Art: Escape

I’m back for the year, this time with art. I realize this blog has become more art-focused, but I guess my life has become more art-focused too. Below I have cover art (front and back) for the speculative fiction magazine I’m the design/visual editor for. So, shout out, if you’re anywhere near the University of Washington, maybe consider picking up a copy of AU: Escape sometime next week?

Art and design by yours truly. Below is the art, minus the words.I’ve been super busy for the past week with stuff that has been less fun, so it was nice to get to do this as a break from the stress.

Well, all I can say now is that I’ll try to post more into the future, once I’m done with my winter classes, but history is not on my side here. I can wish you good luck going ahead, though. So, uh, good luck!

Comet

This piece is called Comet. I liked it so much I used it in another project: AU’s website, which I just remade. AU is a speculative fiction literary journal at the UW, which of course I had to become involved with! Let’s hope all goes well…

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Spade Logo Part II: Metal Upgrade

Remember that spade logo? I was asked to turn it into 3D metal. I’m so proud of this one! The client, I think, is happy with it as well. Spades are just my favorite.

Spade Logo Commission

Story time. About two weeks ago I was contacted through the blog by someone who liked my spade— you know, the one in the hexagon in the blog’s header? He’d asked if he could use it as a logo, which I had to decline since that specific spade is so prominent on the blog, and it’s a personal favorite of mine. I was then asked if I could make something else for him to use. And of course I had to say yes! Logo? Spade? Black and white? How could I say no? This is what ended up being the final product:

The client wanted something similar to the original spade, so I tried to take my original concept with the lines in the center and make it edgier, sharper. I like to think this new one is in the same “family” as my original. I’m quite proud of it. Originally the base was diamond-shaped, but later was changed to a traditional base.

I think this marks my first commission for a client that I didn’t personally know– most of the stuff I’ve done was for friends and acquaintances. I’m very proud of the way it turned out. It was a fun project, and I hope I get to do more stuff like this in the future!

30 (ish)-Day Drawing Challenge: First Assignment!

As I mentioned before, I’m doing a 30 (ish)-Day Drawing Challenge. First drawing is due tomorrow at 8:00 a.m!

The medium:

• pencil/charcoal
• colored pencil
• digital
• digital with color
• my pick

And the subject:

75. favorite season

Can’t wait to see how this turns out!

30 (ish)-Day Drawing Challenge!

Now that I’m free for the summer, I thought it would be fun to do something art-related. So I thought, why not a 30-day challenge?

Below I have a list of 106-ish subjects ready to be drawn. The rules are simple. Using a random number generator (found here), I will pick one random medium and one subject from the list. For the subjects with (+1) afterwards, I’ll get an extra day to finish (hence the “ish” after “30” in the title.) Most of the list is stuff I came up with, some of it comes from what seems to be common in other challenge lists.

This Monday, I’ll randomly choose my subject/medium. The piece will be due the next day. At that time I’ll choose another subject, and so on until I have 30 pieces.

I thought it would be nice to try and stretch my creative ability, as well as just to practice, because Lord knows I don’t do enough of that. I also want to see where my weaknesses are. I’m super excited for this challenge, and I can’t wait to see where it goes!

Well, first assignment’s on Monday. See you then!

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Choose one from the following mediums:

• pencil/charcoal
• colored pencil
• digital
• digital with color
• my pick

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Choose one from the following subjects:

PEOPLE

1. picture of me
2. favorite book character
3. monarch/king/queen
4. me in a different time period
5. a rock band
6. favorite outfit(s)
7. wedding gown
8. an imaginary friend from childhood
9. butterfly
10. fictional mantis
11. a dinosaur
12. a weapon
13. favorite drink
14. eyes
15. ballerina
16. four horsemen of the apocalypse
17. a hooded figure
18. hair

OBJECTS/ORGANISMS

19. bird
20. dollhouse
21. flowers
22. lemon
23. stars in the sky
24. umbrella
25. monster
26. wings
27. outdated robots
28. doll
29. mask
30. chess piece
31. mode of transportation
32. what I ate for breakfast
33. leaves
34. drinking glass
35. cat
36. demon
37. reaper
38. moon
39. sun
40. a coin
41. a bell
42. a candle
43. water drops
44. random astrological zodiac sign
45. my Chinese zodiac sign
46. my astrological zodiac sign
47. egg
48. bone
49. angel
50. mythological creature
51. feather
52. spirit animal
53. favorite toy as a kid
54. one of my favorite foods

SCENERY

55. favorite scene from a movie
56. attic/basement
57. sci-fi desert scene (+1)
58. harbor
59. forest
60. garden
61. museum
62. underwater
63. graveyard
64. floating landscape (+1)
65. city above the sky (+1)
66. theater
67. tranquil nature
68. architecture
69. cityscape (+1)
70. farm
71. a room in your dream house (+1)
72. some sort of background
73. one of my favorite places

CONCEPTS/PATTERNS

74. something with my favorite color
75. favorite season
76. favorite weather
77. favorite myth/fairytale
78. favorite holiday
79. tattoo
80. black & white
81. a smell
82. song I just listened to, something that represents it
83. mandala
84. re-imagining of a book cover
85. get five random tropes from tvtropes, pick one
86. one of the seven deadly sins
87. one of the seven heavenly virtues
88. tarot card
89. favorite word personified
90. a fear
91. an untranslatable word

MIXES/MASH-UPS

92. lettering + first noun/verb/adjective of the 9^th full sentence of the book closest to you
93. a mash-up of three things on this list
94. something on this list + a mustache
95. something on this list + one of the four elements
96. animal + person
97. mash-up one random Chinese zodiac sign with one astrological zodiac sign
98. twins + one other thing on this list
99. logo + something on this list
100. impossible animal mash-up
101. jewelry + something on this list
102. dragon + something on this list
103. fruits/veggies + the four elements
104. circus + something on this list
105. fox + something on this list

OTHER

106. redo of something you’ve made before (doesn’t have to be from this challenge)

Typography Doodles

Some words I doodled up!

 

The Front Page is Now COOL.

I updated the front page of the blog this week, as well as the logo. And I drew this nifty welcome sign, see? I’ve been really into hexagons lately, so there are a lot of those on there. Like this one:

I am very proud of  my work. Good job, Jackie. *pats self on the back*

GO CHECK IT OUT. PRETTY PLEASE WITH MAPLE SYRUP ON TOP.

Happy Friday!

A Collection of Doodles

Right now I’m just wrapping up midterms *shudders*, which is just awesome-tastic– sarcasm not intended. Anyway, I’ve decided to collect up all my doodles so far this year and put them here, just because I thought they were lovely and needed sunlight. This is the most doodling I’ve ever done in such a short span of time (about a month, I think it is), and I have to say, I’m quite proud of them. Although I should probably pay more attention to my lectures, hahaha…

*ahem* Anyway, I hope you like them!

 

 

Flyer for Model United Nations

A quick note: I might be ignoring the internet this week. Must study for finals! Apologies in advance.

Anyways, now’s probably a good time to mention that I’m still testing out my fledgling wings in graphic design, and about a week or so ago I was tasked with making a flyer for our school’s Model United Nations club, which will be distributed at our school’s open house this Wednesday. And I’ve finally finished! I think. When they assigned this to me they didn’t really give me a lot of instructions in terms of what to put on it (and our club doesn’t exactly function as a normal MUN would), so I just wrote what they gave me and filled up the empty space with doughnuts.

Here it is:

What do you think? Is this flyer to empty? Because we don’t really do much, so… so I have no idea what they want me to put on this flyer. I’m not even sure if they’re being printed in color. But I like it, I guess. It works. We’ll see what happens.