Here is my WIP for the last week before I turn in my final on 10/29.  I added the brow furrow and allowed the skull to show through the right side of her face as if she herself is a "work in progress" by Dr. Frankenstein.  There is much I need to finish but at least a got great responses from my classmates.  One dude said its one of his favorites out of the entire class.  I'm not trying to impress my classmates but that's a great compliment...and its not even completed yet.

Digital Painting: Project 1 WIP

Here's where I'm at so far.  I had to revamp what I previously had since there were some fundamental things wrong with the shadows on her face.  Her face is still a little too flat but I needed to get the general structure working first.  It's much brighter and cleaner than I want.  Over the weekend I'm going to dirty her up and try to still keep her elegant.....elegant but dirty....and scabby.  I want her to be elegant but have a yuck element, too.  "Yuck Element"....I think I just invented a new term.

Digital Painting Project 1: WIP

I've decided to use Natalie Portman as my base model for the Bride (thanks Christian).  I'm little less than 50% done and will finish the rest by the 15th.  The WIP is due on 10/8/12.

Here are my color comps for Module 2.  I will post my WIP on Monday the 8th after I get started on the final.  I'll try and do a periodic step-by-step of my process.  I'm unsure of which color comp I'm going to use.

Project 1: Chosen Thumbnails

My instructor finally critiqued my thumbnail sketches after 4 friggen days of waiting on her...the class is big though.  Anyway, here are the one's she chose, her comments and my cleaned up thumbnail I already started.....

New Sketch: Bride

I'm taking my first Digital Painting class at AAU.  We got to choose the theme of Project 1 so, I decided to do a reiteration of The Bride of Frankenstein since I will be doing Conceptual Storytelling next quarter and for the love of classic horror movies.  So, here is my initial sketch.  Unfortunately, this is not the approved thumbnail I sent in as my instructor is extremely slow at critiquing thumbnails and we have to complete 10 color comps of the approved sketch.  I'll be pissed off if she lets it go another day.  Anyway, here are my thumbnail sketches and a color comp (not to be confused with a speed painting):

 I wanted her to appear that she is suspended by the very feeding tubes and wires that are supporting her life. 

At a certain point I'll get the speed painting thing down.  This took a couple hours....unfortunately.

ILL612 Sustained Figure Concepts Week 5 Revision

I had to complete a revision for my Week 5 homework.  Here is the side-by-side:

ILL612 Sustained Figure Concepts Final

Hopefully my instructor will like the improvements I made to my drawing.  She gave me a B+ and told me I did a good job, BUT my value structure was off and that I made it monochromatic (even though "it works").  So, I modified the sucker for 1.5 hours until I hit gold.  I hope she feels the same.  At this point, its about pleasing my instructor.  I want my A or A-.

ILL612 Week 12

I did these with a huge allergy/sinus attack yesterday. It almost didn't get done and today I'm wiped out.

ILL612 Week 11

Its been a few weeks since my last posting. I've been crazy busy but here is my latest homework assignment from this past week.