Stephen Brewer

2010-04-22T07:36:00.000-07:00

Sorry Blogs I Neglect You!
So it's been quite some time, I guess I like flickr better (you didn't hear me say that blog).
Here is some new stuff. Only a month left till I am done with school and I can't wait!

More class work...

Here are some drawings I did for series of snowboard designs I made for class. You can see the designs on my flickr here!

2009-11-22T22:01:00.000-08:00

Screen Printing
this semester I have been putting most of my efforts in printing. I have been too burnt out with illustration lately and this gives me a nice escape.

Also I am having an ART SHOW
with my screen printing class on December 4th for first friday. Fliers will be up soon soo keep looking out for them. I am excited, I have been busting my butt trying to get my stuff ready so please come out if you can.

2009-11-22T21:50:00.000-08:00

Sketchbook Stuff

2009-11-22T21:35:00.000-08:00

More Laser Cut Skateboards!
I have been meaning to post these but I have been slacking so here are the other boards I laser cut last spring. Seriously the best class I have ever had at VCU.

2009-07-20T13:50:00.000-07:00

Wall of Doom!
This June I took a summer painting class which lasted three weeks. Each week we did a set of paintings and I had been doing these small detailed masses of eyes and mouths. With each week we were instructed to do a bigger painting and the final week was to be our largest so I combined my second week and third week painting all into one giant wall painting. It took me a week and a half to finish. I got a lot of cramps from drawing in the tight corners and headaches from having my face to close to paint marker fumes. But in the end I was happy with my results except for having to paint over it the very next day... I doubt I will ever do this again.

2009-06-15T13:45:00.000-07:00

Here is some stuff I did in my art direction class this spring. I really liked how my logo for Richmond turned out. Also in this class I used InDesign pretty much for the first time on a magazine cover it turned out ok.

2009-06-15T13:25:00.000-07:00

My long overdue sketchbook dump from this spring...

2009-03-20T14:14:00.000-07:00

Another skateboard. This one took 7 hours to cut, I really need to find a faster way to do this but other wise I am stoked how it turned out!

2009-03-11T19:09:00.000-07:00

Finally laser cut skateboards, this thing took 6 hours to cut but I am pretty happy with it, I just wish there was an easier way to get the laser to cut the same depth on the curves of the board, but then again I kinda like how the design kind of fades out. Anyway I have 5 more blank boards that I want to do so expect to see more soon!

2009-02-24T17:56:00.000-08:00

New project from laser class, we had to make patterns. I posted a bunch of detail shots just so you can see how awesomely detailed the machine can cut.

2009-02-17T17:25:00.000-08:00

We had to make books for our digital print making class and I did mine on typography. It's kinda therapeutic to layout things with type. I just really enjoy connecting letter forms together and fitting them in very geometric ways.

It's an accordion style book because I wanted the pages to flow into each other.

This is a detail of one of the pages
Final all laid out.

2009-02-13T13:36:00.001-08:00

This is my digital drawing piece on Mountain Dew. Whats more extreme than wrangling a whale and drinking Mountain Dew? It was a fun piece to do though, even if it was really late or should I say really early in the morning.

2009-02-03T20:33:00.001-08:00

So Laser cutting class is awesome! Our first project we had to make stencils out of Plexiglas and we had to print them some how. The image is made in illustrator and the machine cuts all the paths. I spray painted the stencil on cardboard and I did one in glow in the dark paint for fun also... oOoOo!

2009-01-17T11:22:00.000-08:00

Ok so it has been a long time since my last post sorry, but winter break came and now it's a new semester!!! haha I am taking some fun classes this semester so I am excited to be doing something different. Here is something from one of the classes I am most excited about LASER CUTTING! too bad our first assignment (the one above) had to be cut by hand so you can imagine how fun this was haha, but I think it turned out good, expect more to come soon!

2008-12-13T21:27:00.000-08:00

Also this fall I did a monster serious of shirts for Freedom Surf Shop and I really enjoy working with them. They give me full freedom so it's just nice to crank out some different and fun stuff. My favorite is the monster shaka on the back! I will probably be doing some more shirts soon too. Feedback is always welcomed!

Here is some of the free lance work I have been doing... This is an ad for a series of skateboards that I did for 17th st. surf shop. It's pretty simple design work but they are pretty conservative. You can see the other designs I did and buy my boards online too http://www.17thstsurfshop.com/istar.asp?a=3&dept=05&class=51 Hopefully there will be more decks to come soon!

2008-12-13T21:10:00.000-08:00

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2008-12-13T21:07:00.000-08:00

2008-12-13T21:05:00.000-08:00

2008-12-13T20:57:00.000-08:00

So this is my first sketch book finished all the way through of mostly stuff from life. Also I am working on drawing with just pen no pencil down first, so hopefully you can see some progress in my work this semester. Feedback would be awesome!

2008-12-13T19:51:00.000-08:00

Just finally convinced my self to get a blog so expect a huge sketch book dump soon!