Hello from Mazunte, Mexico!

It’s been a long time, hasn’t it. That isn’t to say I haven’t been drawing and painting—-In the last month and a half I moved to a new house and we are still getting the internet hooked up. Now I am taking a little vacation in Oaxaca and Mazunte, and will be returning on Monday. Hopefully the internet will be ready by then, and I can post all I’ve been working on!

That’s “Robin Hood” and “Shy Blue Dancer” furthest to the left, right next to the brilliant Annie Wu’s work.

This past week has been filled with hanging my thesis show, talking to art directors, graduating in full regalia, and taking my show down. Today marks my first real day as a full time freelance artist. It’s the first day of work. Monday night as I stumbled home full of french food and accomplishment, I saw that a package had arrived for me. It was the two paintings I bought from Sarah Ferrick!

Now that they are hanging over my drawing table, compelling me to spend more time there, I thought it was time to show some photos of my home studio.

P. Wolf and the Ridiculous Fox, and Rapidash Swarmed By Pikachu can be seen just below the shelf.

at some point I'll hang them more cleverly.

this painting brought to you by excessive hours of listening to Zoe Keating. Thesis: DONE.

one down, one to go.

Inspired by flapper fashion, oxford, mori-garu, and the rational dress society as always.

Modcloth, Forever 21, and Antonio Marras

first promo of the year, and first promo with an actual mailing list to go with it. 100 addresses in advertising, book publishing, and editorial.

Thesis editorial. Ballpoint pen on bristol.

Not pictured: sleeping bag beneath table. Not yet accuired: mini-fridge.

One of the great things about being a senior at MICA is the senior studios we get. I practically live in mine during the school-year, and I’m really going to miss it after I’ve graduated. This is just one of three tables I have in my little cubicle, and I sit on a nicely padded computer chair as well. Since I don’t use the other big table much, Heather, who is technically a junior, uses it.

Today I had lifestyles, which is a half fashion illustration/half make things sexy class. Besides working on our main project (which I am super excited about) we did some in class observational drawings of photos Daniel Krall brought in. Here are a few of mine.

Everyone who stops on the street to get their picture taken stands pigeon toed to look cute. I have an inflammation of the muscles holding my hip joint in its socket due to childhood illness, so I always look cute.

gouache and copic marker. When the pain of my bursitis becomes intolerable, my hip will snap and I can fall over. Doing this on a crowded sidewalk on my way to class is less cute. Agonizing is the word that comes to mind.

I sewed it on my Espire sewing machine, which I love so much i could marry it. It was my mom’s in college during the 70′s, and it has a digital read out and great design <3

I love bright red calico. When I was a child, living in the french country-side, this fabric was very popular for making children’s things. I’m pretty sure I had some clothing made from it, and I had a soft fabric-book with vinyl shapes, animals, and numbers inside that had this print on the outside. As an adult, I love bright red and the sight of red calico makes me nostalgic.

This only took me two and a half hours to make, and I’m sure I could do it faster. If the blue version I’m making now is a success, I might sell these in my etsy shop. Thanks for the idea, Yelena!