Farewell to Blogger!

(Edit: For whatever reason, Blogger as a final F-you for leaving has decided to "enhance" my pieces for no reason.  Proper colors on the links below.  Carry on!)

I told myself that when I finished up working on my latest set of portfolio work, I'd use them to make a last post here.  So, here we are.  I'm taking a (hopefully successful) first step into illustration as a career by submitting these pieces to Communication Arts.  No guarantees, but I'm quite happy with where my work is going.

It's insanely cool and refreshing to come back here from time to time and go back to see where I was 3 years ago.  So much has happened and changed since I started the blog in terms of my artistic path and goals.  It's crazy.  See for yourself -- go back to my first few posts.

Anyway, I know not a lot of people actually check this page, but for those that did check in every once in a while, thank you!  It meant a lot.

Until the next big social media trend happens, I'll be at the following links:

www.leeparksillustration.com

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See you guys!

L

Portfolio Piece #2 WIP & Drapery Studies

Hunter | Hunted

Whaddya' know?  Looks like I can make finished pieces after all!

-L

I really should update.

Hey, hi, hello there.  Will dump recent images in the next few days.  For now, have a figure drawing done in NuPastel.

Shapes

Just playing around with style and shapes.

Stuff

Studies and experiments, oh my!

The rest are in me sketchbook, arr'.

Today

W4

Drink

Week 2

Digitally-colored Monotype for the final of the second week of the Academy!  Happy with this one.  Portfolio, woop woop.

A little bummed that I didn't snag the cover, but I was up against some great illustrators.  Congrats Beth!

Illustration Academy dump

No keyboard at the moment, so just gonna dump images a bit at a time.  Learning overload here.

-L

Doodlin'

I got carried away

This was supposed to be a study, but I ended up having too much fun and made it my own.

'Nother one

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and a William Stanley Haseltine master study as well, 

look at those fucking happy clouds.  

Great shapes and palette in there.

Google maps study

There's a Facebook group going around called Virtual Plein Air, haha.  Good times.  Spent about an hour.

Blip

Digital implementation of the academy method of drawing, sorta-kinda.  Mostly been thumbnailing today.  Going to the Illustration Academy in like.. 2 weeks.  Yup.  Excited and terrified.

Edit:  Did another before bed, 20-25 mins ea.

From KCMO!

Drawing from The Illustration Academy's studio in KCMO.  They were kind enough to offer a night of free life drawing, so I absolutely had to go!  Got a demo from Mark English, talked to John English, and met several amazing students over there.  No big deal..  Right?

(It was a big deal.)

Snarling Tree

Something I've been working on.  Wanted to throw it up here before I leave for Spectrum.

Blip

Got lazy for a few days (thanks Dark Souls 2..), but I'm back!  Studies from Mullins and Russian guys.  Taking a different approach to studying and actually taking more notes instead of trying to just fucking internalize everything.