urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:brie_art ..the secret of durable pigments, a prophetic sonnet, the refuge of art. brianna harden 2007-03-03T06:52:10Z urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:brie_art:813 2007-03-03T06:52:10Z 2007-03-03T06:52:10Z Wilco - At Least That's What You Said Okay, so it's been longer than a week, but I've been keeping really busy. Too busy. And on weekends I crash.<br />But such is life.<br /><br />I got a new sketchbook the other week, a thin 6x8 toned Strathmore to keep in the messenger bag at all times. (Ideally this prevents me from resorting to printer/lined paper, but I'm not sure that's happened yet.)<br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/aminals.jpg" alt="" height="558" width="441" /><br /><br />I've had this idea in my head for at least a year. I transferred it to illo board, but chances are pretty good I won't get to painting it this semester. At least I have it down, now. Admittedly, though, it was pretty disconcerting when my AP Studio teacher looked at it and said, "What's going on here?? I'm not sure I understand.."<br />..rjgkahgwhgh. We wonder why I don't do more conceptual art..<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/antichrist_television_blues.jpg" alt="" height="597" width="451" /><br /><br />So, I have Arcade Fire's <em>Neon Bible</em> leak, and it's been in my car CD player for the past month. The song "Antichrist Television Blues" left such a strong, staining image in my mind, and I had to draw it out. I like this one, it was one of the rare times I managed to get just the emotions/expressions that I was aiming for.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/scullfaces.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />My English teacher asked me to draw a comical face to stick up on a box he has covering the PA system reciever, because lately teachers have tended to scream into it. I drew him thumbnails because I'm indecisive, he said he likes them all. <br />I like how this is drawn on the back of a printout of Spark Notes for the same class. <br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/dmgshirt_prelim.jpg" alt="" height="394" width="479" /><br /><br />Super-rough preliminary sketch for the DMG shirt I'm going to make in screenprinting. Soooo much wrong here (head sizes, the fact that Neysa's a midget here, etc), but the composition is basicaly what it is. I'm excited for how this one will turn out - the first shirt I printed was a bootleg band tee, so it'll be nice to get my own art up on a shirt.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/supergirl.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />A very hastily drawn and even more roughly colored sketch for <a href="http://dryponder.livejournal.com/105356.html" target="blank">dryponder's Supergirl meme</a>.<br /><br /><br />And also, on a totally different vein, I finally uploaded the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qgut1S1eHmo">history project we did last year</a> to YouTube. Embarrassing or triumphant, you tell me...<br /><br />- - -<br /><br />That's all for the time being.. hopefully in the next week or so I should have a finished graphite piece and three logos. <small>And perhaps an acceptance letter for Art Center, but then again wishful thinking was always one of my downfalls..</small> urn:lj:livejournal.com:atom1:brie_art:637 2007-02-18T03:36:54Z 2007-02-18T03:36:54Z Arcade Fire - Black Mirror So, I realized that since I update my website once every two years, and DeviantArt sucks, I could use to keep up an artblog.<br /><br />I fully welcome anyone to friend me, and I'll return the favor. I will not make LJ cuts, while I will try to keep the images small. If you don't like that, don't add me. <br /><br /><br />Anyway, without much further ado. This is from a recent batch, all done within the past two months or so, none of which I've gotten around to loading to my site yet (heh).<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/alliebike_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Ink + watercolor. <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/jamie04_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />This is actually really old. 15 minute pose. Something tells me she wasn't quite this big, either..<br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/jamie02_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Same session. Another 15, I guess.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/nicole_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />This was recent. A 20, or something, plus an hour of extra work. Charcoal.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/nicole02_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Same. Model decided it'd be cute to wear a Shirley Temple wig. While it was, it was so much harder to draw than her short-cropped black hair. Rurgh.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/katrinared_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />From a black and white photo of a friend of mine. A study in color. I usually don't use this excuse, but it really looks so much better in person. The pastel paper has such a great tooth to it that the camera just distorted.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/carmengreen_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Same vein as the former, except in oil paints on board. I kindof like how on board, the first layer doesn't get totally sucked up by the canvas. Interesting.<br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.briannaharden.com/linda_web.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />For any of you who read my regular LJ, this is the single product of fall's LAAFA class. 20+ hours on this sucker.. but I do like how it turned out. The actual size is 18x24, and a photo does absolutely no justice to the fact that you will not find a single hatch mark in this drawing. That class practically killed me.<br /><br /><br />..anyways, I have some sketches sitting in a new pad I bought, I'll upload them maybe in about a week. Been having to focus on learning Illustrator well in a very short period of time, as I'm taking screenprinting, and school wants their sweatshirts printed <em>nowww</em>.<br /><br />Comments?