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! :)