New Paintings

Hey all, 

It's been a while since I've posted...again. I just get caught up with life! Here are a few paintings I created for Paint Nite. As well as a commission painting of a pet; a gray cat named Monty. Enjoy. 

Sunset Whales

Toasty Marshmellows

Monty

Snowed In 2

Another snow storm! Which means another day stuck inside. Best not waste it, I thought. Spent about 4 hours painting. Mostly just to practice techniques but also played around with a few concepts. Enjoy. (Black Birds, Scarf, Snowy Princess)

Snowed In

Hello viewers, 

It's been a while since I updated. Like usual, I am keeping busy with Paint Nite. A lot of my time is dedicated to it, I even try to create original paintings to teach in my classes. 

We recently had a pretty big snow storm and I spent my time burning the cabin fever off by painting. Here are three paintings I came up with that I hope to one day teach in a class. Enjoy. 

Halloween inspired paintings

Halloween is my favorite holiday. It's the time of year where everyone expresses themselves creatively whether it's with costumes or Jack-o-laterns or making treats. I usually feel really inspired. I also watch a lot of horror movies and I always want to make crazy stuff after watching one haha. Enjoy. 

Painting I made for my costume party Paint Nite event. I call it Ghost Party. 

This one is called "Pressure" Scary stuff like the good old days. 

Landscape Study

Hey y'all!

It's been a while. Fortunately I haven't been updating out of busyness and not laziness haha Paint Nite has been amazing. My events are going well and I'm having so much fun. 

I've also been doing more painting than I have in years. I went on vacation in August and painted this landscape based on the lake we were staying on. This one dock had a bright beacon that they left on at night. It was dreamy. 

I call it the Wishing Lake. Enjoy. 

Archive Post: Bat Painting

I found this little guy in my emails! It's a painting I made for a close friend of mine for a wedding gift. Really happy with the colors in the bat on this one. He just looks so sweet and innocent. Enjoy. 

Beelily

I moved to Andover with my boyfriend at the beginning of July. But before I left my old apartment, my previous landlord made my roommates and I a huge dinner. He's a class-act. So I painted something for them. There are two versions, the second I believe might be used as a Paint Nite painting. Stay tuned and stay cool ;)

Beelily

Beelily Edit

From Bad to Worse, Adventure Time Commission~ Final

So after many months, I have finished the Adventure Time Poster from the episode "From Bad to Worse". I'm very proud of it. I feel I captured the Adventure Time feel while still adding a bit of my own style to it. I was very lucky to get this commission, it was fun to design and paint! Enjoy! 

Archive Images

Hello all! I hope you had a lovely holiday. New years is rapidly approaching and one of my resolutions is going to be illustration related. As in I'm gonna start busting my butt to be a professional. So here are a few older paintings that I wanted to archive on my blog for potential jobs. I needed a few more examples of my work with acrylics. The first two are modified magic cards and the last is from a college project to illustrate George Orwell's 1984. Enjoy!

Educational Posters and a Menu

Hello! It's been a while. I've been very busy with work in the salon. Not just salon work but design work as well. The first two images are two versions of an advertisement for an educational event. The last set of images are the evolution of a menu of complimentary services that are part of every appointment in the salon. 

Menu

Rhode Island Classic logo commission

My most recently finished professional commission is from the Track and Field League of Rhode Island. My father has been a track official for many years, as have I. And I've been fortunate to make many good connections in the community. For this year's Rhode Island Classic, they needed a better logo. I was lucky enough to design some for them. The main logo on this website is designed by me. 

http://www.riclassic.com/

And here some alternate logos I made for them.

From Bad to Worse: Refined Sketch

Just a more refined sketch I whipped up, adding more main characters than candy zombies. 

Seriously love drawing Zombie Jake :3

 

Adventure Time commission

I just got commissioned to do a really fun project! A friend of mine from North Carolina asked me to paint him a scene from an episode of Adventure Time. Specifically, he wanted Finn the Human running away from the candy zombies in the episode "From Bad to Worse"

Here are some preliminary sketches. Enjoy! 

Work at work; Part 2

Second part of working on projects at work. This the design for the skin care pad.

Work at work.

My new job has been kind enough to give me the responsibility of redesigning suggestion pads for clients. As a large salon, they have many different service options and a large amount of retail. To help the guest find the correct products and learn how to use them, they have the pads. 

Here is the first one I did for the hair department.

New Business Card

Hey all, 

I decided I needed a new business card since I haven't updated it since college and my old one didn't have this blog on it! What do you think?

Edgy Guy Shear Sharpening

Final Image refined. Soon to be used as a logo for business cards, website and other print media.

Shear Sharpener Logo Commission

Hello all!

My apologies in the delay in updates. I've recently relocated and started a new job. I've also been working on a logo commission for a very talented and friendly gentleman I met while working in the salon business. He wanted a new logo for his company. Here are a few sketches and the final result.

Final image is owned by Edgy Guy Shear Sharpening Inc...

Final - Sketches

Hip Hop Poster Final: Concrete Scrupules

Well I finished it just in time for June to begin. I need to brush up (or learn more) graphic design because despite hours of obsessively trying to fix this, I'm not really happy with how the type ended up. No matter what I did, it just didn't look like what I wanted it to. But the illustration part of it, I'm very proud of. Any viewers from North Carolina, definitely check out this event!

A fine lady: figure study

What started out as a gestural figure study, turned into one fine lady. It's fun to watch art grow up from one meaning to another. 

Watercolor + pen and ink. April 2012.