New Letters and New Businesses

In this first assignment, we had to create a new letter for the alphabet and present it in capital and lowecase form.

Then the challenge was to use any portion of those letters and/or your initials to create two different logos. One logo had to be a mirror image of itself, and the other rotated, and represent a fictional business.

All of these had to be to scale with Roman type, and the lettering for the fictional businesses took the longest of all. Though I rushed some of the logo design, I am happy with my results.

Onomatopoeia

I made this into a silly little keynote presentation where the hand creeps in and steals the word "Yoink!"

Keynote was less than cooperative, but it worked out pretty well in the end.

Practicing My Penmanship

These pen and ink illustrations should have been posted earlier, as they were my practice subjects before the sumo. They were done fairly quickly, and, as you can see by the ballerinas, they helped me refine my pen strokes and lines.

I had tried two different styles with these ballerinas, and find that the simpler strokes and finer lines on the right produce a daintier image. This was not so necessary with the quarterback below, but I'm still happy with the rendering. 

Couleurs vives dans la neige blanche

Photos taken outside a temple in downtown Windsor. I have always been captivated by the bright colours of this building and the calm that embodies its gardens.

The pictures do not do it justice.

This One's for Annie

I had originally hoped to post a photo for each day. Clearly, this is not happening with everything else that goes on in the circus that is my life. So I will now say that I will do my best to post something once a week. Hopefully many somethings. I have been busy taking lots of photos this week, and catching up on school work, so there's plenty to show, that's not the problem. The problem is one of prioritisation.

I am happy to announce that I am finally caught up in school after my short absence since the death of Grandpapa Poisson, and I am really excited about the work I am doing. I'd just like to take this opportunity to bask in the awesomeness of finally finding a craft that makes me happy. One that will give me not only a good, paying career, but will also provide ample room for creativity and opportunities.

*Basking*  : )

This guy is also basking in his awesomeness.

A pen and ink illustration made for class.

I loved inking him... with Annie on my mind, of course.

Holy Rosary, Batman

There's a church in town, on Riverside Dr., that I believe is called Our Lady of the Rosary, nicknamed "Holy Rosary". I have driven by it many times and have always wanted to stop and look around. Today I did so, and brought my camera along for the ride...

And then it started to snow. 

I really wish that I could have gotten a better picture of the grandiose edifice. It's really something when you stop and look at it from all angles. This shot would have been lovely except for the silly wires and lampost. Though the sign on the post is special, and grounds the image to this fair city, it still acts as an obstruction that continues to irk me. Though imprefections such as these that come up in my artwork really get under my skin, the assignment in class this week includes good and bad obstructions. Personally, I would rather a clean photo, and would enjoy plucking away these elements before I shoot rather than adjust them digitally.

I know it may sound strange, but I love churches and cemetaries. They are full of history and their ornaments are crafted with care. I would really enjoy going back and photograph this church in the spring and summer, and hopefully get some pictures of the inside.