Animal Saints: Thesis Update

Well I know it has been only a few days since I posted last but I figured I would update you all on my thesis work. Right now I'm in the "Preparing to Paint" phase. All the images are mounted on the wooden panels and I'm in the process of sanding them.

 

Here's a shot of all of them. Sorry about the messy work space.

 

Closeup of the Thylacine, Gastric Brooding Frog, and the Portuguese Ibex. These are all sanded and ready for the painting phase. 

 

Honshu and Hokkaido wolves and the Thylacine again. Oops, looks like the Thylacine is a camera hog. 

More soon. :)

Ogallala

Recently there has been a lot in the news about the Keystone Pipeline. In my opinion this pipeline is wrong. It wont help the economy as much as the oil companies say it will. It wont lower gas prices, like the oil companies say it will. And it wont be as safe as the oil company says it will be.
I think the biggest problem with the Keystone Pipeline is that it runs over one of the biggest aquafirs in the world. The Ogallala Aquifer covers most of the central plains of North America, and provides water to something like 30% of the United States. Imagine if a spill were to happen over some of this very sensitive habitat. I wont even touch where the oil is coming from in this post. I will just ask the simple question:

what is sacred?

Thesis Update

School is chugging along so here is a screenshot of 5 of my -almost- completed thesis images.

The First Three of Six

Hey everyone! As many of you know I'm deep in the process of my Senior Thesis. Lots and lots of work!  So since there isn't much time for blog posts here is a screenshot of three of the almost completed digital pieces for my project.

Dodo, Portuguese Ibex, and the Japanese Wolves

More works in progress to come!