#97 The Weekly News

This guy has great sideburns.

Tour de France has first British winner

Britain’s Bradley Wiggins wins Tour de France as ‘God Save the Queen’ echoes in Paris

 

 

Ethiopian activists, journalist jailed

Eskinder Nega and 23 others were accused of having links to an opposition group called the Ginbot Seven.

 

 

Focusing on the concept

Syrian rebellion reaches capital city

Revolutionaries closing in on the capital challenges long-held assumptions about President Bashar al-Assad’s hold on power.

 

 

Senkaku Islands debate create tension between Japan and China

Japan’s ambassador to China has been recalled amid dispute over the ownership of these five uninhabited islands.

 

 

 

 

One of my favorites. It feels good to let loose with my art and have fun with it!

Greenland’s Petermann glacier loses major mass

Chunk “twice the size of Manhattan” or 46 square miles that just split off this week.

 

Here's the actual glacier.  That's impressive o.O

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#95 Design in limied time!

16Billion is offered in aid to Afghanistan over four years

Donors from about 70 countries and organizations, at a one-day conference in Tokyo, set a baseline for aid in this crucial period.

Barclays Chairman Agius steps down amid rate-fixing scandal

Last week, U.S. and British hit Barclays with fines totaling $453 million for submitting false data on interbank borrowing rates.

Pakistan to open supply routes after U.S. apology

Hillary Clinton says Pakistan agreed to reopen U.S. lines into Afghanistan after she apologized for a November airstrike.

Scientists discover subatomic particle at the center of everything

Dubbed the Higgs boson, the particle is thought to permeate the universe. It reportedly imbibes everything we can see and touch with mass.

Europe, China slash interest rates in hopes of recovery

The measures reflect a sense of urgency about faltering economies , even as elected policymakers haggle over their own long-term responses.

Floods in India leave 95 dead, millions homeless

Flooding, described by India’s prime minister as the worst in recent times, has left at least 95 dead and almost 2 million others homeless in the country’s remote Assam state.

India may provide free drugs at state-run hospitals

New Delhi is completing a proposal to provide hundreds of essential drugs free to patients in government-run clinics and hospitals.

#91 Bringin the news!

I've been 'interning' at an online "newspaper" of sorts, Mondokio.
I certainly have learned a lot in only the couple weeks that have passed!  I have to really consider my time limit and medium I'm using to create the look I want.  It's been hard for some of these because I'm accustomed to spending a week at least on  illustrations, soooo less than a day been an adjustment! haha also, they have to be in black and white.

I've been doing illustrations for them every other day, so practice has been forcing it's way into my life.

True Iranian oil production at odds with reports

Organizations such as OPEC are finding results that are not in line with the amount of oil the Iran said was being produced in country.

Hollande and Obama agree to Afghan war timetable 

In his first visit to the Oval Office, French President Francois Hollande declared he will withdraw all French combat troops from Afghanistan by year’s end, making clear to President Barack Obama the timeline for ending the U.S.-led war.

A new era of spaceflight begins with SpaceX Dragon's launch

A first-of-its-kind commercial supply ship rocketed toward the International Space Station, opening a new era of dollar-driven spaceflight.

Hillary Clinton: US Hacked al-Qaida sites in Yemen

The State Department has launched a different sort of raid against al-Qaida. hacking into tribal websites and replacing al-Qaida propaganda that bragged about killing Americans.

Brazilian president vetoes controversial land-use bill

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff vetoed part of a land-use bill that included articles granting amnesty for people who threatened the Amazon region and threatened preserved forest areas.

At least 108 Syrian civillians massacred in Houla on Friday

The Russian Foreign Minister made it clear that Russia also holds armed rebels responsible for much of the violence that appears to have escalated in recent days.

Romney secures Republican party candidacy

Romney gained at least 88 delegates in the Texas primary, bringing his total past the 1,144 delegates needed to win the nomination, according to an Associated Press count.

Judge declares mistrial in John Edwards case

The North Carolina panel found former U.S. presidential candidate John Edwards guilty on one of six charges of campaign fund misuse, but the judge declared a mistrial when they could not come to an agreement about the other five charges.

LOTS more illustrations aaaaand different techniques to come!!! It's too much fun ;)

#84 Christian Bale and other digital things

Pretty happy with how it turned out

It was a pretty fun project! I'm going to draw other silly celebrity portraits in future, definitely.  More of them being traditional probably...but Photoshop painting is still pretty nice.

Here's some landscapes out of my head as an exercise in class.  We weren't supposed to use any reference of any kind...although most people did anyway... I don't understand why these people are in art school!!  Get those creative juices.

I'm redoing the "Dapper Dan" project in Illustrator, and I must say, it's taking forever.  Well... at least it's clean! CLEAN LINES SO CLEAN.  Gonna be worth the time working on this sucker so it's likely I'm giong to be hiding away for the next few days in my art cave.

Playin with photoshoop

One hour portrait using adobe photoshop dry brushes.  If you know what actress this is, comment!

Turtle!!

Ok so I seem to have a...slight obsession with using only 1 brush when I work on photoshop :I  the Chalk brush.  I suppose it reminds me more of traditional painting... lol so that might explain a few things.

ANYWAY HERE'S A SNAPPING TURTLE PAINTING JUST FOR YOU <3

 

progress shot

Some color reference

A snapping turtle.

ANOTHER SNAPPING TURTLE

AND because I love you people you care to look this far on my blog,  I want to do a special personalized painting for someone!  It's free and guaranteed to look awesome.  The first person to email me about it gets their choice of painting from me to you.

PS: This is because I am extremely bored and need practice on digital paintings, however it will not affect the quality of the piece!

Athompson.3@go.ccad.edu

Also I dare you to try this :D a great party prank

HELLO AGAIN

Sorry it's been so long sinse the last post, yall.
It's been a hectic summer! I've only just recently started even thinking about art again!

So ...erm here's some progress shots of a still life study I've been working on...

and another small digital piece

Paintings

"finished painting" it's finished in the  way that I'll never work on it again at this point.  I kind of like that..."not completely painted"painted look ;)

Anyway, here's a wip digital painting that I'm getting underway, a little bit of fan-art I guess you could call it.  Can you guess what movie is my inspiration?

Speaking of digital painting, Corel Painter must be bought! -drool-