the last of my adventures in lettering. ink.

i don’t know if i’ll be selling this one, but i do like it. by the way, those are all actual knots— i looked them up on a boy scout website. yup, that’s devotion.

last one. ink again.

more ink. yes, i caved and drew a polaroid. it was bound to happen sometime…

ink.

told you i was going to try some typography :D
yeah, i made some cards today, for the upcoming art sale at my school.

ink and gouache.

DA NA NA NA NA NA NA.

ballpoint pen. i drew these fellows during my first class this morning; i was trying to stay awake, so i can’t speak much for my consciousness… they do look pretty nifty though, huh?

i might color this later.

^{also, my handwriting’s actually very neat; the squiggles are because i tried to write something, but my sleepiness got in the way and it came out garbly…}

inspiration.

repaint over colored pencil + sharpie; original here, also terrible photo

apologies for the awful photo; it’s too big to fit in my scanner.
i was meaning to repaint this for a while. i like the blues and purples in the shadows. the actual piece is a lot subtler; i wish you guys could see it in person.

:/ this piece will forever be immature, haha. i wish there were something i could do to make it grow up…

i also painted this freehand in watercolor, using two colors (violet and deep blue). it took about ten minutes, last night. then i drew over it just now in ink.

scanned the birthday card i painted last night. finepoint sharpie and watercolor, woohoo!

ahaha, this is a horrible photo. but i was drawing on a handout during history/polisci today. i had to turn it in, so i can’t scan it, unfortunately.

// just threw in some paper texture on gimp. this is probably as good as it’ll get, haha. anyway, i think this fellow is going to be the star of my greeting cards this year.

more detail.

i joked about calling this drawing the next in my series of “pretty girls with luscious lips and plants in their hair.” those curlicues are precisely why my art teacher calls me cutesy, haha.

oh and. did you notice the snail in her hair?

detail.

i don’t often draw birds. i really liked hatching in the texture on this one.

wayward daughter.

roughs in mechanical pencil; brown ink for final (i like le pen, if you’re wondering). this started out as a self portrait, but i decided it was too boring, so then i changed things up.

i’m very happy with this piece. click for larger; there are a ton of details in this one.

i might’ve posted the covers for this before, but hey. you haven’t seen the inside yet.

this is contrasts, a mixed-media flagbook. spring 2009.

i dyed and/or painted the inner papers by hand, and did the drawings on the covers straight in ink. i wanted to create a book that would make absolutely no sense. :D the subject matter for the covers was inspired by rococo french heraldry designs (which is not one theme but rather several), traditional japanese patterns and natural history.

i’m working on my art supplement. i’ve posted these here before, but… i love them, so here they are again.

promise & song, stardust diptych. inspired by the novel by neil gaiman. watercolor, gouache, and ink wash.

summer 2009.