Sculpture and Drawings from Danny R. W. Baskin

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

childrens book illustration for the cover. its a cowboy tale. watercolor and ink...again.
another new orleans illustration piece in the same series. watercolor and ink.

by the way, some of these are really bad pictures. im not that good at photographing my work just yet.
this was a poster made based on an article dealing with upper class leaving the city. ink and watercolor
this was a spot illustration for an article dealing with the money promised to new orleans for rebuilding going towards the war in iraq instead.
these next few pieces are in a series of illustrations on articles dealing with the rebuilding of new orleans. for this one, we were to make a political cartoon.

Monday, March 26, 2007


more dead people




gouache, ink, and watercolor. title page is 7.5x6.5. the spots are 4.5x3.5. illustration assignment to illustrate people who died in 2006....pretty self explanatory.

prick

collage and ink on illustration board. 9.5x9.5 this was an illustration for an insult.



an illustration assignment for onomonopias. ink and watercolor on ragpaper. the title pg is 11.5x9. the spot ills are 5.5x5.5

some sketches. white out and pen

billy was born with a bad heart

this was an illustration of a 6 word novel. the novel was "tick tock tick tock tick tick". i forgot the author. charcoal 26x40.
an illustration for opposing virtues. patience vs. wrath. acrylic 22x30
an illustration for the short story the vendetta by demaupassant. watercolor and ink on rives.15x22
wire drawing of carl sagan. this pic doesnt do it justice. the shadows are very nice on it.
acrylic on wood and wire for the brain. this piece is about the scene in night of the living dead where ben has to kill the little girl.

me and a bear

red conte drawing on tan rives bfk. 27x39ish
another sketch



some bone drawings from life drawing. b&w charcoal

this piece sure is wrinkled. just a charcoal sketch on newsprint




here are some sketches from drawing II. charcoal or conte or pencil.

three heads are better than a bad halloween costume




this is a crank-toy made for an illustration/sculpture class. when the crank is turned the heads move up and down and the legs move back and forth. no screws and nails were involved. wooden pegs were used instead.

Sunday, March 25, 2007


more of the same




these were small charcoal drawings of stills from old horror films. it was then made into a poster shown at the top.

still life?

this was a still life from freshman year. its what they use to taxidermy a deer. 18x24. charcoal

conceited

another self portrait from freshman year. its a 1.5 yards long. i dont know height. i was standing on a mirror.

double self portrait

self portrait from drawing class freshman year. pencil and charcoal

the technological devolution


this was a piece from last year about technology vs man. it was drawn very small and then i scanned it in and printed it out larger. ive forgotten size. 20x30, we'll say.

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