This collage represents the counterculture scenes at KU, particularly around the local punk and activist communities. It reflects my time with the Emily Taylor Center making and reading revolutionary zines.
This piece is in the format of a foldable mini-zine. Mini-zines have been an art form for punk artistic communities for decades, sharing everything from fanart/fanfiction to educational content. This zine describes the things my life at KU has taught…
Portrait of myself in the process of designing a new character for a new story while surrounded with my creative tools and a bit of motivational humor.
Originally, the work was supposed to be only an arashi shibori piece, but the blue background reminded me of water from a koi pond my parents used to own. I decided to add koi fish to remind me of this peaceful time. I continued to add sashiko…
This was created for the emotion project in my Illustration class. I wanted to illustrate the metaphor of anticipation, as depicted with the pre-show nervousness many people experience before performing.
This was created as a parody of Ilya Repin's iconic painting, "Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan." Here I am depicting SpongeBob caressing Squidward after he has eaten too many crabby patties.
This piece was created for my Concept Design Class where we were given the task to create a character and design multiple different items said character would own. I decided to go with A Unicorn Exterminator, a man with a natural distrust of Unicorns…
This is my sister and my best friend forever. In my first attempt at "hyper-realism," I sought to capture her essence using my favorite medium, graphite on paper.