I call it "Facing the Day" because the person at the top could be seen as freed and glorious/chosen or as trapped and despondent. At least, that's what it means to me!
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Facing the Day
This piece was fun to do because I worked really quickly and worked the brush closely to how I would've on a traditional acrylic painting. Of course, then I put overlays on it for more texture!
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Same Pose, Different "Heroes"
My sister teaches high school and decided that she wanted a new way to group her students for certain activities. I created 10 different "heroes" using the same pose. I kept the images in grayscale so that they would photocopy well. I had so much fun doing this that I ended up creating a second pose with the same hero types but different looks and clothing. Fun!
Pirate
Native American Warrior
Gladiator
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Energy is Elementary!
I was recently asked to do something I'd never done before: Give a presentation about different types of energy and how they are used in the illustration process, with a particular focus on communication and illustration for publication. Phew! What a mouthful!
Of course, my first question was how long the presentation needed to be. About fifteen to twenty minutes was the answer. I'm used to speaking anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour when I am demonstrating how I do my art on the computer. So, naturally, I made a mind map on poster board (which looked quite confusing but really worked!) and tried to figure out how I could do the topic justice and still leave time to demonstrate art on my new love--the iPad.
I had a lot of fun giving the presentation! I managed to pull it off since the students at Chandler Oaks Elementary had such exemplary audience manners. I was pleased that they were so interested in my digital art and how I used my iPad with just my finger. One of the classes wrote thank you letters (a real treat!) and asked several questions. The images here comprise the newsletter I sent back to answer their questions. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the energy used was well worth it. : )
Of course, my first question was how long the presentation needed to be. About fifteen to twenty minutes was the answer. I'm used to speaking anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour when I am demonstrating how I do my art on the computer. So, naturally, I made a mind map on poster board (which looked quite confusing but really worked!) and tried to figure out how I could do the topic justice and still leave time to demonstrate art on my new love--the iPad.
I had a lot of fun giving the presentation! I managed to pull it off since the students at Chandler Oaks Elementary had such exemplary audience manners. I was pleased that they were so interested in my digital art and how I used my iPad with just my finger. One of the classes wrote thank you letters (a real treat!) and asked several questions. The images here comprise the newsletter I sent back to answer their questions. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the energy used was well worth it. : )
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