Burton Movie Poster

By taking a few Burton logos off the internet and the creator of Burton Snowboarding Co. himself, I created a movie poster in a matter of 5 to 10 minutes. Honestly this may have been one of my favorite pieces due to the fact for its simplicity. This is a monochromatic poster was simply created by 4 layers all have the opacity effect. This poster shows that by taking something so simple you can create a complex image in the matter of minutes.

Just a car... Think again

This is a picture of my dream car, Audi Le Mans, that I drew my Sophomore year at Rogue River High School. The whole purpose behind this car project was to portray the car we chose as realistic as possible. The media that was used in this was strictly plasma colored pencils. It was honestly the longest process I have ever used to create a picture. First we had to of course draw the car. Then we had to color in picture with all the colors except for black, because black "would smear and ruin the picture..." Then finally we had to blend all the colors together to make them as smooth as possible to try and get capture the original photographs energy. It may not sound that tough but trust me it was a very long and drawn out process over the span of 2-3 weeks.

Uncle Sam???

This is just a quick sketch that I drew in about a half an hour. I found an image off of the internet that really caught my attention... so I decided to sketch it. This is supposed to be a picture of Uncle Sam as a zombie. The actual picture has this figure with calligraphy at the bottom saying "Are you ready for a zombie attack..." however I decided I just wanted to keep it simple and leave it out for the viewer to figure out what I was trying to display.

Batman, Superman, Spiderman... OH MY!

Ever since you were little you would have someone that you looked up to whether it would be someone you idolized to someone who made an impact on your life. Well, I bet you can guess the three that I idolized... Batman, Superman, and good ol' Spiderman. As I think back to when I was younger to now, these characters mark the different stages of my life. That is why this trifecta would be an idealistic choice for my next tattoo. I am planning on maybe getting them as shown above, however not on my chest, in the shape of a trinity. I plan on keeping the same style as the ones above but a lot smaller. There is something about the style of this tattoo that really caught my eye. Plus it would just be a pretty flippin' sweet tattoo idea.

Sense of Peacefulness

If you haven't already noticed, I have this obsession with snowboarding. There is something about it that nothing else can satisfy. Sitting up on this massive mountainside glancing down at what's before me brings a sense of peacefulness and purpose to my life. Whether its grinding a rail or soaring off 20 foot jumps, you feel as though all weight has been lifted and you sort of just drift off into your own little world. This image provokes that dream world to me. I like how the photographer took the photo in a reflection perspective rather than a straight on shot of the boarder grinding the rail. This image provokes a sense of actually being there and viewing what is actually happening through someone else's' eyes or goggles in this case. Weird angles and obscure perspectives are what separate a good photographer from an outrageously excellent one.

Never Forget

This is a picture, that I found while browsing Google, that really jumped out and really caught my attention. I came across this photo while looking up a brand called volcom stone. The thing I love about volcom is how they tend to focus on how to make things as abstract and obscure as possible.

To me this particular piece has a really strong use of the color yellow, as well as the two other primary colors (blue and red), and how it draws your attention to focus on a certain portion of the picture mainly the snowboarder on the left. This particular brand has a very unique way of getting its point across. One thing that I noticed while glancing at this picture was that their is a sense of calmness to the left of the portrait whereas to the right there is commotion, anxiety, adrenaline etc.. I believe that this portrait is simply trying to say to "Never Forget" what you have just accomplished, in other words your past is what makes up your future.

My Devotion

This tattoo marked a very important time in my life! It combines two of my greatest passions, snowboarding and God. The arrow represents the Burton logo which is the logo that I am obsessed with drawing and doodling. The two bible verses inscribed inside the logo are two of my very favorite bible verses. Proverbs 3:5-6 - "Trust in God with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him and He will set your paths straight." and the other is Jeremiah 29:11 - "For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." These verses mark my religious devotion to God.

This picture was taken the day of getting inked and is still my very first tattoo. It was probably the longest 4 to 6 hours of my life! Honestly this was the some of the worst pain I have ever been in. It felt like the worst possible sunburn you could ever imagine with a cat ripping your skin off! However, when I woke up the next morning and saw the image on my leg... it was totally worth it in the long run! I plan on getting another one but am not looking forward to the needles...

A Web of G's (letter assignment 2)

I really like how this letter assignment made you think strongly about what you were going to create without going to over board. However this isn't the case in this one... I took the letter G and tried to make it seem as though they are a bunch of vines growing out and progressively becoming more and more complex, kind of like a web of G's.

Chimney or Gramophone Horn? (letter assignment 1)

I am more of an abstract kind of thinker, so I took the letter J and incorporated it in an abstract way. This particular piece reminds me of an one of those old gramophones spouting out music. However it could also be a chimney puffing smoke you never know... Which triggers the question, chimney or gramophone horn? All in all it's a simplistic piece with a fairly strong message portraying you see what you want to see in an art. piece.

Zombie Attack... 007... what??? (collage 2)

This is my second collage however it is definitely my favorite. For not knowing Photoshop very well, I think I pulled this one off fairly well. At first I had know idea what I was going to do. I got onto Google and and typed in James Bond silhouettes. I'm a huge fan of Bond, so I took his silhouette and placed him as the main focus in this collage. Eventually piece after piece it slowly began to come together. I eventually took some zombie and bird silhouettes and faded them into the picture. Some of you are probably thinking zombie attack... 007... what? Well someday I am hoping to see the new 007 fight off zombies, so that is the whole purpose behind this particular collage.

My Very First Collage

What to say other than this is my very first time using Photoshop for the mac... ever! Well as we all know, everyone who was in Miles' first lab, we had to create a collage with one of those generic pictures. I decided to make him as goofy as possible and include a nuclear war in the background just to give it that extra flair. All in all, I don't think that its to bad.