Celtic Goddess Brigit

Well, I have been busy working on my book, images of which will be posted soon, and finals!
In the mean time, this is my interpretation of the pagan Celtic goddess, Brigit. I decided to experiment with textures and new techniques in Adobe Photoshop. Ideally I would like to re-do this in all traditional mediums, but for now this will have to do.

A brief explanation of this beautiful goddess:
Mind you, this is not the Christian interpretation of her, this is the ancient pagan goddess.

Brigit is the daughter of the Dagda, father figure to the celtic gods and goddesses.
She is a triple goddess, representing the circle of life and regeneration through three forms: the maiden, the mother, and the crone. She is often associated with fire and, of course, the life of plants and animals on the earth.

Enjoy!

This is a design for a Valentine's Day card that I sent out, as I am a huge fan of Johnny Depp, especially as Jack Sparrow. It was an overnight assignment so that I could send it out on time. Sketched traditionally, scanned in, then done in Adobe Photoshop CS4.

Enjoy!

And Happy Valentine's Day!

Contests, Books, Valentine's Day?

I have been so busy working on my children's book and entering various contests that I forgot to show my blog some love and update it again!

Contests:
Adobe Achievement Award http://www.adobeawards.com/us/?trackingid=IEGTE
If you are eligible you should enter! I am a bit confused about the three "phases" though...

Rolling Stone Cover Opportunity! This was given to our entire Illustration department, the winner could end up doing one of their covers. That would be amazing! So I entered.

Book:
I finally have all 16 spreads laid out in comps and made into a miniature dummy book. I also have a huge stack of un-used thumbnail sketches and discarded comp sketches for each spread, but that is not the exciting part. We shall see how many more times I decide to tweak the composition and how closely my "type placement" will fit when actual type is inserted. Artwork will be coming soon!

Valentine's Day:
I feel as though I should do something for the up and coming Single's Awareness Day, more commonly known a Valentine's Day. The trick will be finding time to do this and still complete all of my other work in an attempt to keep my GPA high. No "senior-itice" yet! Hopefully there will be art related to the fun holiday soon as well!

New Children's Book!

It's time to start back up with art projects! This time I am going to write and illustrate a second children's book about a Husky pup torn between the homey lifestyle of his mom and the lifestyle of his dad who lives wild in the woods. Still in the planning process, but it is coming along!
My apologies for the lack of any art up until now, an unexpected full-time job dropped in my lap over break, and while it was wonderful, it took away most of my time and energy.

More work will be posted soon!

Shakespear and Puck

For my final in Type and Image I designed a double page spread for my favorite of Puck's speeches from the play A Midsummer Night's Dream. As it is a magical play with faeries and the mysterious night, I attempted to create a magical feeling that takes place during the darkest hours of the day.
Done digitally in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign CS4 and CS5.

Belated Birthday Card

This is a belated birthday card for a dear friend of mine. She loved the style in which I did the portrait of Ginny the dog for the Colors Magazine in Italy, so I attempted to simulate the same style in this card.
"I missed you and your birthday! Welcome home, and happy belated birthday!"

Sleepaway Camp

This illustration can be seen in What's Up Annapolis with the feature article about sleepaway camp. The article focuses on how to determine whether a child is ready for sleepaway camp and how to support them while they are away. Often having something of sentimental value, such as a stuffed animal or a blanket, brings comfort, and reading letters of excitement from parents helps to create excitement about events in the camp.