Dandelion Leaves?

For my Illustrating the Edible class, we were tasked with the objective of designing seed packets for various vegetables and herbs. I had a different one first, I think it was chard or something, but then I traded for dandelion leaves. And well, to be perfectly honest, I didn't even think you could EAT dandelion leaves, but Allan Comport proved me wrong. So, instead of drawing dandelion leaves I took my adorable little roller and inked it up black ink and generously rolled ink on top of the dandelion leaves and then pressed them on paper. It was kind of gross. Here's some of the results. The more I did it, the more the details of the leaves began to show.







I scanned these prints in and on photoshop I played with the composition, changed the levels and colors to create the finished product below.

Thesis Finals Part 1

My first post of thesis. Digital Mock-ups! They look so real, oh my!

Thesis Patterns

Finally! I have some work from my thesis to show.

Where in the World is Thesis?

Oh, it is here. I just haven't posted yet. I'm hoping by Thursday I will have some loverly photos to share of some devious things I've been up to.

In the meantime, I have some Illustrating the Edible! For our first assignment, we had to create a piece illustrating a recipe for the blog turning book They Draw and Cook but, it also had to emphasize memories. So, here it is!

Here's a pattern I completed mid August for Thesis. I will post more details for thesis as they come together.

Here's to a new school year, cheers!

Playing with Illustrator

I want to do more with illustrator. I like it. These are just screenshots of what I was playing with. I'm liking the colors though.

I Really Need to Stop Being So Damn Picky About Everything....

I redid the colors in the cover to make them "pop" a little more. 

The Tarot Card Final

It's Fantasy Art!

The Man in the Black Suit Contd.

Here are the first two images of the series thus far. 

The Man in the Black Suit

Concepts Final(s), but it is no where near completed for me. I have more tricks up my sleeves yet and some major re-finishing to do on them in terms of value and proportion. These are illustrations based off the opera my friend Bill wrote.

Loretta's Morning Song

The Devil's Scene.

I have two other images but photoshop is not playing nicely. The colors seem a little off here.

The Tarot WIP

Oh Fantasy Art, how I love thee. This is some of my work in progress for my tarot card of death (dundundun) which really isn't a bad card. It just symbolizes change.

I have to take a major editing eye in this piece right now. The waves are too close in value and are getting lost in each other. The thorns are in competition with the waves and death could be a lot cooler, but for all purposes, it turned out fairly well as an experimentation with collage and digital. So, yay for me.

There will be a ton more to show as finals approach. Stay tuned!

Srah

Blogging About Homework

So taking some of Kristin's advice; I really don't like doing my homework at the desk, so I am going to update my blog. As you can see I changed the colors and they look happier.

WIPS

For Allan's class we are doing a "mini thesis" where we developed a concept and are illustrating it in the form a certain amount of images to serve a purpose.

When I have a few of them completed, I will make light of what is happening.

It started off like the image above, but have since inverted it. It is majorly in the works right now.

In collage, we were doing clay and this is a piece that came out of it. Right now I am in the process of building the set with a bit more detail so that the t.v. will glow.

Assassins: The Re-Design

The third project for Allan's Concepts II class.

Words on Wheels - Finished!

I finished this two weeks ago, but forgot to post the final. It has a very fairy tale-esque charm to it. Probably my favorite piece this year,

Words on Wheels

This is what happens when you listen to Hazards of Love way too many times. Still a work in process.

For the past six or so years, the MICA juniors have teamed up with elementary/middle  schools in Baltimore City to illustrate poems that these children write. The project is called Words on Wheels and these posters are displayed on the Light Rails and buses running throughout Baltimore. Last year I had the opportunity to participate as Jumore (Sophmore/Junior, cause I'm a transfer student and nothing is simple when you transfer) and my poster was one of the ones selected and displayed. (Though I never saw them.)

This year I get to do it again and my poem is about perseverance through tough times and and situations.

Here are some screen shots of my work in progress:

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

This was my original final, but then.....I took the green and red layer off and this happened:

I still have some serious tweaking to do, but we are moving forward swimmingly.

*Note* These are just screen shots of what I have been doing, so the picture quality is not that great.

Sarah

Haiti's Tragedy

For Concepts II, we were given the task of re-doing the cover of Time Magazine that was for covering the aftermath of the earthquake on Haiti. 

Doing this piece was difficult because I never really tackled such a serious topic before and overall was a great experience. It was also a challenge because I am not very good at drawing hands, but I think I was able to resolve that with the stylization I chose to work in.

I have so much more to post soon!

My Heart

It was the end of the semester and I deserved to do something fun.

Messing around with photoshop with a scanned ink image I had done for another assignment.

Blast from the Past Part 1

These are a select few assignments from my Hand Letters class, which I took in Spring 09 of my Sophomore year.