Light Drawing - Zeus

Our light drawing is supposed to resemble Zeus, the greek God of...something.  We basically just kept trying stuff till we liked one.  This was our best natural shot with out using stencils.  It is the best of the bunch I think.  The one difficulty is keeping the light from streaking off the shot, as the green light did here.  This project is always fun because it is uniquely creative and interactive.

Talking Tiger - Wagon Wheel by Darius Rucker

This is my talking tiger, he sings the chorus of Darius Rucker's version of the song Wagon Wheel.  It was difficult to teach him how to sing this song but with practice it makes perfect...and well, he sings it perfectly now. I am very proud of him for his hard work!

Painting Project

This place is very dry and windy.  The grass flows in the wind, and the sun skoals the soft tar.  The heat rises up the cliff side.  The smell of nature travels through the valley in the wind. I used natural colors in this painting to show the reality of the scene.  Very warm and dry.  When painting the sky I used a sideways brushstroke to get the right effect.  For the mountain range I used up and down brush strokes with a loaded brush to get the streak effect in the rock layers.  I slapped a fan brush on the canvas to create the grass. Lastly, the brush strokes for the road went inwards towards the center of the canvas.  and the lines were done the same way, just with extra detail.

Sparkle Project

This project was unique and challenging.  The struggles I had were with the colors.  It is difficult to keep everything within the same color scheme.  I also feel that it became too busy real quick.  However, it was cool to work with loading custom brushes and gradients.  Downloading brushes in way allows your creativity to be expanded even further.  The picture I used is of a buddy of mine longboarding.  I took the picture maybe a year or two ago.  Overall this project was interesting and a good learning experience.

Flare, Glow, Brush, Gradient

Parts Project

University of Alabama Brush