Anatomy for the Arist; Mid-Term Assignment part 2

Create a creature from referencing real life animals. I used ink and prisma color pencil for my design.

Mid-Term: Anatomy Study

Life size anatomy study for Anatomy for the artist class mid-term assignment. Completed on butcher paper using prisma color pencil. Purpose was to understand human bone and muscle anatomy by creating full size reference.

Art 371A Illustration- Assignment 1

Assignment: Select one of the sports phrases from the excerpt of the New York Times' "On Language" column and use it as inspiration for a drawing that illustrates the concepts explored in the text. Is the article about sports language, or about vernacular used out of context, or about the use of metaphors? Use any medium you wish (except marker). The finished illustration should be 5"x7.5" black and white continuous tone image. This assignment is an introduction to the basic elements of editorial illustration, emphasizing an awareness of the relationship between a text and an illustration, and creativity within the responsibility of the drawing to the client commissioning the drawing.

Art 371A; Illustration- Assignment 2

Standing Figure: An introduction to modern pictorial styles and an investigation of their effect on form and content. Create a standing figure at least 20" high and divide into 5 equal, horizontal sections. Each section is to exemplify one of the following styles: Art Nouveau, Expressionism, Surrealism, Art Deco and Cartoon.

Upper Arm Challenge Presentation

This is an upper arm study I created for a group presentation. Each muscle can be removed and reveals the name of the muscle on the back. I made it out of illustration board and ink wash. I hope the class enjoys the little game I have for them.

Slave to Society

An old design re-visited. I created this design in high school and I took the time to give it another go around. I feel inspired to look at my high school journals and elaborate more on the art work to insert along side my upgraded journal entries. My journals consist of poems, stories and thoughts. Each journal is a glimpse into several periods of my life.

Flaming Coward

Flaming Coward
This critter is a large creature, approximately 12-15 feet in length. The Flaming Coward is a clever, skulking predator that travels the Underdark in search of easy prey. It is particularly fond of Drow sandwiches.Flaming Cowards are, as their name says, cowardly creatures. They prefer to lie in ambush or stalk foes from the shadows. A Flaming Coward will often wait for it's prey to engage in combat before moving in for an opportunistic bite attack. Because of this hunting technique, the Flaming Coward will normally "shadow" other creatures that are often in contact with Drow. The Flaming Coward, if attacked, will try to run from the fight unless victory is assured. In the event that it is unable to flee, and it's death looks evident, it will use it's special attack. Once a day, the Flaming Coward has the ability to put their body into a state of extreme stress. This causes a chemical to be released into their body (similar to our adrenal response) that causes a dramatic rise in body temperature. So dramatic is the rise in temperature, that is can cause burns upon contact, and is even known to cause flammable material to spontaneously combust within 10' of the Flaming Coward.
For this creature I came up with the idea that the power of the heat comes from two seperate chemicals that when mixed causes a reaction and radiates immense heat, killing anything up to 10 feet away.