reside technique

  

To make this piece, the first thing I did was create the horizon line and vanishing point.  Then

I created the blocks, added in the lettering and then the shading.  After that I shaded in with another color to create the reside technique.  Then the figures in the top were added in.  Finally, I created the chains using contour lines to create perspective.  I had worked really hard on this and I wish that I had more time to add extra details.

photoshop "Burnt Chaos"

To attain the pictured result,  a friend of mine took a picture of me outside.  However, when he took the picture, I was squinting because of the sun blasting my eyes.  I then worked with the expression to give my self a reason to be making that face by burning the wall and poles in the picture by using the burn tool.  I then used a different tool to lighten and create shading in the shadows surrounding me, creating a felling like I am on some kind of karmic scale (for a good example, see the game Infamous).  I enjoyed working on this project and I wish that I had more time to work with the program used.

Pastel still life "Forgotten Dreams"

To create this piece, I went through a long and tedious process of planning, drawing with a viewfinder, making a thumbnail sketch, and drawing the final cut. A thumbnail sketch is an example of what the finished product will look like.  A viewfinder is what is used to plan the placement of the items for the thumbnail sketch and, subsequently, the final cut.  In my case, I drew several different designs before deciding on this one, the closest "competitor" was having the Pepsi can behind the coke bottle.  To create the three-dimensional objects shown, I utilized shading, lighting, and contour lines.  The first to were caused by the light source in the top left corner, and contour lines give the curves.  The light source is created by different directioned lines, reflecting off of the items in the image.

Painting "egyptian nights"

I am at a loss for words at how this turned out.  Most of my paintings do not turn out at all decent, let alone good,  but this is a rare case.  The shading in the sky could have had a better, or larger, fading spectrum, but it has a better view this way.  The sphinx could have been in perspective, but the view adds to the mysterious atmosphere of the painting.  The sand is orange to create a view of a land ravaged by unbearable heat and plagued with mystery.  The pyramid in the background could have been a better coloration, but it was the best in my color scheme that I was working with.  The light source was created by a mysterious glow in the background (in this case, caused by the sun that is slowly setting in the distance).  Organization was not a problem as I just followed the guide on the picture used as the guide(in this case, the sphinx with one of the pyramids behind it in the distance.  I used an analogous color scheme, with blue and orange as the main colors.  Atmospheric perspective uses angles directing toward a point, creating dimension.  To achieve this, I directed the sphinx's hands one way but his body another, altering  the dimensional perception.  The fragmented brush strokes create a landscape damaged by time and erosion.  Value was used to identify darker areas and lighter areas, as to create visual and spacial intensity (in the pyramids case) and variety.

Ceramic project "the eye of Sauron"





To make this piece, the medium used was clay. The size (19x18) and the rounded shape, were created by using a mold (in this case, a bowl).  The bent part on the right was caused by the location used to store it during production. I worked around it to develop the curves surrounding the bowl.  The piece has no specific intended purpose, other than decoration.   From the project I learned radial designs are a much more integrated and important part of the modern world.  My inspiration for this piece is Sauron's tower (more specifically, his eye).  The radial design in the eye in the movie inspired me to make the fragmented eye shown in the middle of the piece.