Influence- IF

This is a quick sketch I did for Illustration Friday. The concept this week was "influence." I chose to do a Pandora's Box theme. Pandora is being influenced by the evils that she let out of the box. and they are controlling her like a puppet. I apologize for the quality of the image- my scanner is still worthless.

Unwinding Sphere

There is probably some meaning in this sketch somewhere. I'm not sure what it is but I will leave that up to you. I drew this on vacation. I was on a cruise ship so there was a lot of water and very little inspiration. I was beating my head against the table in one of bars I had set up at trying to think of something to sketch. Eventually an M.C. Escher piece flashed in my mind. I wanted to get the same unraveling feel of that piece. Originally I was just practicing unwinding a sphere. As time went on I started expanding on the unwinding sphere. First came the river. Then a boat to help imply a river, then the sphere turned into the earth, which then turned into an orange on a limb. In the end it came a long way from just drawing a sphere but sometimes art doesn't have a direction it just unwinds itself. (shameless pun) I again apologize for the poor quality once I get my scanner working I'll try to re-post with more clarity.

Dragon's Lair

I did this sketch at my friend Al's place. I had this concept after watching a combination of the Goonies and The Lord of the Rings. I apologize for the image quality. My scanner is on the fritz so I used my digital camera. If you can't make it out there is an explorer at the mouth of the cave approaching a raft that's on a chain which will take him into belly of the beast.

I like this concept. In the future I might return to it to fix some proportion problems. I would also use an ink wash instead of graphite.

Shadow- IF

Illustration Friday's topic this week was shadow. I wanted to create something that had a prominent light source and shadows that were not what would be naturally cast. the concept of light and shadow lead me to a concept of good and evil. Here I have depicted a person praying before a light seeking protection and warmth while surrounded by darkness and the evil that is within us all.

It could still use a lot of work but I have been slammed. Thankfully my student teaching is over so I will have more free time to draw and upload.