Birth of Athena

My 4th thesis illustration, The Birth of Athena.

Ghost Baby!!!

Here is my annoying sound illustration for Seminar. Its that sound at 3 or 4am when the cat comes walking into your bedroom with toy mouse in mouth while letting out muffled meows which sound like a ghost baby haunting your room....enjoy.

Next thesis sketch

Thesis illustration #4 will be Athena, had her birth from Zeus's forehead fully armed with sword and shield with her owl like the myth.

Finally finished Lamia!

Here is my finished Lamia illustration for thesis. After 2 false starts the 3rd time proved to be the charm. I had so many problems with stylizing the figure the way I wanted, but most of all the rocks! I use actual rocks I took pictures of when I was in Greece. I really liked the look of some of the greyish brown rocks at the beach in Mykonos, and how they all seemed to jet out at a 45 degree angle. Overall this piece is a bit more realistic in the way that I rendered it making it a bit of a hybrid, I think for the next piece I want to do more of a stylized figure like in my Pandora piece. But that being said I think it works well for this piece.

Ruby in the Smoke Spot

Here is my Ruby in the Smoke chapter header spot illustration finish. I decided to got with Sally's gun that she keeps in her purse and the Ruby itself just as a fun little spot to go on the top of each chapter title to round off the project. This is done in black and white watercolor like the others. Next, chapter #3!

Ruby in the Smoke 2

Well here is my finish of #2 of #3 illustrations for Ruby in the Smoke with Sally Lockheart. In this scene I had a lot of fun researching Hansom Cab's of the 1870's in London, as well as the costumes and look of the time. I really wanted to play with the light on the character and the mood. This piece is in black and white watercolor like the first, now just one more to go and a spot for the chapter header.

Lamia final sketch

Here is my final sketch for Lamia the baby eating half serpent woman that hangs out by the rocky coasts by day and seeks out babies by night. She is a sort of Boogyman in Greek culture. Zeus had an affair with her (nothing new) and Hera punished her by making by making her eat her own children and turned her into a creature with a serpent lower half with an insatiable hunger for babies...creepy.

Ruby in the Smoke

Here is some finished work from my independent study with Kelly. We are working on black and white chapter illustrations for young adult books. The is one of 3 pieces I'm working on for Ruby in the Smoke, the Sally Lockheart series. I'm working on my character style and still painting in watercolor.