10.2 Sailboat Rogata

Sailboat Rogata

This project began with, what is a sailboat rogata. I wasn't sure so I looked it up. A sailboat rogata is a sailboat race. I had to make an illustration of the rogata and create a poster of it, using only the imagery as the only form of communication, graphic symbolism. So I used an image of a sailboat as reference then illustrated it using illustrator. Then I brought it into photoshop to add color. I decided to use different colors for the boats to represent that they were opposing teams. I added a orange sky background to set a mood of a day coming to end, then added the lake as a final touch to add to the realism of the poster. Over all a simple but rewarding illustration.

Week 10.1 Rock of the Decades Volume 1

Rock of the Decades Volume 1

This was a really fun project. I had to design book covers for a three book series all of the same subject. I chose the subject, Rock. So I thought to myself, "What do I need to do to create a three book series? So I came up with three topics. The last being Classic Rock. Then I put a time period to it, a type of rock genre, and an icon of that genre. In this piece I used Slash of Guns and Roses as the icon for classic rock, and 1980s for the decade of that particular genre. I used a slight mix between warm and cool colors, mostly purple to give a feel of royalty to the rockers of the 1980s. With this piece I completed my rock of the decades series and decided to call it a day.

Week 9.2 Rock of the Decades Volume 3

Rock of the Decades Volume 3

This was a really fun project. I had to design book covers for a three book series all of the same subject. I chose the subject, Rock. So I thought to myself, "What do I need to do to create a three book series? So I came up with three topics. This one being Metal. Then I put a time period to it, a type of rock genre, and an icon of that genre. In this piece I used a rockstar for the foreground and a concert for the background over laying the whole image. The 2000s were the decade of that particular genre. I used warm colors to give a high energy and exciting feel to the book cover.

Week 9.1 Rock of the Decades Volume 2

Rock of the Decades Volume 2

This was a really fun project. I had to design book covers for a three book series all of the same subject. I chose the subject, Rock. So I thought to myself, "What do I need to do to create a three book series?" So I came up with three topics. The first being Grunge. Then I put a time period to it, a type of rock genre, and an icon of that genre. In this piece I used Kurt Cubain as the icon for grunge, and 1990 for the decade of that particular genre. I used neutral colors in order to go with the grunge theme and over all set a 1990s feel to the whole image. Leaving this as one of my favorite pieces.

Week 8.2 Self Portrait

Self Portrait

This was in illustration I made of myself. This was one of the most time consuming projects I have ever made. I took a photograph of myself then spent an hour drawing it in pencil. After that I used my charcoal and nearly turned the table I was working on completely black from the chalky remains of my iniquitous drawing style. I spent a good eight hours straight consistently changing the shading and highlights to create a good image. Prior to this piece I have never made a self portrait before. In addition to this piece I also added a cooler facial hair look to myself, in my opinion. It almost makes me look like a rockstar. Overall I feel good about this piece.

Week 8.1 The Mask

The Mask

This piece of work was made as a fan reproduction of a mask worn by the band Slipknot. There was not to much difficulties I had with this work. I used an image I found of the mask, drew it, then vectorized it using illustrator. After creating a vector image, I then brought it into photoshop to color and give dimension to the mask. I used lighting effects and a filter to create the glare. Then voila! After three hours of hard work the piece was finished!

Week 7.2 The Marathon

The Marathon

In the brainstorming stage of this project I was debating how I was going to illustrate a marathon as a poster advertisement. I thought to myself, "What is a marathon?" In this context I felt that a marathon is a race. So one thought lead to another. Race, people, running, feet; then it hit me. I decided to illustrate someone running across a bridge, using the ground for the viewing angle and only showing the person's leg. This lead to a simple but effective illustration of a marathon.