Final: History of Contemporary Lamp working

Paintings/Drawings by Patty

Even though this is my graphic design blog, I decided to put some of my oil paintings and pencil and charcoal drawings. All of them have been created while I have been attending BCC. I figured it would be cool to put them on here.

This was a Birds of Prey comic book cover from 2010. I took the image and blew it up 18x24 and painted it with oils. 

This was a painting i had done in class, and it covered up another painting. Mad props to this model; as her hands were turning blue for about 3 days doing this pose. This painting was given to a friend.  :)

This is the most recent figurative oil painting I have done. It was a model I've drawn many times before, and I did enjoy painting her for the first time. I purposefully left the background unfinished to bring more attention to her form.

This is probably my favorite drawing from my advanced drawing class. It's charcoal on drawing paper, unfinished, with doodles in the corner.

This was a pencil drawing I did in advanced drawing from a model. He was a decent model, and I really like how this one came out. It was in the student show last year.

This is a hungry shark. rawr. It's oils on illustration board and it was my illustration final. I likey!

This was my painting final on a 30 x 40 canvas. Transcending Realism was the theme. Rainbowss!

Edited Image for History Poster

This is an image for my history poster I took while watching my boss blow glass one day. I thought his kiln would be a good image to present basic materials and equipment needed for such a business. Also, on an ironic note, the temperature of the kiln just happened to be 420 degrees at the time I took this picture. LoL.

Image for History Poster

This is a picture I took and put through photoshop. I took it while watching my boss Tommy Lynch piece together and awesome blue and green dichroic (sparkly) tube. I put it through a filter and I think it will be an awesome addition to my History of Contemporary Lamp working poster. I used a film grain filter to achieve the picture quality, and highlighted the colors in the tube to bring it out more.

Dog Lover Commemorative Stamp Layout - Final

Dog Lover Stamp Digital Thumbnail

This is as far as I've gotten so far with m stamp. I decided to create a digital painting based on a photograph than an actual painting (which I do all the time). I still have to design the entire background with lots of colors and natural imagery, but I really like the way that it's coming out so far. As I continue to work in photoshop I become more knowledgable about the software, which is something I haven't really experienced before.

Second Round Thumbnails - Dog Lovers Commemorative Stamp

-For these thumbnails, I took my favorite images from my first round of thumbnails and developed them a little more thoroughly with color. I attempted to color them in an art nouveau style, which really brings character and life to the images, and I really enjoy the results. When I start working on my illustration I think I'll try to paint it with watercolors and possibly bold dark lines from marker of something similar. The hardest part of this project thus far is choosing the image out of these three that I like the most. Any suggestions or opinions are appreciated!