Book Illustration pencil comps

These are the pencil comps for the book illustration. I chose to do the book 1984 and put the main character in the center surrounded by Telescreens with Big Brother's face on them. The consensus class opinion was #1 or #2 is the best because it has a good composition and lonely feeling. I'm thinking I will go with #2 because him eating dinner surrounded by these Telescreens gives a good impression of the Party being able to see him during his everyday private life. I plan to make him look like he's described in the book-- "small and frail with fair hair and reddish skin" and wearing blue overalls.

Sound Marker Comp #2

Here's the second version of the marker comp for my sound illustration. I added the cracks in the ice with blue and also worked on the colors of the pants, shoelaces, and skates. I also got rid of the misplaced highlight in the jeans.

Sound Marker Comp

This is the marker comp for my sound illustration. From comments, I'm going to redo it and make some cracks in the ice on the picture too. I'm also going to make some colors a little more vibrant.

Sound Pencil Comp

I created this pencil comp based on the suggestions from the last sketches. I'm going to make the cracks in black and have the pieces on different planes.

Sound Sketches

These are my initial sketches for the sound illustration. I want to illustrate the cracking of ice. The favorite was the one that had the entire picture cracked and the crack under the blade of the skate.

Cheesy Final

Here's the final airbrush of my Cheesy Airbrush assignment. It's definitely cheesy with its flat colors, centered composition, and heart-themed subject matter. The mask for the heart around the outside was cut a bit rough, but I think the rest of the shapes look okay. Looking back, it might have been better if I had used more than a couple colors for each shape, but I think this way it's more cheesy.

Missouri Postcard Final

Here's the final version of my Missouri Postcard illustration. I used black line for the basic shapes and to give the illustration structure, then went in with watercolor to add color and value. I think it turned out pretty well and the water in the background looks realistic.

Missouri Postcard Marker Comp

This is the marker comp of my Missouri Postcard illustration. I am planning on doing some line work in black ink and then painting the rest of it with watercolor. I think watercolor is a good choice to get the watery feel of the lake and also the serenity of the scene.

Missouri Postcard Pencil Comps

Here are some preliminary pencil sketches for the Missouri Postcard illustration. I want to do a duck theme because I always remember watching/feeding the ducks when I was little and grew up in Missouri. Instead of just ducks, the one with the child feeding the ducks was picked by Art Director Rusty.

Airbrush Fruit #2

Here's a nice airbrush apple. We were to pick a different fruit than last time and practice airbrush techniques again. I think this apple turned out better than my last orange. I'm getting the hang of how to mask shapes and I've learned that you have to wait for the paint to dry a bit before moving on to the next coat of paint. That way, the paper or mask won't stick and rip off the board.

Cheesy Marker Comp parts

This is a comp of the order in which I am going to create my cheesy illustration.  I will start with the red heart background and make sure to mask out everything else.  Then I will move onto the pink which is part of the background a bit in the foreground on Hello Kitty's dress.  That way, the entire background would be complete after this.  Next, I will work on the main foreground of her body and get that shading in.  Finally, I will mask out everything except the details of her wings and then her eyes and whiskers.  The black eyes and whiskers can be last because those will go on top of any other color.  

Cheesy Color Comp

This illustration is going to be something really cheesy using airbrush.  I am going to do an angel Hello Kitty in a heart with hearts everywhere!  This is the only project where I can get away with making something so incredibly cute.  I think other art majors will be jealous.  

Airbrush Fruit

We had to pick a piece of fruit from Rusty's list and recreate it with the airbrush.  I chose to do an orange and tried to get the texture correct.  I used a combination of red, orange, and yellow for the body of the orange and gave it a blue shadow for contrast.  I also had to mask the little green part so no color would get on that when I didn't want it to.

Airbrush Shapes Practice

With frisket, we were to make 5 cubes, 5 spheres, and 5 cones using the airbrush.  Here are a few of my better ones.  I had some trouble with the airbrush itself not working correctly, but when I got that taken care of a whole new set of problems arose.  Sometimes I would leave the frisket on too long and the paint/board would rip off a little.  There was also the issue of getting things put down in the right order so it would look correct.

World Record Marker Comp

For the marker comp of the World Record, I wanted the colors to look very whimsical and fun.  I made the background dark so the setting is at night and you can see the moon and stars.  People could tell it was the moon!

World Record Pencil Comp

The pencil comp of the World Record.  Some people couldn't tell the rabbit's ears were wrapped around the moon, but I think it will be much more clear when I add color.

World Record Illustration

Here are some initial sketches for the World Record Illustration.  I would like to do the longest ears on a rabbit.  The record is something like 30 inches but I want to make them wrap around the moon!

3 Image Gouache Redo

This is the redo for the 3 Image Gouache montage.  I tried to keep more white highlights in the figures and shapes to make it look more three-dimensional.  I think it turned out better than the last one because of that.  I also tried to add more colors in general to the piece, such as orange in Spiderman and blue in the butterfly.

Conversation Final

Here's the final version of my conversation piece.  I think Photoshop was a good choice of medium and it looks pretty vibrant and comic booky.  I drew all the lines and colored only with Photoshop.  For the parts in the background, I deleted the black lines and left the shapes so they look more silhouetted.  Go Batcat and Robin!

Conversation Marker Comp

This is the marker comp of the conversation piece.  I am going to emulate comic book style artwork with line work and just hints of bright color.  I am planning on creating the final piece with line and then color it with Photoshop.