Category Archives: illustration

New Geisha Muertas for 2012

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

New Geisha Muertas have been created for 2012! You remember the first 5 pieces of this series created in 2007 and 3 of them being featured on MTV? Well I’m working on more! Here are the first 3 of 2012: … Continue reading →

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>Illustration Friday Topic: Savor

Posted on November 27, 2010 by

>I changed this up a little bit since I last posted it on here: my illustration of The Little Mermaid. Thinking about the original Hans Christian Anderson story, it makes me think about being happy with who you are and … Continue reading →

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>Illustration Friday Topic: Racing

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

>Here is a vector illustration I did for a T-shirt. I think I may get more T-shirts printed with this design…

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>Illustration Friday Topic: Racing

Posted on October 22, 2010 by

>Another oldie for today’s topic. This is from Carlos and was one of his first Photoshop projects. Not bad for a first Photoshop effort eh?

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>Illustration Friday Topic: Spooky

Posted on October 19, 2010 by

>Here’s an old piece from Carlos. This was part of his Senior Thesis at Otis College of Art and Design. It’s an illustration of the trenches from WWI. Spooky indeed.

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>Illustration Friday Topic: Dessert

Posted on September 3, 2010 by

>One of my favorite subjects! And I had just finished this little illustration of a rebel cupcake. Enjoy!

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>Working on a Children’s Book today…

Posted on August 25, 2010 by

>So I can’t show it, but I’m working on laying out a children’s book that I illustrated years ago. Usually I don’t like looking at old work, it makes me feel weird, I guess it’s similar to the way some … Continue reading →

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>A Piece of My Mind Each Day. 06.04.2010

Posted on June 4, 2010 by

> What’s the general consensus on this style? Haven’t done anything in a while in this style and am thinking maybe I should create more. Tell me what you think. Naomi

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>A Piece of My Mind (way belated) 04-16-10

Posted on April 16, 2010 by

> Here’s a piece I did late last year but never posted. I’m really liking the new technique!

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>Starting on a new illustration of CJ.

Posted on March 23, 2010 by

>As we were packing for our move about 2 months ago now, I noticed that I had a lot of drawings and artwork of Alyssa when she was about CJ’s age. I only had a couple of drawings of him. … Continue reading →

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