Jared M Tardif

My Portfolio

2009-10-09T02:08:00.000-07:00

I've been posting art on DeviantArt for a while now, and one of the features I get with my subscription is a portfolio page. I will not be updating this art blog much in the future, since I hope to direct people toward these pages (the portfolio in particular), in an effort to project a more professional image of myself as an artist.

So I don't know what's happening to this blog. I'll probably keep it up, mainly because there are a few pieces on here that I haven't posted anywhere else, but this might be the last update.

Obliterate the Past

2008-09-07T22:01:00.001-07:00

Dehumanize II

2008-07-15T17:29:00.001-07:00

Felt-tipped pen on Stonehenge graphite paper, with some digital process.

This was drawn two days ago.

EDIT: A crop of the this image is now being used as CD art for the debut album of Marching Mind. -JMT, June 29, 2009.

Dehumanize I

2008-07-15T17:22:00.001-07:00

An emblem for our times.

This was done with felt-tipped pen on sketching paper, about a week ago.

Fracking Camera

2008-05-09T06:08:00.000-07:00

Gahh...I need a new camera. I finished a couple of new paintings, and I wanted to take some pictures of them, plus make new pictures of the other two that didn't turn out so well, plus take a picture of an old drawing that I like, but guess what...camera has decided to be retarded. Actually it's just the xD card that's being retarded...well, actually, the whole camera is being retarded. Nevermind. I guess I know what the next expensive item on my long list of things I need is going to be. Argh. Freaking xD cards and auto focus crap! and other such complaints of a nonessential nature...

Logo Project

2008-05-08T10:35:00.000-07:00

A friend/coworker asked me to draw a cartoonish logo for his auto detail business. (For those of you who don't know, auto detailing is basically a more extensive version of a car wash, usually including the interior of the car, as well as chemical treatment for leather upholstery and wax/weather treatment for the exterior.) He suggested a cartoon car. So I drew one, and then I added a little border. Check it out.

2008-04-22T06:26:00.001-07:00

Sorry about the bad scans of these paintings. I want to take some decent pictures of these soon. Just have to stop procrastinating.

Plum Tree Sketches

2008-04-01T17:36:00.000-07:00

So a friend of mine asked me to draw a plum tree in bloom for her tattoo. Of course, I have no idea what a plum tree looks like, so I do some web searches. What I find is mainly that plum trees have always looked better in drawings than in real life; artists throughout history seem to have this knack for idealizing the gnarled, diagonal composition of anything they draw. So I decided to go with the idealized version of the plum tree, since that seems to be what my friend would most like to have as a tattoo. I mean, I know I wouldn't want a photorealistic, boring ol' plum tree tattooed on my heinie. I'd want the windswept, romantic, contorted, gnarled, Japanese-style ornamental plum tree. That's what I tried to capture in these two drawings.

Some Paintings

2008-02-24T19:13:00.000-08:00

Monstrosity on Canvas
Water-based Oil on Canvas
c. 2003

Untitled
Water-based Oil on Canvas
2003

As The Sparks Fly Upward
Acrylic on Canvas
c. 2006

Two Old Drawings

2008-02-21T09:38:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of older drawings. Drawing # 1 is dated October 1, 2006, and is entitled Beast in Chains. It was done hastily and violently with a ballpoint pen.

Drawing # 2 is undated, but I think it was done sometime in 2006. I like the face, but the rest of it is mediocre in my opinion.

Sorceress Sketch

2008-02-19T13:30:00.001-08:00

New Songs

2007-12-11T12:23:00.000-08:00

I have three new songs up on SoundClick. They are all piano-based, and one has vocals. Click here to go to my SoundClick page.

2007-07-12T00:32:00.000-07:00

Some practice in cross-hatching. This drawing was done a couple of months ago, as far as I can remember.

Music

2007-05-22T03:10:00.000-07:00

Check out some of my music at http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=373588

I seem to be writing and composing music more than I am drawing these days, but I recently found a drawing I did a few months ago that could be posted. I just have to photograph it, since it is too big to scan.

2007-04-02T13:11:00.000-07:00

I'm still drawing feverishly from time to time, but I have nothing post-worthy yet this year. Soon...

2007-02-07T18:09:00.000-08:00

Here's a drawing I did in December. The medium is conte on paper.

I'm back!

2007-02-04T13:56:00.000-08:00

I wasn't around for a bit because I misplaced my password, but I found it again. And it seems Blogger has shifted gears so that I can use my Google account to sign in. So that saves me from that hassle happening again.

Not that anyone cares, I don't get any comments.

Green Archer

2006-07-24T00:40:00.000-07:00

Here's something I drew last year (2005).

This was mostly just done as enjoyable practice material. Parts I'm most proud of include: her hair, the handle of her sword, and her face and hands.

Schism One

2006-07-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

Okay, so this is my first try for uploading an image.

This is actually my most recent completed work of art. I haven't even sprayed fixatif on it yet. So, chronologically, I'm being rather backwards.

I really don't know what else to say about this one. I enjoyed doing the hair on the girl on the right, and I enjoyed doing the skin shading on the girl on the left. The background gradient was boring, but I refused to use photoshop, mainly because I wanted this to be a complete work in and of itself, not only digitally, but as a physical drawing.

That's kind of what I'm all about here. Drawing, old-school style.

Welcome to Jared's art homepage!

2006-07-21T12:56:00.000-07:00

So far, I'm having trouble finding fonts that I like. Palatino Linotype should be standard in every program, as far as I'm concerned. And what exactly is the difference between this "Lucida Grande" thing and regular Times New Roman? If you're going to have only 6 fonts, at least make them different.

Okay, so now that preliminary complaining is out of the way, I feel more at home. Haven't moved any stuff in yet, but that will follow...soon...