New Seahorse

Seahorse

 9x12 in

Ink (Sharpie and Prismacolor)

The Jags

The top is the black and white version, the bottom is what I've started coloring.

Tumblr

http://samanthadecarlo.tumblr.com/

I'm pretty excited about this, guys. It's so cool! You should check it out because it's not much of my own stuff, but the stuff of the most incredible artists. I have been looking for the most interesting art all week just to share with all of you!

There's Always Someone Better

When I sat down to paint this morning, I felt excited! I haven't painted since April. As many of my friends and readers know, I prefer to use ink pens and black and white as media and colors of choice. Painting takes time to learn and achieve, time I did not spend this summer.

So. Since I knew my first painting would be shaky, I chose a simple subject: GRAPES. I love grapes! But perhaps I should have picked an easier subject, like a pear, because my final outcome just reminded me how much I still have to learn.

It's difficult not to compare my work to my classmates. Most are at my level; we are just starting out in the world of watercolor. But some seem to exceed with exceptional skill. For example, my friend Cindy Bernhard. Her work blows my mind. Not to mention Anthony Kosar, the first person I met from AAArt.

Thus, where does this leave me? Someone who cannot surpass these two artists, and assuredly there are more Cindys and Anthonys out there which of whom I've never even met! I will be competing for jobs against them. So how do I make myself stand out? I need to focus on my own "niche," my own style that is completely unique and difficult to emulate. I have my pens, thank god.

Jagaur or Leopard? That is the question.

Big Cat Quick Sketch

Ink on Paper

9'' x 12''

          I consider this a quick sketch drawing since it barely took me 5 hours to complete. I always told my mother that I don't draw hairy animals in response to her nagging and demanding I draw our pets. However, because a friend, Eddy, I was exposed to an opportunity to draw a Big Cat when he commissioned me just a few weeks ago. This is not the image he commissioned me to complete, but I must say it was good practice to do this before I set to work on his image.

Curious

So last night when I couldn't sleep, I decided to play around with my face in photoshop. I was seriously bored, you have to understand, and I didn't think anything of this picture after I made it. But, due to my boredom, I posted it to Facebook and all the sudden I get a good handful of comments. It was almost 1 in the morning! I posted "The Ghost" to Fb too, but that got far less attention that this. 

I'm not upset, of course. Any attention is good attention, really, as long as an artist makes her viewers feel something. I just don't get why this is cooler than my ghost! I feel like this is so cliche.

The Ghost

Long exposure shot I took while my mom was looking out my window one night for some ding-dong-ditchers. I dig the colors from the night, and the blurred image mom made when she moved even though I told her NOT to. It may make it to my site if I get enough feedback.

New Art

So, this is my final logo I think for Edward. I didn't feel completely satisfied with the first run, so I redesigned if for better reproduction and a bolder statement.

 

I think I may be seriously reaching on this one. I don't know what the hell it is! I thought maybe it was a bunny with a pot leaf as ears....and maybe the white thing around it's mouth is part of joint paper? Does joint paper fold like that? Is it even called joint paper? I don't know.

Business Card?

Current Painting: Pisces

So, I decided I would continue to explore the zodiac signs, this time I chose Pisces. It's only about half-way done, and I'm sure the design I intend on creating in the boarder will take the majority of my time.

Thus far, I am 5 hours in (roughly). To get inspiration, I studied the origin of Pisces, styles of Mucha, and the Beta Fish.