. A follow up piece was the Tree with the guitar player and hanging gas mask.







I used the same morphing effect as I created the beast. As time progressed I went back to the mushroom to set the scene and the distance of the piece.




What was in the mshroom's hand was pivitol. I felt as though it could make or break the scene.

After much deliberation, I made up my mind, a settled with a buttercup flower. I have my reasons.

Indepenent study















Here is my independent study that I have been working on off and on for a semester. My initial idea was that I wanted to draw on something other than paper and canvas. I also wanted to use the walls and surfaces around us. The fact that I worked on drywall in an apartment means that this is a very temporary piece. It will be painted over eventually which makes it special for those who get to see it in person. Its much more captivating when one is able to walk up and focus on smaller details. Taking this into account, I had my photo friend, Kyle Weitkamp assist me with capturing its essence.

Logged hours on project:

Oct 10th - 3hours (Pencil draft)
Oct 15th - 3 hours (pencil draft)
Oct 20th - 3 hours (pencil on wall)
Oct 24th - 1hour (blocking in)
Election weekend- 5hours (Small mushrooms)
Nov 15th - 2hours (sketch of beast) 3pm-5pm
Nov 22nd - 7hours 15 min (drawing) 4:45pm-12am
Nov 23rd - 8hours (Drawing + blocking) 6pm-730pm 830pm-3am
Dec 1st - 5hours 30min (pencil hand, leg) 630pm-930pm 10pm-1230am
Dec 5th - 9hours 45min (blocking in) 630pm-1130pm 12am-446am
Dec 6th - 4hours 30min (Finishing up) 430pm-9pm