ideas behind Manny picture

This project was to find an article or photo and change the image to the way "I see it." This was my favorite project of them all, because I had the most passion for this one. My picture that I used was a picture of Manny Ramirez on the Red Sox hitting in the old Yankee Stadium. I wanted to show the long history of the Red Sox always falling short to the powerful Yankees. From my perspective, Manny is a lot bigger and important than the other Yankee players.

I tried recreating the old Yankee Stadium. On the field, the best rivalry in sports is competing for bragging rights. For my yankees players, I used a mix of old and current players. The second baseman, Billy Martin, is a retired number and is in the hall of fame. The pitcher is AJ Burnett. The catcher is Yogi Berra, another retired number, hall of famer and Aflac spokesperson.

On the bottom of the picture, you can see the edge of the infield dirt. The pitchers mound is realistic with a rosin bag, a cleat cleaner and the lower dirt next to the physical mound where the pitcher pushes off from. All of the bases and mounds standout, because I outlined them in the black paint marker. The home plate dirt has the main attraction on it. Manny stands pretty tall compared to his Yankee foe. I tried making Manny swing. This was hard, because of all the muscle flexes, creases in the jersey and pants and proper mechanics. I am very impressed with how Manny turned out. Behind him you can see the many Yankee fans. I made them miniscule because they are Yankee fans. They are trapped behind the net.

If I could go back, I would draw the infield dirt with a paint marker because it fits the rest of the picture. Also I would spend more time on Manny's face and get it perfect. It did turn out good though, so I shouldn't be complaining.

Go Red Sox!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ideas behind the ocean drive piece

Since I was a little kid, my family and I have always enjoyed going down to Miami Beach. Although I am too young to fully enjoy what Ocean Drive has to offer, I still love driving by at night and seeing all the sights. This project I had more of a concrete idea when I started. I wanted to show how lively the night life was and how the night life relates to a typical day life almost anywhere else. The whole point of the project was to take a place and exagerate reality.

I started off by drawing all of the hotels and night clubs. To make them look weird, I made them look slanted and all off centered to show the unrealistic nature of the street. Then I made a windy road to represent the actual ocean drive. The street doesn't actually look like I drew it. I wanted to show how long I felt the road was. This was the first time I discovered the paint markers. I love them!!!! I used the paint markers very seldom in this picture. I wanted the street and sky to pop off the paper, because I feel those are the most important aspects of my picture. The rest of the picture I used colored pencils. I tryed to use shading techniques with the colored pencils on the grass leading up to the street from the beach and on the far hotel building. I think the grass came out very good, but I wasn't that impressed with the building shading. Also I drew weird windows on all of the buildings for no real reason besides adding to the playful nature of the drawing.

If I could go back, I would fill in the buildings to make them look more real. Currently they are white and have no life. Just drawing them gray I feel would change the whole outlook of the picture. I felt this picture was well thought and I am impressed with this piece of artwork.

ideas behind the window project

In the first project, the assignment was to draw an item in the the school and then transform it into an action drawing. I chose my item from bradley hall, the window. With this window I drew a picture of New York City. The inspiration came from the music we listened to in class. I first started with the window, then moved on to what was in front of the window. For no apparent reason, I decided to draw a businessman drinking coffee and sitting on a couch in his office. Then I was faced with the challenge of nature. I started drawing all the big building one would see if they went to Manhatten. I don't really know why I made it rain outside, but I liked the idea so I kept it going.

I liked the way the drawing came out. I think it shows a good contrast between rich business men and random sidewalkers. If I could go back, I would draw a complex patterned rug. That would help show the contrast better.