Risk Assessment

An illustration for a business article on the topic of "risk." This was an assignment for Fantasy Art, so the idea was to add a fantastical element to the image.

Medic Babe

I'm currently working at MICA's Pre-College Program as a Teaching Assistant/Resident Counselor. One of the kids' in-class projects was to make a tattoo design, so I made a pin-up inspired medical babe. Here is the illustration version of the design.

Nine Lives

So, here is the final I did for my folk art and folk life class. My idea was to collect and illustrate various stories from my dad and his 8 siblings, and the idea evolved a bit along the way. I definitely improved my inking, and enjoyed working with minimal, vintage-y color (I've always loved the limited color palette of children's books like "Blueberries for Sal") The tales themselves are another story--many have tweaked or added elements, just to help them fill out or wrap up in a slightly cleaner way. I'm not very fond of the re-telling of the stories, mostly because the book was put together during a very limited time frame, where I was spending most of my time trying to ink, scan, and color the illustrations. It never ceases to amaze me how long inking takes (always about 3x longer then I suspect it's going to take. . .) Anyhow, here is the "finished" book! I think the babysitter and car seat comps are two of my faves.

The Last of the Superheroes!

Finally! It's done! I printed these all 11 x 14, and I'm shipping them in glass float frames to my brother on Monday. I have to say that the Batman print is probably my favorite color-wise. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the Captain America print--I used colors from a WWII poster and sort of an updated style, but I'm still not 100% on it. . .I think one thing I struggled with for this project was color. All these superheroes have specific dress and color schemes, and it was sort of tricky trying to incorporate my personal taste in color combos with that to try to create a cohesive image. . . Color is an area I'm still trying to work on and develop.

Anyway, hopefully I'll get photos when these are all hanging up in my brother's pad in Seattle! He's going to have a small get-together to show off the new addition to his apartment so I'm sending some complimentary prints and a stack of business cards to hand out. We'll see, maybe I'll get some commissions out of it! I think I might need a short break from superheroes for a while--I'm a little more into the warrior chic kind of genre (think Frank Frazetta....) Latest work from fashion illustration class soon to come!!! (I'm on spring break, which basically means catching up in all my classes while catching up with some friends while I'm in town!)

Deadpool, Print Version

I need to stop obsessing over these pieces and print them. Here's Deadpool, background colors reworked.

Deadpool-Finished?

I added the question mark to the end of "finished" because I am not completely satisfied with the outcome...it might be one of those instances where I'm so sick of looking at a piece that I just can't think straight anymore. I'm going to wait a couple days before I go ahead and print it, just to be sure.

Merry Christmas!

Here's a little something I made for my cousins Mary, Kaitlin, and Katie--we're all around the same age and exchange Christmas gifts every year. Christmas with my dad's side is always a lot of fun: he has 8 brothers and sisters which makes for lots of cousins! I used a few photos for reference, did a line drawing in graphite, and colored it in photoshop with my Christmas present from mom and dad: a wacom tablet! It's small but very portable and gets the job done. Unfortunately I haven't been able to install the software on my laptop yet because my disc drive is broken. Not sure how to get around this-we've tried various methods with external hard drives, but nothing seems to work. Anyway, I'm excited to use the tablet for a few upcoming projects involving superhero characters: more to come!

Character Development Final

My Character Development final--a movie character I designed based off an environment provided my my professor (a photo of an abandoned factory covered in snow) Kaneq was a veterinarian before the snowy apocalypse forced her to seek refuge in an abandoned factory. Once a cat lover, she now has to fend for herself in a world where the only survivors are packs of mutant feral cats that are constantly on the prowl. Using gears and pipes from her home in the factory, Kaneq fashions weapons with which to defend herself, making the physical and mental transformation from a tender-hearted veterinarian to a feral cat huntress fighting for her life in a post-apocalyptic world.

Kaneq's latter character dress was inspired by attire of the Arctic Native Americans; her name is the Inuit word for "frost."

Drawings in graphite; coloring in photoshop.

Ocarina Salesgirl

This is slightly dated--we had to design a new character and environment in my Character Development class for an existing video or computer game. I chose Zelda: The Ocarina of Time (Nintendo 64) My character is an Ocarina Salesgirl who travels around Hyrule Field with her large pack, selling ocarinas and other special instruments. The environment shown is my first attempt at digital painting in Photoshop, something I hope continue and improve upon.

Battle to the Death!

Spot illustration for an NPR article about the new Google phone, a rising challenger to Apple's iPhone. Concepts I class--I was told to change the background color to something more intense (I'm thinking orange...) The palette is inspired by vintage comic covers. My second-ever experimentation with coloring digitally! (First was an environment for my character development class that I'll post later in the week)

Feist cover/inside