A collection of 2D artworks created during my undergraduate studies as a Visualization major at Texas A&M. I take immense pride in my background as an artist, and carry the skills I fostered in studying traditional techniques with me to this day.
Shown Above: Warped Reality – A multiple-point perspective composition was taken to a whole new level to create a visually intriguing image. With an almost compass-like placement of the vanishing points, the surreal elements of this piece are given a vast and warped feel to them.
Pen and Marker on Bristol Paper, Adobe Photoshop. Fall 2014.
Cowabunga – The typically static Japanese style of Notan was used carefully to show a receding figure in motion, and break free from the symmetry typically associated with Notan. Do you see a fish, or a wave? The design was conceived using the traditional method of cutting black paper and flipping it with clever relocation, then digitally overlayed with color.
Black Cardstock, Adobe Photoshop. Fall 2014.
Figure Drawings
Here, life drawing applies both to drawings of live models and lively statues I encountered on my travels in Europe.
Female Figure Studies from Live Model in Life Drawing Studio (from left to right):
- Subtle changes in tone shows light bouncing back onto the model’s figure even from within the shadows, giving her a smooth and serene appearance.
- Heavy contrast was used here to enhance the drama of the pose and crisply define the planes of the body catching the most light.
- In this piece, the topology of the model’s figure is carefully outlined to give a sense of form.
Charcoal on Paper. Spring 2015.
Studies of Italian Statues – This is a series of statues I sketched in a small notebook on my travels to Italy during my semester abroad, Spring 2017. The one on the far left is an unfinished statue emerging from a marble block housed in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence. The one after is from the Pantheon in Rome, and the three on the right are a set from the Vatican. For those three, the feet were rather difficult to capture, as they were almost constantly covered by fellow tourists and lovers of art!
Having lived in Germany when I was younger, it was an amazing privilege to see Italy again after nearly a decade had passed since moving back to America, and carry a sketchbook with me on my travels just as I did in my youth.
Pencil on Paper, touched up in Photoshop. Spring 2017.
