A WEB OF GEMS

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Final Illustration project for 2010

This piece is based on the Andean Bear, also known as, The Spectacled Bear. It is the last of the remaining short faced bears, the rest are extinct! It is Native to South America, and it's survival has depended mostly on their ability to climb even the tallest of trees of the Andes. Unlike other bears, they are mostly vegetarian! They only have 5% meat in their diet! They are endangered due to:
A. Hunted by locals, due to belief that they will eat livestock (even though they rarely eat meat)
B. Their Gall Bladders are valued in traditional Chinese Medicine, and sold on the black market
C. Logging and Farming, has led to loss of habitat for the poor fuzzy guys.




This piece is Based on the Hoary Bat, the only living native mammal endemic to the Hawaiian Island. It has been severely endangered since 1970, due to:
A. loss of habitat; brought about by the land change to accomodate humanity in the 19th century
B. Deforestation; the forest was cut down to make room for houses and buildings
C. Pesticides; indirectly affecting the bats health

Some new sketches that I colored on Photoshop!

I Decided to take some of my quick vignette drawings from my sketchbook and do the coloring on Photoshop! It was a lot of fun experimenting with color and color gradients to get a nice clean finish, that is nearly impossible to do by hand. These two make me happy :D

Baby Owl, Baby Fox

making art for fun is the best!
watercolour and gouache

Fall 2009, PNCA Illustration

Here are a few pieces from my illustration class at PNCA. I took Martin French's Word + Image Intermediate illustration class.

Castles Made of Sand
Gouache, Walnut Ink and India Ink on Arches Hot Press watercolor paper


5 Portraits of my Mother
gouache and collage on wood



Catnip
Digital Mixed Media Collage (colored pencil on toned paper)



Freemont Bridge Between Boxcars
colored dpencil and conte crayon on toned paper

Disemballerina Poster
gouache and ink on Arches hot press
Strange and Weird
Gouache, ink, coffee, and colored pencil on Arches hot press

art show!!

Go check out Morgaine Faye and Michaeela Andress' art show at Monochrome Gallery (1625 se woodword). The opening last night turned out great. The art is amazing!!!!