Dylan+Open+Studio+Projects

Dylan's Open studio

Artist Statement. A lot of my artwork inspiration comes from outside sources, from video games to movies and also from other artists styles. In contrast to my previous statement I also really enjoy things like cityscapes and more abstract ideas. When I came into this class I seen myself creating a lot of pieces of art that where less for the teacher and more for me, which is something I feel that I actually accomplished. Sometimes when I finish a project I may not be very satisfied with how it turns out but I always really enjoy doing the project and the subject of my art is something I really value. I feel that the subject matter sometimes is more important then the look of the piece of art. This semester I really tried to vary the media I worked in and I think I actually did, looking back in past years I honestly never would have seen myself as a painter or working in anything else that wasn't black and white and on paper. I think I'm still a drawer at heart but painting can add almost a 3rd dimension to a drawing, it's really very fun to get form and value through paintings and I can't wait to continue my art "career" through many different medias, varying subject matters, and styles.

First finished project for open studio. The piece is a skateboard graphic, showing propaganda through the contrasting colors of the large bunny on top ruling over the small dark dirty people below him. The bunny uptop is holding money showing wealth through his big business, corporate mentality. The bunny people below are zombie like or brainwashed by their superiors.



This piece is my first real water color painting, its a cityscape painting of some large cities skyline. I really like incorporating my like of architecture into my art work. I'd say this piece was more of a learning experience more then anything, water painting feels very clumsy and odd because shading is dependent on how much water is used. Pastel was used for the light given off by the lamp post and for all the streaks of headlights that show on the bridge. In the end the painting turned out alright, for a first time water color painting I cant be upset with the outcome.



My finished zergling concept art drawing, inspiration for drawing this piece came from a man off of Youtube who draws crazy wierd and grotesque creatures. This project was really just for me, I wanted to brush up on my drawing skills by drawing an organic figure but something out of the norm. The creature itself is actually a Zergling from a video game called Starcraft, I've never played the game but the art behind the project is really something spectacular. There isn't much to the actually drawing, I just grounded him with his shadow cast underneath him I wouldn't know what type of environment to actually put this creature in. I'm happy with the outcome, even though I ended up drawing this on water color paper with a very rough texture which made shading this a pain in the neck.

The inspiration behind this piece came from my childhood love of video games, when I look at this painting it brings back good memories. This painting can also really make me feel old, I remember when some of these iconic characters hadn't even been invented yet. I think the painting itself really didn't turn out that great, but the overall meaning and concept is really fun and I think its clearly shown. Painting in such detail is something I find really challenging I just couldn't add all the small details I wanted to add because it just wasn't possible.

This was one of my favorite pieces of art I've done in a long time, at first glance these paintings look really simple and easy when in reality these take a lot of detail and patience to turn out good. I learned that water color is something really fun to do, the contrast you can get with it is truly something amazing, and the freedom you can have with the colors is really fun. The use of blobs of color and actual line to create value and form is something I really like about this project. I really want to do more watercolor paintings like these.



The inspiration behind this piece is something fairly obvious, it is a charcoal drawing of V the character from V for Vendetta graphic novel and movie. The fact that one man changes the world in that story is a moral that I find very true and quite amazing. The composition of the drawing is something I really like, I've always enjoyed the look of doing portraits up close like this with the rest of the body and figure fading out into the white background. The proportions for this drawing are really off if you seen the actual picture, the face almost makes me cringe when I look at it because I can see now where I went wrong in the initial drawing. Creating values with the charcoal was something that came pretty easy for me, and overall the form is something that I think I achieved in the piece.