The Online Portfolio of Kingsley

Hello, my name is Kingsley Harden and I am a freelance illustrator located in Los Angeles, CA. I recently graduated from Art Center College of Design. This is my online portfolio to showcase work for potential job opportunities. If you have any questions or would like to see additional work, please contact me at kingsleyharden@gmail.com. Scroll down to see artwork, click to enlarge. Thank you for your time.

Render of Hansel from Hansel and Gretel.

My version of Pinocchio characters from Carlo Collodi's story. My take on that story was a dark, frightful world.

Pinky's Gang from the Wind and the Willow story. That's Pinky in the middle. On the top row, those figures are how I begin with quick acrylic silhouettes done in grey. I drew over the acrylic with pen, scanned them into the computer and finished them in Photoshop.

This story is based on one my friend told me. It's about a guy who went to a hospital to test a new drug. He had to eat brownies that temporarily make you stronger. To test his strength, he fought a robot.

Trying to push and exaggerate my forms. They're done in acrylic.

These life paintings were done in Bob Kato's Visual Communication 5 class. He wanted us to push our figures and experiment. I had a lot of fun in that class.

Illustration based on the movie The Day the Earth Stood Still from 1951.

Another scene from The Day the Earth Stood Still. The images in the top left row shows reference I used. A quick sketch to layout my scene. The last image on the top right is the finished pencil drawing done on 11 x 17 bond paper.

The assignment for this illustration was to design a tree house. I set my tree house underwater and used a Mary Blair style influence.

The assignment was to illustrate a French hotel set in the 1800's. I designed my hotel in Disney’s 101 Dalmatian’s style.

My Mom will be graduating from college this winter. She is a triathlete and ironman, that's why she is on a bike. I made this illustration to send out as an invitation to her graduation party.

I had to illustrate a paragraph from a book for this illustration. I can't remember what the paragraph was, but it was description of a dessert in a Chuck Palahniuk novel.

These are some gesture drawings from life. After reading "Drawn to Life" by Walt Stanchfield, I have focused on gesture and story telling in my recent drawings.

Emphasis on pushing my figures and creating a story while I draw.

More life drawings. The female in the center was the longest pose at 15 minutes.

I think both of these are 10 minute poses.

I did these drawings while in school. At the time I was focused on correct anatomy.

I did these sketches at a farm 45 minutes north of Los Angeles. I spent all day with the pigs and it was a lot of fun. The pigs reminded me of dogs the way they acted. Here's a short YouTube video of me petting a pig:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmTHQ_x5e-g

This illustration is based on Pinocchio from Carlo Collodi's story. In that story Pinocchio was a very bad child. Here I illustrated Gepetto building Pinocchio and the first thing he does is punch Gepetto in the face.