Category: Art

  Season’s Greetings: Holiday Cards
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I never send out holiday cards, but as a graphic designer, I really love looking at holiday cards from independent designers. Here are some of my favorites! Letterpress cards by Inhaus Press, $18 for set of 6 // ‘Twas the …


  Keeping busy
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Idolatry, oil on canvas My painting studios have been occupying (is it possible to say this now without making a Wall St joke?) most of my time, and it doesn’t look like my load will lighten up for at least …


  Miu Miu Runway Gestures

Gestural drawing isn’t typically something I do in my free time (charcoal is so messy!), but it is a nice escape from my usual meticulously-detailed figure studies. I decided to loosen up my artist hand a little bit with some …


  Gina
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Gina, 2011, Oil on canvas Upon crossing the threshold of my front door, it’s hard to miss the painting of Gina that now lives above my (new) couch. This semester, I’m taking a figure painting class in which we paint …


  Opera rose
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Sorry for my absence – I’ve been incredibly busy wrapping up my summer and preparing for the school year. This includes cramming in freelance design jobs, gathering materials for my Sailor Moon Halloween costume, sketching whenever possible, finishing all of …


  Animation for Adults
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Many people write off animation as something exclusively for children or comedy, when the educated film world flocks to animation for inspiration, entertainment, and intellectual stimulation. I hesitated writing this article at first because I don’t want people to mistake …


  Everything but Fashion
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Often I’ve been asked where I look for fashion inspiration, and although there’s no simple answer, the short answer is: anywhere but fashion. Okay, that’s a bit of an exaggeration; I do follow street style blogs, and on a semiannual …


  Recent Obsessions
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cotton shirt by Helmut Lang, sweater dress by American Apparel paintings by Andrew Wyeth, from his biography that I’ve just finished Andrew Wyeth: A Secret Life clothing rack purchased from Ikea (for $50!), which has proven most convenient my new …


  Back & White

Sorry that I’ve been absent for so long (again). Here is a charcoal drawing I did for my first drawing class a few years ago, based off of a photograph I took. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! As …


  Mathematic

Hand study for my figure drawing class, in pencil on Rives BFK.