Robert Frost

feathers

Just a little illustration I did this summer. It's water color and micron marker on illustration board.

Vector iphone

In my digital class last year I finally learned Adobe Illustrator inside and out. In the class I had to construct the Apple iphone in Illustrator as a vector image. I have to say, before the class I would have never believed it was possible for me to create something like this. Matt Lebarre is an excellent teacher, though I was pretty stressed while in the class, I learned SO much valuable information.

Little Owls

I found this while I was looking through my files. This was originally part of a larger portrait painting that I did sophomore year. I wasn't happy with the portrait but there is a part of the piece that I like...the owl figurine that I painted in the background :)

The Vintage Coffee Shop Logo

My friend Ryan had me do the logo design for his coffee shop soon to be opened in Downtown Royal Oak. The coffee shop is also where Enigma Church will be held on Sundays, in the back of the store. To learn more about The Vintage Coffee Shop and Enigma Church, visit this website: http://www.enigmachurch.com/Enigma_Church/Welcome.html This is what I came up with, and the final logo he decided on.

Jumping fox, Falling cat

Just a fun little design I drew and brought into photoshop. I'm very fond of the aqua and warm brown color combo right now.

Pride and Prejudice book cover

I was inspired to do a series of classic book cover illustrations after watching an episode of "Work of Art, The Next Great Artist" (http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art) where the artists did just that, for Penguin classic books. The winning cover of "The Time Machine" done by artist John Parot was put into print by Penguin (http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143118411,00.html).

My first attempt is the Jane Austen classic, "Pride and Prejudice". I decided to put the iconic Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennett on the cover in a very bold way, since they are both very bold characters. I wanted their profiles to be the focus of the cover, and to show their complicated relationship in the simplest way I could think of, which was to put them face to face. I've found in researching effective book covers that the majority are simple yet eye catching. A customer browsing a bookstore only has a second for a book to catch their interest on a shelf with hundreds of choices. So this is what I came up with. The hardest part for me was the color choice and type, because I'm still hesitant when it comes to graphic design. I'm currently doing other variations of this cover as well as coming up with ideas for other novels so check back!