The process of oil painting

My Senior Studio 2 class this semester is all about figure painting. The first painting we did was a head study, the second was a full figure study. This is the third painting, another full figure study. I have spent 3 class periods so far on this painting... which is about equal to 8 hours of painting time. This painting is by far my favorite piece from this class so far and we still have 3 more 3 hr. class periods to spend on it, which I truly can say that I'm excited for. The last painting I did, was a small little guy about 16"x20". This new painting is 24"x36"! I've decided I love painting big and if you ever get the chance to try it, DO IT! Check back in a couple of weeks for a photo of the finished painting. :) 

p.s. sorry it's not the best photo... but I it get's the basic idea across... and it's still a pretty loose painting anyways. 

Monster Show at Muse Cafe

So this past month almost everyone in the BYUIA (BYU Illustration Association) has been working on monster projects for a show we put up at the Muse music cafe. I joined in with the creativity and thought about the many moster themed pieces that I could create. I decided to go with the idea of illustrating a venus fly trap...  I started with the first sketch and worked my way to a finished sketch and final piece. Everyone that created a monster submitted their work framed to Hana, and all of the pieces are now up and being shown at Muse.

I've also been looking around for inspiration from fellow artists. A few that I really admire are: Mary Blair (google search her, she did a lot of early concept work for Disney.), Mike Hutton (link to his website here) and Steve Simpson (link to his website here). Super amazing artists and just a few of the many I admire. Now you can look at my monster piece, and if you like it lots and lots, it is for sale at the Muse Cafe on University Ave. in Provo. ;) Go check out the sweet monster art at Muse and become a little more cultured. (In a Provo sense of being cultured haha)

SKETCHES!

These were my first sketches for this project.

This was my first go at the venus fly trap

First unplanned attempt at the final. Decided I didn't really like how it turned out...

This was my last final sketch. :)

Final Painting.

I love art. 

Vintage Alps Travel Poster

This is my first project I've completed this semester :) Take a look. It was a commission from a guy that is going to put it on t-shirts and sell it in Switzerland. Pretty sweet huh?

Same poster with a few minor changes :)

Provo's Beach has a new graphic designer.

So I mentioned back in October that I got a job at Provo Beach Resort as their new graphic designer. I haven't posted much of my work from that job yet, so I thought I would add a preview of what I've been working on for the last 2 1/2 months here.  (keep in mind this was along with school and my other freelance Christmas job!) I've been super busy! Here is what I've been working on. :)

Magic Elf Pudding

This is the second Christmas freelance project I created. Design Dazzle presented me with the ideas and direction and I provided the creativity and skill. :) They were a little bit less tricky to do than the Santa Claus Christmas label. They were changed a few times and this is what was liked the best. Check them out on the website with ideas of what to do with them. You can find it at: Elf Label - Design Dazzle

Christmas Tag! Free printable on design website. :)

So the time has come that I feel like I can finally post about the freelance project I've been working on. I posted a few weeks back a preview of what I've been doing but now the final project been posted on the website! Check out Design Dazzle, featuring the Christmas label from Santa ! It's awesome. It took me a lot more time than I thought it would to sketch, paint, and edit it in Photoshop. Pleasing the client was extremely important with this one and it took work, but I did it!

Check it out on the website, please download it, use it! and tell everyone I created it! (unfortunately I didn't put my name on it anywhere... and she didn't credit me on the website, so I'm doing a little self promoting here on my blog!)

For those of you that don't want to view it on the website, I will post it here on my blog so that you can see what the final product looks like. :)

http://www.designdazzle.com/2012/11/north-pole-special-delivery-printable-from-santa/

 Find the Christmas Label here!

Feeling like a mummy?

We only have a week and a half left of classes at BYU... I'm starting to feel like a mummy.  Getting ready to wrap up all of my final projects. ;) If I can make it to the end and not become a mummy myself I think it'll be a miracle. Meanwhile, Here is a Halloween project I completed back at the end of October but just added some finishing touches to today. I'm debating whether or not to add a spider to the right of his head in the empty space. He's kinda freaky looking, but he has a lot of great texture too him. 

The moral of this post is: Don't get wrapped in finals or Christmas shopping or whatever else is taking in all of your time. Be productive but also sit back and enjoy a little bit of life each day, even if it is only for 10 minutes. :)