Jerry as of 12/16/08

Jerry the Giraffotaur is armed. I took off his shoulder pad and instead gave him a mutated arm for the asymmetry the shoulder pad was giving. I'm also considering replacing the bearded axe with perhaps a banner or even a small shield. The spikes on his back and legs have also been redone.

Is language limited or is it just my vocabulary?

Or do I mean inadequate?

More updates from Jerry

As you can see Jerry is having some big changes. Gone are the bull horns with Giraffe horns placed in instead. Technically I guess he is now a giraffotaur instead of a minotaur but thats OK. The nostrils are now that of a horse. I've been adding little patches of diseased flesh all over him to add some more visual interest and to stop him from looking too clean or new. The long shafted ax he had is being replaced with two bearded axes to go with the more tribal look the new horns give him. Also he feels faster and more deadly with the smaller bearded axes. I feel like the one big axe was making him look slow and clunky.

Portraits

 
The above is a one day portrait.
One day portrait in grisaille.

This last one I've been working on more extensively of a friend of mine named Patrick. 

Jerry the Minotaur, 1

The most major change since this is that I've redesigned his horns to look more like that of a giraffe. 

Why are we watching this film?

December 2nd

So in Aesthetics class I get myself into this big thing with Bill. I'm asking why are we watching films in an Aesthetics class for fine artist, wouldn't drawings and paintings be more in tune with what we are all doing? The films we watch are not even art related: Documentaries on Ann Frank, or Maya Lin. Tonight we did Chariots of Fire, Dead Poets Society, and Waking Life. It's not that I don't think these films are important to us in a grander sense but how are they important to us as artist. Of course, film can be inspiring to a painter, or symphony to a poet, etc... but wouldn't paintings be the most effective way of injecting inspiration into a painter? LCAD has visiting artist coming about once a month. Some of them fl in from out of state. We all voluntarily go listen to them talk. Just last Monday Warren Chang fly in from the Bay Area to give a talk. Despite everyone being busy with finals we still filled the room. This Summer Bill, Betty, and a dozen other students are all flying to Spain for Christ Sakes! I have a strong suspicion if all the museums, galleries, and studios in Spain were closed this summer the trip would be cancelled. Why? Because the whole point of the trip is for painters to go see paintings! 

I just feel like an aesthetics class that addressed paintings would be more helpful than an aesthetics class that addresses movies are even worse the metaphysical. 

Perspective Rocket Insanity

This is one of my favorite Perspective drawings I did. From a technical stand point I'm really happy with how this turned out. The rocket and tower are both the same height, (five units.) The wings protrude from the middle fifth, and have a total wing span of three fifths.. The bottom fifth of the rocket is cot off to allow for the exhaust. The rocket has lifted one fifth off the launch pad.   

Sadly though I think most of that is all lost on viewers. To most they just see a rocket taking off. What's cool about the drawing is the construction and the process that goes into it. Because of this, I think leaving hints of the construction obvious actually makes it a better drawing. I actually increased the saturation on this one to make the red and blue construction lines stand out more.

Perspective Drawings

These are some of the Perspective Drawing I did over the summer. I know most artist hate Perspective but I'm a big fan and genuinely enjoy using it in my work.

A drawing of a two point castle but, really just an exercise.

The Same Castle again but this time in three point.

In this I was trying out integrating photographic reference with a perspective drawing. The figure was photographed at the correct height and distance so that she would fit with the scale and angle. I thought it all worked together well. I just wish I placed her a little closer to the edge so that her reflection could be scene in the water.