Rib Cage

Caravaggio's San Giovanni Battista, Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds, and Michelangelo's The Creation of Ada

Figurative

These are my three 30 min drawings, the bottom is first one, top left is second, and top right is third. I actually prefer my first drawing over the other two. I think that I enjoy this one better because I had no rules to follow while drawing, I just drew the best I knew how. There are a lot of outlines in this picture, but I still prefer it over the other two. For me, having the no outline rule is extremely difficult. I guess it's hard for me to understand how to draw a figure without using outlines, and my attempts at this, in my opinion, were not well done at all. So incorporating the rules while drawing have made drawing a little frustrating for me, but hopefully it will get easier and make my drawings better in the long run.

One of the main things I learned in class that I could apply without getting frustrated was the making closer lines darker, and further lines lighter rule. As you can see in the top left drawing, the model's lower half is closer the viewer, and was made darker than the top portion of the body. Making the spinal lines also improve the drawings, as you can see in the same picture. It really gives dimension to the figure and helps with proportions.

These two images I created in photoshop for a project in computer imagery. It was a pretty much open-ended project where we picked a theme and created images. I have a real passion for music, so the theme i chose was taking musical objects, and morphing them into the human body part used to play/use them. In the first image is a stereo speaker morphing into a human ear, and the second image is a tuba changing into a mouth. This was my first real attempt at an artistic approach to photoshop, and I had tons of fun with this project. I always enjoy when I can combine my other interests besides art into my artwork. It always makes it more personal to me, and pushes me even harder to create something I can be proud of.

This image is from a project I did in 2-D design as a freshman. The project was to create a self portrait by using only words through the entire piece. The words I chose were: "Blink and you miss a beat, keep one of your eyes open at all times." These words are from an Incubus song, and I chose them for many reasons. I knew I wanted to choose Incubus lyrics because they are my favorite band, and have amazing lyrics in all of their songs. I chose this specific passage because the message is really interesting, and it also fit great with my overall image. The lyrics have to do with keeping one of your eyes open at all times, and this image puts a lot of the viewers focus on the eyes, almost blowing them out of proportion. This project has been one of my favorites since I've been at Stout. I love the combination of drawing, but in a crazy new way, along with being able to combine my favorite music into the mix really made this project special to me.

For drawing 2, I had to create a sketchbook with multiple different requirements. One of the requirements was to find drawings online or in books, magazines, etc. and try to duplicate them. This drawing that I did was done in that fashion. When i first stared drawing this image, the original picture I was looking from didn't have very much emotion within the picture, but as I started drawing my own version, I started to notice a strong emotion showing through my copy. I feel that my drawing gives off a very creepy and haunting feeling, almost like an image from the movie The Ring. I really loved drawing this image and transforming a picture I found into something with my own touch stamped onto it.