Eric Jean-Luc Kerke Blog

Summer Workshops Part II-  Grand Central Atelier : One Month Drawing Intensive. Taught by Anthony Baus , Patrick Bynes and Katie Whipple . After a rigorous week in Massachuetts at the Illustration Master Class, I immediately started the month long drawing intensive in the Grand Central Atelier. I think we all have seen the classic example of form rendering; a sphere, some light direction and a cast shadow. Now how do those principles apply when lighting a complicated form, let's say like the eye of Micheangelo’s David? My instructors answers came from a respect of capturing actual form in relation to light, the foundational essence of the Grand Central Atelier core program.  My Month Long Cast Drawing.  Still could have spend another month refining it. Through week 2.   So many optical illusions occur when studying a cast or model. One value can appear the same as another, yet they are on two completely separate light receiving...

Happy Valentines Day Y'all. Here it is. 2 hours of sleep. :D

School is back in sesh and I am already feeling the pressure. Have to remind myself to cool it, and relax. To take things lightly. Ahhh. Do we all feel better now? Here is this week's installment.  (Click below to Enlarge) 

Back to School! New Semester, New Classes, Familar Faces.  Got to love it. Here's the Lastest Issue of HumBucking Harold Enjoy!  (Click Below to Enlarge)

Here's my 3D Maya Model with some dramatic renderings. From Fall 2012.  Recall the Orthogonal  design.  My Professor told me the bird looks like a hipster! hah.  More Hipsters to come I suppose!

Fall 2012 Figure Painting Class. I realized there were thing missing on my blog that I did. These two paintings are from my first Figure Painting class ever. It was a joy to work on such big canvass. Very exciting, look forward to doing some more paintings. Sitting Nude Oil.  24 x 36 Reclining Chick Oil.  36 x 48 ( Detail)   ( Detail) This old guy is a figure drawing I while at the Academy of Art. 2010ish Charcoal. 18 x 24

Howdy Everybody, Excited for Next Week. My classes Montclair State will be starting again! This time, I'm a Senior. I graduate in the Spring of 2014. So I am pacing myself. New semester mean new schedule and new deadlines and expectations to meet. Yippee! Now Hum-bucking Harold has been away for some time, but he will return. The issue is that he's becoming somewhat larger than I what I'd like for this blog to be. Once the First series of Harolds are done, I believe he should get his own website. For now, he's staying here.  I am going to share some notes I took from last weekend's Society of Illustrator's Panel Discussion: From Art School to Game Careers. This presentation was entertaining and informative.  Brad MacDonald. Senior Art Director for Large Animal said . . . - Meet Deadlines - Meet Expectations - Learn to Present and Defend your Ideas - When in front of investors or execs, they mostly care about the bottom lin...