Making the most of waiting

I spent a dreadful 7 hours at Hopkins airport trying to get out of Cleveland. I'm glad I bought a $1.79 sketchbook at Walmart when I was home. I spent my time doing these in it:



hot damn. i was tired, i made a spelling error.

The last two weeks

So, I graduated about a week and a half ago. Finally. Big Round of Applause. And then I flew back to Cleveland with my family for my older sister's graduation two days after mine. My family threw a big hoopla party because, we just had three great reasons to celebrate: my graduation, my sister's graduation, and then my middle sister's birthday. Then following that, Kate and I drove the 6 hour-round trip to Buffalo to see my grandparents before I head back to NYC tomorrow. pheeew! Buckle your seatbelt, here is a recap:






































some more at flickr

Xerox card for ICON 5

I was asked to illustrate a playing card for Xerox for the illustration conference, ICON 5. Each suit was given to a different New York City art school to illustrate. Parsons was assigned the hearts, and I picked the Queen. I really enjoyed this project because there weren't many limitations, which let my mind wander in various directions. These were my sketches:









The main hurdle with this assignment was to make an image that would create an interesting, as well as dynamic, image when it was doubled and flipped for the reverse side. I liked the Aztec one, but the AD pushed me to make the female bigger (which I agreed with), take out the ziggurat, and make the circle design smaller.

Took the Aztec Queen to a more refined sketch:





And here is the final:

Oldies always put me in a good mood. I remember my mom singing this song to me, "The Birds and the Bees" by Jewel Akens, way before I even knew what the birds and the bees were.

I think I am going to try this out.

Maki

oh how I love thee! This is pure bliss....

I want to go to the Netherlands to visit Maki.

Senior Show

Thank you, thank you to all those who came to my Senior show opening this Wednesday. If you are seeing my blog for the first time, thanks for visiting! It was really great to see my classmates' work all up in one location. It was kinda surreal to have the day come and go so quickly. That day was the event I had been envisioning since I decided on Illustration as a major. Oh Joy!


My friends and I get a well deserved drink post-reception.

Cinders show

I have one or two drawings in this show, along with drawings by my fabulous classmates. The middle drawing above is by me :)
The opening is tonight, and if you can't come tonight, it is up until June 8th.

Move 16: Don’t Paint With Your Teeth
A Group Show of blue ballpoint pen, pencil and Sharpie drawings
Curated by Rich Jacobs
May 9th - June 8th 2008
Opening Reception Friday May 9th 2008 7 - 10pm

cinders gallery

It's almost swimming season

the week my family came to visit. part one.

This week has been everything I have been looking forward to during the last 4 years. My family is coming to ny twice, once for my show and then again for graduation the following week.


We started out with a trip to brooklyn brewery. fun times.












But before that, we went to max brenner for lunch.



and i was given these nasty lookin' pickles. people who know me, know that i hate pickles, never had them, never will.


Even the bus boy asked if Ed was Max's bald cousin.



then we went to see the statue of liberty up close and personal.



then ellis island museum





i had to include some cleveland love.





The two pictures above is the registry room, where all the immigrants would wait in line, have their examinations, basically pass the time. The one on top is the one today, and the picture below is what it used to look like. The museum was definitely a learning experience, and provided a lot of inspiration. They had really interesting old typefaces on pamphlets, they showed the clothing they brought in massive trunks, and they had beautiful bibles and torahs. I would recommend it highly.

i'll post more on flickr in a few days...

For those of you wonderin' what I have planned after May 16th (aka graduation), I was offered an internship at Gap here in New York. I will be working on the Graphics on Kids and Toddler clothing. I am really excited for this 10 week program, which starts In early June. These are my favorite Graphic T's on the site now. And, what am I doing after that? Well, I am taking it one day at a time.