The Grand Finale (Final Portfolio)

Here it is, the moment all of you have been waiting for I am sure. My final portfolio. It is all work that has been on my blog before, but these are what I feel are my 4 best pieces after Midterm Portfolio. I think it turned it pretty good honestly, but we will leave that for Rusty to decide.

First up is my Number 9 project. The concept is that its the 9th hole at Pebble Beach with a sand bunker made to look like a "9". I really like how this one turned out thanks to the colors in it. This one took me awhile because I really was just getting used to this style. I think everything turned out great except the bushes up front are slightly wonky to me sometimes and I am still unsure about some parts of the water, but still I really like the end result. This did get not approved by Rusty. Actually I didn't use anything that Rusty approved in my final portfolio, but I think Rusty is a results guy so hopefully that won't matter to him. There was 12 hours budgeted for this one, I would say After everything, start to print, it took me about 9 hours. See what I did there?...9 hours. But Seriously I think thats about what it took. So under budget, just not as much as normal.

Then there is my book cover for The Great Gatsby. This picture is at the 6.25" x 9.25" for the actual dust cover, but it was printed at 5" x 5" and 3" x 3" also. I really liked this one because this is the only one I actually got looser with after my midterm portfolio. A nice old time dapper lady for the book cover was appropriate I thought, but done in a darker duotone way. The budget on this was 16 hours, after everything was said and done I spent around 6 hours on this project, so way under budget. I usually tend to do that though. Not approved by Rusty, but like I said I didn't use anything that Rusty approved in my final portfolio. So lets hope that doesn't bite me later.

This piece is for the World Record assignment. This guy has one the most flexible face contest the most, yes apparently there contests for that, and this guy is the best at it. I like the oil painting look that this one has. I have always liked oil paintings so I am glad I can do a decent job of recreating it. The forehead and cheeks I think I did really well, but the eyebrows and goatee I worry about sometimes. I still think it turned out good though. Again no approval, but again I don't think Rusty will mind. Again under budget, 16 hours budgeted and I did it in 8. Saving companies all kinds of money. 

Last but not least is my Society of Illustrators piece. This one is my favorite all semester, hands down. I think I liked my inspiration so much for this one that I tried even harder. Just an illustration of a nice cigar and glass of scotch, nothing more. I spent a real long time on this one. I would say 10 or 11 hours with 16 budgeted. So I definitely spent the longest on this piece. When I went into it I had a plan of adding some cool watercolor background, but I finished it and thought and nice reflection would just be classier. Not approved by Rusty of course, but I approve this one. I think that counts for something.