I got to do some painting on a boat this summer!  It was super fun, and then I got to see it sailing all around the lake when I was done. The Revelation is the name of the boat, and it's owned by a Bible Camp in northern Minnesota on Bluewater Lake. This was painted with acrylic house paint, and then covered in a marine spar varnish, so hopefully it holds up to weather conditions.

April Self Portrait

Seth Young

Every now and then I like to draw a self portrait, if for nothing else than to prove to myself that I still have some life drawing skill.  So this was me from about 1:30 to 1:40 last night.

I don't really know much about calligraphy, other than just messing around and adding stuff, but I have enjoyed playing with it recently. Here's a lettering sketch spelling "Hope."

ps.
for some really AWESOME calligraphy/ street art/ ...art, check out Niels Shoe Meulman, who makes cool lettering.

I recently watched both Judge Dredd movies, and while I was watching, I was doodling.  When I was done, I figured, "Why not just color it? "  So here it is!

A couple pages from my sketchbook; I'll try to keep this one full of worth-while sketches!

A small illustration of the Antarctic. It's a bit washed out on the screen, but in "real life" I wanted to get that feeling of utter cold, which perhaps only those from the Northern Prairies and Antarctica (possibly Siberia) can relate to.

Also, it fascinates me that this is where penguins choose to live.  WHY?

This is just a painting about a cowboy.Some changes from the sketchbook.

This is an illustration of the book Farenheit 451.  In the future firemen burn books because they're illegal, but one fireman isn't buying it.

Refined tattoo for Nick Roen.

British knight and Norse riddare

Hello all.  To those who haven't abandoned blogspot because of their recent format change, I apologize for not posting in so long.  I will try to put up my past finished projects, but for now, these are my most recent pieces. 
Just a couple of busts of a knight from Britain and a riddare ("rider" basic equivalent to knight in Norway or Sweden). 

Due to this new format, and a basic need to clean up this site, I encourage you to check out my TUMBLR to see more uploads and more process.

Thanks guys!

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.