@ Spyhouse

Assignment for my Digital Illustration class.

An illustration that represents a Spyhouse Coffee Shop experience.

Go check it out!! It's at the Spyhouse Coffee Shop @ 2451 NICOLLET AVE S (I think it's up til the 4th)

It's about to be a Girl Fight

The 3rd layer (Metallic Pantone plate) to my Elec Pre-Press postcard assignment. A textile of a bunch of Girl fights. LOL (It will probably make sense when you see the finished postcard)

My favorite one is the 2 girls stomping the girl on the ground!

I’m seriously considering making this an actual fabric and making a outfit.

Me and the digital drawing world

I’m taking Digital Illustration this semester with the renowned James O’ Brien. A really great teacher and a really nice class. As we all know I have said before I don’t like Digital Illustration work, I am a lover of putting pen to paper, but I’m all about giving things try. But I do still stand behind the main reason I don’t care for Digital. IT GIVES YOU TO MANY CHOICES!!!






SOME STILL ASK, THEN WHY ARE YOU TAKING THIS CLASS?

Some reasons for taking this class is:
1. my long disliking for Digital Work
2. anything that can help me step up my craft, I’m all for
3. learning something new
4. getting a better understanding and an appreciation for it

The Plight of a Soon-To-Be Graduate

Almost a month until I graduate AND THE PRESSURE IS ON!!! God where did the time go!! I have so many things on my plate to do.


1. MY SENIOR SHOW
I’ve decided on a simple display showcasing 3 projects with a simple print. Most people have described my Senior Show like a wedding.
Something Old- My American Red Cross project)
Something Borrowed- "Five Down" (Toy Concept from Illustration & Concept which I –only for this putting it into the world of marketing) and I’m making an actual doll.
Something New- An Integrated campaign I’m working on with a great Illustrator, Francesca Buchko
Something Blue- my graph paper

2. WEBSITE
After months of trying to fix my old website, sketching, finding domains, remembering how to code and what not I have decided to go through Cargo Collective.

It’s not done but I’m loading and putting stuff on there as we speak (CLICK HERE TO SEE MY WEBSITE)

3. TWEAKING WORK
Since I will not have the lovely amenities of MCAD anymore I must “use the water before the well runs dry”. Some of my work can be better, point blank.

I’ve been fixing work that has potential to be then it is right now.

4. NEW WORK
I’m an Art Director with a bulk load of Designer work in my portfolio. It’s nice/bad to hear
“You have one of the best portfolios I’ve seen in a long time… If you were a Designer.”

So 5 new Ad pieces coming your way soon!!! HOLLA!!!!
I’ve been working with a few copywriters lately, most of them I just met so it’s really refreshing to work with new people.

5. PROMOTIONALS
My short attention span, my need to always change things and never like anything has delayed this necessary project.

6. 5 CLASSES
I am a full time student with classes and homework

7. LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
I’m not from Minneapolis. And as a freelance which is good, but I would like to have a stable job with a paycheck.
So I need to figure out if I’m going to stay up here after college and if I do and if I don’t I need to…….

-Job Search
-Apartment Searching
-etc…..

Me in a Fashion Show?

September 25th I had the opportunity to be in the Eat Street Style Fashion Show hosted by Head to Toe Salon. It showcased vintage fashion from Blacklist Vintage, Lost & Found and Head to Toe all boutiques found on Nicollet Ave Minneapolis,MN.

Of course your girl was the Show Stopper, the grand finale. I wore a Steampunk outfit designed by the ladies at Blacklist Vintage, Mrs. Vanessa Messersmith & Mrs. Jennifer Sapiro. Beautiful cool outfit, but the metal corset got stuffy, but the shit non the less.

You can see some shots of me and the other fashions shown on the Digital Crush Photography website or if you my friend on Facebook my bestie Allison Welch took some for all to enjoy.

Article by L’etoile magazine about the show. (SHE SAID I ROCKED THE LOOK)

Elec Pre-Press InDesign Exercise book

InDesign exercise for my Electronic Pre-Press class to show our knowledge of scanning, character & paragraph styles, type flow, and swatches.

A 10paged book that uses images from the Children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, with lyrics from “I’m just a girl” by No Doubt.



Click on the images to see the full spread.







I'll be working on this somemore I think. Knowing me I'm pretty sure I will be.

One of my Dream Shoes

Sometime ago I did this pattern for a kids back to school product line. It’s really not my style but I really like this textile a lot.

So I wanted to see how the textile would look on a pair of Vans since I’ve been looking for some but not liking any I’ve found.