Sketchbook pages

Here are a few pages from my sketchbook from the last few months.

Communal Sketchbook

"Ode to New Jersey" - around 11"x14" Acrylic, ink, charcoal, conte

So There is a sketchbook being floated around at school. A communal sketchbook.

I happen to get my grubby hands on it and fill it with some maddness. I didn't use reference at all so alot of it is screwed up. But what I found out of this hour and a half discord was something. I am not sure what, but something is going on that I really like.

I think I am going to sit with it, create pieces in my spare time that are alittle more controlled and see where it leads.

Change is Hard. I Should Know.

Hipster Girls

"So I don't know what it is about hipster girls that I am so into."

Handmade Sketchbook

So I made a sketchbook recently to save some money with some papers I had laying around my place, since I used my last sketchbook halfway to write in my contact list. I am not much of a book maker myself, and am taking a class with Shawn Williams this summer doing an indy study making a picture book. So why not experiment!

Below is a page I did where I am playing around with layering and drawing without reference. I am not quite there yet to do without reference but I have come far from when I was heavily dependent on it to now how I loosely use it. This was all drawn without pencil.

Added a sketchbook section

CHECK IT OUT!

It is a small section of select sketchs that I like that I have posted on the blog already and a few new ones. Be Patient because there will be more sketch updates in the weeks to come.

Dreamer Sketch

Dreamer Sketch - Gouache, White conte, and pencil on brown paper

As I am creating a nice illustration and design portfolio I am also going to be working on a fine art portfolio.

This is the first sketch to the start of a series of 5 to 10 fine art pieces. This piece is going to show her dreams, and thoughts as she sleeps.

Winter Break - 4 week push

My best friend Dani, is letting me stay at her place over the winter break in philly to work. She's the best and so is her cat!

School is out for winter, and there is a lot on my plate. The usual work coming in for designs, the rest of my portfolio pieces for my graduate school application, Senior thesis work, and a series of visual essay zines I am making about philadelphia.

I am in the mode of working on stuff but I will post it next week, but till then here is some sketch book stuff...

Have a good holiday everyone!

SVA Grad Show + Sketching + Kate Egan

NJ Transit to NYC 11/25/2008

Enlarged Image: HERE!

I went to New York City on Tuesday and saw the Graduate studies show for the Illustration as a visual essay program at SVA. I was really impressed with the work that I saw, but not only that, it got me to challenge myself to ask the question yet again. "WHAT IS ILLUSTRATION?"

The work looked more like fine art and not so much like illustration. I am so used to seeing work that is put into context with symbols, metaphors, ect that looking at the show I felt alittle uneasy. I was both curious and shocked by the work. That night I had the pleasure of sitting down and having dinner with Matt Cavanaugh to talk about the business of illustration as well as other topics. After we finished our burgers and copious amounts of tatter tots at the Trailer Park Bar/dinner, it was time for me to head back to Philadelphia to get ready for the Thanksgiving holiday and what was left to do work wise.

Kate Egan "The Vegan Eater" - Soph. Illustration Major at U Arts

For her random thoughts and drawings/paintings

Enlarged Image: Here

We will see how the week turns out, so I might do two portraits this weekend. I don't know yet, I have a few things I have to take care of before then.

Plus I have a job I did that I want to post but due to copyright I can't so in the next week or two I will be able too!

HAPPY MONDAY!

TEETH + Amtrak + Brooklyn

I got teeth pulled today, which isn't always the most exciting thing to do. What is exciting is drawing on the train.










I took a day trip to New York recently, to see the Society of Illustrators Political Show, and I got the pleasure of meeting some well known illustrators in Brooklyn. The only amount of time that I spent up there to draw was when I was at a Cafe in Williamsburg Brooklyn. I saw this dude with this awesome long neck and was like I have to draw him.



Thats It for now!