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I'll be updating this blog as I go, so be forewarned, things will probably get switched around over time.  This is some recent work I've done over my time at USU:



This work is from one of an original story entitled after the character above, Agua Chica, set in the Gulf of Mexico.  These renderings were part of a series of assignments for my very first class in digital illustration.  This class helped me make considerable strides in Photoshop (up till then I've been more familiar with traditional mediums like gouache, oils, and acrylic).  For the final project I came up with some panels from a climactic scene of this story.


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