Audrey: Timeless Beauty, Endless Grace

This was an Adobe indesign project that was a lot of fun but very challenging.  I incorporated the Audrey Hepburn vector drawing along with a biography of Audrey taken from biography.com.  I tried to keep the layout simple without a lot of different picture because I feel that simple works well with the elegance of Audrey.  I used a pink background that I feel contrasts well with my vector drawing.  The photograph of Audrey I reduced by 30% transparency so that the content could be easily read.

I learned quite a bit from this project and about indesign's quirks like wrapping text.  The more I worked the easier I was able to manipulate the program but it did challenge me overall.

"The Balance of Things"

This was a oil pastel painting I worked on over the summer.  I took a 40 x 30" illustration board and cut it in half.  The two sides are meant to go together but each side could stand alone as independent pieces.  


My inspiration came from beautiful sunsets I have seen and my desire to create a study of color.  This is the first large project I have completed with oil pastels.

Adele: Chasing Pavements

I didn't know much about Adele when I first saw this video but after watching it I fell in love with her music!  The angles and choreographing of this song are amazing and VERY creative.  The video is not just another mindless stream of meaningless images that do not correspond to the music.  The same amount of attention was paid to both the song and the video, making it quite moving.

Audrey Hepburn Vector Drawing

Vector Drawing

My face that has been computerized in adobe illustrator using a wacom drawing pad.

Logos

I created a few logos that represent my name in a creative way.  My product is myself since I am an artist and have sold a few pieces in the past.

I feel as though these logos help to show my style         which I feel is light and somewhat carefree, yet serious at the same time.

Floral Photos....in macro!

Rose of Sharon 

I have a fascination with taking detailed photos of small subjects.  I get bored quickly with taking pictures of subjects from a standard view point.


I use a Canon t3i  with a standard 18-55mm lens to photograph my subjects.  I zoom in as far as I can and while getting as close as I can to the subject.  I currently don't have any macro lenses because they are quite costly, so I make my standard lens work in a macro way.

Hibiscus

Red Rose

My main drive behind photographing interesting subjects is for later use in my artwork.  Painting and working in pastels are my favorite medias, so I'm always looking out for my next idea.

Tea Rose

The last two photos I tweeked in iphoto and enhanced the color, contrast, and added a blurring affect to the edges.