Wednesday, April 29, 2009

"Anywhere But Here" woodcut print

Hey there! It's that time again...print time! The theme for this one was "anywhere but here," so here's my interpretation:

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I forgot to take a picture of the first layer (the lightest blue), but here are the second and third layers out of four:

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I'm really happy with the way this turned out; I hope you like it!

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Medea Costumes

Here are some costumes I designed for the play Medea. They're for my set and costume design class, which is the beginning one, as I'm about to make apparent. Even if these are just cartoons, I really need the figure drawing class I'm taking next semester. Aaanyway, I've written a paper about why I made them this way, but I'll give you guys the Reader's Digest version. If you're interested in reading the play, the full script is available here. If you're not, be wary of spoilers.

So here's Medea, who at first tries to blend in with Creon's kingdom but then goes apeshit-goth and kills her kids (those ribbons she's holding have been around their necks). That's Hecate's Wheel on her corset, a symbol of the goddess that she invokes at the end.

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This is Jason, Medea's cheating husband. Like her, he's trying to blend in at the beginning but is later interrupted when his bride is killed in the middle of his wedding preparations. Ouch.

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Here's Creon himself, the haggard old king and Jason's intended father-in-law. Clearly he's tired of his kingly duties.

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Creon's daughter, who I wanted to be uncomfortably young for Jason. She's wrapped up like a present, which she basically is, given to Jason to increase Creon's power. The mask and cloak are the poisoned ones given to her by Medea.

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Medea's kids, ill-fated little chaps with the aforementioned red ribbons:

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Aegeus, the travelling king who needs Medea's help to cure his impotency (thus I gave him a huge codpiece). He should look like a once-powerful king that's been on the road way too long, and is worn down and weak.

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Finally, the nurse. Vaguely modeled after the Fates, she's just a decrepit old hag.

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Whew! So there you go. I did designs for a chorus too, but it's basically people in white robes. That's it for now, but first, here's a sneak preview of my next print. This is the initial sketch:
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

New Woodcut Print

So I've been carving a print for the last few days and I just printed it yesterday. Here it is:

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Sorry about the somewhat crappy picture; I'll get a better one at some point. I'm thinking of coloring one of them with watercolor, so if that happens, I'll post it here as well. To be honest, I'm getting a bit crazy having not done much 3D work recently. As soon as possible I'm going to start working on one or two more dolls; the steampunk iPod has fallen by the wayside, but will happen eventually. If you're into that kind of thing, I found one the other day that you can see here that incorporates the gramophone like I wanted mine to...awesome! On Friday I'll also post some costume designs I had to do for the play Medea. Stay tuned!

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Wooden Spiky Plant Sculpture

Hello guys! So this a spiky plantlike sculpture I made out of wood and painted with plain old acrylic. This was nice because it was the first time I had worked with wood, and the paint could cover up any mistakes, woo! First I'll show you the finished sculpture, then some from the planning stage:

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And here's the planning stage, where I basically made a cardboard version and hot glued it together...I thought it might be cool to show how I plan this kind of thing.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Monotype Deer-Riding Print

Another mini-update with a less than satisfactory project...my first monotype (painting onto plexiglass then printing onto paper). Yikes. I wasn't into this medium, but at least I gave it a shot, right? Don't worry, I'm working on a really detailed woodcut right now that'll make up for it!

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