Ocarina of Time is a pretty good video game

I actually am not the hugest fan of doing art digitally. I know it's cleaner and faster, there is an undo button, digital art looks better on the internet, etc., but it's just so tedious at times.

Anyway, I finally got around to playing some old Zelda games. I'm enjoying 'Ocarina of Time' quite a bit.

IT IS MY BIRTHDAY

Poster for my German video project. Yes, those are our costumes. Yes, that blonde kid is on there twice. Yes, that is a nerf gun.
HESTER SHAW AND THAT IS ALL
This is a birthday card I painted for my friend William. It has been a few months since I last watched Avatar, and I'm only 60% sure Toph is his favorite character. I love her puffball crown, though.

Goth Sam and Hipster Sam from the Alternate Universes!

I will edit this post and talk about these pictures later

Edit: Okay I did that

Lizard Men and Vampires

This piece was inspired by early-mid 20th century pulp science fiction illustrations and a book about a book about a woman having an affair with a pulp science fiction writer in (I think) the 1940's. I also felt like painting Sam and Laurel. I haven't painted them in awhile.

Watercolor and ink on watercolor paper

PORTFOLIO TIME

Here are some of the highlights of my portfolio that I am submitting to/have shown to art schools. They are not in the order I presented them.

Bird Ladies and Dinosaur Snapshots

Sometimes I paint monsters. Sometimes I paint silly things.

Girl in Boots

A college in my area does a figure drawing marathon once or twice a year. I went yesterday and did a few pieces. Here is my favorite piece, which also happens to be the only one small enough to fit on the scanner (actually I had to scan it in pieces and piece them together). I spent a few hours working from a live clothed model in watercolor and ballpoint.

9/30

Here is a scan/collage of a bunch of pages from my sketchbook. These were all done within around the last two weeks or so. I've been mostly working on figure/life drawing within my school's orchestra (I play the cello normally, but a shortage of school instruments means I get every other day off to draw), but there also are some jarred bird studies for a painting I've been planning and the bent knee of my jeans.

This week, in preparation for the aforementioned bird painting, I painted on gesso'd wood for the first time. As it was just for practice, I wanted to do something expressive and relatively quick. This turned out a lot cartoonier and pop-artier than I expected, but I still like it. It's a nice personal piece, even though it is a little bit depressing... (Acrylic and sharpie on gesso'd wood, by the way)

Post #3

Here is something cute and cartoony I painted today for fun in some free time I had. Owls are awesome!

Ballpoint and watercolor on watercolor paper, 7ish" x 4ish" cutout

Post #2

Black, brown and blue inks on cardboard, painted from an observational sketch of a violinist in my school orchestra.

Hey Look I am Being Professional

I had a blogspot blog about a year ago, but then I abandoned it. Now, I'm returning to this site to post artwork and studies and so on in a vaguely professional-looking* manner.

Yay, blog.

*Well, it's better than Deviantart, anyway.