Define Anger

Just for fun after a long day of homework and greasy quesadillas.






Update : This is a bit messy but I wanted to see if I could make this work with a darker palette.　　I think the image is a bit messy looking but it's definitely got a creepier feel.

Two Point Perspective

The idea for this week's drawing came from a radio show called "This American Life". It was a true story about a few boys who found a house that had been abandoned for 40 or more years. All the belongings had been left behind, it seemed that some horrible tragedy had befallen the entire family.



I decided to imagine the kitchen, this was the view I decided to draw.




I built a grid and constructed the kitchen.


The teacher told me I should put the light behind the camera, so I could learn how to plot to shadows, otherwise I might have had the window and the only light in the room.





The finished product. I learned a lot from a bunch of little mistakes I made on the way. It's very bright for what is supposed to be a creepy scene, but I'll figure it all out one of these days. It really was a lot of fun to draw. The original story can be heard on This American Life (here) .

SF Photos

I've only taken a few photos since I've moved, I figure it's more important to carry a sketchbook around than a camera these days. But here are a few I've taken over the last couple weeks.

One Point Perspective

This was my first big homework assignment. I had to draw an outdoor scene in perfect one point perspective with special attention to scale. Above are the rough thumbnails that I drew while brainstorming. I liked the idea of a Venetian Chinatown. The circles on the right side are lanterns though I didn't include them in the final version because they blocked too much of the building detail which was the assignment.


After drawing lots of perspective grids I found one that worked for my image and slowly constructed my scene from imagination and bits of reference.

Using various geometric principles I then placed a sun in the scene and calculated the shadows.


I finished the painting with color, which wasn't necessary for the project but I wanted to see how it would turn out. Also, the instructor said something that stuck in my mind, "The only reason to not do your best is because you're afraid to see what you're capable of. If you don't know what you're capable of you won't know how far to push yourself." With a few more hours I could make it a tiny bit better, but this is more or less what I'm capable of at this stage. I get a new assignment tomorrow.

The Edge of the Woods

An unfinished drawing/ painting. I hope to finish this someday but I've go so many drawing assignments from school that I don't see myself finishing it anytime soon. A wrote a little story to accompany it as well.

DNA girl

Just for fun, a girl.