WIP - Latest version

Here is the latest version based upon the great crits I received.  Thanks!

Work in Progress - Digital 3-D

This is a companion piece to the "Tall Buildings" piece I posted earlier. I haven't had a crit on this yet, so I am sure there are a lot of improvements to be made. Since more of the girl's dress is showing in this piece, I felt that the wind would be whipping it around.

Digital 3-D

When I opened the document today, I was able to re-apply the textures with no problem. The smudgy area in the foreground is from me cloning over the text since it will make no sense without the rest of the book.

Promotional piece

This is a rework of a previous digital piece that was done for the digital tools class at RISD. I took off all of the parts that did not represent the work that I do and turned this into a promotional piece.

Digital 3-D

This is another extreme perspective piece that was produced for RISD Final projects class. This is also one of the full illusrations for a book dummy that I am working on. The text goes in the lower left portion of the page and has been omitted at this time. I once again had problems with Illustrator not able to render the textures when the last changes were made. The textures were originally added when I thought the project was very close to completion. After the class crit, I made some changes and lot the textures. I tried eliminating them and re-applying and it did not work. I am current researching the solution and asking artist friends if they have any ideas on how to correct this. Will keep you posted!

3-D Digital Image

This was a RISD Childrens' Book Illustration Final Projects class assignment created in Illustrator to show extreme perspective. I had a difficult time keeping the Illustrator textures from disappearing. I was able to keep them by deleting all of the textures and then replacing it at the end. That worked well for this illustration.

3-D Octopi

Most of my friends at RISD know that along with hedgehogs, I love to draw or create octopi. There is something about all those legs and suckers that amuses me. I just love the way that they bend and curl. I wish that I had taken photos at each stage of the process, because it really was a process for me. I started out making the box to slide in a frame that I had already made. My thoughts were to have elements of the artwork attached to the side, creating, in effect an integral matt. The octopi, fish, worm and coral are made out of sculpty; the oceam floor out of painted styrofoam; wire and tissue paper for the plants, the boat is made out of painted scrap foam core board and aluminum foil; and the waves at the top are made from prismacolor tinted mylar. I love making the true 3-D pieces!