Turntable Box

Made this in my undergrad art class "Computers as a Creative Tool" in 2008. Emphasis on computers as a tool...meaning one of many. So basically a mixed media class. The turntable just lifts out like a box top and is supported by wood beams along the sides of the box.

Mediums:
Box (outside) - Wood (6.5in x 5.5in x 4.5in) with pasted on computer graphic graffiti art
Box (inside and bottom) - Black Felt
Turntable - Desktop hard drive, spray paint, and pasted on graphics

This box currently contains all of my guitar tools and accessories :-)

Portrait - Marsha Ambrosius

This picture was a gift for a friend and I only have a photo of it rather then a scan so excuse the blurriness...

Since I seem to be posting nothing but portraits lately...here's an oldie but a goodie portrait of Marsha Ambrosius. I doubt she'd remember it, but she seemed to like it when I posted it for her on the Floetry message boards back in 2006.  ^_^

Medium: Pencil

Portrait - Step by Step to Digital Portraits

Here's a condensed step by step view of the process I used to create the Jazmine and Jonecia portraits. I'm using the Jonecia portrait as an example.

1. Outline is the most important stage. Either free hand or traced, doesn't matter. Make sure everything is placed properly before proceeding.
2. Add flat colors to the appropriate sections.
3. Add in the shadows to the skin first to get rid of the outline overlay. Then paint the skin tones.
4. Add in the details to the mouth, eyes, and brows.
5. Add in the details to the hair, clothing, and jewelry. Clothing was the easiest for me and the most fun. it involved simply adding in shadows in a single color (varying pressure for opacity) and editing wrinkled areas of the stripes.
6. Create a background and add the signature. Done!

Portrait - Jonecia

I'm having fun doing portraits of my friends. Here's another one!

Most digital portraits take me about 4 hours on average. Depends on the level of painting. pencil/coal takes much longer depending on the size. One day I'll use actual paint...though actual paint usually hates me. However, the more I do digital painting, the more I learn some techniques for traditional painting.

One of these days I'll post the layers to show the progression. I guess kind of like a mini tutorial.

Portrait: Jazmine

As a celebration that I finally got Photoshop to work (kinda) properly on my old laptop, I wanted to jump back into drawing. I randomly chose a friend of mine to draw to get myself back into the swing of things.