Alex Johnson Q3 Genre Focus

I decided to study graffiti. I think graffiti was really a challenge because it's a very complex form of artwork and is often controversial. A lot of the graffiti I used to do were just sketches on paper and now I think I'm really more into the style of graffiti. 

I did a lot of different things this quarter. For one, I decided to use a lot of inspiration. The main inspirations were a picture of an eye and some modern L.A graffiti. Here are my inspirations:

​My first piece was my own rendition of the graphic eye. It took a lot of tedious work to get all of the lines just how I wanted them. I stuck only to a few colors because I didn't want to make my first piece overly complex.

After finishing most of the eye, I really wanted to work more on my lettering. I decided to use my Aim name and turn it into something cool. The hardest part for me was making the letters. I couldn't decide on how I wanted them to look.

I only have to finish the backdrop for this and erase any excess lines from the pencil.