Feb. 22, 2010

I am in work and it just got boring.  So, I came on here to tell you all.  I should update more seeing as I don't that often.  I am in the midst of making a website for the musician, Aphex Twin (aka AFX, Richard D. James, Caustic Window, etc.) and I realized I don't have one of my own!  I'll start doing that at some point!  I should also show more work... wait, I already said that.

post v-day, 2010

So, I am now working on the sketches for the Odd Thomas series more.  Got three almost ready (worked on 6) to paint.  I assume that this will help my portfolio and help me get somewhere in life.  Ugh.  I hate working late.  Finished a flash project.


here's the link

Feb. 6, 2010

Finished my first illustration for this semester.  Responding to the Massachusetts turning republican.

 

  

First sketches

  

 

Revised sketches

 

Early stages - general wash over broad areas.  Ultramarine wash first over drawing, then a burnt umber wash over brick area.  Left bucket untouched.  Started filling in bricks with zinc white and zinc white/hansa yellow medium.

 

Brick stage - painted bricks around drawing of the state showing through paint.

 

Wash and bucket stage - to make sure the bricks don't have a sharp contrast I applied a zinc white wash over the area.  I also painted in the concrete sidewalk, brush and bucket.

  

Democratic paint stage - In order to make it seem like the red was applied over the blue I did what made sense: apply the blue down first.

 

finishing touches - dropped the red down over the blue.  added detail to the bucket and brush along with the bricks on the red state area.

 

Massachusetts Turned Red

January 30, 2010

I feel disappointed in someone I live with at the moment.  Some people just do things that really bug me and it's not right.  Personal feelings aside I am doing alright.  I am starting a series of illustrations based off of the Odd Thomas series of books by Dean Koontz.  I am still continuing my editorial illustrations in my other Senior Project class.  I will soon have my own website in flash and will post it by May of this year so stick tight people.  I am really getting the hang of this Flash stuff so far and hope to continue to do this stuff further past school.

1.28.2010

I haven't updated last week.  Sorry.  Sort of already starting to be inconsistent.  I made this for a history class.

http://mysite.pratt.edu/~bmcneil/manchuriamap.swf

I am off to an alright start for the semester.  I'll come back with more next week I hope.

1 - 14 - 2010

IT'S THE NEW YEAR!  It is a joyous time of renew and celebration for getting through the previous year and starting a new one!  I had a nice Christmas with my family and enjoyed being home with friends and celebrating the new year.  I hope you had a good one as well.  I believe everyone has a resolution for the new year.  I made mine to lose weight (hopefully to return to a healthy weight and maybe get a little fit too) and improve my GPA.

This brings me to my next topic.  Goals come in different ways: long term and short term.  Guess what.  I did come up with a few other goals that I might complete quicker than getting rid of 50 pounds.  I plan on having enough consistent work by the end of the semester and I also plan on redoing my ugly, horrific website from Christmas Past (Mike DeCico came to me as a ghost in shackles from his SUNY IT post over break to remind me).  With that complete I will put a link between this blog and the site to keep people updated and to set up a gallery.  I want to also be able to swing this blog into a more professional direction.  That means I am going to edit myself and keep unneeded, personal stuff aside.  I will still update work on here in stages as I have before.

I am also adding a list of things I like to the side and I will try to at least update once a week.

(tried different actions/angles.  picked bottom right.)

 
 

(went vertical and simplified environment.)

  

(tightened drawing up.  As someone once said to me, "A good drawing makes a good painting.")

 

Body Of Work

(sorry, no painting in progress.  plus I added corner to make it look like a room)

Post Fall 2009 Survey

So, I had survey.  It was ok.  I did not like my critique at first, but after a day of sulking about it I rather much appreciated the insight from other professors outside my major.  My only regret is doing an animatic in the first place.  I also regret taking those headphones out on the first place as well.  OH WELL.  I am in Brooklyn until Sunday and there will be lots of snow coming as well.  I will start posting selected works from this year and the process of them.  Pictures over the holidays will be coming up as well.

Thumbnails Stage

Sketch Stage

In Progress (About 15-25%)

 

In Progress (About 70-80%)

"Crime and Punishment" Finish