Final Portfolio-Reflection

So the beginning of the semester was pretty rough.  I absolutely hated doing 10-a-days and I never really put the effort needed to get a great piece.  After midterm, though, we started doing bigger assignments and I really hit my stride.  I found I was pretty good at line art and watercolor and so that is what I stuck to mostly.  I hit all of the print deadlines on time except for two and I got all assignments approved except for one.  All in all, I am still timid when it comes to doing predominantly watercolor or gouache but if I push myself I can get there.

Final Portfolio-Life and Death (Approved)

This might be my favorite piece I made this semester.  It's just so freakin fun!  I relied less on line art on this one and it turned out really great!

Final Portfolio-Classical Music Cover (Approved)

Again with the line art and watercolor.  This one took me awhile to get the line art technique down and I am satisfied with the results.

Final Portfolio-World Record (Approved)

I really love the simplicity of this one.  And I obviously continued with the watercolor and line art theme :)

Final Portfolio-Number 9 (Approved)

This is the first assignment that I realized that I am pretty good at line art.  I really like how it turned out and the "blood spatter" is pretty sweet!

Society of Illustrators

So this is the only assignment that I didn't get approved.  I made it for my roommate to hang in her room and she likes it so that is all that matters!

Holy hell!

So I just finished my life and death and I absolutely LOVE it!  Who would have thought that I could do  something on the first run and really like the way it turned out.  Has Rusty seen it yet?  No.  Will he probably rip it apart and find something to fix or re-do the whole thing?  Probably.  Fingers crossed that doesn't happen, I could really use an ok right about now.