Her Majesty

It's been a while, but here's something just for fun.

A Bit Sketchy

Hey there!  I've been spending a lot of time with the 'ole sketchbook lately and so I thought I'd share some of my recent sketches, plus one that I colored for fun.  Happy (almost) Halloween!

Summer Update!

Howdy, Partners!

It's been a little while since I've updated this here blog, but not for lack of creating things!  My summer has been full of work and a super fun internship at Mama's Sauce Print Shop here in Orlando.  Below is an illustration that I've been working on, as well as my design for the intern project at Mama's Sauce.  As part of our internship, interns were able to participate in a project sponsored by French Paper Co.  We collectively chose the paper and colors for the project and were given a set size to do with whatever we wanted.  I went the postcard route and I'm so excited to see how this will look once it's screen printed!  Enjoy!

The Satisfied Moth

Hey friends!  It's springtime!  Which, if you're in Florida like me, isn't all that exciting - but for the rest of you, I'm sure you're counting down the days until summer dresses and ice cold lemonade (and whatever other summer traditions you may have).  In the mean time, you can enjoy this little drawing of a very self-satisfied looking moth creature.  Happy spring, everyone!

Mindy

I drew a manatee princess.  Her name is Mindy.  Mindy the Manatee Princess.  Enjoy!

Dunce

I started this drawing a few weeks ago and finally got around to finishing it.  And, as always, I thoroughly enjoyed making it.

Doodles

Here's a recent doodle I did for fun.  Maybe one of these days I'll start turning my doodles into something.  Who knows?  For now, I just like to draw things.

Squares, Man.

So, I had all of these leftover squares of paper from some school project or other and I thought I'd make a little art with them.  Each little doodle was made within a couple hours or less.  I tried not to put too much thought or pressure on each one as I was making them, rather I wanted them to be kind of spontaneous.  Here's what I have so far.  I still have a decent stack of squares, so there should be more of these coming along in the not-so-distant future.

(This one might have been unintentionally holiday inspired.  But who doesn't love the holidays?)

The Woman On The Moon

Here's a little something just for fun.  I didn't intend to create this piece on the same weekend as the blue moon, but I guess I'm just in tune with the moon.

Eccentricities Complete!

It's been a while since my last post, but, as you might well imagine, the end of my senior year has kept me quite busy creating things!  And I am very proud to pronounce that the book mentioned in my last post (now titled "Eccentricities: A Syllabary of Strange Girls") is complete and ready to be shown in the MICA Commencement Show!  So, if you happen to be in the Baltimore area between Friday, May 11 and Monday, May 14, you should stop on by!

Alphabet of Strange Girls

For my final printmaking credit before I graduate (to complete my concentration), I am taking a book/paper making class.  And who knew making books and paper could be so much fun?!  Definitely a craft that I am glad to have learned while still at MICA.  And for our main project for the semester, we're each making an artist book.  I have decided to create an Edward Gorey inspired alphabet book of strange girls.  The plan thus far is to lithograph the illustrations and letterpress the text.  It's going to be a lot of work, but I'm excited.  Here are examples of sketches that I'm working with:

Faux-losophy Thesis Update!

I made some changes to the t-shirt designs that I posted recently.  Below are the three final designs that I will be printing for this semester in three different color options.

YPF Poster

Here's an illustration I did for Center Stage's Young Playwrights Festival - where students all over Maryland are allowed to submit their own play to be produced by Center Stage.  This is a call for entries poster with room left for the information to be inserted.  My concept here was to simply inspire the imaginations of young people with a fantastical scene.  I'm assuming we'll find out whose poster was chosen in class tomorrow.  Even if my poster wasn't chosen, this was still a fun piece to make.

Thesis Part 2: Faux-losophy Revisited

So, for my thesis project this semester (a.k.a. my last semester!) I'm revisiting the Faux-losophy Tees project.  But things will not be what they were before.  The design style for the t-shirts will be much more hand lettering based (which I'm excited for because I enjoy hand lettering).  Below are a couple of sketches that I did this week:

And, as a bonus, here's something I just did for fun:

New Website!

Hey!  I finally made myself a website!  Check it out!

gracechomick.com

More Lifestyles: Final

So, I just realized that I never posted this.  A few weeks late, but here was my final for Lifestyle Illustration class:

The assignment was to illustrate a mixed drink of our choosing, plus the recipe.  I chose the drink "Atheist's Best" and thoroughly enjoyed creating these illustrations.

More Lifestyles

Here are some recent things from my Lifestyle Illustration class.  The first piece was a calendar assignment where we were each assigned a month, the second one is an illustration for the upcoming movie The Odd Life of Timothy Green, and the last three are obviously paper dolls.

Thesis Update #4

This is a little belated, but here they are - all four of my factory farmed children are done and ready to be printed!

Note:

So, for some reason, Blogspot is putting a mint green tint over the image of the boy eating bacon, which I can't seem to get rid of.  This is only happening when you enlarge the image, though the smaller thumbnail is more accurate to the true color.  All of the other children are fine.