Day 8 of 365 days. I can’t believe I’m in the second week and still going strong. I have a wrestling show today and I’ve been wanting to find some way to take a picture of myself while I’m in the ring, but I haven’t figured out a good way to do it. Sure, I…
Day 6 of 365 days. I really liked this idea but it never took off the way i wanted it to. I started working on it too late and I worked on it up to 11:59 and then stopped because I like to keep it real, dammit. In any case, the effect is neat and…
Day 2 of my experimenting with 365 days. I have now created a Flickr pool where many other people are trying the project as well. If you’re interested, please see 365 days. I was sitting around thinking "what am i gonna do today?" and I had this idea based on drawings of the superhero Captain…
so while browsing flickr, I ran across this photo by stephenpoff. I liked it and then started looking at his photostream and then realized that since the 1st of this year he has taken a self-portrait every day and hopes to do the same every day for a year. I immediately decided that I had to do the same.
This is the first one. Taken on the balcony of my hotel room in Warren, PA where Steph and I are vacationing.
Used in LJ post: chrismaverick.livejournal.com/242675.html (for the announcement that I was doing this)
From my New Years Eve photoshoot with Katherine
The first photosketch I did. One of these days, I’m going to have to do a new shoot and sketch of Stephanie.
The second in my series of photosketches. Heavilly Nagel/Mukai inspired, I guess. I often think I should do more of this basic style.
The third photosketch in the series. I like it because its a bit more casual than the rest, and the real life vs drawing aspect is pretty striking in the foreground (at least I think so). Used in LJ entry: chrismaverick.livejournal.com/215387.html
the fourth photosketch. And probably the simplest. But I really like that it kinda at its most basic shows how the process works.
The fifth photosketch I did. I should do a whole series of sketches with bloggers and have entries of their journals integral to the piece like this.
The sixth photosketch, and where I started trying to repeat themes. I was going for the same feel as I had with the Diane picture. But I don’t think the end result was as strong. I also find the composition more cluttered than I’d like.
The seventh photosketch. This time I was trying recreate the style of the Stephanie picture. And again, I didn’t feel like it came across as well as I would have liked.
The eighth photosketch. This one incorporates ideas from Diane, Regina and Mathilde. I like how it turned out a lot. Might have to strive for this look in future pics as well. I would have liked to have done the journal/blog trick as I did with the Regina pic, but I felt that would have been too much, and didn’t want to overcompose it like I did with Cheryl
I actually originally took this picture to use as a livejournal icon for any rants I did. But I really like how it turned out.
Used in LJ Post: chrismaverick.livejournal.com/241099.html