Time is on my side.

Much to my excitement, John Cameron, a fellow writer from the Carillon has brought it to my attention that I wouldn't necessarily need to be done my sketches by the end of reading week anymore. The production has been delayed as they haven't yet gotten their new software for the new set up of the Carilon. They said time it could vary anywhere from the end of the month, or the end of the semester. I'm hoping that it will be on time for when this assignment will be due, so the new design and my sketches are available for peers to see and evaluate.
In the meantime, I was able to complete three more sketches. I'm happy with Taylor Bendigs, and Austin Davis portraits, but plan on a second attempt for Graeme Zirk.

Sketch #1

So this is me in the middle of my process drawing James Brotheridge. I took some familiar photos of him and meshed them together to create what makes him, him.
It took me a few tries to get what I wanted, but I feel fairly comfortable with this sketch so far.
I'm not sure whether they wanted it in colour or not, I usually don't tend to colour my sketches.
Anyways, here's a close up of my sketch of James. I drew it in pencil then went over it with my mircon pen to make it permanent.

The Beginning of Something Great

So about a week or two ago, I was approached by Graeme Zirk from the Carillon. They were curious to know if I were to be willing to contribute to the Universities paper. To be more specific, if I would be willing to help contribute some portraits of the writers as they plan on redesigning the Carillon. Skeptical at first, I decided to go along with it anyway.
After the fall out with the art show idea for my arts aesthetics class, I thought this project for portraits for the school paper could be the perfect replacement. It would also give me the motivation for me to actually participate in the project, and not just chicken out. It's perfect because I've never worked with any news paper, and I've never gotten any of my work published, allowing for new experiences and possibilities.
Now to begin: I have to find out who everyone is. Gather photos or some sort of material I can use as a resource for my creation. Then... start drawing! I think it's going to be fun, considering all I did last semester was write essays, I didn't have a second to contribute to my sketch book. I'm looking forward to this challenge and hopefully, I can come out a winner!