Worse Haircut ever: final

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The Perfect Day- by walt

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There are sparks, in life you'll get tons of those. Then there are flames. Then, every so often, there's a supernova and those fry your world and flip everything on its head.


This is(was) my life, my type of Love Is...

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Final 2nd rough

 

My first attempt @ digital painting. This is definately challenging. I will continue to work on this until I see you guys on Friday.

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Worst Day comp

I had some major technical issues using the computers at school. Halfway through my computer crashed so I snapped a picture of the screen and went back into photoshop to edit the rest out. The final image is going to be good. From now on I'm doing all my work on my own machines.

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Just imagine the conversation that's about to happen

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I wouldn't go and say it was a waste of time. You were an experience. A damn decent one at that. The cynicism and self-loathing that came after was sure to happen at some point in life. I just wish there was more time, and yeah,  you gave me fair warning. I didn't listen. I guess i'm just stubborn in that way.

But given the chance. I'd do it all over, not exactly the same, but close to it and with more flair.

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Final project Best Day Ever

Ok so it is still pretty rough in the rendering but I figured out the composition with it and decided that I do want it to look like a commemorative photograph from the world series. I decided the year will be 2015. The only thing that is ready to straight into the final composition will be the logo in the lower left corner the layout of the image. I think I will paint it using acrylic because it will be quick to dry and I think I will need several layers of thin paint so that it will have the sheen of a real photograph. In the final rendering the players will be much tighter but I think the background should be somewhat out of focus just to further portray the idea that this is a snapshot of the players realizing they have won the world series.

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Walt's best day ever

I'm still trying to decide on a setting. Anyone have any ideas?

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Worst Experience Ever.

I go to bars by myself. Call me crazy but sometime I just want a beer outside of my house. I was sitting there sipping on my malty beverage when the older, rather plus sized lady sitting next to me gives me the 'please hit on me' look. I looked over and smiled, turned back around and continued to nurse my beer. I went outside for a couple minutes and when I came back and sat down, she gave me the same look and asked "Hey baby, what's your sign?" I moved quickly to the other side of the bar.

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Final Project- Best Day Ever (concept sketch)

As a Chicago Cubs fan we all say how it will never happen in our lifetime, but wouldn't it be great if it did? If the Chicago Cubs would actually win a world series before I drop dead (maybe that would be the cause). I was having a difficult time coming up with a concept because I could not think of something that was so fantastic yet somewhat realistic and then it hit me, kinda like the recent lottery its a one in a million likelihood that they will win. I am positive ( think you kind of have to be otherwise you wouldn't have any hair left) that it will happen within the next 3-5 years. The impossible becoming possible, grown men crying hugging each other, for that instant after they clinch the win would be the greatest moment. Then rioting, binge drinking, and the realization of living on the north side was the worse decision made.
As for the drawing I plan on the setting of Wrigely becoming more prominent. I want it to look like an actual world series official photograph. The composition need work and the fans in the background that are represented currently by squiggly lines will be tightened up because I think their expression will be just as important - if not more so- for the piece. I am not sure what medium, probably colored pencils our watercolors but we'll see what happens and where the drawing goes.

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Worse day (sketch)

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My final illustration for the class is a combination of photography and illustration. I have always been an devout fan of the artist that draw over historical photos, or just any, the look is tight. So i'll try my hand at it. These are the two pictures i'm going to try and work with

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UNrequited Love final

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"Under love's heavy burden do i sink; Too early seen unknown, and known too late"

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Unrequited puppy Love

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Final

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Week 11- Finished Unrequited love

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Week 10 Final Sketch

This is the final result of my Sketch. I actually ended up making some minor adjustments and just played with the concept. At first, I had plans on doing it with color pencil or water color pencil, but I did my first attempt with photoshop and here are the results. I'm sure as I continue to practice I will get better at it but I had fun trying it out.

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Week 9- Updated sketches

Hey guys,
Thanks to your suggestions I went these two ways  with my concept. The top one is of the rooster looking up at the sky while all the other chickens are pecking at their food.
The other way I went is of a young chicken looking up at the birds flying in the sky copying them only to learn that is a grounded bird.
In both images I exaggerated the size of their feet so it subtly makes them appear more weighted to the ground. I animated the faces slightly by cartooning the eyes, more so in the young chick.
Which one do you guys like better?
I plan on doing full color and I think I would like to do a realistic background. The medium will probably be water color base layered with color pencils and then finishing details in acrylic. Any suggestions or thoughts would be great to hear!

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The remix

I played with the "stand", moving it around a bit. I think its new position improves the readability. Although I am aware the "stand" kinda looks like "spand", the final will be much better.

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Updated Sketch

This is an updated sketch of the idea that I had in mind. I decided to make it more into a scene. I was having a hard time trying to come up with a crowded city only because I am not good with drawing straight lines. So for my concept, I have a young teen looking up to the sky and in front of him towards the distant is a hot air balloon departing away towards the city which is seen from a distance. On the hot air balloon I will add a quote saying "Sadness flies away with the wings of time". it's universal, I don't have an actual answer of what it is that he is longing but this is the part where I want the audience to connect themselves to the individual that is shown, and perhaps looking at the image can remind some one of a certain event that was either an important moment, or a memory that brings back feelings.
 For medium I am still not sure what I want to work with. However, I have in mind of working with color pencils because it can bring a lot of texture and I don't really work with color pencils so it might be interesting to try it out with this project.

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week 8 Unrequited puppy love

I always considered myself more of a dog person than a cat person. I actually feel more compassionate to a dog than to human being. I think this is because you can always count on a dog to give you unconditional love. Even if you have a bad day, you can always count on your dog to make you feel like you're worth something. I actually got this idea for a drawing at the dog beach. There I witnessed a man on a his cell phone completely ignoring this adorable puppy at his feet. The small dog looked up at the man towering over it with this happy expression on its face, while the man on the phone seemed too preoccupied to even care about the dog. I found this scene pretty heart breaking and decided to illustrate it. I decided to give my illustration a faux-naive feel to it to give it a feeling of innocence. I also plan on using charcoal and crayon on my final piece.

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