DRTv

Life at DRT (The Derryfield Repertory Theatre Company) gets more interesting every day! Introducing DRTv! A new mini-mini-series designed by me!

Meet some of the cast...

Tune in soon for all new episodes!

A first attempt

This might not be the greatest thing ever, but I'm pretty proud of it!

New Piece

First in a series

Target Friends

When I left Target back in June I wanted to do something special for all the awesome people I got to work with while I was there. I made a card but that just seemed lame so I decided to amp it up and I made these little caricatures of everyone and gave them copies to keep. Here's a couple of my favorites:

Just For Fun

Terrain WIP

WIP piece for next children's fashion collection. More to come soon!

iphone case designs

I was going through some folders on my computer when I came across these iphone case designs I had done for myself a while ago during a lunch break. I actually did have one of them printed by Uncommon.

Overall I was very happy with this site. I got to choose from a variety of cases, it was really easy to upload-- which on some sites can be so frustrating you give up before the site has even processed your design --and the execution of the print was really good too. They also included a bunch of %20 off your next case coupons which I handed out to friends so they could give it a try.

There a few sites out there nowadays with these types of features, including Society6, but if you don't feel like creating a whole body of work for yourself and competing with other's designs, you can use Uncommon and just get yourself an iphone case.

Children's Clothing Designs - Vintage Theme Park

For a while now I've been wanting to do some experimenting with children's clothing designs and I finally found the right inspiration to get started!

I decided on three themes, the first of which is inspired by some amazing vintage photos of Disneyland I found--

Three designs for each theme. I'll reveal the other themes when I post the next designs! Stay tuned!

Sneak peek at a new project I'm working on!

more to come!

Sincerely Cards - Valentine's Day

The Sincerely Ink app launched their Valentine's Day update today!

Check out some of the cards I designed-

Artwork - Cabin

I still feel like there's a couple little things missing, but for the most part I think it's finished.

The lamp is Anthropologie.
The blouse is Toast.
The socks are Free People
And the fruit painting is Cézanne. :)

Progress:

It's been so long since I've posted! I've been busy at Target, you'll see some of my first designs out in June! Secondly, I've continued to do work for Sincerely Ink, get ready to see some new cards available soon!

This is hopefully the start of a little series I'd like to do. Usually I don't post pieces in progress, but I'm glad I tried it with this one because it certainly is satisfying!

More soon!

Sincerely Ink App Now Available!

Sincerely Ink, the Holiday card app I did some designs for is now available for free download on your smartphone!

The top two rows are designs I did!

Here are some other examples of the pieces I did:

The Curative - Target Exhibition

On Friday, The Burnet Gallery in downtown Minneapolis held an exhibition for Target employees with artistic works outside of the office. I included a series of four pieces titled "Wendigo".

Here is my artist statement:

How does the mind react when it's presented with the unknown? What does it conjure when faced with nothingness? Is it comforted or threatened? What lies in the mist and what is possible in the abyss? How can one connect with that that is soulless? Does it paralyze or satisfy? Is one transformed from the other and when does the transformation begin?

In light of halloween, I wanted to touch on something with an edge of spookiness. When I was a kid I loved horror stories (I still do) and I especially loved a story about a Wendigo. It's a creature from the Algonquian people that has many different interpretations. One in particular stuck out to me– it described Wendigos as an invisible creature in the wind. Set in the far north, it would sweep men into the sky and kill them. It was also said to make them run until their feet burned away. What struck me most about this tale was the lack of information. It left you with no explanation of what the creature looked like, what it was, where it came from or how it was made. It came from nothing and disappeared afterward. The thrill that not knowing left me was fascinating. With these pieces I wanted to explore the line between nothingness and the feeling of threat. I wanted to see if I could get the viewer to see a subtle threat in my pieces, or feel that something was amiss. Whether or not I achieved that is up for debate, nonetheless I enjoyed the process and I'm happy with the result.

You can read an article written on the exhibition here.

ABC Monday Night Movie

I totally forgot to post this forever ago. So in my last semester, while doing my independent study with Dan Krall, he had me and his Lifestyle class design three faces/hairstyles/make-up ideas based off special themes. Mine was the best! And it was the Monday Night Movie theme from ABC.

It's amazing. Check it out:

Mad Men - Don Draper

I haven't done portraits in so long it's upsetting. I'm trying to take 10-30 minutes everyday to draw and hopefully update. Here is a representation of the beautiful Don Draper from Mad Men. He's nice to look at. Enjoy!

Second Window Display : Zara

Here's the second window display I designed in my Independent Study for Zara.

Thesis pictures soon to come, I promise! Everything's coming together I just have one last piece to finish. I've taken some pictures already but their on Colin's camera so I keep forgetting to import them.

Hopefully I'll have commencement pictures up soon too but I'll be moving not too long afterward so it might take me a little longer. Starting June 6th, I'll be working for Target in their bedding department! Very exciting! I'm flying out this weekend to find an apartment, then the week after is graduation so I'm a very busy bee!!

J.Crew Window Display

For my last assignment in my independent study with Dan Krall, I've been designing these window displays for clothing companies I like. Here's the finished J.Crew one. It's pretty simple but I wanted to keep things clean. J.Crew is really sharp after all!

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Things are actually starting to wind down! Thesis is almost done, I just have to write a few papers and BAM! I'm graduated. In the meantime, I've somehow found some room for a little extra project. Colin is working on a new comic this semester, East of the Sun, West of the Moon and I love all the stuff he's doing. It looks amazing. He let me do an realistic illustrator mock up of his main character and we're trying to figure out something we can do with it like an animation. We've come up with some ideas so check back to see what we got.

Here's the reference I used from Colin's comic

Tablecloth In Progress #2

The vines didn't work out. I loved them and I loved the girls but not together. Here's my second attempt. My roommate thinks the flowers need to look a little more 3D. 3D however has never been my strong suit. I think I'm headed in the right direction I just wish it wasn't taking so long. In the mean time, I've been watching Craig's List like a hawk trying to get just the right kitchen table to display my work on for commencement. I had one and it was perfect and for some reason they gave it away before I could pick it up. I was not happy.

I've been doing some tests to see how the transfer to fabric can be done and so far I like the middle one. Unfortunately though it's not machine washable because I used Micron.

Thesis : Tablecloth in progress

Maybe not progress...maybe more like preliminary stage. I'm having a rough time with this one but I want to make it count so I'm being a perfectionist. My biggest problem is I don't know how I want to actually make it. Digitally print? paint? screenprint? micron? I'm not too sure. I've been doing a lot of samples and so far I think I'm liking the micron best for the linework, I just have to be careful not to let it bleed, however, then I'm unsure how to get the vinework looking good. This is rough!

Here's a sample of the digital version: