Graduate of Purdue University, Animation Major with a Minor in Creative Writing.
Feel free to peruse my works below!
Traditional Art
What a Bunch (What a Pair)!
(21 September, 2023)
(Graphite, 18 x 24 in. Strathmore Medium Surface Recycled Drawing Paper)
A study of a banana and a pear. The challenge with this piece was drawing the same banana and pear repeatedly, ensuring that they are recognizable as their respective fruit while simultaneously flipping and mirroring them across the page. I wanted to convey a sense of motion, as though they are falling toward the viewer from a point far above them. Resizing and flipping every detail of each fruit was a daunting yet engaging task that I enjoyed following through until the moment the image was completed.
The Jester Palm Plant
(13 December, 2021)
(Pencil, Crayola Colored Pencils, Derwent Studio Colored Pencils, Superior Pigment Ink Markers, and Sharpie Marker on Ucreate Premium Sketchbook paper)
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This piece was a part of a project where I had to create and design a fictional plant. My inspirations were from palm trees, asparagus, lotus flowers, the pitcher plant, and even Audrey from Little Shop of Horrors. I thought back to James Cameron's film Avatar, and wanted to create a plant that hypothetically could have come from a similar otherworldly environment that the story takes place in. I attempted to replicate the grain-lined texture of tree bark and asparagus in my shading for the Jester Palm's stalk. I made the decision to have the light source come from some place to the right, and in front of the plant, as plants traditionally face the sun to obtain nutrients. Additionally, the yellow light of the sun adds a somber tone to the image, creating a vision of either sunset or sunrise.
The fully colored, shaded, and outlined image of the Jester Palm Plant.
The Jester Palm before color and shading were added.
These were all of the plants I conceptualized and designed before deciding which one would ultimately be worked on. None are named, but they are numbered. As you can see, number 11 is circled. This was the original design for the Jester Palm Plant.
The fully colored, shaded, and outlined image of the Jester Palm Plant.
So, It's A Deal, Then?
(28 November, 2019)
(Sakura Koi Water Colors Pocket Field Sketch Box, Pencil, Sharpie Fine-Line, and Sharpie Marker on Multipurpose Sketchbook paper)
This piece was completed using a pencil to do a base sketch, a fine-line Sharpie pen for outlines, a Sharpie marker for large areas of black, and colored in with a pocket-sized water color kit. Due to the size of the canvas, and the size of the brush I used, this piece took about a week to complete. The central character is Alastor from the pilot episode of Vivienne Medrano's Hazbin Hotel, and the pose and concept were directly inspired by the parallels I drew between Medrano's character, and that of Alex Hirsch's Bill Cipher from Disney's Gravity Falls. Hirsch's show was an incredibly influential force in my desire to create, as it is one of the mediums that inspired me to pursue a career in animation. I wanted this piece to be dynamic and feel as though it were being illuminated by Alastor's otherworldly flames. The decision to have his magic wrap around and behind him was chosen so as not to obscure his customary grin, but also to emphasize the wild, terrifying, supernatural power that Alastor possesses.
Study of Antiquities
(5 September, 2023)
(Graphite, 18 x 24 in. Strathmore Medium Surface Recycled Drawing Paper)
A study of five different subjects, all of varying composition, texture, placement, and size. In creating this piece, I aimed to represent the contours and textures of each object as one would view them in reality. The most difficult part of this piece would have to be the velvet padding inside of the clarinet case. The material is somewhat reflective of light, yet the pile (length of fibers sticking out from the fabric) is so thin that the light of the studio created slight variations in tone, such that each highlight and shadow appeared as a gradient rather than as distinct areas of light or darkness. Because the boundaries were not as well-defined as those of other objects around it, the lining of the clarinet case was more difficult to find the contours for.
