#99 Paintings and Sketches (Indy Portrait)

Some process experimentation...

Using some distortion with the face.

All in all, a nice in-depth sketch.

Some pastel sketchies

"mini-guns"

More pics of gun babies here.

Some painting studies..

Lots of deer in our backyard.

This is my kitten watching me in a dark hallway... as quick as this painting took me, I rather like how it turned out! I'll have to remember the steps to conjuring this magical oil technique :)

We got a kitty!

Saw prometheus btw...

And here's another Indy for the heck of it.

School's almost heerreee.... so much more to come!!!

#98 Finishing editorials

It's been a few weeks, and a lot has been accomplished!

Here are the last images I illustrated for Mondokio News.

U.S. planning increase in aid to Yemen

The U.S. military is preparing to give more than $100 million in counterterrorism and security aid to Yemen this year to aid the country against an al-Qaeda affiliate.

Mitt Romney’s international relations trip off to a bumpy start.

Mitt Romney has emphasised his English ancestry after a gaffe-filled day in London.

 

 

India restores power after massive blackout

Electricity returns to much of India after second day of outages that sparked major transport disruption and traffic chaos in several cities.

 

 

US army veteran named in Sikh temple attack
Wade Michael Page, a US army veteran, has been identified as the assailant in the shooting that left six worshipers at a Sikh temple dead in Wisconsin state.

Iranian pilgrims kidnapped in Syrian capital as fighting is renewed

Renewed battles between Syrian government forces and rebel fighters overtook Damascus, and 48 Iranian pilgrims were kidnapped from a tour group.

Taliban threaten to kill ‘liberal’ Imran Khan

Pakistani group vows to attack opposition leader if he holds protest in Waziristan near the Afghan border against US drone strikes.

My last article for a long while!

So that was a really fun internship. It really tested my skills on pumping out decent work in a couple hours while trying to live my normal life.  It was great practice for a demanding job and gave me lots of opportunities to try out new techniques along the way!
A great experience.

#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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#96 OH YEAH I made a sculpture.

I made this guy at the end of this school year.  It was my second official sculpey sculpture thingy.

 I am pretty proud of it and would love to mess around with this sculpture business more in the next couple months!

This was for the fact "Vikings, despite common belief, were actually extremely clean and hygienic."  My viking dude is using the poor guy's helmet to shave. 

Ah yes, he looks even more beautiful against my crapy pleather couch.

#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.