Final Project

For this piece i wanted to incorportae both soul and physical body. The Physical piece being the white mask which is static. The Soul portion i did the Dragon which is more dynamic and flowing. I also wanted to incorporate this into the background as well. The green circular dragon being more flowing and flexible, with the red arrow or slash being precise for its location.

I wanted one side to be for precise and static than the other side. I used Shading and more complex style techniques for the left side of the face such as shading and used multiple brush styles to create precise points and lines. For the dragon side i used Oil pastel at first to give it a dynamic look to where you can see the variation of color for the skin to make it look more moving and flowing. I used many lines to create movement for the dragon to look constantly moving. I used Contrast on the eye socket along with the mouth and horn of the white mask to give a bit of shading and definition.

I wanted to give a story of that When we wear a mask we hide what we can actually be which is free flowing and dynamic. The Dragon could also symbolize inner strength which can be stored away behind a mask. I wanted to create a piece that could be defined in many ways. From the background of Sharp red and a free flowing dragon to the foreground image of the dragon mask. This also can be given as you yourself can be the light to the darkness of the world as seen in the background to where the middle center is more light than the outer area.

If I could fix anything, I would definitely fix the taping i did to protect the middle from paint since it came out blocky from the tape. I would have also maybe given the dragon a more less firey mane.

Typography Project

This project was based of a line from an antagonist named Handsome Jack from a game called Borderlands to emphasize how he saw himself and others. I made the typography correlate to various words in the quote.

I wanted to make his final word to be the boldest and biggest due to it correlates to himself. Jack found himself to be a Hero regardless of his actions along with being a king so i made the word Hero biggest and grandest. He found those beneath him to be Bandits and bad so I used a gradient to black coloring of bold letters for these words. I transferred from red to gold due to their personality changes along the game from being true bandits to becoming good guys. I made the "I" blue and glitchy due to his abilities with computers and technology.

I wanted to give a story to the words and the typography i gave to them. I wanted the words Bandits and Bad guys to be linked, So I gave them a black gradient linking to the other to transition from bandits to "Bad guys" as is which Jack calls the true heroes. I made the Word "Hero" to emphasized what the Antagonist saw himself as. So overall I'm creating this piece as if it were from Jacks perspective seeing himself as a Godly hero, because of what he wants his overall goal is, regardless of how many lives he takes.

  If I could change anything, I would change the colors a little by making them more colorful and vibrant for the letter "I" and adding more variations of blue and maybe some slight purple along with a more static look. I'd also want to emphasize hero as well and give it a more heroic look by making it bolder and have some vibrancy and make it stand out more.

Open Choice Project

This was to symbolize a character from a game by showing the sacrifices he made to get to where he was now. I wanted to show what he lost to help himself get to where he needed to be. I also wanted to give the expression of determinism. I also wanted to incorporate a space theme so i wanted to make it look as if he was space himself or the king of space.

I used a lot of colored pencil gradiency for the one colored eye and i used some as well for the skin to highlight and darken certain areas. I also used Watercolor and blending to make it have that space like effect. I used Oil pastel to blend for the orange skin burn with red to darken the outer area. I used a bit of negative space for the background as well to give it a lighter and more astral effect rather than just applying stars almost everywhere. I used blending with white ink and white colored pencil to make sure the blind eye wasn't extremely bright.

   There was no real story to this piece rather than to create one of my favorite characters and show what he hides under his mask which displays his scar that gave him the determinism to "help" the world. I wanted to attempt at watercolor when i started this and i trailed off into creating a face in space like some old 80's spray painting on the side of a hippie van. I mostly wanted to display the "king" of space as this powerful entity who cannot be defeated.

   I Don't think I would change anything about this piece since i feel it is one of my better pieces ive created. If anything i'd highlight the skin a bit more along with making the Eyebrows vary with more tones of color for the effect of hair.