The Artful Scientist

(Graphic)

2014-04-21T10:00:00.000-07:00

No idea when I did this, just found it. I'll go with it.

brewsiprocity--the place that never was

2014-04-20T10:00:00.000-07:00

I recently finished the final course in a graphic design class series, in which we had to design an entire campaign for a fictional restaurant. It was challenging, but I came out with some decent design work. The above image is the finalized logo for the restaurant.

Concepts:

Suggested design by my instructor.

My original idea, after sketches

Liked this one, but too many colors for spot color printing.

Same problem as the one above, with the added problem of "What was I thinking with the 'w'?"

Robot Rebellion

2013-04-16T23:15:00.001-07:00

I recently finished up a digital illustration class that was really useful and also fun. I made quite a few pieces in that class which I think are worth posting here. Right now, I'm only going to post the final project for the class, as it is certainly my favorite project and probably the best work I did for the class.

The image was created using primarily Adobe Illustrator, but with some work in Photoshop (the assignment was basically about demonstrating what you'd learned in the class).

GID 43--Week 1

2013-01-11T00:31:00.005-08:00

For the first assignment of this quarter, we've been asked to do some quick studies of a cup or other simple object. I decided to do a cup, because I was drinking tea at the time.

Drawn on my Kindle with the Doodler App.

Photoshop with simple brushes, eraser and smudger (one layer).

I'm not dead yet.

2012-08-17T19:00:00.000-07:00

Just, you know, taking a break from school. Which probably wasn't a good idea, but as I didn't really have many options to me at the time, or money, it was the only one that seemed to lead to the best outcome. I haven't done much in the way of art in the last year, because for a bit I thought maybe I wanted to be a math teacher (long story), but here's a picture I took of a bear wearing a monocle:

Shirt

2011-06-01T22:43:00.000-07:00

Yes, I drew a picture of a t-shirt I printed.

In my defense, it was an assignment. Also, the drawing turned out really well.

NuPastel on Strathmore velvet grey paper.

Camera

2011-06-01T22:38:00.000-07:00

This is the camera I use to take pictures of my drawings. Done for my Art 4C (drawing) class. It's NuPastel on Velvet Gray paper. I could probably still work on it, and I might. Sometime in the future. But it's good for now.

Hand

2011-05-30T19:11:00.000-07:00

A drawing assignment. Done with NuPastels on Strathmore Velvet Grey paper. It's also for sale in my Etsy store.

Speaking of things that are being sold (or not sold, as no one is currently buying them), I've got some new prints for sale in my store. The Egg in Palm print is probably my favorite. It's an digital print of a painting I did way back in my 2-D Design class:

I've got a few other prints on there, but the colors came out ridiculously rich for this print, and I'm a little proud of that, I'm not going to lie.

Coffee Filter 2.0 - WIP

2011-04-17T23:45:00.000-07:00

Instead of making me revise my previous drawing, my instructor asked me to make a new drawing of the coffee filter. So I did. Its still a WIP, but it's nearly there.

I like this one better, I think. The edges seem sharper. I need to tweak it just a bit, but it's still looks really good to me. Which is unusual. I only spent an hour on it. I kind of feel like I'm cheating.

Art 4C - Discarded Object

2011-04-15T01:10:00.000-07:00

The first lesson for Art 4C - Draw a discarded object. This is a coffee filter in charcoal on Strathmore Velvet Grey 500 series.

Revised final drawing - Art 4B

2011-03-21T16:35:00.000-07:00

Final drawing done in pastel for Art 4B. Added more lost edges, more color, did a better job of editing the levels and curves in Photoshop. Could use a better crop, but I'm too lazy to do that at the moment. Maybe I'll do it when I make prints, which I plan on doing.

Recent works

2011-03-01T02:48:00.000-08:00

Copy of a still life by Courbet. Original image can be found here.

I can draw green apples. I like the stroke work on this one.

I can also draw red apples.

Lemon & Orange

2011-02-09T03:01:00.000-08:00

An orange I drew. It's alright. The shadows were giving me trouble.

A lemon I drew with pastels. I'm getting better at this, I swear. I drew this before the orange/lemon still life. I should probably spend more time each week practicing.

I've also found that drawing from pictures is easier than drawing from life. Go figure. Again, I probably just need to practice.

Art 4B - Still Life

2011-02-09T02:59:00.000-08:00

Pastel still life of 2 lemons and an orange I made for my drawing class.

Art 4B lesson revision

2011-01-24T16:54:00.000-08:00

These look much better than the first attempt, I think.

I think I might crop the images a bit, but I'm satisfied with the shading and gradations that I got.

Mushrooms and pears

2011-01-15T22:56:00.000-08:00

These are recent drawings made for my drawing class. We're using pastels, and these were done on Strathmore 500 Velvet Gray paper.

Pears, still life

Mushrooms, still life

Portrait of the Wasp as a Young Man - WIP

2010-11-20T00:08:00.000-08:00

I'm really enjoying painting bugs, if you can't tell. This is my 5th project for my Art 86 class. I'm just having a bit of fun with this one. Of course, I usually try to have a bit of fun with the art I'm making. If it's not enjoyable, why would I do it?

This is still a work in progress, I've got a lot of rendering and fiddling left to do. Mere details, really.

Update: March 14, 2011
I finished it ages ago and forgot to post about it. Silly me.

Insects

2010-11-19T18:44:00.000-08:00

These are some large insects I drew for Art 86. I used the Airbrush variants in Corel Painter and reference photos gleaned from the internet.

Anatomy project, WIP

2010-11-05T23:15:00.000-07:00

I can't seem to stop posting about projects I'm working on. This is the last post today, I promise. This is my third project for Art 86, nearly done.

House v Death Cat, Round 2

2010-11-05T22:57:00.000-07:00

Version 2, colored using a brush I created.

House v Death Cat

2010-11-05T21:02:00.000-07:00

This is just something I did as a lark. I'm thinking of using it for an assignment, but the assignment involves creating your own brush in Corel Painter and I didn't do that for this piece. It's Smooth Ink Pen and Dull Conte, but I didn't change anything special about the brushes, except size a little.

I'll post the second version of this when I get it done. I'm thinking of doing a watercolorish brush, but I might go with something more opaque, something more saturated. The last couple of images I've created have been low saturation, which I guess I'm finding interesting right now.

Because I was Bored

2010-11-04T02:53:00.000-07:00

I thought I'd draw something that I didn't have much invested in and would relax me. I don't know how relaxed I feel right now, but this is the result of a fifteen minute drawing spree. I traced over a random image I pulled from Google images and added some color, all done in Corel Painter. I think I should do this more often.

Spaceman - actually finished

2010-10-26T00:23:00.000-07:00

No, really, this time I'm done.

Thom Yorke, Man of Awesome

2010-10-26T00:09:00.000-07:00

This is for an exercise using the Cloning brushes in Corel painter. It's Thom Yorker, man of awesome and lead singer of Radiohead. Much time was spent on this image. I loved every second of it.

This is also Thom Yorke. You may notice that it's the same portrait, but looks different. I rejected it for turning in, but still wanted to share it. He looks kind of insaner in this portrait, which amuses me greatly. It's also much starker than the other one, I think because of all the aggressive brush strokes.

Random comic

2010-10-24T16:41:00.000-07:00

I drew this because I was bored; it was inspired by Carl Sagan's quote: "In order to bake an apple pie from scratch, first you must create the Universe." (Paraphrased, as I'm too lazy to look the exact quote up - if anyone is interested, it's from the series Cosmos.)