Justin Owens » abstract

Daily… The new oldschool

jay — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:46:15 +0000

Along the same lines as what I did yesterday, but with the intent of developing a creature from the get go.

Daily… Oldschool

jay — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 01:38:31 +0000

I kinda went back to my roots for this one. Before I started to work on my drawing skills, my fallback was abstract doodling. Lots of repeating lines and patterns. I’d just let my mind wander and create shapes and patterns.

I wanted to get back to that process and see where it would take me. This ended up being less pattern oriented and as I started to see a creature in the shapes, I worked toward it a bit. It’s a fun and cathartic process for me.

Daily… An abstract creature

jay — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 23:59:47 +0000

This time I started with the eye and just sketched around it, building up form and suggesting what this creature might be. My goal here was to leave the final design completely open to interpretation.

Daily… Anatomy study

jay — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 16:16:10 +0000

Doodling in Photoshop and trying to do a bit of an anatomy study without reference. And I got a little creative with the head.

Daily… Tentacles

jay — Fri, 19 Nov 2010 06:10:44 +0000

More messing around in painter, this time a creature with tentacles. It’s been nice doodling around in painter again, but I’d like to approach the next image with more intent and direction.

Daily… Two-faced abstract thing

jay — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 07:05:05 +0000

Daily… Abstract character

jay — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:51:06 +0000

Daily… Abstract sketch

jay — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:36:53 +0000

I did a lot of abstract sketching, starting with a lot of overlapping lines and letting the happy accidents help dictate where I went with the drawing.

Daily… The abstract head

jay — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:42:23 +0000

Daily… Abstract in blue

jay — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:44:28 +0000

Does that subject title sound artsty and pretentious? Maybe I could have a career in fine art afterall! Well that sounded a bit harsh. But seriously, art pretension is lame!