Here's the initial sketch for my 2nd thesis piece, which I'm currently working on. The tune is "All is Full of Love" by Bjork.

Here's the final and initial thumbnail for an illustration I recently finished for the story Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. The story is about a sad mexican girl, Tita, who is in love with a boy that she could never marry. Her duty, as the youngest daughter in her family, is to take care of her mother until the day she dies. As therapy, throughout the story, she spends most of her time and energy into her cooking.

Tita Cooks
acrylic and colored pencil on wood

Piece I did for Hodges' class a few weeks ago. It was an open assignment and I wanted to paint a sphinx and some lions. It is still unfinished. Lions need more definition in form but I'm happy with what I have so far. Let me just hope I finish it. That's a problem I've been aware of lately. Finishing what I start. Meh.

Sphinx Among Lions
acrylic and oil on wood

This assignment was given to me by Mr. Gary Kelley at the Illustration Academy this summer. We were asked to illustrate a color.

Green
acrylic and leaves on wood

Working thumbnail and sketch for the current illustration I'm working on. Portrait of a hardworking fisherman. He lives in Iceland. hmmm I guess he needs more clothes... anyway, I'm still searching for where this is going to take me.

Here's a video me and my friends Kyle McCullough and Jeffery Heart made to promote Illest of Ill, an annual illustration show held on the Ringling College campus. This year visiting judges are Sam Weber and Jillian Tamaki. Hope to see some of you there!...

Illest of Ill: How to Gibson Girl from kyle mccullough on Vimeo.

Back at school and happier then ever. I was busy this summer attending The Illustration Academy which was one of the greatest things I've ever taken part in. I learned so much (too much!) and met some of the most incredible people/artists out there. I will post some of the work I produced there soon.

Haven't posted in a while but that will change now that I'm back on campus with loads of scanners. Scanned some sketchbook pages, which is strange for me, but here they are!...

Self Portrait from life. oil on wood.

I don't really like the way the scan came out but oh well. I'm just letting it sit until I know what I'm going to add to it. For now this is it. I know I need a punch of a cranberry red or something in here. More color. I forgot how demanding it is to paint yourself in front of a mirror. There must be about 10 different faces under this one.

I'm really confused by this one. Any feedback would be especially appreciated with her. It's unfinished but I like where it's going, that's all I know.

The only computer ill assignment I've had fun with thus far... I still need to work on him but this is what I turned in for class...

This was the character development assignment. And he is a sad Icelandic fisherman. Depressed because he can never actually catch fish. So sad.

gardening books are fun...
[some collage work on wood]

Avant Garde is this week! I'm part of the student sellers this year. Here's a few (old and new) things I will hopefully be getting rid of there...

So here I have Mr. Frederick Douglass in a forrest, in the presence of some fireflies. Interesting assignment given to us by Patrick Fiore (aka the man). I wanted him to look awkward/creepy and tie him into his environment. I think I achieved that. Here's the initial drawing and the final...

acrylic on slice of tree stump

Finished the Amy piece. More girls and nature. Amy's beautiful, flowers are beautiful. I like the turn out. This one was fun...
oil, acrylic, and collage...