Ladies of Literature: Galadriel.

 

I’m thrilled to say that the "Ladies of Literature Literature Vol. 2" Kickstarter was a huge success and was funded at two hundred percent of its original goal. It’s quite an honor to be in a collection with so much talent. Thank you to everyone who backed/supported it!
I’m so pleased to finally show my contribution for the book- Galadriel from Lord of the Rings. I’ve always been inspired by this lady!

Tiger.

Whipped up a piece to fool around with some new techniques and tools!

Florence

Meet Florence, my flower-themed, whip wielding, magical girl/street fighter for Jenn Woodall’s latest anthology zine, FIGHT!, featuring an incredible line-up of artists and original characters!

Street Fashion

A little street fashion study I doodled a while back.

Ladies of Literature: Cassie.

"If you want to picture Cassie, think of a short, cute girl with very short black hair, wearing overalls and big muddy boots and looking totally capable of giving a tetanus shot to an angry bear"

So I was asked to be a part of the "Ladies of Literature" zine/charity project and just couldn't miss an opportunity to draw a character near and dear to my heart from my favorite book series growing up- Cassie from Animorphs. As an animal loving pre-teen she was pretty much everything I ever wanted to be.

Society of Illustrators Student Exhibition.

So this is very delayed, but here's a quick update with some news! Back in March I announced that I was selected to be Society of Illustrators student exhibition, and in May I attended the exhibition opening! It was an awesome night- I am so honored to have been able to show my work with so many skilled illustrators! 

Animated Gif- Sailor Shannon.

 

My good friend/fellow illustrator Shannon May requested a Sailor Moon portrait gif based off of my self portrait edit, and I couldn't help but oblige!

Ghostface.

Quick warm up doodle of my friend (and fellow illustrator) Julianna Brion's super cute cat, Ghostface!

Animated Gif- Self Portrait.

Did a new self portrait since I just got a haircut! For fun I took it and gave it a little Sailor Moon inspired editing. Figured it was a good opportunity to teach myself new things to do with gifs!

CMYK Gallery.

CMYK magazine's newest venture, the CMYK Gallery, has finally opened! This shop features up and coming artists selected from entries to their magazine competitions- you can purchase prints of my "Urban Nature" piece through them! Make sure to check it out!

Society of Illustrators Student Competition.

I am incredibly pleased to announce that my "London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Poster" has been selected to be in the Society of Illustrators student exhibition! I am very honored to be featured alongside so many talented friends and colleagues!

Sailor Moon Art Zine Kickstarter.

So you probably remember this piece I made for the Sailor Moon art zine "Moon Power" in October! Well, the Kickstarter to produce the zine was launched this past Saturday (March 16th) and managed to surpass its goal of $5,000 in less than 24 hours! If you can, please help support the production of this awesome illustration collection! You can check out the campaign and the pledge rates/rewards here! 

The Kickstarter has been paused due to an intellectual property dispute. I will update this post with any news regarding any change in status.

Unfortunately, the Moon Power Kickstarter had to be cancelled due to an intellectual property dispute. You can still help support the production of the zine by buying a sticker set/digital zine/pre-ordering, or you can donate- see the blog for a Paypal link!

More bad news- the online donations/orders/pre-orders had to be shut down as well. The printed zine will still debut at TCAF on May 11th-12th, but I am not sure how any further distribution past that will be allowed. I will continue to update this post with any news regarding the zine.

The zine can be purchased at:
TCAF: Toronto, Canada. May 11th-12th
VANCAF - Vancouver, British Columbia. May 25th-26th
CAKE - Chicago, Illinois. June 15th-16th
SPX - Bethesda, Maryland. September 14th-15th

A digital copy of the zine may be released for free in the near future.

Dinosaurs.

I've always been a huge fan of dinosaurs (I even planned on being a paleontologist at one point in my life). They are incredibly fascinating to me, and I had been meaning to draw some for a while. So when I found out I was accepted into the Light Grey Art Lab's newest show, Beautiful Forever, I knew exactly what I wanted to make temporary tattoos of. The dinosaurs featured are the Parasaurolophus and the Tyrannosaurus, two incredibly cool creatures (and some of my favorites)!

You can see the online gallery of all of the awesome illustrations featured in this show here, and if you are like me and can't make it to the opening, don't worry! These temporary tattoos can be purchased online here! If you buy mine, I'd love to have a photo of you sporting your prehistoric tats- send links/photos to kristenacampora@gmail.com!

Horse Portraits.

So as you can see, I've been pretty busy since my last post here- I got a handful commissions for horse portraits around the holidays, and now that I've finished the last of them I can finally show them to you! I had a good time working on them, especially since they gave me a chance to keep working with hand lettering!

Animated Gif- Alyson.

I've been very busy for the last few weeks, working on commissions and some personal work- I can't wait to show you all what I've been up to! In addition to all of that, I taught myself how to make gifs over the holiday! Here's the first one I've created- it was a little Christmas gift I whipped up for a very good friend of mine. I know it's super simple, but now I know how to make them... Keep an eye out, I'll definitely be making more in the future!

Horse Portrait- Cinderella.

Decided to do a fun little drawing of a friend's pony- it gave me a good excuse to do a lot of hand lettering exercises!

Sailor Moon and her Scouts.

So I finally have a new piece to show you guys! I was given the opportunity to make a piece for the "Moon Power" Sailor Moon zine that should be coming out sometime in the spring! I was allowed to draw whatever I wanted, obviously as long as it was Sailor Moon related, and who better to draw then our titular heroine and her closest friends! I had a really fun time illustrating this- Sailor Moon was a cartoon that I adored as a kid, not just for the fun fantasy of the show itself, but the time and effort it put into accurately referencing mythology/astronomy/astrology! What can I say, I'm a huge sucker for that kind of stuff.

I'll post information about the Kickstarter that will set up to fund the production of the zine when it becomes available- it's a great way to show your support for a group of really talented illustrators that I am honored to have my work together with!

Olympic Poster Features!

So a lot has been going on in my life lately- both good and bad. August honestly went by in a blur, and I can't believe September is already coming to a close... where did the time go?

I've had some great luck with selling my Olympic poster prints, and have even gotten featured on some really great blogs/websites/publications, so I figured I'd post some links here if anyone wants to take a look! They also spread around Facebook a fair bit, getting mentioned by some very awesome people including but not limited to Sidelines Magazine, The Chronicle of the Horse, and the USDF (United States Dressage Federation)! Quite cool!

Illustration Age
Dappled Grey
Chronicle Connection

On an unrelated note- don't worry! I'm still drawing and working hard... I even have a piece that will be featured in a full color Sailor Moon zine that's in the works, so keep your eyes peeled for updates!

Online Shop!

Recently I launched an online shop that is currently stocked with prints and hopefully in the near future will also feature products toting my surface designs! You can take a look/make purchases at kristenacampora.bigcartel.com/.

Senior Studio.

So I have a lot of photographs of things I've wanted to share but haven't really had the time to do so- with post-college life and my trip to ICON7 (which was amazing, by the way!) I've had too much on my plate to take care of, let alone adding photo editing to my list of things to do!

To bring a close to the chronicle that was my time at MICA, here's some photos of my Senior studio. I basically lived there the entire year and being able to share a workspace with my fellow illustrators was amazing. As you can see I had a homasote board covered in postcards/business cards/prints featuring work of illustrators who I am inspired by (and also a giant photograph of Ice-T, because really, who doesn't love Ice-T?) I also attached a corkboard to one side of my desk to give me a little extra wall space (which I covered in my paper dolls and calendar from the first semester of Lifestyles).

I really do miss it dearly.