Er, favorite artwork ... that's going to be difficult to choose. This is particularly so because the passing of time creates new favorites and sheds light on the errors of older pieces. There's also the challenge of comparing multiple types of media.
Surprisingly, I have narrowed it down to one particular piece - but alas, I have no copy of it on hand to show you. It's a piece I did for Animation Layout and Character Design. Having had the class under Professor Troy Gustafson, we were required to create a layout based upon a location within the historical district. Being my ambitious self, I took on doing a layout with a view of River Street - and all the brick, cobble stone, water, and foliage located there as well. Rendering that was painstaking, but well worth it. I was proud enough of it that I hauled it home during Christmas break to show my family, and it is still residing there - in my bedroom in NY. ^_^;
So.... as I do not have that work to show to you, I will be pulling up a few others that I have strongly favored.
As you can see from the date of 12/19/04, this wolf portrait is an old piece, but despite that, I haven't found much error with it in the years since I drew it. My only disappointment is that I drew it from another image - a photograph of a wolf that was the cover to a Zoobooks magazine, I believe.
Griffin Print
This one is a print of a linoleum carving I worked on while in community college (sometime between Winter 05 - Spring 06). It was actually the second time I had done a carving of a griffin against a mountain scene - the first one was about twice the size, and had been carved in wood with an x-acto blade in high school. Despite doing the same subject a second time, I still opted to make it as detailed as possible -- and I'm glad I did.
I'm aware that this is an unusual choice for a favorite piece. I have my reasons, however. In September 07, I joined the staff of a virtual pet site called Rescreatu. The paint bucket was the first item I drew that went live on the site. I also crafted it with 3 point perspective, and it marks the point where I grew fond of drawing with perspective.
(and if you're interested enough to look the site up and join, feel free to give me referral points by using this link: Rescreatu)
Dolphins
I painted this as a present for my brother this past Christmas. I like watercolor paint and dolphins, need I say more? ^__^
One of many Neopets comics
I suppose I should give some credit to Neopets at some point, huh? It was in sketching and drawing comics to submit to the site that I ended up refining my skills enough to switch to an art major. Somewhere along the way, I picked up a bold line style as well.
Gallions (another Neopet piece
This one I like because I came very close to matching Neopet's style, and it's in color pencil (one of my favorite mediums).
Gyro
I did this one for my layout and character design class as well. It may not be the most detailed piece, but I think I like it because of the personality I envision for this little guy.
And for my last piece (Congrats to those who have read through this long entry XD), a work in progress that I think I'll be quite happy with when I'm finished:
Adagu City Map
This will hopefully be a map image for the Rescreatu site. I'm drawing it in Photoshop, though I hope to add interactive parts to it with Flash at a later point in time.
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