A portrait and a watercolor idea throwdown

and more sketches and a project

More Sketches!

More sketches :P

some sketchy mcsketches

summer arts!

Next year is going to be my last year of college... EEEK! but that also means that I get to work on stuff for an art show! Yay! :D My idea is to do illustrations of Biblical people in Victorian fashions. because I can... and other reasons too, but that's what I'm sharing so far :)
The first piece I've been working on is eventually going to be a diptych of Adam and Eve.At the moment it's only Eve, but her hubby will join her. This was done using india ink on bristol board. Fun fact: India ink is awesome!!! seriously though, I've never legitimately used it for inking, i usually use my handy-dandy side kicks, pigma micron pens, but this stuff CRAZY FANTASTIC! you just need some incredibly thin brushes, and presto!

unmatted, uncropped, unframed, and still in the process of being worked on :)

So that's in progress project number one, project number 2 is a little something i like to call, "Noah and Nessie." It is a 3 color lino-block print. As of right now, I'm not entirely satisfied with it (I'm thinking that the blue on Noah's hat is unnecessary) but it's only a baby :)

prelim-sketch

Block 1

Block 2

Block 3

The first print of all 3 blocks, on newsprint... because i'm a poor artist and i only wanted to see what it would look like :)

NOAH!!! :D

The Plesiosaur

So there's still a lot of growing up to do before i can begin making editions. I have a bunch of pictures here... I tried to take pictures of my process, for future reference. An d that's what I've been working on since i got home from Olivet. woot!

Now to finishing these and move on to the next project!

Illustrations for Fellow Students!

In my Illustration for Publication class, we had an assignment in conjunction with a Writing Fiction and Poetry class. These were my illustrations, enjoy!

creating for the Creator

Christians in the Visual Arts (a.k.a CIVA) is an organization that provides resources, inspiration, and opportunities for visual artists who want to marry their art with their faith. WHAT!? How long has this existed... and why am I just finding out about it now?! Well, logically, I’m only finding out about it now because I’ve only just recently become interested (read: proactive) about illustration as a possible career… This is another organization that provides great stuff for freelancers.  More than that, however, it is a great inspiration at how to uncompromisingly follow Christ as an artist in the world. Check it out! J

Illustration Friday! Partying, partying, YEAH!

This is an illustration I did for this week's Illustration Friday. The word of the week is "yield." I used the "to produce" definition as inspiration for  my drawing. Lately, I have been reading, hearing, and talking about gardens, so my first thought was the relation of a gardener to his/her yield and this is what resulted.

'Tis a balancing act, no?

So, we meet again...

look it's me! and a tree!

Hello! I am preparing for an internship this summer in freelance illustration so I've been on the laptop a lot today, making a business card design, researching, etc. So...... I thought I would put a self portrait up here on the blogosphere :) This was done in marker on cardstock as a part of the self-promo self-porrait project in my illustration class. My inspiration for this piece was Aubrey Beardsley. If you don't know who that is, then you should read/skim Black & White: A Portrait of Aubrey Beardsley by Brigid Brophy. And that's what I have to say about that! :)

Surviving as a Starving Artist:

The Chicago Artist Coalition is an organization devoted to giving artists opportunities for showing their work, learning from other artists, and learning how to be successful business people as well as artists. It is also obvious from the different events and workshops that CAC sponsors that partnering with the Chicago-land community is an objective also. Artists can become member quite simply, you just have to sign up and pay a fee… And CAC kindly offers discounts to poor, moneyless students. With a membership you get discounts on entrance fees to exhibitions, discounts at several art stores and framing shops, and discounts on membership and classes at other Chicago-based art centers. I think these resources are incredibly helpful, especially for the self-employed artist. As an art student, I know firsthand how expensive art supplies can be, so having a discount at art supply stores is almost the equivalent of getting free food! I am definitely considering becoming a member, and since my birthday is coming up… Mom? Dad? How about chipping in some cash for your soon to be freelancing artist daughter to get a membership? Maybe… Anyway, the Chicago Artist Coalition is pretty awesome and they have photos of some of their latest galleries and events, so check it out! http://chicagoartistscoalition.org/  Oh and you should probs take a look at Marty Burns’ website too… because it’s totally fantastic and amazing and I’m in awe of her talent! For reals! Oh, and she’s done some work for CAC. So, yeah… http://martyburns.com/home.html

Benefits of Collecting Doodads

Hello! This is a blog. Amazing! I would like to begin with a disclaimer to all critics and other readers: This blog will contain the following,

• Exclamation points!!!
• Misspellings and punctuation errors! Woot!
• An unnecessary amount of cute things
• All around nerdy geekishness
• ARTSY FARTSY CRAFTY CRAFTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Boom! So, yep... that just happened. Anyways, on to the real story for today...

The Red Nose Studio is fantastic. Seriously, all the illustration is done by taking photographs of the sculptures they make. The blog even has pictures of the process of creating a train used for a wall mural. So basically that guy gets paid to make stuff from all the little things he’s collected. And my mom didn’t like it when I stored “little treasures” around the house (a.k.a. an assortment of small objects such as buttons, shiny rocks, a ring someone left on the school bus, etc.). Eh… I guess what is junk to most is creative fodder for a select few. Yay for being artsy! If you’re actually reading this, you should check out the website! http://rednosestudio.com/index.htm