Sandra Cinto

When searching for Sandra Cinto, I found many of her pieces to be very different but there were definitely a few pieces that had their similarities.  Some of these pieces are shown below.

This first piece by Sandra was one of the first few pieces that really stood out to me.  I like the way she used detailing lining and how you made some lines closer to each to make them seem thicker than others.  Some of the lines gave interesting shapes and curves which definitely made the picture.  I also really like the way she put in the starry and bright shapes to make the picture stand out.

 This second piece by Sandra also made me intrigued with the amount of detail put in the form of different shapes.  She used lines of all different colors and thickness and definitely put in more curves into this picture than the first piece I chose.  This picture looks somewhat of a landscape with the curves making the shapes of waves with a background of blue mountains.

This last piece by Cinto has to be my favorite.  It has a wintery feeling with the blue and white colors. The star shaped snowflakes are of all different sizes and shapes as snowflakes should be.  Her use of line is so well detailed and lovely to look at.

Steven Shearer

Steven Shearer is a contemporary artist that displays a lot of his work through photography, drawings and paintings that tend to focus on youth, aggression and have a heavy metal feelings to them.  These three pieces of work below clearly show Shearer's focus and the theme in which he depicts.

This first piece by Shearer seems to be a painting that consists of a lot of bright and beautiful colors.  I really like the blues, greens and browns that Shearer uses in what looks like a seat or cushion in which the heavy metal character is seated.  The picture gives off a very somber and sad feeling with the young man hunched over with all his hair covering his face.  Shearer also does a really nice job shadowing in the picture.  Everything from the skin, body parts and hair of the man looks very realistic.  

This second piece by Shearer is really nicely done.  It looks as though it is a drawing that uses the texture technique that we have learned in class.  It looks as though streaks and lines are placed into the picture to add texture to the hair and body parts of a the young woman.  I also really like how realistic her eyes look which really make her stand out.  However, my favorite part of her has to be the way Shearer uses different colors to complete her flowing hair. 

This final piece by Shearer has to be the most interesting one to me.  Not only do I love that it is in black and wait but I love the focus placed on the individuals hair.  Personally, when I try to draw a person's hair, all it every seems to look like is a bunch of spaghetti.  Shearer seems to make it so simple as if he draws every single strand individually.  I really like the shine and shadows placed in the hair to make different areas and parts stand out from the rest.

Zak Smith

Zak Smith is an American artist and interestingly enough also an alternative porn star.  Most of his work is done in acrylic and ink.  His pieces of work have a very comic look and seem to show many similar characters.  The pieces of work are done mostly in black and white with a touch of color.

This first piece of work by Zak Smith shows a young girl with a punk rock image sitting on the floor of a  sloppy room.  I really like the small hints of color that Zak places into the picture.  Besides the girl, everything in the picture seems disoriented and like it was drawn carelessly.  There doesn't look like there is one straight line in the picture.  Everything has some type of jagged edge or curve too it, which makes the picture look a lot more funky.

This second piece by Zak Smith has a similar theme to the first piece.  It is another young girl with a punk like image, sitting in what looks like a room or office full of chaos.  My favorite part of this piece has to be the hint of purple that Smith places in the girl's interesting hair style.  It makes her stand out from everything else going on in the picture.  You can tell that the room is a really big mess and you literally can't see the floor itself.  I also really like the different shades of black and white that the artist used on all the objects surrounding the girl.

This last and final piece I chose by Smith has to be my favorite.  It is similar to the other two but I like that the girl stands out in the picture much more and that Smith uses a lot more color in this piece.  She also has a punk rock look to her like the other two girls.  I like her blue stockings and the way that they match her blue hair.  Her face also has some interesting shapes near her chin and neck.  They seem to look like different rectangles with different shades of black and grey.