See No Evil.

Another thesis piece as we draw to the end of the year/the commencement show! This was actually one of two editorials I did based on the This American Life episode See No Evil. I wasn't as satisfied with the second piece however, so I scrapped it. The story focused on people ignoring the very negative things going on in their life to their detriment. For this piece I played around a lot with the concept of willful ignorance and threw in a reference to wearing "rose colored glasses". On the whole, I am pretty happy with how it came out!

London 2012 Olympics Gymnastics Poster.

So this year I did an Independent Study with the super cool dude and great illustrator Daniel Krall. Through the semester he and I worked together while I made four posters for the London 2012 Olympics which I am crazy pumped for! My concept was to integrate patterns found on antique/vintage objects made in England, architecture found in London, and a person performing an event found in the Olympics- this one is for Gymnastics, and features Big Ben's clock face. The floral pattern was based off of an antique English teacup- you can see the post I made about it here. In each poster I limited the amount of colors I used, and variations of the colors can be seen in not only the Olympic rings but the flag of England. It was really hard to do- making simple yet effective posters is no walk in the park, but I'm incredibly happy with how they turned out and I learned a lot!

Urban Nature.

Woah! Thesis updates! As the end of the year draws close, I'm going to start leaking all of the stuff that I've been working on this semester. This is a spot for the This American Life episode "Urban Nature" which talks about nature creeping into man-made environments and sneaking in places where its very presence is a rebuke to the notion that we have things under control. I had a lot of fun with this- drawing plants is really quite relaxing!

Pokemon Battle Royale Prints.

The opening to the Pokemon Battle Royale show has come and gone, and my piece "Pidgey Used Gust!" was bought! There are still some really amazing pieces available- some are the only prints of their pieces, some are part of a limited run of prints- and I highly suggest if you or someone you know is a Pokemon lover to grab one of the pieces at the Light Grey Art Lab shop here. Every purchase supports some really talented artists and a really sweet gallery! You can see all 151 of the pieces from the show here and photos from the opening here.

Self Portrait.

Once again, I apologize for another non-thesis related post!  The entire Senior illustration class was required to create self portraits for a Zynga-sponsored Senior Commencement Show poster. Most of my friends went with simple portraits, but I really wanted to make a fun, unique piece (and apparently make my life way harder/add way too much work on my plate) as I haven't done a drawing of myself in ages. So- this is me chilling on a gigantic snake.
You can see the design of the poster with all of my fellow graduating illustrators here!

Pokemon Battle Royale Features!

Here's a couple links to posts on the net where I (and my amazing co-participants) have been featured for the Pokemon Battle Royale show!

Kotaku (1, 2)
MICA
The A.V Club
Forbes
The Fox Is Black
IGN
Destructoid
GameInformer
Fruitless Pursuits
The Gamers Hub
Clearance Bin Review
Tor.com

Pidgey Used Gust!

Egads, another update? Shocking, I know! Lots of things have been happening in my life, both good and bad, and that along with getting work done for the end of the semester means I'm crazy busy- more artwork will be posted soon, but unfortunately keeping my blog updated has to take the backseat for now.

However, since the opening is coming so soon, and my fellow participants have been posting their work, I figured I should toss this up. I was lucky to be accepted into the Pokemon Battle Royale show (opening April 20th) at the Light Grey Art Gallery earlier in the semester. We were given our choice of Pokemon from a list, and I ended up with the adorable Pidgey! Who doesn't like this guy? Pidgey was a staple Pokemon of the early generations of the game (and was one of the first Pokemon you encounter in the wild!) and has some pretty dang awesome evolutions- I'm a huge sucker for Pidgeot!

I'm completely honored to be featured among amazing artists such as Sam Bosma, Kali Ciesemier, Meg Hunt, Mare Odomo, Julian Callos, Annie Wu, Nick Iluzada, and many other inspirational illustrators, classmates, and friends (a full list of the participants in the show can be found here). Unfortunately I won't be able to make it to the opening, but I hope everyone who lives in the area will go! The print of this piece will even be able to be purchased there for $40- I'm not planning on selling any other copies of this, so it's your only chance to get this in physical form!