Welcome to my sketchblog! I post a lot of things from class and whatever I find in my sketchbooks that I like. Updates are sporadic or semi-regular but I basically upload anytime I have something good to share! Please feel free to comment with criticism/praise/whatever!

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I'm currently a student in the Communication Arts department at VCU. My present interests are comics, marine biology, and learning how to paint.

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Friday, December 21, 2007

Sunset oil paintings

sunset 1
sunset 2
sunset 3
sunset 4
sunset 5
sunset 6

Sunday, December 16, 2007

A very special dump: Cave of Spleen debut!

To see the full sizes just click (it will take you to its Flickr page)!

Cave of Spleen Page 1
Cave of Spleen Page 2
Cave of Spleen Page 3
Cave of Spleen Page 4
Cave of Spleen Page 5
Cave of Spleen Page 6

ahhhhh It is complete! Now to get to painting the very last of my finals...

A few words about this comic. I'll admit that I kind of rushed the last three pages of it, but for some reason I am happier with how those turned out and I like them more than the first three pages (which I did a long time ago). This makes me think I work better with, oddly enough, less planning and time. I'm not sure why I work better in less time.

The colors were the most difficult part. I really wanted something simple and also kind of weird. The first few pages have shading and highlights, also a warm but kind of dim background-- I was going for kind of an urban evening look but I don't think it worked out. As I got to the later pages, I decided against the shading and I am more pleased with the flatter colors. I was surprised that a couple people liked the backgrounds, because I don't think I ever spend enough time on backgrounds or environment. Definitely something I've gotta work on if I plan to turn comics into part of my career.

But overall... I like this. I'm very happy I managed to make something that is semi-complete. There is more that could be told, but I think this also stands okay on its own.

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

spaceman


spaceman, originally uploaded by C'est Sabotage.

another exercise from comics class. might be my favorite!