Food Celebrity Portrait

I haven't posted a lot from it here, but I've been in an Illustrating the Edible class this semester! Our latest assignment was a portrait of a food celebrity, along with two spot illustrations, one of which needed to be their name. I was really pleased with the way this turned out! It's Jamie Oliver, British food guy-- based on this article.

Maintenance

Though I have (for now) moved on from Dumpling Princess illustrations, I'm still working on narrative illustrations for my thesis! As you might be able to tell from this illustration, these are going to be about handsome dudes in space, because if I get to draw whatever I want, I'm going to cover all of my bases.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - The Wedding

And last but not least... happily ever after! This is actually the last drawing in this series-- next week I'll be moving on to a different story. I've had a great time doing these illustrations, and was super glad to see that so many people liked it! If you were into this, don't despair... Masha and company are probably not gone forever!

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - The Duel

In which Masha brings dumplings to a sword fight.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - The Meeting

Our hero meets her prince! Or our prince meets his hero, or our hero meets this super talented baker lady, or something. While on patrol at the local market, Sorej made the (happy) mistake of doubting Masha's dumpling-making prowess. Clearly, he is about to eat his words... just as soon as he finishes chewing.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - Cover Illustration

Cover illustration for "The Dumpling Princess"! Drawing food is lots of fun.

THE DUMPLING PRINCESS - Concept Art (Thesis)

Masha is a baker who falls in love with the prince of her war-loving kingdom. Won over by her kind heart and her amazing dumpling recipe, he proposes to her... but tradition dictates that if Masha wants to marry him, she has to fight the last person to marry into the royal family: his mother. Leader-Consort Zareni is a stern woman who famously lost her left hand fighting for the Leader's right, and the last thing Masha wants to do is fight her-- especially when, orphaned by war at a young age, she has no taste for fighting at all!

 

Long time no see, guys! I thought it was finally time to share what I've been working on... the first part of my thesis! I'll be doing a series of story concepts, each complete with character designs, environment concept elements, and a series of illustrations, all to be finally packaged as a zine. This is only the first story concept I'm working on, but I'm really enjoying it-- I hope you do too, because illustrations are on the way!

TOMORROW, a short comic

A LONG LONG TIME AGO (APRIL), IN A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY (BALTIMORE)... I made a comic, and then, despite the hours of work and sweat and agony I put into it, I sort of forgot about it for a while. You may have also forgotten, or you may have not!

Either way, that comic, Tomorrow, is finally online for your reading pleasure! Do you like space? Do you like feelings? Then this is definitely a comic for you!

I hope you enjoy it!

Overgrown Jungle Ruins

This is a drawing of the post-apocalyptic future in which all sorts of statues are in ruins and there's an overgrown jungle and there are tribes of hardcore Amazonian ladies wandering about! What a good future.

Cyberpunk Computer Terminal!

Please exist now, thank you. Why is all the information blue and glowing? Because it's the future, duh!

Post-Apocalyptic Desert Nomads!

This is the first of a series of dystopian lifestyle illustrations! Oh look it's art, when did that last happen?

The Upsides of Being An Introvert

Continuing in my streak of not having particularly high hopes for a piece and then making something I really like, have an editorial piece for an article titled "The Upsides of Being An Introvert"! It's about how it's okay to be an introvert. I'm not super sure why we needed an article to that effect, but there you go.

This piece is actually about princesses.

Fast Car

A piece based on Tracy Chapman's song "Fast Car"!

CHIPPED; A Short Comic!

First real art of the year, and it's a four page comic! Click on the preview to read the entire thing-- it's about the future, or something!

Wraeththu Illustrations

Finishing the semester off with a bang, here are three illustrations based on Storm Constantine's "Wraeththu" novels, done for my Advanced Digital Illustration final!

How To Decide On The Floral Arrangements For Two Dinner Parties At Once

Put all other interests on hold, patterns are awesome! So is the fact that some Victorian ladies dueled topless once. I think it should have been a fight-club-like situation. Alternatively, I would like to start a Victorian-dress topless dueling club, please!

Veritas/Aequitas

Two pieces for my Lifestlye Illustration final! The assignment was to draw someone as they are during the day and as they are during the night. I took this opportunity to draw pretty religious stuff as well as use some of my Boondock Saints love in a (somewhat) productive manner!

Ladies Who Love Tea

An epic poster full of ladies who love to drink tea! If you're a lady who likes to drink tea, or are fond of such ladies, this post may be available to buy online eventually, but will DEFINITELY be available to purchase at the MICA Art Market!

Matching The Decor

Two pieces for my Lifestyle Illustration class advertising... vibrators! Long story short, the sketches were originally advertising cameras, but everyone (including me) agreed that they were terrible... and so someone suggested to change them to vibrator advertisements, and I did, and it was a good decision, as I feel these came out excellently.

Advertised are the LELO INEZ, the LELO ALIA, and the LELO ISLA.

Deforestation

A quick piece based on a New York Times article about the deforestation in the Amazon.