Wild West Chase

This piece is one of the final pieces in my series about the child's imagination.

For this piece, I have two children pretending to be cowboys and cowgirls out in the wild west. The environment surrounding them is a desert, with cactuses, a cow skull and even a steam train out in the background. Both children are catching a jackrabbit, which is running away from them.

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Final Drawing

Wild West Chase

Acrylic and Ink on Illustration Board

Undersea Treasure

Even though my BFA is over, my series of the child's imagination continues.

For this piece, I have two children swimming in the ocean. While they are swimming, they see a shipwreck in the bottom of the ocean. When they look over a ways, they see a large box shaped like a treasure chest surrounded by small fish and sea animals, and also some seaweed hiding it. They swim over to it and open it up. When they look inside, there are gold coins, some jewelry and even a key. Before they can even take the treasure, a large red crab sits up on top to guard it. Will the children ever get the treasure, or will the crab keep it all for itself?

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Final Drawing/ Sketch

Undersea Treasure

Acrylic and Ink on Illustration Board

BFA Piece 4- Safari Adventure

For my last piece of my BFA, I have two children pretending to be on a safari adventure.  While they are both sitting up in a tree, they look out onto the savannah and see a curious giraffe approaching them. A boy gets out his telescope (which is a paper towel tube), to get a closer look, while the girl tries to reach out and pet the giraffe.

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Final Drawing

Safari Adventure

Acrylic and Ink on Illustration Board

BFA Piece 3- Superheroes

For my BFA piece 3, I have two children pretending to be superheroes. While they are out saving the world, they received the news that a small monkey is trapped inside of a box. When the children got to the box, there were squirrels all around, some flying out of the scene of the crime. Are the flying squirrels guilty or not guilty of trapping the poor monkey in the box? We may never know.

(Left: Thumbnails, Right: character sketches)

Final Sketch

Superheroes

Acrylic and Ink on Illustration Board

BFA Piece 2- Pirate Adventure

For piece 2 of my BFA, I illustrated two boys pretending to be pirates out on the sea. While they are sailing, an octopus comes and attacks their ship. One of the boys tries to throw a ball at, but the octopus takes the ball away before he even had a chance to throw it.
The boy's ship is made out of a cardboard box, and the steering wheel is a bike wheel.

(Left: Thumbnails, Right: Character Sketches)

Final Drawing

Pirate Adventure

Acrylic and Ink on Illustration Board

BFA Piece 1- Sword Play

I know that I have been not posting up on here very often this year, especially when it comes to my illustrations. All semester long I have been busy working on and putting together my BFA. The next several days I will be posting-up all 4 of my BFA pieces along with their processes of how I made them.

My BFA is inspired by the imagination of the child through play.  All of the props that the children are engaged with are ordinary items that are found around the house. Each of the environments show what the children envision, and how they use these props to create an imaginary environment that is real to them. Each of the scenes are from memories of my own childhood, and the games I used to play with my brother and friends.

This piece is of two girls playing and pretending to be knights and princess sword fighting. Even though what they are you using to play with are either toys or objects found around the house, the viewer can see what and where they are, just using their imaginations.

Left- Thumbnails. Right- Final Sketch

Color and Media tests

Sword Play

Acrylic and Ink on Illustration Board