T-Shirt Design Contest

Recently my Fashion Illustration Club held a contest for t-shirt designs that would be sold as a fundraiser and this was my entry.

First CAD project

This is my first project for CAD.  We had to digitally color an image and use fabric mapping, and then create an invitation, poster, save- the -date, and program cover. This is my final poster.

A Small Act

This is a really great documentary that I saw a few months ago and just remembered the name.  I watched it on HBO but I am sure you can search the net and find it...it is well worth looking for.  http://asmallact.com/film.php

My little helper..:)

Turkish Adventure!

Kaleigh and I just got back from our exciting Turkey trip! It was amazing and this is a picture of some of our wonderful hosts.  We were having dinner at a restaurant on top of the Istanbul Modern (big museum ), which happened to sit right on the Bosphorus.

Foster the People

This is a great band my friend Arron took me to see last week..

Great song, great band..

Leopold Tiberius my new kitten!

He is my newest fashion accessory!

Intro to Fashion Sketching

This is a pastel and digital I did of a live model..

Sneak peek at my sketching final..

Artists of the week..

So recently I have been finishing up my finals but I am getting so distracted by all of these awesome illustrators that I am finding! Here are a couple that I am newly in love with.. Luis Tinoco  http://www.luistinoco.com/  and Nuno DaCosta  http://www.illustrationweb.com/artists/NunoDaCosta

Thank you Elizabeth for introducing me to this wonderful man..

New Love

http://www.saintjustine.com/vincent.htmSo Vincent Bakkum, I like his stuff A LOT.

Childrenswear: Latest Advanced Sketching assignment

Intro to Fashion Sketching

Pastel and Digital, Winter 2011

Final for Illustration Materials and Methods..

1920's belly dancer, gouache and collage 

I love this..

Three part animal combination

This is a gouache painting that I did this last Winter 2011 quarter for my Materials and Methods class.. ( If you couldn't tell, it's a bear, panther, crocodile..)

Intro to Fashion Mid- Term Project , Fall 2010

This is the line up for my mid- term from my Intro to Fashion class last Fall Semester..haha you can really tell that I didn't know what I was doing here lol..

ELIE SAAB

http://www.eliesaab.com/

So for my mid-term in Advanced Fashion Sketching, we are supposed to choose a designer to do a five page editorial illustrated spread.  I chose Elie Saab's Spring 2011 Couture line because it is so spectacular I couldn't resist.  The vibe is very vintage with lots of high necklines, sheer fabrics, narrow silhouettes, and tons and tons of flowers and texture! 

Pastel

This is a pastel I did during a live model session last semester.

Just some face time.

These are from practicing some profiles for my Intro to Fash. Sketching..

My current obsession..

My current obsession happens to be an Australian Illustrator  named Sarah Hankinson.  I think she has a great, young feel to all of her work.   You should check out her portfolio at her website www.sarahhankinson.com

Steven Stipelman

So I was recently assigned a project in my Advanced fashion Sketching class which required us to research a fashion illustrator.  And while I was really hoping to get David Downton, or Rene Gruau, or someone I have heard of, BUT to my delight I was assigned Steven Stipelman.  Although I didn't know his name, I did know his work.  I am so thankful that I got him now, and I found several other great Illustrators who I wasn't as familiar with along the way.

Dexter

This is a pointillism project I did in March of 2010 for my color theory class.  It is based off of a picture from one of my favorite shows, Dexter.  If you haven't seen it you are obviously uncool because it is amazing and you may also not immediately guess that it is blood that is splattered on his face because he is a serial killer.  In this case I chose to work a little larger than I normally do and than I now prefer.  The piece is acrylic on a 2'x3' canvas.  The largest dots of color are about the size of a finger print and the smallest are about the size of the head of a pin.  There are more than 30 different colors in the entire piece.

Call for Entries

Pen and Ink for my Materials and Methods class.

Intro to Fashion project for the Night of Spectacles

This was a photo shoot that I did of a dress I made Fall quarter, that was partially made of glasses' lenses, for my Intro to Fashion class.  Photos courtesy of my former roomate, very good friend, and excellent photographer Joanna Kulesza.  ( You can view more of her work at her blog http://jkulesza.tumblr.com/  )

And on ocasion I like to pay homage to one of the greatest ( in my opinion) fashion illustrators of all time ..David Downton

By the way..I also like cats so prepare your self for tidbits like this..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eLIMc4khe0

My First Post!

This is a graphite sketch that I did for one of my first live model drawing sessions last semester.