North Carolina State Fair Rain Barrel

This is the barrel I painted for the Rain Conservancy Program of Raleigh for the North Carolina State Fair. This was a really great opportunity for me to give back to my community. The barrel along with others were auctioned off and the proceeds were donated to the Conservancy Program of Raleigh. I had a good time painting this barrel...it was my first time painting so forgive me if it's not perfect! My barrel sold for the most money at $150. The barrel has a filter on the top and traps rain water when it rains so you can water your plants or whatever you want by hooking your hose up to the spiket at the bottom. But, I am looking forward to doing this again next year!

5 Gesture Illustrations

Imaging:

In imagining we were assigned the 5 gestures project. We had to start by doing 40 sketches of any object of our choice. I chose a MAC eyeshadow and I don't have a tablet so I had to draw all of these with a mouse. This was a neat assignment, I was able to become more familiar with the Illustrator tools and brushes.

Tutorial's

This is a Modern Art tutorial I did...I am obsessed with this look. I love the way you can create a hand-drawn effect in photoshop. This will save me much time in the future by not having to hand-draw everything :) Here is the link: http://freeonlineclasses.net/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/modern-art/page4.html

Here is the link

This was my first time making my own brushes and it was a lot easier than it looks! I think it has a neat wire-like effect and is a nice combination of masculine and feminine. I love it :)

Eye ball tutorial_Imaging

This is an eye ball I did for Imaging! It was very simple to do and ended up looking really cool :) I hope I get to use it if I ever do a cartoon illustration! :)

http://www.melissaclifton.com/tutorial-warholphoto5.html

http://www.mickm.com/tutorial/126-andy-warhol-effect

This is somewhat of an upgrade from the poster below. I'm not completely happy with the "fetal alcohol sydrome" text at the top. My next poster, I'm going to play with the bubbles pouring over the edge towards the viewer and flowing into FAS which I will move to the bottom of the poster. Hopefully, that will create a better visual connection to the viewer. I'm still working so we will see.

This poster is the first of more variations to come :) It's somewhat predictable being that the martini glass is centered and the background is plain but it IS the updated version of the idea below. Hope this isn't too creepy for anyone :/ :)

This is a watercolor treatment I used from a Psdtuts tutorial. I am having trouble as to where I should place the text that reads "Don't be another statistic" I thought it worked well in the center because that is the focal point of the poster. This picture is kind of funny to me because my sister Brooke was my model and we didn't exactly have a pregnancy test on hand so we used a tampon and a monostat 7 box! I photoshopped the box and strip into the picture and it turned out pretty good! I am really into the idea of this poster and I want it to be perfect, so tell me what you think. :) Here is the link for the watercolor treatment I used: http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/watercolor-painting/

Fetal alcohol poster inspiration

Social Justice Poster: Draft 1

http://postsecret.blogspot.com/

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/watercolor-painting/

Melting camera tutorial! I selected this tutorial and I went in thinking it was going to be difficult! Although it DID take patience, it was fairly simple :) My teacher was picking on me and said I couldn't finish this during class time and I DID so I'm feeling really good! Do this tutorial if you get a chance, it's really fun :) Check it out at http://psd.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photo-effects-tutorials/how-to-make-a-melting-camera-scene/