Drapery!

As many of my friends and colleagues know, I'm fascinated by folds and fabric, and was happier than ever when the chance to draw those came in the form of homework. These are some selections, from minor practice to 10+ hour renderings.

Selected Comics

And for the finale, my two page comic, the likes of which I have not yet recreated, looking more like Franlin Booth's variation on the Book of Kells...











Throughout the semester, my class got an opportunity to create weekly comics (that's the 3 paneled ones you see) and some major ones, requiring more planning, etc. I, of course, was a newcomer to the whole idea of a comic strip, always relying on artists like Herluf Bidstrup, Paul Madonna, and sometimes even Goya and the middle age manuscripts, for my ideas. Mostly, every project made me slightly uneasy, since putting my work up on the wall meant noticing how remarkably un-comic it was, completely different from what that genre usually asks for; but now that I look at them, somehow the fresh perspective brings something different to the table.

Early Sketches

I believe these are also from my beginnings in the illustration program. Let's see how much more I can find in my archives.

Early Works

Do disregard the dates. These posts will appear as several days' works, but they are in fact picks from the last year (or so).
To start with, here are some works from the long-by-gone days of Art 112, with our very own John Clapp. Old by the current standards, but I personally enjoy these sketches even now. Mind you, these are works purely for practice. Their completeness can only be attributed to spending hours working on them, something that seems a luxury now. Several years have passed since some of these, and now they are only a part of a grander composition, something that is supposed to convey a narrative. However, at this stage of my artistic career, I was also busy creating weekly comics, which you can see in the next section.