Self-Portraits Paintings

One of the homework assignments for Life Painting was that we had to do life-portraits for homework. I wasn't so much a fan of this, if only because I don't like looking at myself. This isn't because I think I look ugly or anything, I just never was fond of staring at myself and replicating that in a mirror.

I did these assignments and put a generous amount of time into them, regardless. Struggling over my issues with my own face was probably the most difficult task the course threw at me.

These are in order of creation, all made Spring 2014.

-This one was my favorite out of the four-

Life Painting #1

These paintings were done in-class Spring 2014 for my Life Painting course. They are the ones I was most satisfied with for the light or form they portray.

Still Life Paintings #1

Beginning painting with oils in Spring 2013. These aren't all of them but they're what I felt were my better works from this time period.

Old Sculptures #2

This project was from Design II at my community college, in which we needed to create a mythological creature with a specific function. Originated from Spring 2012 semester.

This creature is meant to be a representation of duality and thought. Its eyes allow it to see every thought escaping the brain, and its dual tongues catch both good and bad thoughts that it devours. The grooves in the brain are a result of its feet and tongue kneading the organ, which is where headaches come from. 

Old Sculptures #1

I was very proud of this project. It was a deconstructed triangular dog made with ceramic in my Design II class. Unfortunately, this piece was inadvertently destroyed a year after it was created.

Dates: Spring 2012

Animal Art #1

These are all very old animal sketches I did on GIMP on a whim. All are from 2012-13, before I took animal and wildlife and using my limited knowledge of how to use a tablet and image program.