Be Excited!

So I have some great news! After two years of building up my portfolio since my last big disappointment, I have finally taken the steps for a second attempt at applying for a BFA in Illustration at BYU, and I GOT IN! wahoo!!!!!! (victory dance!) and I have further more been accepted into the concept design track emphasis of the BFA so I am super psyched! Here's some art to celebrate:
(The colored ones were drawn using a program called Colors3D for the 3DS console. It is a pretty shnazzy digital sketch book. Thank you Josh!)

Also keep posted for updates on this years Chalk the Block Contest: https://www.facebook.com/chalktheblockevent
This year, Josh and I and his brother and his dad are going to be teaming up to produce something awesome! Here are all their blog links:
Josh: http://joshsimagination.blogspot.com/
Kevin: http://beawesome.blogspot.com/
Steve: http://keeleart.blogspot.com/

Figure Drawing Journey Winter Semester 2013

  

Times are Good

Just a few more samples of this semester. For my figure drawing and painting class we have one more project each.

Fun Painting this semester

8X8 Acrylic Woodland Creature 

I finally feel like I'm stepping out of my shell and stretching myself a bit with this assignment. A lot of my sketches have this sort of fantasy surrealistic feel to it but so far my traditional finished pieces have had nothing of the sort. I love this piece for me because I got to explore my style and speak how I wanted. Also I love acrylic. This is one of my first pieces in this medium.

Our next assignment is going to include a vehicle of some sort but it can be designed and painted however we choose so long as it includes some form of transportation from another country or time era. Anything that doesn't exist we can say is from the future so I think I will be having fun with it.

Last Semester

The following images were done last semester and the top two portraits are what I consider to be the most successful and the bottom was my final. the top two were sold to the models in them. It was a good deal :) I learned a lot of things under Robert Barrett. He was a great teacher.