IF: Balloon

The Illustration topic for this week: Balloon.
If Penguins could fly I hope it's like this.

One scarlet letter concept sketch

Okay, so I'm doing a series of covers for Penguin American Classics. This is a concept sketch for a cover for the The Scarlet Letter. The type is very rough and misaligned, and the first "T" is an experiment for capitals, but that's the basic gist of the it, style-wise. I was trying to subtly show the secret relationship between Hester Prynne and the young minister, I forget his name. I feel like focusing on the actual scarlet letter "A" is kind of overdone. Instead I would incorporate the scarlet in the color scheme. This is only the first sketch I've done so let me know if the concept itself is lame, or if not, what could be improved with this one. I'll do more though. Also, no color yet, in case you didn't notice.

Baltimore

My intentions are to do a mural-ish horizontal. narrative like, sunset scene. With a church, old, and new building, and a vacant lot with kids playing in it and a painted mural to represent hope and an old man sitting in a chair, and construction guys working. I am a tad lost, but I will get back to it. I slightly changed directions, and got another idea, more poster-like. But I want to pursue idea 1 [nothing posted for that yet]

-Also, my apologies, for not being in class. I honestly overslept, woke up on my own at like 10:30ish and got to school at 12 and class apparently ended early. But I just wanted to post something up to show where I'm at. And the image was badly scanned and cropped.

IF: pretend

Black Aggie

I spent all morning at the bank trying to get my money back, but I have my homework. I chose Black Aggie of Druid Ridge Cemetery in Pikesville (Northwest side of the city). Here's a link to her story:

http://www.prairieghosts.com/druidridge.html

Fraternities would use the spot to haze pledges and so I focused on the rituals surrounding the legend of the statue at the height of its fame, and ultimately, where it was going.

It is not finished, I bit off way more than I could chew in two weeks. Any incite would be awesome.

because of blogger size.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/codygriffith/3043089390/sizes/l/

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... a fox?

Mhm... Mica Fox :)

balimore piece

drawing and photoshop.

spots to accompany a story.

i took the idea of decaying abandoned property

and poverty and placed into my life, using 

it as a metaphor for my

relationship, or now,

lack there of.

hope you like it.

ok.

fin.

ballimore piece

words to come.

Baltimore

This was supposed to be for the narrative assignment but it kind of works for the editorial too. Anyway...here's what I've got. Any suggestions?

Baltimore Piece

"Little Demon in the Church" Pg.3 - swimming in the holy water.
Just one page, but the color pallet will basically be the same.
Trying to make a small book for the project.

IF:

dis wat i got so far

gotta paint both images, then lookin to collage the crabhobo into the scene, scan it, and paint it somemore, suggestions at this point would be optimal

IF/FF

IF Wise.





FF Hell!!

baltimore piece

this is a fotocollage of my idea for the baltimore piece, for the final i would like to draw this and for now i am working on the layout with fotos, i would like it to look like a pulp fiction cover and realize that it does not seem quite that threatening now...but maybe this also works as a contrast. i am a bit lost right now.

Color Palette

Random, and somewhat pointless, but mostly so I don't have to carry my laptop to class tomorrow... Combos: 1,2, & 3

IF: vacant

IF: WISE

portrait of friedrich nietzsche

drawing and photoshop

fecal face free fridayz: fighting

water color

colored pencil

photoshop

Fish Fish and Politics

Watching the coverage and doing some final touches... here's the product so far. I dig, you dig?

A different version with the letter placement... still not sure about where the subtitle should go...

IF: vacant

fin_final

not sure if the subtitle is too large, have been trying to work with photoshop and things go kind of crazy, but in the end i am quite satisfied

Closing