SKETCHING & SELF REFLECTING

Was sketchin away a couple nights ago and ended up with fun piece, I'm messing with color in photoshop now any coloring tips? see the original on my blog! http://dailyanomoly.blogspot.com/

Cats and Dogs

So this is my very FIRST post on Oondu! Yay my names Darian Artis Shepherd and I'm a senior illustration major. I'm thinking about submitting this piece for SOI, I still wanna work on some lighting and reflective issues but any crits would be appreciated:)

Mickey Boxer

1st design for silk screen project, bout to do a reprint when i make stuff for the art sale.

you might notice this weird mickey mouse ear theme i've had in my last few pieces...idk i tend to get stuck on certain imagery for whatever reason...there's no real reason behind it.

Also sorry that i failed to put these three posts in one post...i would go back and do it but i'm lazy.

Crash and Burn

ok i seriously don't know how to make this work as a design you might see on a shirt or something...i drew a blank in the class and i think i'm going to crash and burn on this assignment...

i'll probably have to redraw the whole thing so any suggestions are viable at this point...

Updates

this is just a little update; it's a piece i did for entrepreneurial illustration, it's been "done" for a few weeks now but i finally posted it for some suggestions, even though it's not where i want it to be. Still need to tweak the colors a bit and maybe add my usual value.

i think I'm going to try and silkscreen this.

Panthaman!!!

PANTHAMAN IS FINISHED!!! At least for now...jesus I'm tired and my eyes are bleeding...which is why i won't be able to see any mistakes until later. Suggestions appreciated :P

WIP: Demon Heart

Two of the three characters I'm creating for a professional practice piece; the third is a panther-headed man hahaha. I know they need some more touch ups but I'm not sure what to do exactly besides pull out m ore highlights. Any suggestions?

WIP: Illogical Space Wear Continued Progress

All I have to say is I'm glad I picked this back up today...I liked the sketch a lot but felt I didn't go in the right direction. There's a change in facial expression, hair, color and pose and I'm enjoying it much more now. Also a detail crop that I might use for my branding assignments. Oh and there will be background elements but i'm focusing on the figure right now. Any comments/suggestions?

AOI Call for Entries. Last Stop.

This poster is wrong... again. Will be updating properly again tommorrow. This is getting old haha.

Alright. you guys better be ready. I'm expecting some seriously good stuff from the regulars around here. Submittal is easy and you can double submit your SOI pieces, barring you still put up some dough for both:

General Details:

+5 dollars in total for up to three pieces. This is a flat fee. Even if you just submit 1 or 2.

+1 dollar additional for every entry after that. 

+drop off your beloved art to the illustration office.

Size requirements:

-resolution of 72 dpi 

-500 pixels on the longest side

-RGB is highly recommended. (CYMK will mess with your colors)

If you place or win you get fame and fortune. Anything you want. Forever. This includes the weird stuff you don't tell anyone about. Alex Lyon will be more than happy to help. Oh and a few prizes. But just how awesome those prizes are depends on you good people. You gotta gamble to win. 

Not only has Alex been volunteering for weird stuff he has found four great judges to accompany the one and only C.F. Payne, who recently got the Obama TIME cover, and is currently found leading our school to victory. All things pending as I hastily make this post. But get excited.

The Judges

- C.F.Payne

- Jared Lee

- Tammie Lyon (no relation to mister Alex Lyon)

- Eric Fortune

- and Steve Meek

It's all coming together. Now pull yourself up from your computer chair. Be proud. Be awesome. Be an illustrator! Then sit back down, and prep some artwork, or even make some new stuff, you procrastinator, and put it on a CD or memory stick and stop by the office. Feel free to submit your SOI and AOI pieces at that time. 

Lastly, Alex feel free to add considering your red leader on this trip to the death star.

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