cirque du soleil

this is my book, created in indesign. it was based on a "cirque du soleil" themed photo shoot that my sister and i did. it comprised of lots of color, crazy outfits, and our insanely high black boots.

farmer chaplin

this is a non-sequiter pairing, but i couldn't find any good vintage farmer photographs. so instead i have brought one of my favorite old-time celebrity photographs of charlie chaplin and his first love hetta kelly. i love the photographic quality of the image and the expressions on their faces.

the second photograph is one i took. the theme of the shoot was "gangsta chix", but it ended up being more "farmer boy" for lack of long silver chains, wife beater tees, and faux mustachios. most of the pics coming out of this shoot weren't like this one. this was when we had decided to jump and do poses in the air. the background is in a garage area which meshed well with the masculine clothes featured. the bright white door naturally created a vignette effect. this is my favorite of them all.

shoeland

above is one of my attempts at a contest. i'm not a winner obviously, but it was fun to make. i probably created this three(?) years ago. i wanted to use photoshop but back then i wasn't as knowledgeable about it and i had gotten frustrated. so instead i physically collaged it.

above above is another item off of etsy.com. i just wanted to find a pair of vintage and glittered pumps. et voila! i did! these are so gorgeous, and if they were a size 11, i would get them.

seller: mysweetiepiepie

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=vl_other_2&listing_id=19076791

les chats

this is a print i found off of etsy.com. i love seeing what other artists are capable of creating. it is very inspiring and makes me want to buy their art. the fine pencil drawing and water coloring of this piece is especially charming.

artist: behappynow http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=36402556&ref=sr_gallery_1&&ga_search_query=cat+drawing&ga_search_type=all&ga_page=1&includes[]=tags&includes[]=title


this is a picture i took as part of my "goofy miniatures" collection from a couple years back. i cut out words from old books and randomly made a thought, attached it to the tchotcheke, and snap! took a picture.

noel

noel...scratch number 2

vera bradley

scratch number one. inspired by vera bradleys winter collection.

cod. not the fish.

if ever you find yourself bored with life and need a little spicy, send a friend a erotic poem postcard the old fashioned way. i give permission for you to use this inspirational piece for the front of any postcard you may create. it does the job well. it gets the point across.

cabaret

this is a poster i made for cabaret senior year of high school.
i thought it turned out pretty cool.
and relevant to the theme.

the old adventures of new blooey

lookin for love in a world of indifference.

she's not seen

her cries of distress go on unheard

a sniff is all she gets

scorned at the playground

the only man she can find is a fake one
torn up by her use.

blooey...lookin for love

papercraft template: blooey

self, known, other

self

known

other

i interpreted the "other" as a paranormal other

alpha

alphabet soup
x

w

aq

n

i

pearliss. the he/she.

this is pearliss, the man. taken out of context he/she looks prehistoric. which is a slight bit creepy. but i love this portrait that i took because it is very representative of who pearliss is as a cockatiel. i put it with the erte picture because they both have related birds as the main feature.

cockatoo

erte is one of my all-time favorite artists. his images are a mix of fashion and art. and for that, i admire. i picked this particular print because it features the big cockatoo.

whimsical

etsy.com is one of my favorite places to get inspiration and to shop because of all the amazing artwork out there. this illustration is just a really cute and creative piece. i wanted to juxtapose it with the picture of the robins nest, because both have a bird theme.

artist: camillebellet
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=31351985

robin flew away

this was a photo i took while standing in a bucket launched from a government vehicle. i was extremely high up, and we had been observing the activity of this nest for some time. unfortunately the robin had deserted or died, leaving the nest to fall by the wayside. i used an action in photoshop to achieve the colors.

lips a-like a cherry

this idea was a project i did way back in high school. i would take all of my jeweled brooches, small figurines, and other tchotchkes, and use cut out dictionary phrases/words as a caption. i called them "goofy miniatures" and made homemade greeting cards out of them.

ziegfeld girl

this photo is of the ziegfeld girl drucilla strain. when i was preparing for a photo shoot idea for photography last spring term, i used pictures synonymous with this one as inspiration for the look i was trying to achieve. this was taken in the 1920s, a decade that has always fascinated me, and i love the apparel, lighting, and background in this photo.

dolly in the spotlight

this movie poster wasn't as complex as my "what? you think this is wrong?" movie poster. but it was fun nonetheless. i used a picture that i took, brightened and contrasted the colors to make it more pop-art/graphic, and created type layers. i used the elementary primary colors (red,blue,yellow) just because green wouldn't have looked as appropriate as yellow. the overall concept was a random brain child of mine.

for larger version visit

http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo5/jazzyjune21/dollygif.gif

choices...

this is my movie poster inspired by a quote someone i know once said
"what's really bad" she said "is that i'm attracted to both the father and the son."
hence, the movie and it's title.

i as a painting

the first photo was taken when my sister and i put together a photo shoot inspired by marcjacobs fashion advertisements. we used pearliss the cockatiel as a live prop. this picture was meant to be very basic and simple. no makeup, bizarre outfits, spontaneous posing, and very natural facial expressions. oh, and bed hair. the concept of the picture and photo shoot was entertaining to put to reality. also, we had modeled in front of a pure white wall which surprisingly produced a natural lomo-esque vignette look.

the second picture, is a painting created by DJ Pettit, an artist well-known in the legions of scrap bookers, paper artists, and other crafters. inspired by my photograph, she painted the lovely picture above! in the painting, it is sweet to observe the drawn relationship between the bird and the girl (me!). the colors are muted and earthy, and overall, i loved to be painted!

love?

this is collage #2. i wanted to do a collage on a craft paper background, so voila! i really enjoyed putting this one together. i did a lot of recoloring, cropping, cutting, magnetic lassoing, and rotating.

teardrops

this is typography assignment number2. inspired by the helvetica film, i used an helvetica 'a'. the a is so well designed because of the slick teardrop negative space. i used that space to my advantage in this design.

loser

this was a design i entered into the earth day logo contest last year
at sou. obviously it didn't win. but it was really fun to make. i used
photoshop to create the design, and within photoshop i recolored,
reshaped, moved, cloned, rotated, ect.

collage inspiration

this has been in my inspirational folder for way too long.
i rediscovered it recently when i was looking at all of the clip art i had amassed.
it provided perfect collage inspiration. this piece is very obtuse, bright, modern, and obscure.
unfortunately at the time i had saved this image, i did not save the artist who did it.

men with capes and guns

this is one of two typography assignments. i used a j as my letter. the large black 'j's are men with capes and guns.
i thought this would be a different way to approach the assignment, and i really enjoyed the end result.

hands

this is a picture i took in the beginning photography class last spring term. it was for a project having to do with a lot of black lace, nakedness, etc...
this was one of my favorites of the collection because i loved how the hands are featured and the frame of space they shape.
also the shadows, light, and the contrast both make, create a very sculptural feel. this photo was taken on a manual camera, and was developed by hand.

fish in the sky

this is my first collage
it looks simple but it took me hours
i did a lot of layering, duplicates, and digital re-coloring
the subject is very random but
i sorta like it
it's a fish in a boot in a sky so blue.

war's end kiss