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Awareness Post - Jean-Michel Basquiat
Basquiat, or Jean-Michel Basquiat is a contemporary artist and was part of the neo-expressionism movement. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, 1960. He first gained attention in the late 1970s as part of the SAMO graffiti duo in Lower Manhattan, but later had a breakthrough in a solo show at Annina Nosei Gallery in 1982. Basquiat's Debut at Annina Nosei In his work as SAMO, this was during his highschool years, where he would write and illustrate for the school paper. SAMO cam
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Oct 211 min read


Art 5 Figure Drawing
I think I have gotten much better in figure drawing than last year. I have a greater grasp of anatomy and value as showed in the picture above. Last year was my first year doing figure drawing, so my concept of proportions wasn't the best. I think since I've been working in dynamic poses a lot since past year, it has drastically improved my skills. My style of posing and figures is more comic-book like where body proportions tend to be exaggerated, which may have been helpful
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Oct 201 min read


Art 5 Process #2
This year, I wanted to have more of a specific theme or stance in my works. Last year in art 4, I didn't really know what I was doing; I was going for a comic book or pop art style with a focus on typography, but now I wanted to gear it towards something I'm passionate in. I started off with imagination or connection last year, so in this work, I'm still tying that back in, taking inspiration by contemporary artists and rioters, but from a pop lense. My art piece, or summer p
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Oct 202 min read


Process - Project #8
Project #8 Final Draft When I was figuring out what to do for this project, to be honest, I wanted to go back to dynamic poses. My last...
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May 132 min read


Process - 2nd Semester Home Project
For my 2nd semester home project, I think this will be a portfolio project than something connected to what I'm doing now. These canvas...
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Mar 71 min read


Lunchtime Lecture - Oura
Oura Sananikone is an artist who's very comic inspired. His work is characterized by a vibrant and energetic style, often blending...
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Mar 71 min read


Process - Project #6
Compared to the last project I did, I had more of an idea for this project. But it did come with a lot of setbacks. Originally, during my...
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Mar 71 min read


Awareness Post - Lady Pink
Lady Pink, born Sandra Fabara in 1964 in Ambato, Ecuador, is a graffiti artist who has significantly influenced urban art since the late...
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Mar 61 min read


Matthew Bond Artist Talk
His art is really cool, especially to me since I live and breathe comics. My art style in class has been leaning graffiti and comic pop...
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Feb 71 min read


Process blog post -- Week #16
At first, starting this project was really hard because I didn't know what I was doing. I felt burnt out and couldn't figure out what I...
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Dec 20, 20241 min read


Awareness Post - Jim Lee
Jim Lee is a renowned comic artist known for Batman: Hush , X-Men #1 , and Justice League and is the Co-founder of Image Comics and...
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Dec 20, 20241 min read


Career Post #2 - Fashion Designer
Fashionnn A fashion designer creates clothing, accessories, and footwear, blending creativity with functionality (like Devil Wears...
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Dec 20, 20241 min read


Process - Home Project
This is the current idea I had for my Home Project. For my summer project, one of my concepts were with dragons, because I really loved...
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Oct 23, 20242 min read


Process Work - Project #2
The artwork on the left is the middle of my project. I wanted to go for a comicbook style theme, like how when we were kids, we used to...
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Oct 23, 20242 min read


Career Post - Art Teacher
An art teacher is someone who educates people how to develop their artistic skills and how to use those skills in expression. An art...
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Oct 9, 20241 min read


Figure Drawing
Figure drawing was definitely a new experience for me. In digital art, we never really had to draw a figure, let alone sketch someone in...
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Sep 20, 20241 min read


Graphic Design Final Exam and Reflection Paragraph
Since last year in digital art with Utterback, I have improved greatly in Illustrator, Photoshop, and learned a lot from InDesign too. In...
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May 21, 20241 min read


Indesign Reflection
Having my prior experience with Photoshop and Illustrator has really helped me in Indesign and making all of my different parts of the...
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May 17, 20241 min read


Fantastic Four Project
The Fantastic Four Project was an interesting way to explore the different art techniques and designs I could have explored. In doing...
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May 15, 20242 min read


Spotlight Artist - Summer Balcom
Art has a lot of emotions. In Balcom's case, she experienced a lot of grief and depression in losing her grandmother and sister. However,...
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Apr 21, 20242 min read
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