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

Throwback post

oh hey blogger!

Senior year has been busy! I've been in the labs almost every night and my bed times are ridiculous. It's all good though. Anyway, I feel like I have to update last year's stuff before I can update new work. I am running on Cuban time so I apologize for the lateness. I'll start with figure paintings from junior year. I had the class for a whole year with Hodges Soileau who was an amazing teacher. He would point out things I didn't see, and really helped me understand shapes, value and color, even though I still have value issues. It was a fun class. These are pretty much in chronological order so enjoy :)













my stylized face


I thought this would be safer in case children were around... but watch out for the next one!


mr. boner has a tendency to stare down girls in the class with an erection. I was unfortunate enough to get a spot right in front -_-


my favorite part of this piece is her booty.


this chick played a guitar with no strings! It's not like I forgot to paint them in or anything...






this guy was in a weird position that he couldn't hold for more then 5 minutes at a time before shaking and having to rest. I felt bad, but it was a cool pose.




I was taking art history at the time, so maybe I was influenced by the baroque period? Old school chick.

Anyway, I had fun in painting class and hope to continue with oil when I have time.

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

Old Artwork from high school

As some of you may know, I transfered in as a sophomore even though it's my first year of college. This was mostly because of dual enrollment credits since my high school (New World School of the Arts) was right next to a college, but I'm assuming it's also because they thought I was capable of the workload. At the time I didn't realize how awesome going to a magnet art school was. Now I can see how I was prepared and having experience in stuff like figure drawing and acrylic paint has been helpful.

So here is some old artwork I did from high school. This is mostly stuff for my portfolio that I used when applying to all the kewl art schools. enjoy :)

Mixed media



Acrylic

double self portrait in charcoal. the shy side, and outgoing side.

figure drawing in oil pastel

charcoal

Acrylic self portrait

acrylic toilet painting that won me an honorable mention in scholastics! lol

cartooon

my friend cat with her power animal the dragonfly.

I really loved traditional black and white photo class. I did a lot of sky pictures that ended up being part of my portfolio. I thought of it as more conceptual which I'll get into eventually.


lol

double exposure of crazy flock of birds


near my house

on the road

my stomach has a mind of it's own

woah fisheye

endless


junior class caricatures


piece called satisfaction. she's unsatisfied with the plain ribbon, so she takes it upon herself to fix it and is finally satisfied.



I'll post more soon. I have more conceptual stuff that would have made this post too long.

-Kristen