Below are some examples of the artwork I have done over the years, posted in (mostly) chronological order. As I have been putting my work up online for a few years now, some of the images bear the watermark of my hobby blog Warped Frost. Click on the thumbnails to enter carousel view for each gallery and view details such as medium and date for each piece. You can even scroll down while in carousel view to leave comments on individual images. : )
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Sketches & Experiments
One of the family cats, Angus (Pencil on paper, 2003)
View of Old Main from the 2nd floor lounge of said building (Pencil on paper, 2003)
I was learning how to do oxyacetylene welding at the time (Pencil on paper, 2003)
A cover on one of my sketchbooks inspired by Santana album covers (Pen & ink on paper, 2003)
Part of my daily 30 minutes of drawing for Life Drawing (Pencil on paper, 2003)
Drawing the cars I saw on my street from my window (Pencil on paper, 2003)
(Pencil on paper, 2003)
I found as an undergrad that doodling helped me focus on lectures. (Pen & ink on paper, 2003)
A study for a gargoyle in a larger drawing (Pencil on paper, 2004)
Example of anatomical studies (Pencil on paper, 2004)
Ink drawing based on a photograph of rock star Gackt (Pen & ink on paper, 2005)
My favorite moto boot back in the day (Pencil on paper, 2007)
Set your music player to Shuffle. Try to copy the album art in the time it takes each song to play. (Pencil on paper, 2013)
Study for the painting “Omnia Vanitas” (Pencil on paper, 2014)
Study for the painting “Omnia Vanitas,” with colors digitally inverted. (2014)
Part of my daily drawing practice (Pencil on paper, 2014)
Exploring the design concepts behind Islamic geometry. (2015)
A happy accident that occurred in the process of making “If God Had a Triangle It Would Have Three Sides” (Acrylic paint, Polycrylic, and lacquer thinner on wood, 2016)
A carving experiment done on wood left with an arch in it from the piece I was making. (Pine wood, 2016)
I was rushing to finish this bust for a class. I did not build properly. There were air pockets everywhere. (2016)
Reconstructive surgery on a clay face from an exploded bust (2016)
Once the bust was put back together as much as it could be… (2016)
Every line & shape in this image was made with a French curve (Ink & Marker on paper, 2017)
Hand-printed linocut letter forms (2017)
An attempt to create the look of inlaid jewels (Vitrail paint, wood stain, and polyurethane on wood, 2017)
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Drawing, Painting, & Printmaking
Pen & Color Pencil on paper, 1997. Middle School Me was very proud of this drawing. : )
Charcoal on paper, 2001. Exhibited at the Scholastic Art Awards.
Impressionist-style take on a photo in a magazine (Acrylic on Bristol board, 2003)
Ink & color pencil on paper, 2003. Created for an online contest where I was a runner-up. The website currently under the address written on the picture is not the same one it was back then.
Pen & ink and color pencil on paper, 2004
Acrylic on Canvas, 2014. Featured on the postcard promoting the 2015 Art Education & Art Therapy Student Art Show.
Acrylic on Canvas with Mirror, 2016
Done to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the first good Sailor Moon fanart I ever did (Digitally inked, printed out, colored with color pencil, 2016)
Linocut print, 2017
Collagraph, 2017.
Drypoint etching, 2017.
Ink & color pencil on paper, 2017.
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Promotional Flyers
Made as a “freshening up” of the old MS Word-based flyer the Japanese Program was using. The photographs & pictures used were all taken from the internet, although I did put the pictures into the 「日本語」text myself. (Made with Photoshop CC & InDesign CC, 2017)
Done as a favor for a fellow former City Year member who later joined this theatre group (Digitally inked & colored pencil drawing, made with Photoshop Elements, 2014)
Done as a favor for a friend. I did not create the images, only the layout. (Made with Apple Pages, 2014)
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Sculpture, Assemblage, & Ceramics
A bookshelf with stairs for shelves. Built from scratch! See comments below for a link to the Work In Progress post I’d done on my hobby blog. (2016)
Pendant piece to “The Alchemist” (2016)
This sits in the corner of my room. It looks a bit silly with the lights but that amuses me so it’s okay. (2016)
A whimsical box built using the slab method (Glazed clay, 2016)
Based on my own left hand, this piece busted in the kiln but I put it back together in the spirit of 金継ぎ (“kintsugi,” gold-mending). (Acrylic paint & gloss on terra cotta, 2016)
Art with Ms. Vega 