PILES!!

One homework assignment that I gave my Illustration class was to create a drawing of a "pile" of something.  The instructions were very loose and open.   I was so happy with the results and have been meaning to post them here for some time.  My idea partially came from Philip Guston's amazing paintings.

And the idea also came from a comic book artist named Colleen Frakes who left this "bear pile" in the recycling bin at the Center of Cartoon Studies over the summer. ( I hope that she doesn't mind that I swiped it and used it as a teaching tool in the fall.

Here are my student's PILES:

Tim Bagby

Jenny Liu

Anna Parker

Allessandra Carpinito

Eric Wong

Eli Mattingly

Eric Lam

Harry Ames

Josh Kang

Katherine Mirani

Patrick Burke

Rebekah Estrada

Sage Dumont

Tyler Wesseles

The Illustration class that created these and many other amazing drawings ended abruptly last week.  Because of the snow-day I never got to say goodbye to them.   Those crazy teenagers will never know how much I enjoyed and admired them.  Thanks everybody!