quick hands study

this is just a little hand gesture study i did tonight while watching tv.

dangers of art and crafts

So the picture I made the other day I figured I would matte it today and try a few things....one of them being cutting the foam board with a wood burner with a heated blade tip....works really well but in the middle of everything I had a brain fart and grabbed the wood burner with my other hand in order to guide the blade more steadily.....I think I smelled it before I felt it....either way wood burners are hot kids so be careful and aware of all the hot pieces while using them.....luckily it was just the end of my finger...my non drawing hand as well.

 

Here is the piece matted. I apologies for the terrible photography job also :-/

afternoon drawing

Just felt like drawing something so I pulled out some slick paper and some markers and this is what I came up with. kinda a crazy steampunk crew of sorts....just wanted to have fun

Another crack at making Stock Clip art for Online sale site

So I haven't been able to do much lately do to the new addition to the family and the search for another job sorry..... Im afraid I still havent made it as an artist either....one day hopefully I will though....What I have been able to do lately though Is one: slowly try to catch up on my daily drawings and Two: retry entering stock art at Istockphoto. Sad to say though I was rejected for a third time....BUT!!! it was not due to art subject but by the cleanliness of its build....so After tweaking even more I am ready to resubmit again.....in 14 days unfortunately....due to the site rules....lol but here is the pieces that I have made for my entry. This is about all Ive been up to lately... Hopefully Ill have more sometime. Still working on getting the funds to buy the software to record me drawing too.

daily drawing progress

So I am behind on my dailies a little due to end of semester stuff and my wife and I just had our first child!! :-) but I do plan on catching up eventually and pushing on with this little challenge to myself.

I had this feeling like I am not getting to far with my art lately. Slowly though I am beginning to realize that this is just where I am at at the moment and the skills that I wish to one day to obtain will eventually come if I keep pushing on and learning everything I can. Never giving up on my goals that I have set for myself. But I must say that I'm often pretty impatient with my skills none the less lol....anyways heres a contact sheet of all the dailies I have done so far....Must say It was kinda surprising to see how far I have come so far.

If you want a closer look you can check out my daily drawing challenge at

http://rauchmicahdailydrawing.wordpress.com/

New Tools

So I picked up two new markers and some paper the other day for this doxy dash in May that I am suppose to do caricatures at. Ive never used these brand of markers before yesterday but I love them now. Think I'm sticking with these. Very smooth and they have a wide range of line width capabilities. I also picked up this Pen drawing paper. Its very smooth and thick, not as thick as bristle board but almost. Took the two out for a spin and couldn't stop till I filled the hole page :-).

 

out with the old in with the new

I finally completed one of my many sketch books lying around...its a little beet up and worn as you can kinda see on the left... on the right is the first drawing of my new sketchbook I started tonight. The first sketch is always the hardest for me idk why....this is what I started with though.....

Overwhelming Journey

Every now and then I get a little overwhelmed when I look at all the artists I like and how creative their ideas are or how they execute their pieces. And yet on the other hand I get very inspired and I want to make more things and get better. I've herd that artist take years to develop their skills and talents and that it should be a fun wonderful learning experience. Today is one of those days though where I made it to the top of a hill and before I could jump with joy at my accomplishment I notice the mountain range ahead of me and sink. Like my dad always said though just gotta keep going one foot in front of the other....

Been slow lately

So I havent had much time to do anything extra lately Ive been working on getting caught up on my daily drawings which if you didnt know about them you should go check them out here

http://rauchmicahdailydrawing.wordpress.com/

Im working on my portfolio class too which by the end I should have my new site up at


http://sketchypencil.com/

Summer is coming up though and Im hoping that Ill be able to start making some things then...

first attempt at homemade screen printing.....

so I uploaded the digital version earlier this semester but the last few days I have been making paper cuts of the different colors so that I could make stencils....so then I "screen printed" it on the paper......this probably wont be the last one....Think I might try different colors...and go the extra mile and make my own paper for the final one that is suppose to go into my portfolio....O ya for the black line I cheated....I threw it through the printer once I had painted the colored layers and had let them dry.... :-)

The Stencils

Finished...well still needs some tweeks before the last one

Flash Banner Advertisement

Here is the Flash Banner I made for our first project in my Flash Class.  Didnt really know the best way to upload it to show it....so I exported it as an Animated GIF You have to click on it to see the animation....



Click picture to see animation....

New Business Cards for My Graphic Design and Illustrations

Finding it hard to come up with the colors I want but I'm becoming fond of these ones. This card will need some tweaks but for the most part this is it. 

winter in eastern montana

My wife and I are visiting family in eastern Montana....If you haven't been there before let me tell you that it is very cold in winter....and its very flat...it has gotten down to -70 degrees at my parents farm with the wind chill in past winters. I decided to get the cam out and take a few 180 degree shots and shop them a little to give you an idea of the beauty and the coldness of eastern Montana's winters.

View from my parents mail box

View on top of Fort Peck Dam looking out over the frozen Lake

View of Fort Peck's Spillway