Sunday, May 23, 2010

Green Argyles

New Photoshop Tablet drawing.

I think it would make a nice cover for a book.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Illustrator Drawing

Lately I've been familiarizing myself with Adobe Illustrator, even going online to watch tutorials; and I must say, it requires a load of work. With the time I spent doing this one seemingly simple illustration, I could have completed an entire digital painting on Photoshop.
Although I don't get quick results on Illustrator, I do love the crispness of the lines and the even symmetry (something not as easily attainable on Photoshop, that's one of the beauties of a vector-based program).
Anyway, here's a screenshot of my drawing that was, for the most part, made of simple shapes.

I chose this particular character because he is basically made of simple shapes and I thought he'd be easier to create on Illustrator without a template to trace over.

Friday, May 14, 2010

The Four Winds

So recently I had to do a series for my final project in my watercolor class. I decided to do the four winds according to Greek mythology. For each one, the filigree border forms into a compass arrow pointing in the direction each wind blows. The borders are inspired by Alphonse Mucha.


The first one, Zephyrus. The West wind associated with spring.


The second one I did, Boreas. The North wind. Winter.


The third, Notus. South. Summer and Fall.


The last, Eurus. East. No particular season.
As he is the odd-wind-out I made him the last piece in the series and made it so that he is the only wind looking out at the viewer.