All Categories - RYLAN KARJANE

At Home 2: Process #3

2/17/2021

i painted the frame and i am very happy with how it turned out. It was very fun to paint, but it took a while. I am almost finished with the piece. I just need to finish the glass, which I am apprehensive of, but excited. I also glazed over some of the flowers in her hair so that the ones cast in shadow aren't as light as the other ones. I am really happy with this piece and it is so much fun to see it glitter at certain angles.

At Home 2: Process #2

2/14/2021

I didn't really do a lot to this painting, just painted the background which took a while because i had to so multiple coats and let them dry and i had to be very careful around the edges. The hardest part was to decide what to do with the butterfly because the back wing was practically the same color of the background, so i just added a rim of gold and painted the antennae gold like some of the other parts so that you could see them. I also painted the hair, and I am very happy with how the hair turned out. I also started painting the frame a bit, just the first coat of yellow, but i forgot to take a picture of it and it is not much different from the orange frame.

In Class #4: Process 2

2/11/2021

I painted everything orange in order to have a nice base color to work on top of. then i went in with some of the darker colors in order to establish the location of the darks and start working on the background. I will need to do a second coat for most of the background and refine some of the edges as well, but I am happy with the progress so far. I have also started working on the bark, but it was kind of frustrating because the paint wasn't drying as fast as i wanted it to. So i had to take a few breaks to let some of the paint dry before going back in and working on it.

I will work in some ligher values into the bark so you can actually tell what it is.

Art Careers Post

2/8/2021

MEDICAL ILLUSTRATOR

Medical illustrators work with doctors, scientists and other specialists to help bring to life a visual representation of complex information for the purpose of education, research, patient care/education, and even public relations. Oftentimes, these medical illustrators specialize in particular fields/faucets of medicine for example, prothstetics, ophthalmological illustration, and forensic reconstructions. They can even become content experts and are authors/co-authors to textbooks and journals.
  Angela Montenegro from the TV show Bones could be considered an example of this profession in media: she primarily works on facial reconstruction, where using a skull she can approximate the face to run through facial recognition software in missing persons databases.
   They need to be highly skilled in a variety of media, like drawing, painting, skulpture, and especially graphic arts. They also need to have a strong anatomical and scientific knowledge in order to accurately represent the body in their artwork. Furthermore, there is a high need for clear communication. There needs to be clear communication between the employer and the artist so that their vision/what they need accomplished is met, and there needs to be clear visual communication between the artwork and the viewer, so they understand clearly what the illustration is portraying.
   To be a medical illustrator, you need an undergrad degree, I don’t think it matters what the degree is in but it is probably more beneficial for the person to have a degree in science or art, or take lots of classes in both. However, they need to complete a two years graduate course to get a Master’s degree of Arts in Medical and Biological illustration. There are only a handful of schools that are accredited by CAAHEP: John Hopkins, Augusta University, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Toronto.

Earning Potential
"The median salary for a medical illustrator / animator in the U.S. is $70,650 and can range up to $173,000. Those with interdisciplinary skills in UX design who create apps and AR / VR experiences are in demand and earn $74,880 - $98,000. Adept professionals who advance their role to art director or creative director earn between $89,000 - $122,000 and up to $250,000 (2018 AMI survey data). About 48% of salaried illustrators supplement their income with freelance work."
-- Association of Medical Illustrators

Bibliography
www.ami.org/medical-illustration/enter-the-profession/education/graduate-programs
www.ami.org/medical-illustration/enter-the-profession/careers
medicalart.johnshopkins.edu/the-first-program-of-its-kind/

In Class #4: Process 1

2/5/2021

I spent monday fleshing out the idea and taking pictures so that i had nice reference photos with lots of contrast. Ill try to put in the thumbnail later but im not sure how to at the moment.

On wednesday i gridded it out and sketch everything. I accidentally drew everything a line down, so the piece is centered lower that i originally planned, but it should be fine, its not that much of a problem and i had already finished most of it when i noticed so it wasn't worth erasing everything and redrawing it.

I am happy with the direction it is going and excited that i am finally using this canvas. I got it a year ago(i think) and i have never gotten the chance to use it. I am excited for how it will turn out although i will need to do some shroom studies because the reference pictures i have of the mushrooms don't have anywhere close to the right lighting so i am going to have to play around with that. And the bark too. I am excited for how this will turn out-- the shadows are really weird so they are going to be fun to work out. :))

Experience: Nils Westergard Art Talk

1/25/2021

Girl with phone, Richmond, VA, 2016

^^Example of his detailed stencil work
Waterwings, 24x44”, aerosol on aluminum, 2020

Waynesboro, VA, 2019

Link to the Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC4u P5OZSpQ
Link to his website: www.nilswestergard.com/
Link to his Instagram: www.instagram.com/nil srva/

I watched Marina's RVA Art Talk Video where she interviewed artist Nils Westergard.
Painting runs in his family, but he didn't really get into art until when he was in school and got into graffiti. But before that he started art in stage production, where he would paint these huge walls; however, he didn't associate it with art until much late.
Now he is getting a lot more commissions, including in Europe, so he gets to travel around Europe painting. He is especially fond of Amsterdam and he even speaks Dutch and has a Belgian passport so he is able to travel around Europe easily. He considers Amsterdam his second home, however it is a hard city to paint in because the whole city is a monument. Although he likes living in richmond because it is affordable for an artist and is accessible to other areas to have shows and paint, the vibe of richmond is too conservative for him. When he approaches people to paint on their walls, they think allowing them to paint on wall is a gift from them, when really Westergard is giving them a free painting on the wall. It is a gift to them, but they are very snotty about it.
Westergard loves working really big like in his Waynesboro painting(see bottom left), but it is also really expensive, as that much paint and a lift is costly, so doesn't get to do much. In fact, Westergard mostly does his walls murals for free, gets paid with flights to the places, food, materials (he usually works in black and white because it is much cheaper), and sometimes housing, etc. However, he still has commissions.
Westergard doesn't feel as though he is a muralist. He identifies with his much less known studio work, his stenciling(second down on the left). It, even though much smaller, takes longer is more intricate than his wall paintings. Surprisingly he actually draws very little, even though his realism is so good, and sees himself as a human printer for the photos he takes.
I really enjoyed this artist talk and i loved learning about a new artist that lives near me. I have seen some of his work before while driving around richmond and always marveled at how beautiful it was. I am glad to put a face to the artwork.

Antwerp, Belgium, 2017, w/ Joachim

Random At Home: Process #1

1/24/2021

This is a ridiculously fun painting that I started because I was bored on the weekend. I love all of the little details that i have put in and i am scared to do the background because I am worried i am going to mess it up. I love the flowers in the hair and the butterfly and I am excited to finish up the wine glass. Also it has been fun working from my easel again because I forgot that experience. I love the vibe I create with the piece. :))

My Artist Talk Thing

1/24/2021

LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYuZ8AHgv4s

It is not very good so I would not recommend watching it.

In Class #3: Process 3

1/20/2021

I finished this piece, and i am very happy with how it turned out. I especially like the butterfly because it was fun making it so detailed in much a small space. The pictures still suck though lol.

In Class #3: Process 2

1/17/2021

So i started my actually project this week. It was really fun, although I took out some of the mushrooms in the painting because they were completely bathes in shadows and i wasn't sure how to make them show up enough. Next week i might try to add them back, and I will definitely paint the butterfly in. I am happy with how the trees and grass look in the background as I feel like i got the darkness pretty well. I am most happy with how the figure turned out, I struggled a little in its creation, specifically the feet and mixing some of the color. I ran out of the main skin tone base that i was using, and I didn't recreate it perfectly so the forearms are slightly a different more purple color, but it is barely noticeable so I think it is fine. I love the way that the figure turned out. Also the last picture is kind of shinny and it doesn't really look like that in real life. i am going to have to take a better picture once i finish it. I still probably need to work on my tree painting skills lol, but they are just so much more boring than the figure.