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Here is my final for my illustration class!! For my final, I wanted to create an album cover for one of my favorite songs by @capitalcities , Farrah Fawcett Hair! I wanted to incorporate the fun energy of the song and add references to some of the voice recordings found in the song. :)

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My semi final project for my illustration class!! We were to make an ad for our favorite drink (I wonder which one is mine...) and here's the end result! I wanted to incorporate some Aztec into the drawing and I'm so happy with the end result! Oh yeah, and this was done with Crayola crayons. ;)

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I'm very proud of this piece! I was experimenting with inks and I wanted to push myself to create a dynamic piece with intricate figures! What better than to draw a Gundam defeating a pair of nippers!

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So I recently discovered that I'm genderfluid and for my illustration class, I wanted to express it via my hair as that is a huge part of my identity. :)

This was my first time ever working on scratchboard!

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This was a value study I did for my Fall 2024 illustration class! To me, this marked a bit of a breakthrough. :)

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This was a drawing I did back in 2023 when I just turned 30. I wanted to express that turning that age was something to look forward to, and man, that age was sure wild!

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"To 2022"

So yeah, 2021 was basically playing Life on Ultra-Nightmare difficulty.

A ton of hardships, crippling anxiety & depression, injustices happening all over America. This year made 2020 feel much easier in comparison (Granted, that year was running on Nightmare difficulty).

That being said, the most important thing I've realized is the importance of community. Be it from the people closest to you to the world wide internet, it's people that is most important. Never take anyone who is at your side for granted for you may never know when they'll be gone. Love them, hold them strongly, and remember to treat everyone with kindness and respect.

All us humans want in life is the well being of ourselves and those around us. Carry that forward to 2022.

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“I Will Come Home”

I was inspired by the song "Home" by Madeon when I drew this back in April 2021. While the original song is meant to be an expression of depression, to me it was a song of dueling voices inside an anxiety riddled mind. One part wants to give up completely. Why try if it will lead to potential failure? The other wants to break though. That even with all of these negative thoughts inside, creativity has been bottled up for far too long and just wants to be let go. Home is where this can be done. Now that I have recently turned 28, this piece resonates with me far stronger in the sense that getting older makes me want to express all I can with whatever medium is presented with how much time I have. It's a need to allow all of my ideas to be brought to life.

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"My Four Influences"

These four characters have been such an influence on me that I wanted to draw them! I was hoping to make this into a drawing meme so if you'd like, draw four characters that inspired you!

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"Honey Bee"

Made it for a friend of mine!! I wanted to be more experimental on the jeans and hair textures and the patience definitely paid off.

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"Soaring and Flying"

Made this for my best friend, @ghostbunn! This was the first time trying to draw curly hair and I love the result!

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"Abby's Coffee Treats!"

Drew this for @abbystarling for Christmas back in 2019! Wanted to give chibi style another shot.

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"Here Comes MAGIC"

A doodle I did of best pony, Twilight Sparkle. She's coming at ya, so watch out! I wanted to play with forced perspective and accentuate a charging emotion.

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"My Slime Girl"

At some point, I got obsessed with slime girls. Thus, here is the finished product! I really wanted to work on the transparency and viciousness of liquids.

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“Kagami”

She's my favorite of the Lucky Star girls! I really wanted to practice working on cloth and gentle shadowing.

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"A Pose Study"

Inspired my a picture of a friend, I wanted to practice anatomy and lighting.

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“Haunted Doll Watch!!“

DOOT DOOT DOOT DOOT

I love the MBMBAM brothers! I wanted to draw them engaging in a particularly scary moment. I'm particularly happy with how the expressions turned out!