Archive Galore

I have revamped the Home Base, and am moving some older pieces here for archiving:


A poster I did for Ska Weekend 2007. Spring 2007; Photoshop.


An editorial piece on women's pay equality, it won third place & honorable mention for a competition sponsored by American Association of University Women and SCAD Career Services Department. March 2007; Ink dyes, gouache, & color pencils.


A skateboard I painted in acrylics for a gallery show in Atlanta last summer.


Wine label design. Fall 2006; Gouache & color pencils.


Stamp design about childhood. Winter 2007; Photoshop.



Cover & pages from my children's book, which can be read HERE. Fall 2006; Gouache, color pencils, & Photoshop.


Painted from a life model, approx 2 hours. Spring 2007; oils.


Also painted from a life model, approx 2 hours. Spring 2007; oils.


Drawn from life, approx 30 min. Spring 2007; charcoal.


Assignment about this incident. Fall 2006; Gouache & ink.


Self-portrait. Early 2006; C.F. Payne technique.

Silver & Celebrities.

Like I mentioned last December, one of my illustrations had been nominated as a finalist for the 2nd annual SCADDY Awards. Well, yesterday was the ceremony, and I got a Silver Award for it! Yay! Also I was informed that I became the finalist for the local Savannah ADDY Awards as well. So double yay!

Here is the with-type version of the piece I won for:


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For my caricature class, we have to come up with 2 celebrity images, one horizontal and one vertical. Being a shameless avid Hannah Montana & High School Musical fan, I decided to do Miley Cyrus & Zac Efron. Here are the sketches:

^ Yeah, half Hannah Montana/half Miley... sort of creepy.


And a sneak peek of the color comp sketches in progress:

Yes, I have a TON of references.

Super Blob!

Here is a 16"x12" collage-painting I made recently, based on the sketch from the previous post:



I've been wanting to paint on collages for about a year now. I improvised the entire thing, with hardly a clear vision of the final product... a total no-no for most Illustration, but I like how spontaneous and fun it turned out. Here are my impromptu steps:

- ripped magazine pages glued on canvas with watered down gesso
- yellow dye for tint
- peeling off some glued parts off to create ripped texture
- graphite to transfer the sketch
- putting down gouache with a paintbrush
- putting down gouache with a toothbrush (splattering)
- industrial duct tape to rip the surface + create further texture
- black and purple Sharpies for outlines (oh, how un-artsy)

I entered this into the SCAD Small Works exhibition call for entries, alongside random pieces from the past. We'll see how that goes.

I will definitely continue doing more fun personal projects like this!!

Skate Deck Art

I've been meaning to make more posts here but life got in the way... and by life, I mean summer vacation! Yay! I've actually been doing work---an internship with Marcus Kenney, and doing a lot of paintings.

Here is one that I worked on for the first week of June. It's for the Go Skate Deck Art Show at Doo Gallery in Atlanta. Unfortunately the show opening is on June 23, two days after I leave to go back to Japan-- which means I'm not gonna be able to make it. However, my good pal/fellow artist Thom Foolery will be there (he's the one that told me about this show), and knowing him I know he'll take lots of pictures!



Here's a detail of the back (well, I guess "top"):



It's based on a random doodle that I did during art history class some time last month:



Usually I dig the sketch more than the actual piece, but in this case I'm actually really satisfied with the final. I think I picked a good muted color scheme for it. I can't wait for it to be all hung up at the show!

Oh yeah, this is done in acrylics.