Progression and artists

For my progression, I am working on a relief print that will be apart of my collection of works. After giving it more thought, I decided to not go with a 'tomboy vs girly' theme for my show but lean towards a more personal direction. I wanted to try to fit a somewhat Steampunk/Victorian/ machinery theme to my work that uses symbolic imagery, like what I wanted to try to do before, but mix it around to be representational of some of my life experiences. I wasn't sure if I wanted to put in personal feelings in my work but after giving it some thought, I realized that some of those moments are what contributed to my development and skills.

This is my sketch for the first piece. I'm working on it in my advance print class since this is also one of my assignments.

I reversed the image onto my linoleum plate to draw out the image in which I have already begun to carve out. (Sorry for sideways picture, couldn't flip it for some reason)

Artists:
Joe Fenton: Fenton is an artist who works in mostly monochrome color and has a surrealistic vibe to his work in which he's inspired by European Baroque and Rococo motifs. A common theme in his drawings is death or the fear of death. I'm intrigued by his art with all the detail he illustrates along with the texture and shadow he adds.

 Solitude, 2011

Alex Konahin:  His work composes of illustrations with fine detail and numerous patterns. His drawing range from insects to skulls and the execution is great. Most of his work has a grayscale tone to them. With his work and Fenton's, I have started to develop an image that is inspired by the huge detail they both put in their art.
Mexican Skull, 2012

Henry Hargreaves: He is a photographer who creates is own props to photograph. A lot of his work tend to be colorful and uses food as visualization. his reasoning for this is due to working in the food industry before being a full time photographer and always being fascinated with the food combinations customers would order. I first got interested in his work from a series he did called 'No Seconds' where he made props of replications of the last meals of famous prison inmates. He is one of the reasons why I sometimes like to draw food, even if it's not for a major project. 

  No Seconds

Kerby Rosanes: He is an illustrator who mainly goes by his own imagination when it comes to his drawings. A lot of his art started off as sketches but soon grew to become a group of highly detailed illustrations. Most of them are in black and white. He is another artist who, thanks to his work, made me realize how much I love to put detail in my drawings and I hope to gradually improve with the content and layout as time goes by.
More Die of Heartbreak (This is an album cover for a rising hip hop artist who commisioned him to do the art)