Itch Issue2 April 2010

cover designed by adam blazak

designed by adam blazak

Graphic Design senior Jon Bishop submittedfour of the most unique pieces that I person-ally have ever seen in an art show gallery.What makes these pieces so interesting isthat they are actually panels of a comic bookthat have been enlarged to 5’9” by 3’6” onvinyl sheets. The comic is entitled Amnestyand it promises to be a very exciting adven-ture for the zombie horror survival genre. Forthe gallery Jon is displaying pages 1, 2, and

3 of the book’s rst chapter. His original planwas to display the rst chapter in its entirety

but between the school cancelations, the

difculty he encountered with arranging

photoshoots, and a not so successful planto hand draw some of the artwork which hewas forced to abandon in favor of a digitallyartistic approach, he decided to focus mainlyon just the 4 pages. The project took closeto 60 hours to render, not even includingthe time taken for photoshoots, writing, andstoryboarding. Clearly, Jon is excited aboutmaking this book a reality and why shouldn’the be? As he put it;

“ …who wouldn’tbe pumped about a zombie gettinghis head blown off in a black andwhite blaze of glory?

Samantha Robinson has addeda woman’s touch to the seniorshow with her artwork. Shechose to display 5 separatepieces that combined togethercreate an astounding image of

Jesus Christ’s crucixion. To

add an extra 3 dimensional feelto her piece she used a projec-tor to cast clouds across the

paintings.She rst created the

background with two differenttypes of crushed conte mixedwith a matte medium. Then, she

emplored a difcult technique

known as “image transfer” withwater slide decal paper. Shehad to pay close attention tothe alignment of every image.She described the process bysaying;

“It was almost likeputting a puzzle together,but with a rub-on tattooinstead of structuredpieces. Every crease andbubble had to be ex-tracted under each layerin order for the image tolook as real as possible.”“…no matter what I do,I want to continue mak-

ing fne art that speaks

to our society.”

GraphicDesign senior Jesse Lenz hadthis to say about his ambitious

future in the illustration and neart elds. From the looks of the

work he is displaying in the gal-lery, it is clear he intends to stickto his plan. With over 64 piecesin his “Monsters and Marilyns”series and 18 in his portfolioillustration book entitled “OcularVerbum”, it would be an under-statement to say that Jesse hasbeen putting in overtime when itcomes to his artwork.

“My work for the seniorshow is the only timeI’ve been fully comfort-able with calling whatI’ve done ‘art,’ and I’mexcited to keep pushingmy skills and ideas wellbeyond what I’m alreadydoing.”

That’s what GraphicDesign senior Adam Blazaktold me about his upcomingwork in the senior show gallery.Adam submitted three piecesinspired by his enjoyment ofGreek mythology. Each piece isroughly 30” by 32” and they arecomposed of a very impressivearrangement of art mediumsincluding encaustic wax, oils,acrylic, and some of Adam’sown photography. Adam will begraduating from the Graphic De-sign curriculum this year and his

future in the art eld is looking

very promising.

Senior Josh Hoffman submitted six mas

-terful 24x36 chalk pastel pieces. ClearlyJosh has spent a lot of time working with

the pastel medium. His level of skill is

especially apparent in two pieces entitled“Forever Connected” and “Pray.” Thesetwo pieces were the ones he was mostexcited to share with an audience andthe latter of the two took the longest forhim to create. Throughout his college ca-reer, Josh has created some impressivegraphic design work, but for the seniorshow he chose to display mainly hand-

drawn artwork. His reason;

“… I likedoing hand drawn illustrationsbecause they have a differentfeel to them than the ones doneon the computer.”

senior

SHOW

josh hoffman jon

bishop Samantha Robinson Jesse lenz adam blazak

The time of the semester has come forour artistic seniors to show us what theycan do in the 2010

Article and design by Creighton Hill