Thesis progress/sketchbook stuff

The Thesis project is coming along. Nothing finished yet to show. Some sketchbook stuff:

Thesis progress and various failures

I've spent the fall semester pretty much figuring out what I did, but mostly didn't want to do for the Thesis project. Now I am on my way. The first image shows some initial steps in my current process

I thought I'd show a few ideas that are in some ways similar to where the work is going, but lack a solid concept and poses an attitude that has changed.

Grass, Rocks, Mushrooms... what's next soil ?

Its an inside joke. I'm not actually a crackhead though, hahaha

Another similar painting I did. This one I spent less time on, but nonetheless I think it turned out ok

Though again it looks really bad on here. All of the red hues that tie it in seem to just magically disappear as the file goes through the uploader, once again justifying painting as a medium that should be witnessed in person.

life painting

Another painting from Steven Assael's class. I will probably go into the lower portion and define the hands more, eventually.

On a side note: it isn't clear to me for what reason, but either way the blog uploader somehow decides to make certain images look like lo-res, drained out color shit; specifically in this post, and the previous one with the life model...