Nikki Goldman’s Portfolio Blog Post

 

Digital Painting

I made this for my class, Concept Art and Creative Illustration.  It is a poster for a show called Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

Maya Comic

I made this for my class, Digital Imaging and Computer Art.

Still Life of Hand In Chest

The disembodied look of a wooden articulated hand emerging from a chest captured my attention by setting an eerie still life.  I made the center of my piece darker to make it the focal point. As you look away from the center, my lines become lighter and rougher.  I got inspiration from looking at Leonardo Da Vinci’s work. I really like his technique of getting the basic form down and adding highlights and shadows, but retaining a  rough and open style.

Medium:  Pencil on Paper

Size: 19 1/2″ x 12″

A Passage

A line of light guides the viewer from the foreground to the background of this photograph. As I passed a parking garage in Philadelphia I was intrigued by the imaginary line created by light in this scene. I also wanted to draw a contrast between the security camera mounted on the clean, almost pristine metal walls and the deteriorated, dirty, almost hidden wall to the right of the photo. I took this photo in color and then converted it to Black and White for my Urban Photography class at Moore College of Art.

3 Comments Add yours

  1. Thanks for sharing your artworks. I find that 1st illustration in particular quite visually striking and bold.

  2. Kyle Trottier says:

    Both the digital painting and drawing are very interesting to look at, and are unique as well. I like that you made the drawing get lighter and rougher as you get farther from the focus of the image, as it also adds to the eerie and mysterious feeling that image gives off.

  3. Kate Olguin says:

    I really like the photo. It’s of something somewhat mundane, but the way the photo is taken makes the photo appear fascinating. I keep on getting drawn back to it. It looks like it could be right out of some photo album of urban life or something like that.

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