My Poker Face…

Here is the first real art piece of my SCAD career, if school could be considered a career.

Unfortunately my grade on this project was a lousy B.
I think that is due to the pen illustration not having a full range of blacks and whites. Jay, my professor, is a great guy but sometimes he doesn’t really let you know what he wants from an assignment unless you have a deep discussion with him about every move you make. That being said, I had to miss a couple classes due to unfortunate things, and was unable to speak with him about the whole process.

Though the grade is unfortunate, the artwork is awesome.

Click on the images to enjoy even more…I guess.

Poker Face 1- Prisma Color Black and White, Verithin Black and White. 8″x6″

Poker Face 2- Micron Pen, Old Old India Ink. 8″x6″

A Work in Progress..

This drawing started about 2 years ago. It began with initial sketch that I redrew several times. Then, about 2 months ago I revisited the idea with a style of drawing that I admire.

The style is cross-hatching, the medium micron and copic pens.

The idea began simply with the thought that the image was sort of epic. Slowly it has grown to an idea about hands. Hands create and hands destroy, there’s a contrast there that’s really beautiful.

Looking deeper through conversation is a theme of divine ecstasy. Eyes peering into heaven, the man is becoming something new as though through a trial by fire. Through the pain of sin and transformation of faith (which is paradoxical in nature) comes the work of God’s hand[s] to make something out of death become alive, tugging, and restoring.