Redo: Angel and Demon on the Shoulder

I intended to start this new section right after getting out of school but this took longer than I thought. This new section is called Redo where I take art that I did waay back before art school in my sketchbook and do newer versions of them. This is my first take at it.
The guy (Tai) is drawn with a pencil and scanned in and cleaned up. I decided to have fun and despite the mix not being perfect I drew the ladies (Lyra and Cassandra) all in Photoshop. A big feat for me is doing the line work on my tablet. I kept them simple since they are the ladies in his head so I felt the break in the styles was alright.

I made the mistake of not digging out the original I was basing this off of before starting it. I thought Tai was the subject but actually it was what goes in Cassandra's mind! As seen below there are little angel and demon copies of herself flirting with the little Tai in her head. Oops! Maybe I'll come back and Redo it correctly but for now I'm happy with this.

My Art: Rest in Peace Puma

This was my final illustration for my Literature Seminar class The Aesthetics of Ugliness with Trevor Dodge. It was my commentary on how an attachment to objects can become an ugly thing since we become rather sad loosing something we come to consider almost a member of the family. Done with charcoal, conte, sharpie, and brush pens. I had way too much fun making this little piece.

My Art: Hated movie Napoleon Dynamite

We got the extra credit assignment of designing a poster for a movie that we hate. You would think a million movies would come to mind for me but I drew a blank. I decided to ask my good friends and both in their answers had Napoleon Dynamite. The main thing I hate about this movie more than the slow pace is that open gaping mouth breathing of the main character! Soo that became the focus of this movie poster.

My Art: Portrait of Nicole Cuvin

Thank you everyone for following my blog. As it leaves the realm of being a class assignment that was suppose to have 16 posts minimum, *gloating* I'm up to 65 with this one, I do intend on continuing it past this school year. I have enjoyed this weekly assignment and hope to keep the three day weekend posts going as I continue on with this blog.

For my last "official" class post here is a portrait I drew of Nicole Cuvin during my Typography 2 class. I think I've gotten much better with doing quick portraiture.

I will miss all my friends from Portland but hope you all keep in contact with me over my blog I can't wait to see where we all go from here!

Day-to-Day: Focus Week Presentations

Of course there was more to Focus Week than just myself presenting. I got to see many of my friends do wonderful presentations and here's my little drawn snapshot of each!

Amanda did amazing artwork on fairy tales, but since all her figures were female she got the eevil questions on feminism. Those are not her words but my own.

I can't begin to tell you how many people were drawing octopus or nonnopus at Andrea's proposal. Must say I am looking forward to seeing where her comic goes.

Nicole's oral presentation was so much fun and her art very playful. Ooh but it was so early in the morning!

Jenn did an amazing job at her oral defense! I have to say she thought one step ahead of me on what she was going to say next! She did an amazing job not only with talking about her work but answering questions!

Day-to-Day: Thank You Self Portrait

For my illustration class we had to do a little thank you. I decided I wanted to finally draw myself in my glasses and with my now short haircut. I hadn't drawn more than a doodle of this new hair. It's not perfect but I do love it! By the way happy May Day! And thank you my readers for keeping up with my musings!

My Art: Marie Antoinette

We got our second art direct each other assignment. I paired up this time with Amanda and gave her the task of making something a little more typography centric. I will either post a link to what she did or put it up here on my blog later.
As for myself she gave me the assignment of doing a bust of Marie Antoinette with more detail in it than some of my other pieces. I of course had to get the likeness of someone and decided to choose her. Hehe she was a little embarrassed when she learned I picked her as my model. Below are my sketches and under that the final. I will spare Amanda the embarrassment and not put up the stock photo I got of her for the final.


I did enjoy all of my sketches but sadly only one had time to go foreword so the hat won out. I did enjoy doing a piece that was more painting than the other art I do. It was relaxing to sit down and get in the zone.

And now the final...the scan is not as good as the original sadly...

Thesis: The Test Run

Of course Spring Break lead up to the test run at end of that week. We did it at The Landing at my church back home in Washington, Family Life Center in Mukilteo.

This is the flier I made that my mom emailed out the the church and my friends and family. About 13 people showed up which was a good turn out for this first rough run of my thesis.

Here is Blush with her minions from left to right Retna Burn, Blush, Subtlety, and Corporal Conundrum.

Retna Burn is working on creating the perfect weapon for their evil schemes!

And here we have the minions getting ready to go on another eeevil raid! Though I think they've already forgotten the plan Blush has told them....

And here we have my Uncle David who didn't know anything about the thesis acting the part of the vault for the bank. Retna Burn is sweetly asking her question!

Thesis: Blush's Wig

It's been a long road to get to this final wig. Lots of stress and pain and trouble with not only building it but also not getting some of the wigs I wanted.
The Blush wig is constructed of two wigs. The top is a Farrah Fawcett wig and curls up nicely. The bottom was suppose to be a straight blonde wig of the same color. I had a problem though, Display and Costume didn't have anymore so I tried to order online a blonde straight one. It was a horrid more plasticky looking one with a yellowy honey color. So I had a dilemma.
I thought I would integrate my own long hair as the bottom but it wasn't working out. I finally remembered that I have a long white wig that I didn't use for an older cosplay I didn't finish. Blush is 200 years old so this worked perfectly.
I ended up cutting off some of the old Blush wig to lengthen the braid in the back and have the white and blonde in the wig mix more. There are also white strands that swirl up through the blonde wig some following the curls others going against it.

This time around making the wig I discovered I could use straighteners, curling irons, and hairspray on it. I of course still used copious amounts of hot glue.
In this picture the top blonde wig has bangs which I later had to take away. At this stage I thought I would be using my own hair for the bottom half so I made the bangs out of this wig.

This is my drawing of what the wig ended up looking like. It shows a little more the swirls on the side of the hair that I've added.

And of course a picture of what the wig looked like on me for the test run. I do need to get more pictures of this wig on the head with a better turn around view. I do like this new wig but it will take a bit longer to forget the stress and fall in love with it.

My Art: Non Portrait of Nicole Cuvin

Two weeks ago in my Illustration class we got the in class assignment of doing a non portrait. That is doing a portrait of someone without drawing their face to show who they are. My good friend Nicole and I decided to do each other and here are the results!


For her I drew the interior of her car a Prius. One time I joked about all the water bottles she had in there so I drew a bunch inside. There is also a bottle of Sweet Leaf Lemonade that she gets a drink during break time. Of course her PNCA portfolio which thankfully with use of the car and having a studio she doesn't have to tote around anymore. There are parking stickers on the window and parking slips for the REI parking near the school on the dash. Her I assume favorite though for certain most used bag that is always full is in the passenger seat. In the side and rear view mirrors are cute little monsters reflecting the topic of her thesis about the monstrous perceptions we have of ourselves when looking in the mirror. And last my favorite touch is the gear shift that shifts into PANIC!


I absolutely loove the portrait she did of me! Having the Diet Coke as the centerpiece. I am hopelessly addicted and in love with my Diet Coke. Of course behind me are the Elmers Paintastic brush pens that I love to use! And to top it off my Lady Blush wig on top of the Diet Coke the symbol of my thesis! So simple and so perfect! I love Nicole's art! It is now my background on my computer!

My Art: Bride t-shirt design

Yes I decided to tackle for this assignment the infamous tacky bridal t-shirt. This one comes with no rhinestones or in hot pink. Also it's not right across the boobs. I think on this assignment I liked the sketches more than the final product.

One of the shirts I will want to have in the future is the "Hunt for the dress" shirt that women can wear when they all go out wedding dress shopping. I mean if women buy shirts for just the bachelorette party surely they'd be willing to buy something only for the search for the dress.

Thesis: Corporal Conundrum's introduction

Corporal Conundrum I am still learning more about since it will now be played by Hannah. He is one whose bark is worse than his bite. He is a little feisty because he is so short. He considers himself the second in command.

His costume is still in a lot of transition because of the change in actor. Corporal will not be the old Corporal but the Hannah Corporal now. Corporal was a punk but now more emphasis on the military in his military punk look. He now has a fun body shape with that cute husky build! So fun to draw!

Thesis: Retna Burn's introduction

This is Retna Burn (misspelled on purpose). She is the scientist of the group but since she is so good at inventing her mind doesn't have room for much else. She is a little ditzy and easily forgets her tasks when they go out on their evil doing raids.

Her outfit has gone through quite a bit of changes from that first night Olivia became her. She will be played by my sister Chase though because of work obligations for my final. I have been working on simplifying her costume from the rainbow colors she'd worn before.

Thesis: Subtlety's introduction

Subtlety gave herself her villain name. She thinks she is subtle despite all the bells she has on her that announce her coming. Her outfit is much like how a little kid dresses themselves. The bottom right drawing was done when trying to come up with drastically different costume ideas for her.

She is the Magical Child archetype and an Innocent Prince since she is Blush's great...great...granddaughter and will inherit Blush Corp. She is not too interested in being the leader right now and is very happy being a minion.

Thesis: Lady Blush's introduction

This is my lovely thesis character Lady Blush. She is played by me and is the leader of Blush Corp. She is a very headstrong Queen character and has taught me a lot about confidence and play. And yes I have an awesome wig like that which I formed myself out of two cheap wigs.

The costumes on the end are where I am going for the final and in the middle is a special alternate costume I came up with for fun. Some of these drawings might make it to my final process presentation boards, but here on my blog you'll get to see a lot more of the Blush Corp progress drawings!

My Art: Behemoth wine label

The only prompt was the word Behemoth and it is for an upcoming cheaper bottled wine. So the first thing I came up with was a Luchador (Mexican wrestler). I don't like Luchadors...those masks creep me out in person but they are fun to draw! I ended up taking this one to final! Sketch is below and final below that. My class liked how different this one was from all the others. Hehe it was the first thing that came to mind when Nicole told me what the assignment was.

My Art: Walnut Butterballs

This is my submission for the . Hopefully it will get posted someday. If it does you'll hear here first. Soo here it is the recipe for my favorite seasonal treat...Walnut Butterballs! Sketches and final at the bottom!

It was harder to do than I thought arranging all the supplies and instructions. Apparently making Walnut Butterballs is not as simple as I thought.

My Art: Landscapes

Here is my process on my latest Illustration work. For the art directing assignment I decided to make sure I was challenged attacking the thing I fear most....
LANDSCAPES!!! (also meaning anything other than people)

I was thrilled when my teacher used my image for the header on the class blog! A zoom in on the trees! I did quite the double take!

My project was getting my vibe of Portland. It is not what is famous about Portland simply what I love about this city. I had to do fifteen sketches before going on to picking what to take to final. The sketches were pen and sharpie. The finals the fantastic Paintastic Elmer's brushes and india ink. These aren't every single sketch but quite a lot of them.

And here are the finals: