Tradtional Art
I started drawing when I was two. Now it is a daily passion. I moved through paper and pencil to then digital works, and ever since have tried numerous styles from the art that I admire. In traditional art I usually use pencils, ink pens (ranging from regular Sharpies to Prismacolor brands), and occasionally colored pencils.
DRAWING
Traditional Art is defined by art that is made through 'tangible' material-- paper, pens, watercolor, markers, etc. Like most artists, this is the first medium of art I used. (click on images to magnify!)
Drawn for my Japanese class (Japanese 4) for our New Year's (Nengajoo) card assignment. The theme was 'Year of the Monkey'.
The moneky enjoys many celebratory gifts around him-- Japanese new year food (okeshi) boxes, a near year's bell around his neck, a kadomatsu and new year's money card in his hands.
The desired effect was for the card to be in a cartoonish style, with bold lines and a humanized baby monkey. Drawn on an index card, sketched first and then inked through sharpie pens. The ending piece was colored to be submitted to the contest.
Japanese New Year Card, 12th Grade
"Year of the Monkey"
Japanese New Year Card, 11th Grade
"Year of the Ram"
Drawn for my Japanese class (Japanese 3) for our New Year's (Nengajoo) card assignment. Last year's theme was 'Year of the Ram'.
The ram here is depicted as celebrating his victorious new reign, with the Japanese Sun radiating from his happiness.
The desired effect was for the card to have a slightly more 'anime' feel, with the lighthearted borders, purple wool, and bright colors overall.
Literary Magazine Submission, 11th Grade
"The Deer and Her Hunter"
This was a submission to our MHS Literary Magazine last year. The Magazine's theme was 'The Four Seasons' and I submitted this to the 'Winter' category.
The picture represents an altruistic, self-sacrificing and destructive love, that is only expressed through the bullet wound of the deer that is alluded to be shot by the hunter.
The reason I left it colorless was to put emphasis on the blood in the picture, in a simple tone of reality. The wound isn't portrayed gruesomely or gratitiously terrible; only proving the depth of love for the hunter, as she does not tend to the wound, but only holds his body tightly.
My inspiration came from reflecting on the strangeness of love; that love can exist still, when one person has hurt the other. Does this mean one is naturally submissive to the other (like a deer to a hunter)?Or does it take an unnatural aspect–like the love between a deer and a hunter– to make a destructive relationship last?
Sketches (and WIP)
2015
2014
Not all of my artistic ideas ever get expressed. That's why I feel sketches are important-- to see the first geneses of ideas, and to display an array of different styles of an artist. Here are some sketches I do (the kind I do daily) along with some WIPs (Works in Progress).
