playing around

..I am going to stop playing with my gallery soon I promise! It is pretty much the way the way I want it now.. The bounding issues have been resolved – it now fits inside the design. I like the square thumbnails and the css styles, the buttons are better too. the slideshow works and…

WIP – Blue man

WIP – Blue man Originally uploaded by minxdragon. I have progressed further with this work – correcting the anatomy and enhancing the features. I have also removed a lot of the mud in the colors. There is still probably one more session on this work but I need it to crust again, it is too…

Black Jesus revisited

Black Jesus Originally uploaded by minxdragon. I had to do a little more on this one before I submitted it. Now I am happier – not perfectly but within the scope of the assignment I think This is much better. I widened the color palette and brought down some of the lighter tones and heightened…

Spaces in between

VAR12 Project 7 ex 2 – Spacen in between – 1 Originally uploaded by minxdragon. My last assignment for this folio! the topic was spaces between things. so the subject isn’t the subject only the space is the subject – get me? I chose a stack of my paintings against a wall with the light…

Updated again :)

I have updated my website again. changed the gallery and added a news headlines feature to the gallery part. Official news will go up there. The gallery now matches my site and looks much better. I am going to try and update it weekly with new images. Check it out!

Assignmenting

Figure Focus Background focus I am quite happy with my 1.5 hour studies, they are not bad. I think I captured Liam quite well and did some of my better hair and fabric studies. the assignment was to work 1 hour 29 minutes on the figure and 1 min on background and the reverse it.…

intoduction to my Granny

My Granny sent me this email: Darling, your painting are fantastic, thanks for sending them they are so real and you bviously know what to do Magic thanks, keep it up and you,ll be famous … All my love to you happy New Year granny Now, many people would think that this is some doting…

Sooo Slack!

I have been trying to work on my assignments but I am having a hard time physically so it isn’t easy. I had to push myself through the Christmas/New Years period as I was determined to not let it get in the way and now I am paying for it. My doctors are back now…

The joys of Impasto

Impasto Portrait Originally uploaded by minxdragon. I have been trying to work on my assignments but I am having a hard time physically so it isn’t easy. I had to push myself through the Christmas/New Years period as I was determined to not let it get in the way and now I am paying for…

Black Jesus

I am not nuts with this one. it is good but a little flat and static. however, when you consider the subject and the transference it probably had to be. I copied the light planes from the original but changed the features and skin-tone. the gender was more or less easy to set up but…