@ 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

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.

Josephine Baker- Series based on missionary work

The final project for my Concept &Metaphors (Illustration 2) class. Create a series of 3 images for one of the given topics below. The topic I choose was a "Series based on missionary work"

I choose Josephine Baker, an African-American entertainer and actress.

This series shows Josephine the Actress, Josephine the Solider, Josephine the Adopted Mother.

I guess with these I was trying to get away from my sketchy style of drawing, kinda worked.

The Lost Collage

So last year I made this collage for a Women's shirt product line for the T-shirt and Skateboard Exhibition. I think I lost the actual collage and didn't have any record of it. Thank God that I was cleaning my hard drive out last night and came upon it.

Screenprinting Illustration

So last semester or last year (can’t really remember when), I taught myself how to screenprint.

You might remember this illustration from a past post, but I used it for an illustration assignment for Illustration 2 a.k.a Concept + Metaphors that I’m taking this semester. The object of the assignment was to create an illustration based on the word LOST. Pair LOST with the word you drew from the envelope (my word was BAKERY). The illustration had to be Black and white + 1 color, I picked red.

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.

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?

Dear Mr. President Exhibition

Voting is over and OBAMA regions supreme!!!

This semester we had a school wide project called "Dear Mr. President". The objective was to write a letter to the next President of the Free World. (Please note this project was due in September)

Anyway it's on display at MCAD right now (open Oct 31) and will be taken down November 12th, and mailed to the White House.

This is mine

Lil Girl Blood Portrait

Another Portrait to add to my American Red Cross Campaign.

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).

MORE TOYS!!!!!

In May I posted a toy concept I did for my Illustration and Product class (Spring 2008 semester). The Barbie/Ken doll size action figure dolls based on a fake video game I made up called "FIVE DOWN". I posted Amelia (the assassin with a fascination with Lucy), and was still in the process of fixing the other 2. So here they are.... Thomas Brasi, a pretty-boy Mafia boss' son, and the one that started it all Gwendalyn, a young vain powerful little lady. Gwendalyn I did the concept for back when I was taking Illustration 1 (all I did was change her outfit and her power from fireballs to plasma blasters), and carried her into this class. Along with Amelia these 2 are the first drawings I have ever done in Gouche!

Gwendalyn comes complete with Compact Mirror (opens), Purse (opens), and 3 Plasma Blast balls. One special feature about Gwen is that she has a flesh-tone button located on her arm that fires her plasma blasters, which I thought was nice idea.



Thomas comes complete with Sunglasses, Glock (gun), Cell Phone, and a Suitcase full of money. An added surprise about Thomas’ suitcase is that when his enemies open it that are blinded by a bright flash of light (I figured maybe a small LED Light).

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.

Skateboard and T-shirt Exhibition

So during the month of March and April my skateboard and t-shirt design were up at the Tea Garden (Minneapolis in March and the one in St. Paul in April). This is the opening of the exhibition in March.


Both designs are two separate style identities of may brand, “Damn Giraffe”. With the skateboard you have the CITY/STREETS and the t-shirt you have the ART GLAM.