Sunday, May 8, 2011

I Regret to Inform You...

Sad news, my fellow blogmeisters, I'm packing up and moving to Tumblr. I still hope you'll keep track of me over there, and if you've got an account, please add me!

http://finchfight.tumblr.com/

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Devilbird

Here's an in-progress shot of a new piece I'm working on. A little out of the usual vein for me, but man do I love this pen thing. Here's my dilemma, though. I am wondering if I should paint it in with watercolors. Maybe muddy colors, greens, muddy blues, browns. If you have any suggestions, let me know! I need 'em.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Three Falcons.

Two weeks left of school. Massive amounts of portfolio work due. Where is my motivation. Lord help my motivation. What am I doing. I've picked up this weird and satisfying ballpoint pen habit, and I'm drawing devil-birds, that's what.

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Swarm Chasers



This is a new piece for my drawing class series. I'm making them progressively more dense, with more values and textures, and color notes to boot.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Birdballs

You're gonna be seeing a few more of these. I'm trying to make depictions of scrambling bird flocks, and trying to figure out the best way to distribute colors and, later, incorporate insects. Any suggestions I'd love!

Tuesday, March 15, 2011

King of the Hill

This was the second project for my Illustration I class. We were to design cover art for a seasonal gardening magazine. I wanted to incorporate birds somehow, while also displaying one of the company's products, sooo...

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

a Top-10 List of Awesome Album Artwork (not in order)

Here's a list. All these artists you should research, look 'em up. They're fine artists, illustrators, and designers, and they're having a huge impact on the way music is packaged and delivered. I could probably make hundreds of these lists.

1. Manic Street Preachers- Journal for Plague Lovers

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Artwork by Jenny Saville

2. Keane- Under the Iron Sea
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Artwork by Sanna Annukka

3. Gallows- In the Belly of a Shark
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Artwork by Dan Mumford

4. Peter Broderick- 4 Track Songs
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Artwork by Matthew Woodson

5. Anberlin- Dark is the Way, Light is a Place
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Artwork by Michael Zavros

6. Ivoryline- There Came a Lion
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Artwork by designers at Invisible Creature

7. Flight of the Conchords- I Told You I Was Freaky
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Artwork by John Dyer Baizley

8. KiD CuDi- Man on the Moon: End of Day
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Artwork by Bill Sienkiewicz and Scott Sandler

9. Muse- The Resistance
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Artwork by La Boca

10. This Will Destroy You- This WIll Destroy You
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Artwork by Chris King

Friday, February 18, 2011

Seen That Before

This is a new tattoo design I drew/ painted for my apprenticeship portfolio. It's a pretty standard, traditional thing. Tried to keep to only 3 colors, plus black.

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Purpling

These are two purple finches that are going into my portfolio, and into the student show at the semester's end! It's a large drawing, about 22"x 30". Ink, watercolor, salt, and windex. Up to this point, I'm having trouble creating satisfying pieces to show for my portfolio when I graduate; I think I've hit a vein here, and I'm going to stick with it.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Noisenoisenoise

 Another talking/ microphone bird. Taking the air by storm! This time I did ink drawings, cut them out, and overlapped them onto an ink-washy background. I liked the effect, so it is to be repeated!

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

New Things




Okay, an update of the green serpent, and two finished commissions from Christmas break. Since returning to campus, I've been flurrying with some new ideas for portfolio pieces, and I will update with progress pictures of my big commission project for Edinboro's Cooper Hall. If I sound like I'm making promises in order to keep myself accountable to them, it's because I am :P