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