Digital Painting Assignment 2: Head And Hands

It's Denzel Washington! This week's assignment requires the study of head and hands. I snagged a pic of Denzel after he ate all the cookies in the cookie jar. This assignment in my honest opinion was a tremendous amount of fun. Although I did manage to get frustrated and storm off screaming swear words in different languages, I pulled through and finished it in the end. The face could still use a bit of work however, I'm rather pleased with the hands. With this project, my greatest challenge was trying to make him look like Denzel and not Obama.

Digital Painting Assignment 1: Creatures

For Digital Painting this year, we're working from photo reference which is no walk in the park. Working off of a photograph still requires an extreme amount of skill. You've got to apply all the techniques you've learned to create likeness and believability to the referenced photograph. For this particular assignment we had to paint the head of a creature in black and white. After browsing around, I found a picture of a gorgeous Bengal tiger and thought I'd take a stab at it. I learned a lot about manipulating the brush mechanics to create better structure and form, allowing me to develop a different approach to my usual painting style. My greatest challenge was trying to paint the texture of the fur.

Summer!

This summer was fantastic! My family went to Mexico for my cousin's wedding where I consumed enough alcohol to make up for the 21 years of sobriety. Shortly after, I took a trip down to Dubai. I was constantly drooling over the Lamborghini and Porsche models. Thanks to my cousin, I was fortunate enough to get behind the wheel of a Porsche Cabriolet 911! My final destination and yearly visit was to Hong Kong. Since I've grown up there it's served me as my first home and sanctuary. I definitely took advantage of those 4 glorious months. Until next year, summer!