Arrolynn

2009-11-03T22:34:00.000-08:00

My manager at work is having another baby any day soon! I took this chance to paint something cute and smultzy.

2009-11-02T10:04:00.000-08:00

A card for Gail.

Patterns and Ohger

2009-10-19T09:11:00.000-07:00

finished the clock print today!

WHAT!??? Arrolynn is posting! I'm sorry to all three of you that follow my blog...it's been ages since I've posted anything. The things that I've been working on I'm either not allowed to show them, or they're just really boring. No one wants to see my mailing list. One thing I have been doing lately is working on prints and patterns. I'm starting to experiment with them to open the field of work. It's really exciting if you think of it....there's greeting card companies...wallpaper, stationary, clothes.. so many people need patterns! So here is my first attempt at a repetitive pattern. Oye. I really had some issues when it came to repeating the tile...but I did learn alot and I had a blast. I drew it with pen and scanned it in and then colored in photoshop, but I am also going to paint one. right now I'm just playing around... Next I'm working on one with clocks. In other news! The guys over a Drawger.com contacted me a little over a month ago with the exciting news that they're starting a new site but for up and coming illustrators. If your familiar with Drawger it's a place to showcase illustrators working today, but it's invitation only. Ohger is going to be a place for new talent that art directors and editors and whatnot can visit. It runs just like Drawger... it's by invitation or applying and it's only open to current students or recent graduates. So go check it out! I promise I'll post more.

Sketchbook

2009-06-06T21:55:00.000-07:00

2009-04-20T20:50:00.000-07:00

This weekend I worked on an illustration for the Los Angeles Times. I talked to them on Thursday night, and they wanted to see sketches by the next day and a final on Monday. The article was really great. It was in the food section and it was talking about how these days organic and ethnic foods are more accessible to the public. You can walk into any grocery store and buy things from the organic section. So the sketch they went with was a field with rows of vegetables playing off of the idea of grocery isles, with people shopping between them with shopping carts. The design editor was incredibly nice and I really enjoyed working on this project!

2009-04-10T23:35:00.000-07:00

This is for the "Waking the Giants" Ringling 100 project. It's going to be really interesting to see how it turns out. I haven't done any swirls in an illustration since thesis...so I thought I'd reminisce with this one.

Sketching

I'm still here!

2009-03-28T20:35:00.000-07:00

Hello! It's been ages since I've posted. I've been working on a couple books, so that's been fun. Also recently I found out that I got an illustration into the 2009 Society of Illustrators student exhibition. I didn't think that could happen since I already graduated. More shocking then that is I received the Albert Dorne Scholarship. Even better is that my buddies Gail, Tina, and Sarah are in the show too! I was so excited when I found out that I burnt all my giraffe and airplane cookies. It's such a great opportunity and honor, congratulations to everyone else that got in!!

2009-01-16T19:31:00.000-08:00

Small Project for a group teaching dance lessons and spanish tutoring. I had lots of fun with this one!

The Snowman's Ball.

2008-12-15T21:41:00.000-08:00

Gail and I are still doing christmas themes, this week we're doing snowmen and reindeer. Next week we'll play up the Santa's! Working part time and with other things going on, I've become a bit distracted. I've still kept up with mailers and portfolio work...but I haven't done enough for myself. I don't know...maybe everyone gets derailed briefly after college? Any thoughts?

2008-12-10T20:45:00.000-08:00

Woah. What? I updated? Yay! Gail and I are getting into holiday themes, and we started with elves. I've been so busy painting envelopes and send outs, I haven't done anything lately that was just for fun. I love christmas illustrations!

2008-09-17T21:34:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

Gail and I have finally started our own blog together. It's called A and G (and it's posted on my right) We've just started it so bare with us... We're going to challenge each other each week to keep up the creativity, so the first word is "Home". I would have a blast if I owned a house boat like that. Also I have been back to my sketching craze. Sketching in the tub without getting my book wet was quite difficult. I hope everyone one is doing well, thank you for always stopping by and leaving comments!

2008-09-11T20:11:00.000-07:00

I haven't done anything digitally in a while, so I did with my Illustration Friday piece! The topic was clutter. As always thank you for looking!

2008-07-24T18:33:00.000-07:00

new business card.

Alright. I haven't disappeared. I've been mostly working on Portfolios and send outs. That and working part time at the Gap. Every now and then I like to spend the day downtown sketching and walking around. I was drawing the Geese when these cute children came up to feed them with bread, they were just thrilled to be feeding Geese. So I thought it would make a great Illustration. I also posted one of my mailer envelopes. I bought the padded envelopes to send out my portfolios, and painted them with my illustrations. I miss everyone from Ringling, I hope all are doing well!

2008-04-13T21:31:00.001-07:00

I'm working on this piece for an editorial that talks about the difficulties of having a romantic dinner in restaurants today. The article talks about all of the different noises and sounds that can be overwhelming while you try to have your peaceful dinner. I had fun with some experimentation and there are still a few changes I'd like to make.

2008-03-13T13:39:00.000-07:00

More Thesis.

2008-02-25T14:53:00.001-08:00

I did another sculpey the other day, for this illustration. This is my take on SciFi....the 50's retro malt shop with aliens. I really had fun with this piece, and I have a few small changes to make before I move onto the drive-in. Thanks for stopping by!

2008-02-18T11:39:00.000-08:00

My first sculpey! For our Sci-fi piece I'm doing retro 50's activities, with aliens of course. I'm going to create a few of the characters in sculpey first.

2008-02-07T13:33:00.000-08:00

I did this sketch in class and really liked it.. so I painted it when I got home. I really had fun with the color.
At the Aquarium
Olga's House
At the beach with their toy cars.
Oliver's House.

Just continuing to work on Olga. Here is four more spreads, tell me what you think! I'm exhausted, but loving every moment.

2008-01-23T16:46:00.000-08:00

These are 5 pages from my Olga book! I went on a painting frenzy recently....and actually I'm still going. The top one is the last page in the book...after Olga tucks Oliver in she goes to sleep in her house. I thought it was sweet. The second is in the beginning of the book.....Olga and Seymour were friends at the zoo and talked to each other..and sometimes got lattes. The bottom is one of Olga and Oliver's wonderful adventures at the crazy miniature golf wonderland. Comments always welcome, and appreciated!

2008-01-17T14:53:00.001-08:00

I painted my last Seymour spread! yaaay! I only have a few spots to paint, and the whole book is done...minus type. The top image is an illustration for my independent study. It's an editorial on luxury campgrounds.

Olga and Seymour

2008-01-07T08:42:00.001-08:00

Welcome back from the holidays! I hope everyone enjoyed their break. Here are some of the things I worked on...I did some sketching at the airport and some in my Willis book for fun, I painted four more pages of Seymour, and I started some studies on Olga. "Olga" is the second book that I'm working for thesis. The ostrich and her little friend Oliver enjoy the pleasures of the weekend. "Seymour" was about a typical school day (riding the yellow bus, show n tell, recess). I have lots of exciting things planned for Olga and Oliver. First I toyed with the idea of her house being underground, showing the "split earth" view. Everything in the main room is viewable like the pictures of her friends and family, flowers, and of course the Television she can just use the remote. The top two rooms are all reachable....so she can lay her neck down on the mini bed at night. I was thinking about putting little umbrellas on the top view to block out any rainfall. Olga and Oliver also love playing cards in their fort! (That's what I used to do) Let me know what you think so far, thanks!!

2007-12-09T13:09:00.001-08:00

Thanks for stopping by! This is my self portrait for the Senior Poster! I was originally just going to do it in oils like I would normally do.....but let's face it...this is more me!

2007-12-03T15:43:00.001-08:00

Willis in London touring around! This goes to Gail!

ZOO!

2007-11-29T22:31:00.000-08:00

This is for Illustration Friday! The subject is ZOO. Don't worry all the animals are let out at night. During the day they love to hang out in their sweet wagons.

2007-11-27T22:41:00.001-08:00

Here is some more Seymour spreads. The happy Giraffe! My plan is to finish the 32 pages by January, and for my thesis I want to do spin off about an Ostrich. I'm thinking about Olga, but any name suggestions would be awesome! Also there's some more pages from my Willis book for fun!