Post graduation work

OH HEY!! A lot has happened since I last updated. I finished an internship with American Greetings in the Alternative Humor Department and it was such an eye-opening and awesome experience. I got to work with some of funniest illustrators I've ever met all while learning the process of creating funny greeting cards. Illustrating silly characters/handwritten type everyday that fit a joke was more than I could ask for. I even got pied in the face for a video! I miss the Alternative team so much!!

Anyway, since I created up to 15 cards for them and we can't let competitors see our work before it's published, I can't show you the work I did there. I can show you all the silly doodles and weird things from my sketchbook while I was there though. So enjoy that. Another update: I recently got a job in Miami at a printing and engraving company as a graphic artist/ promotional products manager. It's going really well so far. Hope you enjoy these sketchbook pages! Click on them for a larger view ;)





I forgot how to spell creepy apparently


on the plane ride to chicago lol

I can't stop drawing these girls with bitchy expressions. aw yeah




I'd hang out with this girl..

my friend antonio being a mojon

my attempts at fashion illustration

OMG IT'S FEBRUARY!!

Here's something to tide you all over.


pen and ink self-portrait shouting


tevi


first doodle for character design of "Pretentious Girl".

I hope I update more soon!

-Kristen

And I turned ’round and there you go

Been doodling more. I'll put finished illustrations up soon I promise! Now that I'm on break I'm not sure what to do. I feel like I may have split personalities (artistically anyway) because I love sketching fast quick drawings but when I'm using pen I feel I need to draw slow, graphic shapes which is still fun. There is this underlying pressure to find a style and I'm still trying to figure it out. Cartoons or realism? OR A COMBO? maybe a combo would be my best bet to make both sides happy.



Kids in my ill class.


Kids in my Arts in Context class


Sleepers in Computer ill


my sister driving to miami for her birthday


my sister driving back


doodle man


Grace eyes


I drew Rachel a year ago in figure drawing class.


beach house


sketchy figure dancing


head studies from anatomy book


hands


figures



kids for a fake business card




see you soon.

-Kristen

sketchbook update

Summer is here and I'm in Miami and went to Atlanta with Tevi and loved it. All the hills and abundance of trees make it so appealing to live there. It's raining now and my cat Sushi is catnapping next to me and has his paw on my chapstick. Time for sketchbook update.

natalie



miss cooper

figure drawing sheman?

rachel paying attention in history of ill.

rachel again. i wanted to draw her awesome shoes.

doodles in history

someone said this in a southern accent so i drew it.

more doodles in class

vanessa during shawn barber demo

i'm preferring normal pencils over mechanical to get more line variety.

norman rockwell / egon schiele man

shira



pastel man



even more doodles

chicka

fasshiioon passiionn


-kristen