College Livin'

This is a still life I whipped up in 1st year painting. It incorporates a few symbols of what it means to be a college student... and Big Boy, for some reason.

Fabric, Fabric, Everywhere

This is pretty much what it looks like. (A painting of Fabric, 1st year).

Poor Coat

Again, a 1st year painting of a jacket, scarf, and cap sitting on a coat stand, however, we were told to leave the stand out of the piece. Looks depressing to me.

Urban Sprawl

Rather poor when I look back at it, but i found it fun to do, so to hell with the critics! This 1st year painting is supposed to show the before and after effects of urban sprawl's effect on a rural area. Little known fact: the positive space in the top piece is mirrored in the negative space of the bottom piece, and visa versa.

T is for Tourist Trap

The last of a 4 panel series I made 1st year. This panel symbolizes the metaphor of a place like a casino being a "Tourist Trap". Together, the panels spell "D.E.B.T." but the middle two panels aren't shown, so... Deal with it.

D is for Deal with the Devil

The 1st of the 4 panel series depicting a devil dealing a hand of blackjack, giving new meaning to the phrase "Deal with the Devil". I warned you about my wit.

Be Afraid

Hey look, it's the first "illustration" I painted at the beginning of 1st year. We had to choose an emotion, and illustrate it using abstract features. Everything had to be represented by shape and textures and what have you; no eyes, hands, wings, etc. I chose "Fear" as my emotion, and used a Venus Fly Trap and an Angler Fish as inspiration for this luring, yet consuming creature.

Americans & Their Guns

An interesting 1st year conceptual project, which required us to take an exerpt from a manual, story, or guide, then to highlight words, in order, to make another contradictory statement. I know, sounds complicated. I chose the introduction to a gun safety book as my paragraph. I then extracted words to make a statement about how americans are gun-crazy, and that they misuse guns in unsafe and rediculous ways. THEN I had to illustrate the whole thing. This is what ya get. (He's standing on heaps on bullet shells, incase it's too small to tell).

New York Life

My first narrative story translated into illustration. Aren't you excited? I used blue monochrome, cus... I felt like it at the time. I wish I had a better reason, but thats the truth. If you're having trouble understanding the story, it's because it's backwards. It actually begins with the spot panel at the bottom of this blog page, then works up. Also, this is a 2nd year piece that is published before a bunch of 1st year pieces which doesn't make any sense, but that's how the cookie crumbles.