A Distant Roar

7.29.2012

Mistborn

Oh, hey, it's been a while. School was really rough after that last post -- EVERYTHING happened: Anime Boston, portfolio reviews, senior show... I only just started picking up the pieces of myself by the middle of May.

And then Graduation happened just as things started rolling again.

I've had a lot of free time lately as I search for employment, so I should be able to update a little more often.

Sketch: Vin from Mistborn

I reacquainted myself with Mistborn (Brian Sanderson) and have been making my way through the rest of the trilogy. The first volume is really good and I recommend it to anyone interested in scifi-stuff. I'm only half-way through the third installment. The world is fully encompassed in the first volume: you can stop there, or you can see what happens to everyone AFTER the big showdown, which is what I'm doing now.

I was introduced to Brian Sanderson's writing with Elantris (also really good): what really hooked me (besides his excellent and informal grasp on the English language) is the way he is able to create a fully-functional, believable world and environment. He also makes supernatural elements logical with rules and guidelines to their applications while still being magical and mysterious and everything you love about things not normal.

3.17.2012

88 Apples

For class one week we had to make 88 Apples (any media, any concept). Here are some that I liked (and some other people liked too):

2.17.2012

The Artist of Skye

My good friend Sam Garvey has been making little figures out of cut paper and as an art trade I drew a couple of her original characters posing and acting all fierce and pretty. I think by her overall expression of thanks via enthusiasm she must have liked it.

It started out with a couple of character studies:

And progress to the final:

For the hell of it, I finished by getting the image printed on good cardstock from Alphagraphics.

2.16.2012

Thursday, February 16

Here's a view on the Providence River at an industrial building: the city recently tore down a highway overpass that bridged the river at S. Main and Wickenden. It's nice because there's more green space and you can see these old factory buildings (with arched windows... I have a terrible weakness for arched windows...).

I've been wanting to go sketch like I did in NYC, but as Providence is much less exotic and it also being February... predictably, I'm rather uninspired to go out.

2.15.2012

BMV 2010

Some images from the air port (going home for the winter break) and from the BMV in Licking County (I had to renew my driver's license).

Featuring the T.F. Green shoe shiner and airport patrons:

I was lucky and only had to stick around the BMV for bout two hours. About half an hour in this larger fellow in an OSU sweatshirt came in. He was one of those people who hate silences: oh, I was here for four hours yesterday and when I go to the counter I didn't have the specific document with me so I had to come back today. Anyone want to trade numbers? Hey, are you sketching me? How's this?

Y' know. At least it wasn't a boring two hours. He kept harping me and made me laugh when I was getting the ID photo taken (that's why me license sports an image of a tomato instead of my face).

2.13.2012

Valentine

Happy Valentine's Day
Howl's Moving Castle

1.31.2012

The Cat Returns

Baron Humbert von Gikkingen from The Cat Returns.

Lino-block print.

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I got accustomed to using oil-based ink during the semester. Now in my spare time I'm using the Speedball water-soluble ink... it's different, that's for certain.

I've been printing on Ingres ZERK paper, which holds up very well to all media. The only thing I don't like is how the Speedball ink sits on the paper's surface. When I sit down to do this again I'm going to choose a rice or similar Japanese paper and see what happens.