This Easter long weekend my friends and I left the city behind and escaped to Mayne Island (British Columbia). Faced with the beautiful scenery of the lush forest I couldn't help but take some photos and now share them here. :)
Monday, April 25, 2011
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Tea With One's Former Self
Last illustration assignment: Self-portrait in any media/any style
So this is kind of a "double" self portrait illustration -- of me having tea with my younger self. Back in the day I used to dump lots of sugar in my tea, where as now I don't because I'm more healthy:)
Again, just something playful and humorous:)
Waterproof colored inks (and a little of white gouache) on Bristol Smooth Paper
Original about 6 x 6 inches
some planning thumbs:
So this is kind of a "double" self portrait illustration -- of me having tea with my younger self. Back in the day I used to dump lots of sugar in my tea, where as now I don't because I'm more healthy:)
Again, just something playful and humorous:)
Waterproof colored inks (and a little of white gouache) on Bristol Smooth Paper
Original about 6 x 6 inches
some planning thumbs:
Labels:
child,
dresses,
fashion,
gasp,
illustration,
lady,
luncheon,
pastries,
polka dots,
red purple,
sugar,
tea,
tea party
Friday, April 15, 2011
Sunday Comic - Hero Girl
Here is another comic that I did for my Narrative Structures class. It was done in the tradition of Sunday comic pages.
Format: 16 x 20''
Drawn and inked by hand and coloured in Photoshop
Hope you enjoy!
Happy Friday!
Format: 16 x 20''
Drawn and inked by hand and coloured in Photoshop
Hope you enjoy!
Happy Friday!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Art School Comics
Here is the assignment for our Illustration: Narrative Structures class, which is basically a class where we learn and draw comics. We had 3 comic assignments this semester - and the one below is a group project where we were to tell a story, or a few, about our Art School/Emily Carr University experiences. An assignment inspired by the Art School Confidential comic by Daniel Clowes.
So this is ours:
Pencils: by Jori
Inks: by Caitlin
Colouring/lettering/editing: Me (Mariya) :)
*Coloured in Photoshop
So this is ours:
Pencils: by Jori
Inks: by Caitlin
Colouring/lettering/editing: Me (Mariya) :)
*Coloured in Photoshop
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
Pastel Proprieties
Here is an assignment for my Illustration Essentials class which came before the lino-cut one.
We had to do another self portrait, but this time use chalk pastels.
For mine I used: Koh-I-Noor chalk pastels + conte pencils + cream pastel paper
Again, it's not a physically realistic portrait of myself, but more of personality portraying kind. I portrayed myself as a character that could be found in a Jane Austen novel:)
Tea, pastries anyone?
We had to do another self portrait, but this time use chalk pastels.
For mine I used: Koh-I-Noor chalk pastels + conte pencils + cream pastel paper
Again, it's not a physically realistic portrait of myself, but more of personality portraying kind. I portrayed myself as a character that could be found in a Jane Austen novel:)
Tea, pastries anyone?
Side 1 (approximately 8 x 6") |
Side 2 |
sketch |
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Lino-Cut Lady
Latest assignment for my Illustration Essentials class. Creating a self portrait using a lino-cut print.
Here is what I ended up with. Inspired again by Art Nouveau prints.
At first I left it with a violet background:
Then I decided I wanted a white background:
And then I wanted to see what it would look like if I tried to embrace the texture that cutting to the white created:
So yeah, not really a particular likeness to me, but I wasn't really going for that. I guess it's more of a spiritual/personality portrait, haha. This was pretty fun:)
Initial sketch:
Here is what I ended up with. Inspired again by Art Nouveau prints.
At first I left it with a violet background:
4 x 6'' |
4 x 6'' |
4 x 6'' |
So yeah, not really a particular likeness to me, but I wasn't really going for that. I guess it's more of a spiritual/personality portrait, haha. This was pretty fun:)
Initial sketch:
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