Pontormo

I copied this from one of Pontormo's drawings. It was last year's figure class with Custode. Pontormo is one of my favorite draftsman aside from Michelangelo. I gotta get back on my Italian.

Lebron

After I finished my poor excuse for an illustration automobile assignment, I was disappointed with myself, so I hit the library and busted out this sketch. I must redeem myself for the next assignment. OOoooooh I can't wait.

Self Portraits

Did these really quick for my figure painting homework. OMG I hate homework. But I gotta do it. This spread took me like half an hour. Don't have much to say about these except my cheeks were really hurting for keeping that second pose.

The Master

If you wanna be like the best, you gotta study the best. Did these like two semesters ago. The scanner in these labs give these damn streaks. Anyway, It's Michelangelo. I copied two of his drawings. I had Fiore Custode and this was like a homework assignment. I like the way they came out. And I was practicing my Italian back then. Damn, I gotta get back on that fo' real. Peace.

Quick Sketches

Moleskines are tha shiznets!!!!

Snoopy

I got off to a good start this semester but not good enough. The drawing is tight and the values are somewhat there. But the piece could have used some good color studies. That is something that I will be focused on for the next 'automobile' assignment. By the way, for those who don't know, this is the Snoop Dogg piece.

The assignment was to create a portrait of a celeb without putting them in the picture. The assignment was a conceptual challenge. It helped me to be more creative and conceptual as an artist.

Special thanks to my ex for helping me out with the photo reference. muahzz

NOTORIOUS

I'm really excited about the Biggie movie coming out. He's the man that got me into Hip-Hop. Or rather, the controversy over his death is what got me into Hi-Hop. Kinda weird how that played out.

Well I'll be in Miami when it comes out which is great cuz then I can enjoy it with mah boyz. I've been away from home for like 3 days and I miss it already. Can't wait to go back this friday and go back home for the long weekend, hug the new kitten that we got, and watch Notorious the way it was meant to...with maniggaz!!!

Ladder of Success

This is my promo piece that I did for Computer Illustration. Basically the concept behind this is to show myself climbing the so called ladder of success as I hand copies of my Portfolio to potential clients. It was done in Corel Painter. I was trying to get it as traditional looking as possible. I used the wet oily impasto look to get that thick paint effect.

There wasn't any bad feedback. The instructor was impressed. I'm somewhat happy with it. I always tend to envision how a piece is going to look. And I work hard to meet that vision but it falls short. Anywho, it came out good. Best illustration this semester oddly enough since it wasn't illustration class.

Cameos by Jessalyn Graham and Stephen Philips.

T.I.P. My first assignment with Painter. Not bad for my first time. I took a picture of myself with the pose. And then just used a picture of T.I. for reference. Ain't got that much to say. It was just an exercise. Peace.

1800

I got an assignment to make an ad for any product. I chose 1800 Tequila since they are having that contest anyway. I was having trouble with the preliminary process. I kept changing my idea and my teacher was going crazy.

In the critique he just hated it. He said it wasn't rendered well which I wasn't buying. I thought I did pretty good in rendering. My first one in Corel Painter. I love the program. Can't wait to experiment with it further. And it's economical. Fuck Art and Frames and the campus Bookstore. Well, I ain't mad at Art and Frames so much. There on that hustle just like me.

So yeah, it's a cocktail waitress. Don't know what else to say about it.