100 Sketch Challenge

Hello! I know its been awhile since I've last posted on here, a lot of things have happen since then :3 I relocated to a new town and started working at David and Goliath as a graphic designer. I previously interned with them during the summer of last year and here I am now! I am very thankful to be working here, I have been learning so many cool things and absolutely love the creative team I'm on. With that said, I haven't been doing much personal cafe sketches and I miss it dearly.

This past weekend I did a 100 sketch challenge at my favorite place to draw, Barnes and Noble. I didn't realize when I moved up here, there was one located less than five minutes away (Its meant to be ;P) The purpose of this challenge was to break my previous method of drawing, which was slow and emotionless. I wanted to block people in quickly before they got up and left. I purchased a set of scented highlighter found in the clearance section that proved useful towards the end of the session.

It wasn't my best weekend of drawing but it's a start and I will definitely try this out again. For now I shall do another challenge of 100 noses because I seem to struggle with those a lot, be on the look out for the next blog post to see how they go. I've always wanted to draw a whole bunch of noses, hands, etc. I some how managed to not get those assignments when I was in art school.

Sketches on the go

I must say my favorite thing to do is still drawing people from observation. This weeks sketches came from a recent visit to Barnes and Noble cafe with my good friend. There were so many people, all the options! Sometimes I get caught by the individual I'm drawing, but it absolutely makes my day when my sketches bring a smile upon their face. I've been also getting a kick out of these Crayola colored pencils I found from when I was a kid.

Graduation!!

Yay!!! I finally graduated!!! I know this is a little late, but I really wanted to do this little illustration. I had a wonderful experience at Ringling, I already miss my friends badly. Thank you everyone for being the best support an artist could ever ask for. Please keep in touch :3

Sea Otters colored

Earlier in the semester I did this illustration for a pen and ink assignment for advance media, now here's the color version!

Fictionary WIP

I am currently taking a synergism class taught by Mike Hodges here at Ringling. Here is some work in progress on a project, Fictionary, where we have to use words from one page in the dictionary and come up with a cohesive illustration, can you guess what words I used?

Mermaid

A sneak peak of an acrylic illustration for Advance Media

Sea otters!!!

I love sea otters, like LOVE them. Here is an illustration I did for my advance media class. The criteria was to have a man pet and machine executed in pen and ink. In this case, a little lady, otters and an inner tube. I'm looking forward to adding color :)

More sketches

Recent sketches from the sketchbook. Its amazing to see the progress over the years.

Doodles from Portrait Night

Some doodles from portrait night. Started off the new year really rusty, perfect way to warm up.

Pho Photos?

Tomorrow is the first day of my last semester at Ringling. I can't wait to get back to work and pump out amazing art. I'm excited, anxious, scared, and a bit sad. I made wonderful friends here, a few have already left to chase bigger dreams. I'm truly thankful for them and will miss them dearly after graduation.

With that said, I started another blog. I chose to keep it separate from this one because the subject matter is purely experimental. I receive a slr camera for christmas and I'm dying to learn it. It would be very beneficial to my artwork between taking useful reference photos and documenting inspiration. So if you interested, here is the link to the other blog, http://phophotography.blogspot.com/, yes pho photos. Like pho noodles, I'm vietnamese and pho is one of the best things ever. Heres a snapshot of what's it about, cute hermit crabs.

Senior Year

            

Fall semester of senior year has come to an end. It has been an eventful semester full of exploration and confirmation on my passions. I experimented with different approaches to my illustrations. Majority of my artwork is cute hyped with bright colors and executed in vectors. This semester, I tried to incorporate a sketch linework quality into the final piece. Lots of trial and errors, I'm not sure if they turned out successful or not. 

Above is a snippet of a triptych I did of my three roommates. One of my favorite things to do is sketch portraits. This project was an attempt to make something more of those sketches while including my love for patterns. Below is part of an illustration on Grimm fairy tales. Now that the term is over, I plan on revisiting all these illustrations. I won't give up :) 

Overtime, I found myself going back surface pattern design and cute things. I learned to embrace my obsession with color. Below is my senior self portrait, conveying my love for food and cute things. I'm look forward to my final year at Ringling, very excited to produce my senior project. 

Recent Sketches

Some class doodles and process work for illustration

Summer 2012

Hello! Summer flew by wicked fast and has been very eventful. I had the wonderful opportunity to be a creative intern at David and Goliath, inc. I miss everybody there already. Especially a great friend and talented artist, Erica, here are a few sketches I did of her while I was in Clearwater.

 Above is my friend Julianna back from my hometown Naples, FL, she too is an art student. She visited during my last week there, I miss my little beach apartment, it really grew on me.

End of the year Lithography Prints

Time has been flying by wicked fast, I haven't had the chance to post any end of the school work. Below are three lithography prints. I have grown attach to my limestone and will sincerely miss it.

This one is a combination of two printmaking techniques, the pink bunny was applied first as a monotype. Afterwards, an image of grass and flowers was printed from the limestone.

These two prints explore my two separate interest in art. I throughly enjoy drawing people and studying  form, but I also have a passion for bright, colorful cute things.

Recent Sketchbook Doodles

Some sketchbook work, trying to thumbnail my next lithography print. Enjoy!

Toothfairies

The sweet toothfairy vs the evil toothfairy.

Mini Plushies

Sew these little guys for a current project I'm working on in my artists books class. The assignment is to have three object/compartments and a book in a clamshell book case. My previous project I ventured patterns, so for this assignment I will do a children's book. The possibilities are endless and can be overwhelming, but I'm very excited about the project. The vegetables and bunny are made out of felt created from 100% recycled plastic water bottles. 

Arabshad

A portrait I did for the memory project, her name is Arabshad. I think she has a very pretty face. I hope she smiles when she receives it over the summer. It will be showcased with other students at Ringling who participated in this wonderful project. I will definitely do it again next year. For more information about the memory project, please visit http://www.memoryproject.org/

Moleskin Sketchbook

Yay, finished my sketchbook, it was one of those 200 plus pages Moleskin plain notebooks. The pages were relatively thin, but I don't mind much. One of my favorite things to do is draw from life and portraits

Stuffed Animal Party

Made this little guy this morning for one of Ringling's volunteer programs. The stuffed animals are to be given to children during their birthday month at Sarasota's YMCA Youth Shelter. I'm gonna miss this little guy, he was so much fun to make.