They call me ╬ProperArtist╬...

[╬ProperArtist╬]

Here's just a sample of things I've been working on over this past semester. Sadly I wanted to scan them in sooner but because I lost my camera during a trip in September to New Jersey I was unable to do so until now.
Please note that this pictures are much bigger than my scanner allows me to scan, therefore I had to taker a picture with my camera (thankfully it's a 14.7 megapixel Canon Powershot).


This was I believe our first 2D design assignment in which we had to take an already existing picture and focus in on a specific part of said picture to the point of not being able to recognized it anymore. In all honesty I have completely forget what the original picture was called or who made it because it's been at least 4-5 months sense I had to work on it, that and the fact that our instructor gave had already printed out the pictures and we had to chose from her selection. I know it's not excuse for not knowing my history but at least I'm being honest. All and all this took me about an hour to do.


Well this was supposed to be my 2D design mid-term, but because I was one of only 2 in the class to put as much detail into our pieces, I was given extra time. Eventually more assignments piled up and before I knew it I wasn't able to finish it before finals; she still gave me full credit for it nevertheless.
In this project we were to take two separate pictures and put them together to help lead the eye around the piece. In taking a smaller image and placing a larger image somewhere within the piece, making that your focal point. We were to accomplish all this without making things appear too busy and crowded. We had no choice in whether or not to paint we didn't have any option in that category although she did give us a choice between monochromatic, picking to pictures opposite the color wheel (example mostly green with touches of red to even things out) and an all black and white version w/ touches of all three primary colors.
Obviously I chose monochromatic using the color blue. Eventually I will go back and finish it when I have time, but until then I'll have to concentrate on my other projects. I'm also a horrible painter so this took me far more time that I wanted it to, about four 3 hour class periods worth.

[╬ProperArtist╬]

First off sorry about double posting but the forums isn't letting me post all of what I want so I'll have to make do with this for now.


Here we have my first real project of Drawing II, the fabric drawing. We were to take a piece of cloth which our instructor provided and think of different things that fold. In the end I decided on water. I hadn't worked on this for a while up until mid-terms. I honestly procrastinated hard to finish this and worked from 7pm-12am the night before mid-terms to complete this piece (from start to finish). Needless to say it was hard to do but I did what I had to do. Surprisingly I ended up with a B on this assignment, which I'm happy with in all honesty. If anything this was my least favorite assignment of the semester.


This assignment was all about Tension and was also for Drawing II. Here we were to take two objects and put them together to create the idea of tension. For mine I figured pain would easily illustrate this point and in all honesty I got this idea from the Korean film Old Boy. The act of seeing someone being cutting their own tongue out is tension enough left alone actually watching it get sliced in half. Honestly I pretty much half-assed this assignment a little bit. My instructor was on my back the entire length of the assignment about printing out the reference photos rather than draw them from my computer, in hensite she was right but at the time with it's due date coming to a close and me already having a lot of it finished I rushed to put in the things she mentioned and finish it in time for critic. There is still a lot more I'd like to do to this piece, because it's far from finished. I still need to work on the lips and bring out some details there as well as put in more detail on the tongue and chin areas. I'd also like to make the metal a look a bit more metallic than it is.


The final for Drawing II. In this were were to take a fear or in my case a personal fear and illustrate it as best you could without it being too literal. As you could see my fear was obviously the Kraken or more so a fear of the unknown. For me this creature has always been a reoccurring nightmare in my dreams ever since I was a little kid. (In said dream I'm in the middle of the ocean and go underwater after seeing a glowing object underneath it's surface and dive under to investigate, however upon doing so I come face to face with the silhouette of the Kraken and upon seeing it's eye I have a heart attack and drown from fright). For me they represent my true ability, my full potential. Such a massive creature of unmeasurable strength and there's no real sign that they even exist although there are traces of their existence left in Giant and Colossal Squid. All and all this took me about three 3 hour class periods to finish plus or minus a couple hours I spent working on it at home. The soul reason I cut it out was because it looked far too plain on paper. Sure I could've shaded in the background to be much darker and imitate the deepest depths of the ocean, but it just didn't feel right in this case. I apologize for the picture being cut off on the edges, I wanted to get as much of the details as possible and this was the only I could do it without it looking too shitty.

[Ophan]

your art is always amazing
although for every piece it takes time,
you cherish that time with details.
that's especially what i like about how you do your art personally.
you don't rush it at all. You deserve credit for your work
it really is inspirational

[kairigirl]

Perhaps I'm just slow and get distracted easily, all my art stuff takes...close to ten hours...if not more. x-x


Very nice job, to be honest it's cool to see what other people at different schools are doing in their art classes. I'd taken Drawing 2 last semester and our stuff wasn't as neat as all this, the most interesting one was our last project, the self-portrait/narrative. (However, I've been a lazy bum since....)

The second picture is nice, I like the jumping man and the shiny steps. I'm assuming those are metal steps? I love them though!

The water one, the glass is crooked, but you already know that. I can tell you didn't quite care though. =P

Hm, overall a good portfolio. I've noticed stuff that people do in class aren't always the greatest, it just happens to probably be all they do that at that time. Pry because there are deadlines and qualifications on them whereas with work done in your own time is free, no limitations. It's all still good though, definitely worth showing in a portfolio at the end of your college career.

[quiteMAD]

As great as these are....they all feel incomplete to me, with the exception of the first one, and take away from how good they are. I just wish you didn't procrastinate so much on these. The water one looks awesome though, imo.

[╬ProperArtist╬]

Zion: thank you very much for you kind words

Kairigirl:To be honest the only project out of these 5 that I actually cared anything about was the last one with the Kraken considering it's subject matter was so personal.

Ojike: Damn straight they all feel unfinished and the sad thing is I'll probably never got back to them, just because that seems to be a pattern of mine. Although I would like to finish the Kraken piece by adding a few more details here and there.

[kairigirl]

Originally Posted by ╬ProperArtist╬

Kairigirl:To be honest the only project out of these 5 that I actually cared anything about was the last one with the Kraken considering it's subject matter was so personal.

I think that's just how it naturally is for classwork. You're going to care more about the stuff that you don't do in class cause you're more free outside of class. We have a student show in the spring and most of the stuff in it looks like it wasn't done in class but instead on their own time.

Hence why you liked the Kraken one more cause it's more personal. Oh, classes. XD I force myself to enjoy them because I'm paying for them.

[The Lionheart]

Classwork sucks.

Good job brah, I'm impressed.

[The Boogie Man]

Yea this looks very nice. the tentacles look very detailed.

very fine work.

[Constellations]

as always, your artwork is incredible.

only thing I noticed (which isn't that big of a deal) but in the drawing with the glass, the glass is a little slanted.

great job!

[╬ProperArtist╬]

Originally Posted by Black Rose

as always, your artwork is incredible.

only thing I noticed (which isn't that big of a deal) but in the drawing with the glass, the glass is a little slanted.

great job!

Yeah I really half assed that picture lol

[Constellations]

Originally Posted by ╬ProperArtist╬

Yeah I really half assed that picture lol

hey its awesome! better than anything I can do lol

do you plan to do something specific in the future for art? I am going in to major for studio art lol gotta get going on that stuff

[╬ProperArtist╬]

Originally Posted by Black Rose

hey its awesome! better than anything I can do lol

do you plan to do something specific in the future for art? I am going in to major for studio art lol gotta get going on that stuff

well I've been wanting to do a Dorian Gray like picture self portrait. However, it'll be me looking into the mirror and my demons my sins staring back at me manifested in human form.

[Constellations]

Originally Posted by ╬ProperArtist╬

well I've been wanting to do a Dorian Gray like picture self portrait. However, it'll be me looking into the mirror and my demons my sins staring back at me manifested in human form.

sounds awesome! I can't wait to see it ^^

[Kegluneq]

I like the Kraken one. I also like the painted one.
I can understand not being good at painting. You did very well on painting it though.