Almost the final drawing...I still need to add some things and change some figures I'm not happy with. I'll explain the theme and concept when I post the final. The image looks a little too confusing and crowded right now, but hopefully when I paint it I will be able to fix that. Most of the characters at the top will be pushed into the background which will help. I also want some of the characters to stand out more than others, so I will probably boost the contrast a little for those.

I'm starting a new illustration while working on some commissions for friends and family...This is just a small detail of the drawing which is almost finished. I'm hoping I can finish the painting in about two weeks.

I did this piece at the Academy as well, but it is unfinished.

A couple of figure drawings from the Academy.

Here is a detail of the piece I'm doing for my aunt. I still have a ways to go on it, but I'll post the final when I'm done.

I forgot to put this up before...I was going to redo the lust piece at the academy, because it didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Here is the drawing I started but never finished. And below it is just a page from my sketch book. I did some drawings of my sister's dog while it was sleeping.

This is a piece I did for practice. My first self-driven illustration since I got back from the academy. There was no instruction on this, and I don't think it was very successful. But I'm trying. It is based on an article from Atlantic Monthly called Fish Story. I think the main purpose of the story was to talk about how things pass us by: known and unknown. So I used part of the narrative and pushed it a little further to illustrate a concept. The main character is hosing the fish, preparing it to be eaten, and the running water from the hose starts to form a pond or body of water that the fish can no longer reach. An opportunity of life that is passing the fish by.