Ari Bradley's Art Portfolio

House is a Home Medium: MicronPen + Pencil House is a Home is essentially an artist challenge where we were to choose an artist we had interest and who had skills we could draw inspiration from. Franklin Booth- a 20th Century Line Artist had an iconic, unmatched style I always planned to replicate sooner or later. I used a MicronPen to create our house and unkept front yard. I felt the piece come out fantastic, but time constraints withheld me from fully detailing the grass and adding clouds. At the end of the day, this has to be my best piece out of all and marks me as an advanced artist.

Anytime, Anyplace Medium: Graphite Pencil This artwork was made with the intent to improve my facial proportion skills. I drew my past, present , and future self using my mirror-image as reference. The biggest challenge for me would be the actual proportions because i don’t look like myself exactly and resemble. Otherwise, I had fun shading each version of myself and doing the different hair textures.

Still Reality Medium: Graphite Pencil, Crayola + PrismaColor Pencils After the cloth/drape sketch, we were given a Still Life project to apply what we had learned. I and other classmates constructed a still life from which we all contributed and drew from. I made sure I added every detail along with the wrinkles in the cloth. One challenging issue I had was working in color- something I’ve never been comfortable with; this project pushed me at the same time built my skills. As for the piece as a whole, I liked how it turned out and how the risk taken paid off as many people admired the pineapple’s work. It took me 2 weeks to complete and I’m doing that, I gained much knowledge. 

High Contrast Drawing Medium: Sharpie As a class, we were challenged to do a self portrait in Sharpie to focus on his contrast. The picture referenced had very little light, so the actual work’s lighting is intentional. We did use grid to transfer our proportions, but I’m not satisfied with how it turned out. An improvement would be the proportions and I would of done the background with ink instead of Sharpie to create a solid gradient.

The Cloth Medium: Conté Crayon I practiced drawing cloth which was hung and put under low key lighting. Overall, I think this practice was productive I’m getting me familiar with clothing texture and movement. The only improvement I wish I could make would be choosing one color. I tried to venture into brown and colors as I am lacking in that area, but it brought down the sketch. Overall, this was a great learning experience. 

                                                                        Coffee Shop Design Medium: Sharpie Marker, Colored Pencil, and Pencil    This coffee shop design showcases words in formation of a nice, toasty cup of coffee.  I specifically integrated the colors red, white, and blue to tie in this representative design.

Kendrick Essence Medium:Graphite Pencils I am pleased to claim this as my final project. It utilizes many things I've learned such as proportion, value, and perspective which has paid off. The final piece was made to closely resemble a photo taken which also required me to create various textures-this challenged me. Overall, this project took a lot out of me I didn't know I had & I'm very proud of the outcome.  To explain this piece, I wanted to portrait Kendrick Lamar in a different light/side than what he's given in the media. It paints him as a compassionate rapper with real common issues.