Scatter Piece

I scattered a bunch of wrapped candies and painted with various dilutions of india ink to create the greyscale tones. I probably could have done a cleaner job with a pen since I'm still so shaky with a paintbrush, but that wasn't the assignment.

Scatter - India ink on paper

Jenny Saville

For our final Figure Drawing assignment, we copied a work we admire. I selected Prop (1992) by Jenny Saville whose work I absolutely LOVE. This drawing was done in about 45 minutes because I procrastinated so it's rather off. I might go back and fix it when the weather gets nicer.

My version - Vine Charcoal on paper


Prop - Jenny Saville

More Self Portraits

The first is another self portrait project we did in General Drawing in which we drew ourselves in an experimental context to reveal our identity. I chose to draw myself as my favorite graphic novel character Death, from the works of Neil Gaiman. The second is a portrait I drew for Figure Drawing using only tones. So that brings the count to 5 self portraits for 2008.

Ink on paper


Vine Charcoal on paper

Magazine Concept and Design

For our last project in Computer Graphics, we had to come up with a concept for a magazine and create a cover, table of contents, and sample page for it. I created a magazine for type geeks (what I'm becoming) recycling my typography animals. This was a really fun assignment for me since I'm interested in publication design. Again, I used my favorite typefaces Franklin Gothic and the lovely Mrs. Eaves.

Bronx Zoo Brochure

I enjoyed the gridding assignment from ComD so much, I used it again to create my Bronx Zoo brochure for Typography. I created grids from tracing shapes within the animals and then I drew in the lettering. The informational section was hastily thrown together since I ran out of time, but I'm okay with how it looks since I got to use Franklin Gothic again.

Blaxploitation Film Festival Poster Series

So my obsession with blaxploitation films spurred by the LCD album cover assignment spilled over to my Computer Graphics class. The assignment was to create a poster series using imagery to link them. I chose to do mine on a blaxploitation film festival. I drew silhouettes of Shaft, Eddie from Superfly, and Coffy and placed a quote from their respective movies underneath.

Album Cover Assignment

In Light/Color/Design class, we each selected a piece of instrumental music and made a painting based on it. Afterwards, we cropped the painting to create the cover and 6 page inserts for the album art. My song was "Wildcat" by Ratatat. To me, it brings to mind the blaxploitation films of the early 70s so I tried to capture the feel of the movie posters of that genre.

Wildcat


Painting - Ink and Tempera paint on colored paper


Album Cover


Album Art

Alice In Wonderland Play Poster

We did this really interesting assignment in Communication Design in which we made grids based on collages. I traced my favorite shapes from a combination of three different collages. From there, I decided my grid might make a cool poster for an Alice In Wonderland play. This semester, I've really been inspired by the Polish Poster movement so I tried my hand again at hand drawn typography. It turned out really well and I discovered that I really like to draw type. I've also fallen in love with Franklin Gothic, which is the typeface I've used for the newspaper quote and theater information for this poster.

Collages


Grid


Final Poster

Museum Sketches

For the first half of the semester in Figure Drawing, we were assigned to visit a museum every other week and sketch any figurative work we chose. Below are 10(ish) minute sketches I did at The Met, my favorite museum.













For our mid-term assignment, we chose one artist that we admired while doing our sketches and researched their work. From there, we made 5 quick sketches and 1 finished drawing of their work. I chose Edgar Degas.











Here is my finished drawing along with a photo of the original:

Pencil on Mi Tientes paper (18"x24")


The Dancers by Edgar Degas
Pastel on Charcoal Paper (28"x23.25")

Self Portrait - Initial Sketch

We've been assigned to do self portraits in 2 classes, so over the next few weeks, I'll be posting several. I did this one in less than an hour in between classes today which is a record for me. It turns out that my figure drawing teacher wants a more tonal drawing, so I may fix this one up and turn it in for the first part of my general drawing assignment. There are a lot of things off in this drawing which I plan to fix in the studio tomorrow. The nose is too long and the lips are still a bit funky. Also, I need to widen the face shape a bit.

Charcoal on Mi Tientes paper
18"x24"

AIGA Event Postcard

Front


Back

Pop Art Painting

LCD Assignment. Tempera paint on bristol.

Alphabet Poster

This was our most recent Typography assignment. I rendered my alphabet poster in the style of Andy Warhol. Typefaces are Helvetica Bold for capital letters and Garamond Bold Oblique for lower case letters.

Figure Drawing

We went to the Met for Figure Drawing today. I'm getting better at proportions and speed, but I still tend to draw wide and that's very frustrating. I drew an Aphrodite sculpture from 2 angles and a seated muse. The drapery on the seated muse looks really crappy and I should have given myself more time on it. Oh well, these are just exercises so I'm just going to let it go.

Homage to Roy Lichtenstein

For our most recent general drawing assignment, we reinterpreted a drawing from an artist of our choice. I selected "Study For Tension" by Roy Lichtenstein, 1964, and rendered mine in the same medium, colored pencil on paper.

Mine


Lichtenstein's

Cubism Inspired Painting

This was an study of complimentary tertiary colors. I chose red-violet and yellow-green.

Tempera paint on bristol board.

Restaurant Concept and Design

We just finished a really interesting assignment in communication design where we each came up with a unique concept for a restaurant and created a logo and menu design for it. My logo is hand drawn and all informational elements are set in Mrs. Eaves which is a really lovely serif typeface inspired by Bodoni.


Description: Mince is a family restaurant specializing in savory and sweet pies. Besides great food, Mince will offer a comfortable, relaxed atmosphere reminiscent of European hearth fire kitchens. Savory pies will come in two sizes, single and large for sharing. Assorted dessert pies will vary by the week and will be served by the slice. Mince will be located in the West Village neighborhood of New York City and will seat approximately 40 guests.


I superimposed my logo onto the awning of Foccacia Restaurant on 4th Street and Bank Street. I like this space because of the round pans hanging on the wall and also the fire oven that can be seen from the dining area.


This is the logo on the business card. The back will be a solid chocolate brown, the same color as the logo and text on the front.


The menus will be round and will display savory pies on the front and sweet pies on the back. Names of the different pies are set in small caps, descriptions in italics, and pricing in roman.