And now the Thrilling Conclusion

The end.

Pages 8 thru 10

Now that I have text laid in, I plan to go back to try to massage it in some places just for typography's sake. It's not something I'm particularly good at, so might need some different eyes on it. Also, I plan to work on better matching the panels to the margins, and fixing the bottom right corner panels on every page. I think that there was a slight shadow across that area during the photo documentation. Still working on it...

I'll try to post more pages soon.

Pages 3 thru 7

Wrapping Up my Schooling

Lately I've been trying to gather jobs and commissions. I was contacted by a man who liked some of my work at the Holiday Bazaar, but he wasn't able to snatch them up in time. Instead, he asked me to recreate Couch Dogger. Following are the original and the duplicate, in that order. Proportions on screen are not true to reality, as the second painting's cradle was slightly smaller.



I mailed my promotional pieces on Thursday, the 17th. In the upper left is the inside of the envelope; in the upper right is the outside back of the envelope; below those are my art cards and response card. The critique was good, and there were only a few minor problems with the packet.


The cover for my Christmas cards, colored in Photoshop.


Second finished mural at Poplar Point.


After classes ended, I made some more panels in the shop, so look forward to some paintings. Joel suggested that I start on another comic while my chops are up. I also need to clean up the photos of my colored pages, get some good text for them, and send it to Lulu or Blurb for its very first printing ever.

I suppose it still hasn't fully dawned on me that I am done with school. I feel confident that whatever I choose will work out, but at the same time, I am nervous. Everything works out though, and God watches over people. And on a side note, I hope people really think about the true reason for the season, rather than running each other over, looking for the last Gator Golf. Sorry, you'll have to forgive my cynicism.

Have a safe and merry Christmas, everyone!

BFA show Fall 2009

These are my BFA pieces in the gallery at Rust Hall, Memphis College of Art. The exhibition was Friday, from 5pm to 7pm. It went very well, considering I'm not the shmoozing type. I noticed that people were digging my work, and they would walk across the gallery to stare at my stuff for a few minutes, instead of glancing at it while walking by. A good sign! And so much free cheese. My family came down to see it, as well, and my husband was at my side.






My next post will be my final portfolio, selected from my time at MCA. I am also trying to print some X-mas cards, but at the risk that one of my people will see it on here, I'll post the design after I give them out. Just wait!

Graduation work

Just a couple more sketches of mural ideas for Poplar Point Health and Rehabilitation Center. I think the second one is too much like a Levitra commercial to be accepted.








So this is what my BFA pieces look like so far. I'm still sorting out some things, like number of panels and their sizes, but everything is shaping up nicely. The building piece is going to be full color acrylic on wood. The character lineup (see close-up above) will also be in color, using the wax resist technique I used on the original character sheets. Debating whether to have more than one actual page up, though I think I might be making new panels so that I can put up two, instead.

My teachers approve.