What im learning at my SVA residency

[demotlj]

@Aleksey I really like the look of this wash. I bought a package of colored inks and had been thinking I might try doing some line and wash with them but hadn't gotten around to it. You have inspired me to give it a try.

[ArtofAleksey]

@demotlj yeah I had like no clue what i was doing but I really enjoyed playing with inks. I might try multiple colors and see how they layer on each other. I have a whole water color set I bought years ago but still haven’t used haha maybe I’ll go through those first...

[ArtofAleksey]

Ugh finally done with this dumb thing

[ArtofAleksey]

And my finished editorial illustration on apple and their plans on an apple car (just an assignment not a real job)

[ArtofAleksey]

Tone paper! Very fun. Quick 5 panel comic

[djly]

@Aleksey I love the textures you've created in the comic.

[ArtofAleksey]

@djly thanks. I notcied no one sees the awful mistakes ive made... lol im gonna make a different one.

[djly]

@Aleksey - it'll be fun to see your updated version to compare!

[theprairiefox]

@Aleksey you can do cool things with the toned paper. Very nice!

[ArtofAleksey]

@djly oh no im gonna do something else. I didnt enjoy making this one as much as I thought

[ArtofAleksey]

Ok working on a comic page I like more.

[Maxi Silva]

@Aleksey
I like very much this comic page. Do you have experience drawing comics before?

[ArtofAleksey]

@Maxi-Silva not professionally just for fun

[ArtofAleksey]

Alrighty heres my baba yaga inked

[ArtofAleksey]

Herss another one. Its done on smooth bristol. Anyone have experience with using watercolor on bristol paper? Is it fine?

[braden H]

@Aleksey I see we went with slippers on baba yaga

[ArtofAleksey]

@Braden-Hallett regular shoes haha once they said theres gonna be a gallery showing of all the student work i was like oh crap.

[braden H]

@Aleksey Dude, it looks really good! The toes actually didn't look bad at all (though I totally understand your motive to go with the shoes instead )

[ArtofAleksey]

Heres the colored baba yaga house
Also spoke with an art director that looked at my portfolio and recommended i go into visual development specifically because i can draw little items and character concepts well. This made me feel so good

[ArtofAleksey]

Good exercise for comic writing!
3 random words from a bag you make a 6 panel comic from. It could be anything it’s fun practice to get your brain to just do something random. There was an hour timer.