Face Studies

Here are some facial studies. 2 of the faces are self portraits so that I can eventually accurately caricature myself. My Armenian heritage explains the "flat" label pointing at the back of my head.

Soon I'll look back on this and think, "Man, do I look terrible in those drawings."

Doodles (12/29/12)

Papa Ghanoush (redesign)

An inverted heart, Hannah-Barbara limbs, and a John Lennon face.

Gozmer Gingivitis (redesign)

Painting Adventures (12/25/12)

Progress:

Final:

Doodles (12/24/12)

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas! With the holiday comes a card so here is the process toward my final.

First attempt:

Final card:

Paint Adventures (12/19/12)

Final sketches (2 color options):

Paint Adventures (12/17/12)

I never paint digitally so I'm forcing myself to do it now that I have winter break from RISD. Here are some backgrounds from out of my head. I have been very inspired by Eyvind Earle and Mary Blair (if it isn't obvious.) My goal is to paint backgrounds that will allow the viewer to feel as though they can step into the scene. Rich color and atmosphere seem to be the key so far.

Doodles (12/16/12)

Fish Studies

Cars for "Kooka Macabre"

Working on some designs for Papa Ghanoush's car. I think I need to take the stereotypical "hippie van" route but I'll slap on some wood paneling to give it that classic tacky 60s look.

"Girly"

For one of my illustration classes the students chose an "impossible" word for me to illustrate and I was given "girly." I had much bigger plans than what I turned out drawing.

Final:

Original sketches:

Black Macaque Studies

Crocodile Studies

The Wrist Breaker

Frank Whino's pro-wrestling alter-ego, "The Wrist Breaker."

Doodles (11/26/12) and Voice Acting

More doodles of Homeless Snail Man (HSM) and a couple of Frank Whino. I'm working on Frank's pro-wrestler alter-ego, "Wrist Breaker."

I've always dreamed of who I would want to voice my characters. In a perfect world, HSM would be voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait and Frank Whino would be voiced by Wayne Knight. They are both amazing actors and 2 of my favorites! Here are examples of what I imagine my characters to sound like:

Bobcat's famous neurotic character that he used play as in his old stand up routines:

Wayne as Nedry from Jurassic Park:

 

Doodles (11/18/12)

Noise Illustration

Sketch #1

 

Sketch #2

 Sketch #3

There is nothing more irritating than obnoxious bird chirping in the early morning...

From Studies to Character

I decided to push the Silverback Gorilla studies I've doing and make a character with some personality.

Doodles (11/12/12)

New Work

An Absolut ad for one of my Illustration classes.

 And two sketches for my next assignment about my least favorite sounds.