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.

Jean Patou’s Joy

A project for Illustration 2 (now known as Concepts + Metaphors). A packaging redesign of Jean Patou's Joy perfume, which is considered the most expensive commercial perfume you can buy. For my redesign I wanted to gear the perfume to a younger crowd, so I thought more fashion editorial. I took one of the definitions of the word Joy (4. a state of happiness or felicity) and made is into a textile.




Later I added this print work that could be used as ads or the signs in the stores.

May you Live in Interesting Times

Assignment for Illustration 2 (Concept + Metaphors). Create an illustration for one of the phrases on the paper and incorporate the type (phrase) into the image.

My phrase was “May you live in interesting times”. After figuring out what that meant I started thinking about Marie Antoinette and the whole “Let them eat cake” thing (I know she really didn’t say it). Carrie (my teacher) thought I should watercolor, but I like the line drawing for it better.

I might do a “print roll-up” of the image later.

Customized Bottle Labels (The Process)

I got an email in late January (sorry I’m just now posting it) from a chick name Tia, who saw my orange soda bottle labels & wanted me to make some customized bottle labels for her, her cousin & their friend's Glitz & Glam Party.

I screen shot some of my process as I went along….


I hand drew all the elements, & put them in Illustrator. Kinda mad because I lost some details when I vectored the images.

*She doesn’t have a head cause I really couldn’t see her face details in the pictures that were given to me so I had to draw those later.



Started adding in text. The colors at the bottom are the colors for the party.



The layout of the almost finished label. Yes I did do those scribbles.



I colored them digitally (you can tell I’m still not good at that, but I use very little color anyway).

Sorry no images of the labels on the bottles I will post those when I can.

DOODLES AND WHATEVER

What is green?/What is “being green”?

For my final for Futures: For Society, Community & Self (teacher: Abbi Allen) I wanted to explore what is green?/what is “being green”?; since I had no understanding of the word/term. I decided to do an installation and just put my notes/research/thoughts/process of finding out in my own way what it all meant on the wall.

I also made a small book to go with my installation documenting the 4 months of my process and research I did.

P.S The images are set on the medium image size so if you want you can look at them on a large scale.

Here's the Wall


The Details....





I love my Corn!!

Treat Yourself to Something

HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!

A new illustration I did while looking at a fortune cookie ticket (quote: "Treat Yourself to something of quality. You deserve it.") and listen to the Big Rock Candy Mountain song.

I usually don't do illustrations using the computer (just the background is digital, the drawings are ink). The computer gives me too many choices. So I have a problem with making up my mind.

Which one looks good?

Making Integrated part 1

In my process to make my Toy Concepts into an Integrated project, I decided to make packaging for the toys, a website for the video game (since they’re based on a faux fighting game), and an EBOX 360 concept (still trying to figure out what that will be).

Gwendalyn and Amelia




Here is a newer sketch of Gwendalyn I started today. On the right side is the 1st concept for Gwen I did like probably a year ago for Illustration 1 out of colored card stock (her outfit was aqua and she had a hat back then).

Drawing Again

I should just stop thinking…. Every time I don’t think and just do I always come up with stuff I like.

These are some drawings I did while not thinking and looking at a $5 bill. I’m thinking about putting them on copper plates and turning them into etchings.

B is for BORED!

Lately to deal with my insomnia and keep my idle mind busy, I started making little sketches for each letter of the alphabet.

Illustrations for Stationary Set

Some illustrations I did for my stationary set of Alice in Wonderland using my giraffe, Antonio Juan for my final in Illustration and Product. Along with the textiles at bottom I’ll be turning them into actual products. Hopefully soon.

Textiles

For my Illustration and Product Final I did a stationary line based on my Giraffe, Antonio Juan Esquivel (a third identity, part of my “Damn Giraffe” brand. A more Japanese cute inspired) based around “Alice in Wonderland”. The stationary line has a schedule/Planner, To Do list pad, Pencil Case, Tote bag, and a Note Book.

These are some textiles I made for my Illustration and Product Final.

HELLO SWEETIE contest entry

This is my entry to the Hello Sweetie Illustrated Dessert Contest. Basically the rules were you had to illustrated a dessert along with the recipe using pink, white, grey, and black. The recipe I selected was Strawberry Wontons, a recipe my roommate Dolly Vu showed me how to make.

Untitled Illustration Design

One of my favorite illustrations. It shows my illustration style the best. Simple, sketchy line work, white background, with color here and there.



I use this illustration in many design applications, here are two.
Stamps


iPod body sticker

Movie Poster: Imitation of Life

Assignment for Illustration 1. Make a Movie Poster.

I chose the movie "Imitation of Life" (1959) starring Lana Turner. Even though it dosen't go by "Imitation of Life" the novel written by Fannie Hurst it's definitly one of my Favorite movies of all time.


Medium: Digital Print