ben RET

This is a picture that i took of a guy in my grade. There is the before and after i retouched it.

Jordan RET

This is a picture that i took and retouched. I really like this one.

Picture RET

This is a picture of my friend that i took. This is the origanal and the retouched that i did.

senior pic RET

This is a senior pic my friend took of me. The first one is the original and the secand one is the retouched one that i photoshoped. The coolest part i thing is i made myself skinnier. I thought that was pretty cool.

dog and cat on the couch

Tom drawing

This is a drawing i also did to go along with the drawing of Bill. This is a drawing of Bills borther Tom. Tom is the lead guitar player for there band.

bill drawing

This is a drawing that i did for a friend. We love Tokio Hotel so i did this picture of the lead singer bill for her.

GLASS

This is a drawing that i did the other day. I wanted to do it of a random abject. This is what i decided on.

Arthur

NEW CAMARA YEYYYYY

I just got my new Canon Rebel T1i yesterday. It has been attached to my hip ever since. I absalutly love it. It is the best thing i have ever bought. It is my life know. It is a great camara and i am really happy with it. I LOVE IT!!!

News on Camara situation.

So in the last month in a half i have saved a little over $800.00 for my new camara. My dream camara would be the Canon 50d but thats about $1400.00. I just know that i would like it before October because i have to shoot my cuzins wedding. I am taking my own senior pictures so my parents said the money that they would have spent on senior pictures they would put tword my new camara. That would prob. put me close only needing three or four hundred. I am striving for the Canon 50d and thats what i plan to get. I hope to have it by the the start of october so i can work with it before i shoot the wedding. I am really excided. To me this is like getting a new car, or winning the lattery. I have busted my but to save all the money i get and it will soon pay off with something i will use everyday for the rest of my life.

Another picture of her that i took at the skate park in mason.

Sorry i have not put new pitures on lately. I have been busy with school (which started the 17th) and doing homework and stuff like that. Hopefully i will have time soon to get some new pictures up.

senior pictures

This is a picture that i took of my friend as a senior picture....sort of.
It was taken at the skate park in mason city.
i really like how it turned out.

The bike races in Clear Lake

This picture i took down town in Clear Lake. They were having bike races and sail boat races all day so i went to take pictures. This is a picture of that four that were leading the race.

another sunset

This is a picture i took while sitting at the end of the dock. It had been a perfect day with no clouds in the sky so i though that there would be a great sunset. I went done and sat on the dock and waited. I think i ended up getting some good ones.

railroad

This picture was taken in clear lake by the old high way. It was a run down railroad, and hasnt been uses for a long time. So i went at took some pictures becuase i thought they would be cool.

sunset

This is a picture i took while on my way to a friends house in Fertile. At was about 9 o clock and i had to stop to take it cuz it was way pretty.

another flower.....

Another flower picture i took!!!

Flowers......

This picture i took right after it rained. I am not big into taking pictures of flowers but i thought I should do it anyway because i might get some good ones out of it.

drawing of Kat Von D (work in progress)

This is a pencil drawing that i started two days ago. This much took me about three hours to do. I am drawing Kat Von D because she is an artist herself and a very insparational to me.
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girl drawing

This is another pencil drawing i did my junior year, so last year. It was just for fun. I didnt have room for any art classes secand semester so i did alot of independent art just to keep up with it. This is one of my idependent things that i did. This took me about four days on and off.

baby feet

This is a pencil drawing that i did just for fun. It is a person holding a baby in there arms. This was the first time i had ever drawn feet so i was proud of how it turned out.

shawn johnson/mark ballas drawing

This is a pencil drawing that i did of shawn johnson and mark ballas. It is the best people drawing that i have done so far i think. But there are lots of things that i can improve on. This took me about a week to finish.

skiing

This picture was taken while i was sitting on the dock waiting for the sunset. This person was just learning to sky for the first time. I decided to take some pictures.

Sunset!!!!!!

I also took this tonight(July 6). I was sitting on the dock just waiting for the sun to go down. The waiting was worth it.

sailing into the sunset

I took this picture tonight(July 6). I went down to take pictures of the sunset and the lady of the lake happened to be out. So i was able to get some really neat pictures with it in them. I thought i would shear them.

Waiting for the picture perfect sunsets

This picture i took tonight(July 6). I went down to the lake to get pictures of the amazing sunset and the lady of the lake was just coming in. I love how it turned out and im proud of it.

cool old bridge

This picture i took while at a park that was in the woods. I thought it was a cool bridge so i took some pictures. This one is one of my favs.

kids and their candy...

This picture i took during the parade. These three kids were waiting for people to throw them some candy. kids and there candy.....

statue that was in some ladys garden

This picture was taking in some ladys garden down by the lake. I thought the statue was cool because of how old and cracked it was.

Random but i thought it looked cool......

This is a picture that i took while i was at my grandma's for fourth of july lunch. We made a carpet ball table in her basement and i was just messing around taking pictures and this is one that i really liked so i thought i would share it.

sail away

This i a also took while the carnival was going on. These two sail boats were just pulled up on the beach and i thought it was a cool photo oppertunity.

Carnival

I just got back from taking this picture. I was down town at the carnival and always wanted to take this picture but never did so i did this time. I really like it but thats just my opinion.

messing with sunlight

With this picture i was messing with the lighting. I really like how the lighting turned out on this one. What i did to this picture is changed the sharpness and i fixed the rotation of it. I also turned it black and white. I like this also.

fire trucks

This is a picture that i took while i was also in parkersburg and it was also at the fire station. Out in front of the station they had all of there fire trucks new and old parked in a row. What i did with the origanal was take it and crop it and then turn it into a pencil drawing using the computer.

Parkersburg weekend

This is a picture that i took when i
went down to parkersburg for there one
year anniversary weekend. We had
gone to the fire station for lunch and
they had all of there gear in there lockers
all lined up so i thought it would be a cool
shot.

down by the lake

This is a picture that i took while i was fishing down at the lake. The day i was fishing they were having a sailing turnament. I think i was more into the picture taking then i was the fishing.

got to have one with the guitar

I took this picture at my friends house. She really wanted a picture with her guitar but didnt want her face showing. I had her stand up higher then i was while i was laying on the floor so we could get this look and angle. I love how this one turned out. If you have any new ideas let me know, im always up for new things.

out and about

This picture was also taken at the fair grounds in Mason City.
I like how this one turned out. I think the reason i like it is
because of the way that she is placed sitting on the fence. She is
sitting on there with her one leg on the botton fence rail which i think makes it seem like there is more going on. One thing that i would have changed would be that i would have gotten her whole body and not cut off her one leg. When i look at my own pictures i cant always see what is wrong with them or what i should improve on. So if you have ideas of things that would make this picture better let me know. Then next time i will know what i need to do differently.

waisting time

This is a picture that i took of my friend. We were at the north Iowa Fair grounds. There was a chained fence that was all rusty and old looking. So i told her to go stand up against it. I left the posing up to her because she being an artist herself knew what would look good and what would make the picture. So this is one of the many pictures that we came out with. I am very pleased with it, but every picture can be made better in some way.

why i started a blog......

I have decided to start a blog becuase a friend and i are wanting to get our art work out for others to see. We thought by having a blog people could see our stuff and give adivice or ideas for new things. We get togeather almost every weekend and work on something new, but have been needing some new ideas. I have also been trying to get new ideas of things that i can draw that are not my usual realistic drawings. so if you have any ideas feel free to throw them out there.