Angel of Wrath

 These are tee shirts I made about the 4th Angel of Wrath in the book of Revelation pouring out a bowl of God's wrath on the sun.  I wanted to make an image formatted to fill the front of a tee shirt instead of just a chest graphic. 

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Yurei

I made this really detailed drawing of a samurai and a ghost called a "Yurei" which means something like dim spirit.  The detail didn't translate into a screen print as well as I would have liked, but it was a learning experience and that's OK.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Golden Skull

This was just a little print I did, trying to combine photo reference with hand drawn illustration.  The bottom, black layer was used to make some tee shirts.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Penrod

Another Children's Theatre piece! This play was about a kid named Penrod, who was a mischievous, Huck Finn sort of character.  He was always getting in trouble, and I forget what was redeeming about him, but at least he had a lot of friends!  I was supposed to get a couple tickets to a Children's Theatre show, but I never collected them.  I hope they remember me, because those tickets are really expensive otherwise.

African Tales

This is an illustration I made for the Minneapolis Children's Theatre Company for a play called Tales of Africa.  In Africa, the rabbit is a sort of trickster character and the protagonist in one of the short plays.

Enmity

Hello to all of my kind and interested readers!  I am sorry it's been so long, but this past and final semester at MCAD has left me little time to post, but now that it's summer, you can expect a lengthy resumption of posting.

To start things off, I've got this illustration I made in my anatomy class.  It was open ended, and all it needed was some example of human anatomy.  This is an illustration of the Genesis 3:15 text, " I will put enmity between thee and the woman," addressing Eve and the Serpent, Satan.  The wheat and foliage is to show how fruitful Eden was before the fall, and Eve has just been deceived by the serpent.

Done for my Experiencing Anatomy Class with Amy Sands.

Samson

This is an illustration of Samson killing 1,000 Philistines with a donkey's jawbone. I think that's such a brutal story. The scriptures say that "The Spirit of the LORD came powerfully upon him. The ropes on his arms became like charred flax, and the bindings dropped from his hands. Finding a fresh jawbone of a donkey, he grabbed it and struck down a thousand men." Judges 15:14-15

That place was later called "Ramath Lehi," or "Jawbone Hill."

Done for my Experiencing Anatomy Class with Amy Sands.

Snapper Screenprint

Here is the finished product! I'm pretty pleased with it. It would have been nice to maintain some of the line quality in that first layer, but my ink was kinda runny and bled a little. That's really all I'm not satisfied with in this piece. I kind of like working with the screen filler, you can make some cool textures, it looks somewhat painterly, and it's a lot easier to clean out than photo emulsion.
TURTLES, BRAH!

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Here's some process for ya to look at.

Cooperative Print

This is a pretty simple print (WHATTAYA WANT? it's just a paper stencil) that was a collaboration between myself and fellow illustrator, Catherine Repko. She made the deer and then submitted it to me, trustingly, to deform and add too. I think it came out pretty well.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

ps - Catherine also has a blog here.

Snapper Screenprint

Here's the color scheme and rough layout of my next screen print. Don't read too much into it, just a lot of images that can sort of correspond on a subconscious level. And don't expect too much detail out of this print because we're using screen filler instead of photo emulsion, which means it will basically look painted instead of carefully registered. And we are working reductively, which I've never done before, so we'll see how this goes.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

Dia de los Muertos Postcard

These cards were entered in a competition / exhibition at the Minnesota Center for Book Arts as part of Dia de los Muertos, or for those not "in the know," the Day of the Dead. I wanted to make the holiday more personal, so I inserted the reference John 8:51. This reads, "Truly, truly, I say to you, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death." This is a big part of my faith and therefore my life, that I am promised true life which accompanies my faith in Christ.
I wanted it to be pretty simple, so I thought, "A skull!" So as not to be too "on the nose" about it, I cropped it right under the eyes. I tried printing a second, gold layer on the silver, but I stopped doing that after about three of them because I didn't like it so much.

Done for my Screen Printing Class with Emily Hoisington.

ps- here are some photos of the installation

Samson

I get to take ANOTHER anatomy class this semester!! YEAH! Somehow, it has worked out that the first semester of my senior year contains NO illustration classes... go figure. Anyway, I've been trying to find other ways to fill in illustration hours. So, in addition to my joy at getting back to a little life drawing, I am happy because this class has two self guided assignments where we can incorporate this class into our major. I'm gonna do an illustration about Samson, because despite making a lot of bone-head decisions, he was a pretty BA guy. The illustration is a snapshot of him killing ONE THOUSAND Philistines with the jawbone of an ox. brutal.
I don't know how much process I'll get up on this, but I figured, "I've got the sketch scanned, I might as well."

Done for my Experiencing Anatomy Class with Amy Sands.

Transfer Collage

This was a collage I made in honor of hardcore and punk music, skateboarding, and the culture and imagery tied to them. It was mostly just combining a bunch of pictures I liked into a collage using a transfer method I hadn't used before. I then went back into it with charcoal to add motion and some energy to it.

Done for my Pressed Drawing Class with Amy Sands.

Monoprint Set

These monoprints were mostly about experimentation. I had never worked with this medium or method before, so I was just seeing what I could make here. I'm not very good at making abstract images, so my images are variations on WWI soldiers I found on the internet. Don't read into any symbolism, I was just seeing what I could do. It was fun, I liked it!

Done for my Pressed Drawing Class with Amy Sands.

Vocalist Series

Weyandt


Fitzhugh


Ingram


Bannon 1


Bannon 2


Weiss


Scogin


These are a series of monoprints I made about my favorite vocalists. I used to be in choir, and I'm not much of a musician, so for the most part, the defining factor of a band for me is the singer. You can make guitars, drums and other instruments and effects sound the same, but everyone's vocals are different, that makes the singing the most distinguishable piece of the band.

Done for my Pressed Drawing Class with Amy Sands.

City Pages

I made this cover for City Pages based on an article about Vegas card counters moving to the midwest because of the lax security at their casinos. (card counter = card shark/ now do you understand my subtle use of animal symbolism?) City Pages had a contest to see which who could make a good city pages cover, and this took second place; it was a little to detailed for a pulp publication.

Done for my Illustration Professional Practice Class with Carrie Hartmann.

BEARGREASE

I made this poster to promote the John Beargrease Dogsled Marathon. It seems pretty hardcore to me – a trek through the North American tundra, just a man and his dogs. I wnated this poster to look "epic" and heroic, while still emphasizing the bond between the musher and his dogs.

Done for my Illustration Professional Practice Class with Carrie Hartmann.

Jack and the Devil

Here's an illustration about the history of the Jack o' Lantern. At this part of the story, Jack traps the Devil in a tree by carving a cross in it. He won't scratch it out and let him down until the Devil promises not to bother him the rest of his life.
This is sort of inspired by Mike Mignola, but more so just folklore in general. I like how much research Mignola puts into his comics. For those of you you not "in the know," Mike Mignola writes the Hellboy comic series, and he's boss.

Done for my Illustration Professional Practice Class with Carrie Hartmann.

Zao Tee

This is a tee shirt design I made for one of my favorite bands, ZAO. If you know them, this is based mostly on their older music and imagery, but otherwise, I just wanted a symbol of brutality that retained something sophisticated, and gentle. So I chose the iron maiden, and I emphasized the gentle side of it with the angelic feathers in the background. I'm kind of getting into using a lot of hatching in my illustration, so this was a good opportunity to mess around with that more.
Here's a poster I made about the vibe I was going for.

Done for my Illustration Products Class with Charlene Smith.

Skateboard Concept for Creature Skateboards

This is a deck design for Creature Skateboards, who always have some gnarly graphics. I whipped up a sort of style board/ poster and then there's the final deck with the logo placed on it along with some alternate sketches.
Recognize that little sketch second from the right? Yeah I liked that one, wanted to still make something with it.
Done for my Illustration Products Class for Charlene Smith.