I love Fashion & Lifestyle Illustration

These are some digital sketches we did in class today. 10-20 mins roughly.

From last week:

So this class is twice a week and I love it. :D Really awesome to draw from pretty models and work on stylization of the figure.

These are just some life drawing sketches but it's great to be back in ink and charcoal again. I feel like I really need to figure out digital stuff faster. :[

promo card from PB&J's show @ The Majestic

I did this quick n' dirty promo foldout card for Peter, Bjorn & John when they came to play at The Majestic Theatre last night (Thurs) as a part of their ALL YOU CAN EAT Tour in the States. They played an insane set of great music from their new album, "GIMME SOME" and some old favorites and early songs from their 2nd album in 2004, "Falling Out". While they played, I doodled the best I could in the crowd some sketches and wrote in the card "best of luck" and etc on their tour.

During my rough times last year, PB&J really helped me get out of my funk.

I've been seeing everybody around town the week before school starts and it's been a blast. I feel revitalized.

If you guys are in Midtown this weekend- I'll be biking around downtown and Eastern Market so maybe I'll see you around. :)

If you guys listen to my podcast, I'll have the full scoop on my Comic-con trip and things going on locally in the D after this weekend.

some sketches, old stuff

these are crap photos, but I'll put up decent scans evetually. I'm in the middle of some freelance and promotional work. :D potentially getting a coffee job. or any job would be good. but coffee smells the best. maybe bread too. just food things in general are my vice.

Anyway, I feel like this is the busiest week before school ever! :D

art trade with Millie

My new business cards I made for San Diego. Getting them printed was a rush job, like most things dealing with my printer. :[ but the logo is my official signature now since i realized my other one was illegible. It's based off of my actual chinese characters for my name.

So I did this awhile ago, but I never really posted it up. . . I be a lazy cat. Millie is another illustration buddy I know at CCS and we decided to do an art trade in the beginning of the summer and I finally got around to it. :/ Summer really goes pretty fast- in a month I am back to the grind of school!

This was inspired from The Addams Family. and my stylish sunglasses. :)

Back from SDCC/blog revamp

Got back from San Diego just yesterday evening and I'm still on West Coast time.

A shoutout of many thanks to the great CCS friends who made this possible- Chris Houghton and Kassandra Heller for their couch services and great cat company (great illustrators, btw), Jon, Victoria, Justin and Chris for the San Diego nerdy hangout, and the great artists, vendors, teachers, business people, and staff/fans who work to make SDCC happen every July!

Also a deep thank you to my roommate Joslyn and my former roommate Katie for rides to and from the airport.

More updates will be coming in after I get my blog in order here and edit some things. For now, I will leave you with my con doodle, some photos of my wall swag studio and the wonderful San Diego coastline.

SDCC!

Just a heads up to people who bother to read my blog- new updates coming soon (and a major revamp of my blogspot layout/eventual tumblr site) when I return from San Diego Comic Con this week! First solo flight for this barely 20 year old nerdy girl from the Midwest.

I am so excited to attend such an event and I'll be really stoked to share my experience once I take as many photos and souvenirs as I can! I even made a Zot! necklace in the event I meet Scott McCloud:

I'll also be in LA briefly to visit studios and CCS friends, so I'm currently making some handmade business cards for the visits! :D

In other news, I am working in ink and watercolors again and I'll have updates for some new works after this week. I might be working on bigger projects in the future, but that's undecided as for now (I have to show some chops first).

This trip will be spectacular in more ways than one. Bon Voyage!

rusty with watercolors, DIA trips

So I've been busy, but I have few opportunities to update. Still trying to learn photoshop.

Friday nights I go to the DIA and draw from statues and etc. They set up drawing ponies and clipboards in a random location every session (6-9pm).

I just found out that Cliff's Saturday Drawing Sessions are also available in the summer and now I must try to attend every single one. I did, however, attend the Scarab Club's Saturday model session this past weekend, along with a major biking trip (scratched my inner thigh when I almost crashed into a lamppost).

And I'm still working on stuff from Jerk and Draw/ making my business cards.