biographyMichael Boden comes from a small country located

in Central America. It’s name is Honduras, and for

quite some time since he has been in the U. S. in the

pursuit of making things better. Along the way he

has enjoyed a healthy obsession with music, comic

books, cartoons and some video gaming.

Mr. Boden is currently a student at the University of

Oklahoma majoring in a BFA for Graphic Design and

a minor in Illustration.

Rough Cuts are...Slices of some of the work that has been done

in the recent past and a little further back. The

works presented also show the process to depic

how their solutions got achieved.

All work is © Copyright of Michael Boden.

All Rights Reserved.

Studies done to show how color

can be used to help communicate

emotion. The context used is that

of a villain and a victim.

COLOR & EMOTIONS

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Media: Markers and Prismacolor sticks.

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Media: Markers and Prismacolor sticks.

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Media: Markers and Prismacolor sticks

Self Portrait for Facebook group.

The idea is to show an air of mystery

while only depicting part of the face

in a creative composition.

AVATAR 01

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Media: Markers and Prismacolor sticks.

Image created for the Facebook

Group, Skuuurvink! The avatars

were inspired by pirates.

AVATAR 02

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Media: Below, brush pen. Right, technical pens and brush pen.

Media: Pencil on board before ink wash.

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Media:Ink wash, technical pens and brush pen over board.

LIMERICK

The limerick’s intended audience

is young children. The concept

is to have a bald sheep gain

confidence from its new ability to

fly, while she does that, she will

gain a young spectator.

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Media: Pitt pens, grey markers and brush pen.

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Media: Markers, Prismacolor sticks and brush pen.

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bald sheepThere was once a bald sheep with no hair

Who wore a barrel and received tons of stares

She learned she could fly

Then took off to the sky

With a cape that gave her mojo and flair

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Media: Watercolors, Prismacolor sticks and brush pen.

VILLAIN VS. HEROA new character was created to be

depicted in a fight against it’s Arch-

Nemesis. The focus of the fight is the

villain Mindstrike who gets the upper

hand in the conflict thanks to

his telekinetic powers.

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The battle takes place on top of a rooftop. A superhero conflict requires a dynamic perspective to help

bring in the reader into the fight.

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Media: Pitt Pens, grey markers and brush pen.

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Media: Pitt Pens, Rapidiographs, grey markers and brush pen.

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Media:Ink wash, technical and brush pens over board.

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