Portrait Done in Class

This is one of our models at school, I'm not going to give out his name just in case, but if someone from my school stumbles upon this blog, they (hopefully) should recognize him. This is probably one of the best portraits I've drawn (and honestly, as I look at it now on my screen... I can see a lot wrong with it)...

Anyways, I needed to draw his face so my next project actually looks like him. Haha.

I probably should have put in some shading for a background to give the picture more dimension...

Graphite pencil on 8.5x11 inch paper

I just need some where to post some art.

Usually I would go to Deviant Art for posting my art, but in all honesty I'm getting sick of the the naked people/ ponies/ naked ponies. Don't get me wrong, I love naked people I draw them at least once a week for school, but I'm not a fan of tasteless "artistic nudes" that make the models look like toys to whomever is viewing the photo.

Anyways, a little about myself...

Despite my obvious wit in the above paragraph where I may (or may not) come across as lighthearted and easy going (for the most part I think I can be);  I am I rather dark person. I just choose (most of the time) to hide my- for lack of a better phrase "Dark Side" with humor to make other people in my family more comfortable. And what was once used as a way to keep myself safe, has now turned its self into a common trait in my art work (providing I’m not having a really bad day). 

Like most artist I use art as a way to express myself and vomit out some pent up emotions. Loss, corruption, death, and mental illness tend to be frequent reoccurring themes for me, but regardless of the dark themes, most of my art is quirky and humorous. It’s almost like I’m putting a physical “happy face sticker” over the problem like I do in real life. I do not take any of these themes lightly, regardless of what my art portrays. I have just found that most people to not like talking about such subjects and are unnerved by them, so I guess you could say my art work is ironic (please settled down any Homestuck fans).   

  

For the longest time I found myself soling working with marker, pencil crayon, and ballpoint pen; mostly because that was all I could afford on a regular bases. I started developing a love for acrylic paint while in my first year of college, since it was all we where aloud to use in first year painting, I kind of had to learn to like it (also being allergic to oils and not very good at water colour helped too). I still love the look of ball point pen and liners, but have moved on to executing some of my work in mixed-media. 

I think that's all I have to say for now, and when I create something that I think is worth while I'll put it up here.