in the face of danger...

The boy with wings for arms.

Currently I'm in a state of terrified exhilaration, as I realize that real art schools aren't messing around, and demand a portfolio of the highest quality. It's almost refreshing. This piece was a quick break before I fully indulge in portfolio work. Wish me luck!

"In the face of danger, I'm unafraid." - Old Canes - Little Bird Courage

i woke up today...

Oh my, I really seem to have fallen behind. But at the moment I'm doing my best to make up for it, keep ahead of everything. Portfolio season is fast approaching and I have some ideas I'm aching to put to paper, so with any luck they'll make it there!

"Oh dear." - a self portrait of sorts

Max of Where the Wild Things Are

Alban, who is fantastic.

A random doodle.

The pencils for a tattoo I'm working on.
"I woke up today, in a very simple way..." - Port O'Brien - I Woke Up Today

all this talking...

Still in the beginning stages of a few projects, so I can't show them yet, but I'm pretty excited about them so hopefully they'll turn out well...here's some sketches for now!

The sketch that was the basis for that new header...

Some quick hand studies from my own hand...

And I've started adding little mp3's to these posts, since I do tend to listen to a lot of music and end most of my posts with lyrical quotes anyhow, so I hope they're enjoyed!

"All this talking...you'd think that I'd have something to say..." - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Some Loud Thunder

some older things...

Seems I've left this hanging again, with not much to show for it...but I've had a few people wondering about pieces I did before I started this blog, and while I like the leave a lot of the old behind, I went through and found some of my favourite sketches and pieces that I'm still pretty fond of...

I have some other things in the works as well, so with any luck there will be some new things here soon! Also, the Art Walk went amazingly well, the response to my work was seriously unbelievable, so thanks to everyone who came by, I really appreciated it!
Golden Holy - Sons of Dreams

we used to dream...

Here's a rather large load of sketches, hopefully to make up for my long absence. I fell into a bit of a slump after school was over but it looks like I'm (hopefully) starting to recover. But I finally figured out how to make image shortcuts work, since I'm inept at this game, so clicking on them should lead you to the full versions. All these sketches were done straight from reference photos, with the exception of the head on the last one, which was my own addition. I have a ton of ideas knocking around in my head at this point, I can only hope to be able to get them down on paper, and with the Art Walk coming up, I'd better get some paintings going as well.

I'm trying my hardest to sketch more, since it really helps keep my head in order, so with any luck I'm going to try and at least keep weekly updates of this thing going.

Other than that, hope everyone's enjoying the lovely summer as much as I am!

"We used to dream, now we worry about dying." Japandroids - Young Hearts Spark Fire

it's a long way down...

School's finally done!!!

Here's the final lines for my final painting...

Here are the two colour roughs, I almost did the first one since everyone liked it more, but then my teacher came around and said she liked the bottom one more, so....

Here's my final piece, done with watered down gouache and many tired hours...

It's odd to think the first year is already done, I need to take full advantage of this summer, to build myself up a bit more and also take some time to just relax now and then...I'd like to get a better idea of the human figure and lose my intense reliance on line by working on form and such...maybe fool around with brush ink too...but all in good time...

"It's a long way down, from here to the sound, watch the faces go round, to the stars then the ground." - Carousels, Beirut

and all the stars were crashing around...

Just a quick update...

Found this sketch while rummaging through my sketchbooks looking for my perspective pieces, and remembered how much I liked it...so I cleaned it up and fooled with it a bit in Photoshop...
Finals are almost done...in the homestretch...no more until then...

"And all the stars were crashing around, as I laid eyes on what I'd found..." - The Crane Wife Part I, The Decemberists