Eat Ugly Work In Progress

Throughout my blog posts I have briefly mentioned my capstone digital art project, I figured I would spend some time today to reflect on my progress so far as things are wrapping up. I’m not going to lie, like most art projects, this one was emotionally draining and my biggest struggles were the least anticipated […]

Composition / Art

The following are composition/art vocabulary definitions. These are not in my own words nor are the reference images mine. All images and definitions are found on the internet and I referenced what I could. 1-Dimenstional: One-dimensional pictures are those containing only one dimension. This is only possible when you’re dealing with a line, as the only dimension you have […]

Skate Decks

I have briefly mentioned my love for skateboarding in other posts, but I have not quite gone into detail of the variety of art implemented in the sport. The physical act of skateboarding, the setup of places and things you skate, the style of your tricks and more all fall into artistic elements of skateboarding, […]

Valfré

Ilse Valfré is a textbook virgo; creative, original, driven, & on top. This girl boss is a full time artist, blogger, mother of 2, & the owner of a multimillion dollar clothing brand. Ilse was born in Sonora, Mexico, but raised in Tijuana. Valfré credits her inspiration to the vibrant graffiti scene surrounding her, and […]

I’m kind of obsessed w/ YouTube.

Even though I have recently been focusing on digital illustration I love a variety of media, including videography. I have been an avid social media user since I was 12 years old beginning with Myspace and Youtube. My YouTube addiction was not severe until my sophomore year of high school when I would watch makeup […]

Logotypes

The following are a series of logotype definitions, none of these are in my own words nor are the images used mine. Everything provided in this post was retrieved from the internet and all definitions are referenced at the end of each term. Abstract Mark: a specific type of pictorial logo. Instead of being a […]

Struthless

Campbell Walker, better known as Struthless, creates vibrant, effortlessly detailed cartoons filled with adult humor. 28 year old Illustrator / Youtuber / Comic is a Sydney native who uses Instagram and Youtube to promote his artwork featuring social and political commentary. Walker’s 230K Instagram followers and 99.3K Youtube subscribers have the pleasure of viewing hilarious […]

Mark Gonzales

Mark Gonzales, otherwise known as the Gonz, is an American professional skateboarding and art legend. Skateboarding and contemporary art go hand in hand, from skate style, deck art, film, and more the entire skate community is enveloped in artistic expression. Gonz is known in the skateboarding world for being a pioneer in street skating, he […]

Parts of Type Vocabulary

Apex: The point at the top of a character such as the uppercase A where the left and right strokes meet is the apex. The apex may be a sharp point, blunt, or rounded and is an identifying feature for some typefaces. Arm: The arm of a letter is the horizontal stroke on some characters […]

Bjenny Montero

Ben Montero makes wholesome, melancholic, often colorful, comic strip style art. The Melbourne artist has 170K followers on Instagram and 41K on Twitter. Montero’s art style mixed with mental health themes reminds me of Paramore’s After Laughter album which Hayley Williams describes as sad songs that sound happy. I have been aware of Bjenny for […]