Final: Timothy

This is the final sketch of Timothy. I think anyway. I have been thinking maybe I should incorporate some kind of backspace into the image. I have not yet decided how I feel about leaving the works as simple as they are. I  do enjoy how they appear as portraits of the creatures I have created. 

I think having some sort of backspace would give more information on the creatures and probably help in developing some kind of narrative, if a narrative is what I want. However, by not giving that information, maybe it will lead the viewer to wonder about the creature. Maybe they will then create their own narrative about them, which could be interesting. 

Close ups

Apple Landscape (drawing)

This is suppose to look as though it is a landscape, with an apple as the land... Not sure what I think about it though. The figures are suppose to look as though they are sinking into the space, however, I don't fully think it give it that feel. And then the background is full of text relating to the idea.

Materials: Marker, pen, whiteout, and watercolor wash

Diamond Mining Drawing

After doing the layering work from the diamond mining in Africa, this was the final image I came up with. I basically drew my form in ballpoint blue pen and then over laid the diamond, but extended all the lines within the diamond.

Materials: Pen and pencil on paper

Russian Famine of 1921

I was recently reading about the Russian Famine of 1921 and this idea came about. In the simplest explanation the Russian famine was caused by a drought in the 1920's and roughly 5 million people died.

The top image is a map of Russia, clearly not a perfect map but it was drawn from a map of Russia. Then I took a a sheet of tracing paper and drew the image of below on the left. It was this idea of the weighted atmosphere swarming the land (a.k.a. the famine). Within those lines I then found my figures, drawn on another piece of tracing paper. People who were forced to adjust to the circumstances and were affected by it. The next row down and first image on the left is another sheet of tracing paper. On that sheet, I found text within those lines. The words I found were 5 million, famine, Russia, and drought. And lastly, I took another sheet of tracing paper and over laid it on again and designed one final image, influenced by all the other layers.

Materials: paper, tracing paper, pen

Sketch Work

Most recent sketch work. Just another one of those figure forms, nothing too special...

Materials: pencil, and a little pen work.

Lines and Forms

Another working idea in my drawing class. Same concept with finding the forms within the environment. However, this time I'm finding those forms on tracing paper. That way I am able to obviously show where the form is, but at the same time I can remove the tracing paper and the form disappears. Meaning, they are there, just not seen.

Materials: Paper, ink, marker, tracing paper. tape

Hunger

Just finished this one today. Sorry its kind of blurry, I only have my phone. I kind of messed up some in a couple spots, but for the most part I'm rather pleased with it. I've never done a piece with text as the background.

The background is made up of terms and their definitions. They all revolve around the issues of hunger. And then ends with a fact about hunger.

Terms:
Hunger, Starvation, Famine, Poverty, Malnutrition, Anemia, Kwashiorkor, Catabolism, Beriberi, Pellagra, Scurvy, Atrophy, Dehydration, Fatigue, Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme, International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Fact: Roughly, 25,000 people die every day of hunger.

Another Lecture Drawing

Another design like drawing... inspired by those who complain about having no money, yet refuse to get a job.

Lecture Drawing

Random sketch I did during one of my lecture classes... Not sure what it is, but it was fun to draw.