Facebook Sketch: Late October 2012

Once again I do random sketches for my Facebook friends. These we requested early in the month but I didn't get around to finishing them until now. 

All drawing done for my Facebook sketches are drawn on request of friend I have on Facebook. I do take commission, feel free to email me. 

This month I have been focusing on quick pencil sketches, maybe next month I'll do strict marker pieces.   

New York Comic-Con 2012

Cosplayers are almost always the subject matter of my convention photography, I find they are the best people to take photos of. Most of them are very open to the camera and willing to bear with me while I get the perfect shot. I didn't take quite as many photographs as I did last year. Here are the highlights of what I saw at the Con. 

  

Sketches Part 1

Bowie and Cat, Aqua Marker

Nightwing, Aqua Marker

Link, Pencil

Cute  Fox & Pigabeaver, Pencil

The first sketch was a personal one that I did to practice using the watercolor marker I purchased while I Kubert School. Nightwing and Link are Facebook status sketches I did for friends. A number of my past and future blog articles will be featuring these random sketches I do for friend and family. 

Rip Van Winkle

During my childhood, my mother kept a sculpture in our living room, which a toddler like myself was interested in but didn't give the piece the respect it deserved. So, I colored on it and possible broke off pieces. Well, now that I was taught skills and had a professional to advise me in it's repair, I took the opportunity to make up for my early childhood actions. 

 

Descending Night Repair: Take 1

 Adolf Alexander Weinman was a german born artist who move to American in 1880; he lived from 1870 to 1852. For the Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 in San-Francisco, he sculpted two pieces "Descending Night" and "Rising Day"(cast in bronze). Both personifications of part of the day. Descending Night gracefully landing, representing the last moment of sun light at the day transforms to night. Her toes extending at her feet grasp at the ground as she lands and her wings push down about to envelope her. Her brother Rising Day (or Sun) is standing chest out, on the tips of his toes, ready to take flight with arms and wings extended. Something about him gives the air of Icarus, maybe not intended by the artist as he was the personification of a new day, a new beginning. 

This has to be my personal favorite sculpture, as much as I do love "Transformation of Daphne" which is a masterpiece without any need of defense.  Something about "Descending Night" touches a part of my heart and causes me to consider her my favorite. I was introduced to the sculpture after writing a piece about her in an essay for American Art History. After finishing that piece I quickly search for a miniature to purchase. I succeeded but due to a dreadful habit of mine, I was careless and broke her. At the time I didn't think it was possible to fix her but didn't have the heart to throw her away. After taking an internship which taught my key skills in repairing objects broken like her, I began my repair. 

Unfortunately, all but her legs kept and I needed to take my drastic measures to keep her from braking at the knees.  My solution will be revealed in Take 2. 

Bad Photography

When I take photos I like to capture what I find interesting but sometimes it isn't something that conforms to what is considered a worthy subject matter or just a bad shot that I liked for some reason. 

This picture has an air of mystery with it, without the other photographs around it I wouldn't have figured out its that jam they put between those italian cookies stuck to the edge of the box. 

Express Train to Babylon

These are a pair of night shots that were taking in different days and locations. The top was at Farmingdale State College, the bottom in the Babylon area. 

I love this photo, but it isn't a pretty one is it. That fly was just relaxing on the rosebud, he let me take a whole bunch of shots before flying off. 

Hole in the ground 

Broken Glass on Campus

This is the reason we can have nice things. 

I think this was a good shot, just the focus was a tab, just a slight bit, maybe I little off. 

Farmingdale meets Silent Hill