Illustration
Rainbow Characters Series
I drew all of my favourite (and some of my friend’s favourite) cartoon and pop culture characters sorted by colour.
This started because I realized that I have lots of favourite characters that are green. You can see a progression in the art from when I started. The order I drew them is green, blue, purple, orange, black/white, and pink. I am working on yellow and finishing it off with red!
I had to put them in rainbow order here for the aesthetic.
Personal Illustrations
The three images above are illustrations of Dungeons and Dragons inspired characters. People ready for adventure!
I worked on colouring without linework to create more three-dimensional characters. And I incorporated very intentional colour schemes to reflect the personalities and sensibilities of each.
For instance, the character in red uses fire magic and is a very warm personality, reflected in the warm tones they wear. The second character lives on the water and is very hands-on hence the more rugged colours. The third character is very performative and so they have a loud colour pallet with bold contrasts.
WoodCut Prints
These prints were created by carving into wood and printing using a traditional rolling press.
I experimented with creating panels of a story and then manipulating the sequencing of these images to show different narratives with the same images.
Fridging Series
This series was addressing a concept called “Fridging”. The term refers to a trope in popular media where female characters are killed off or injured for the sake of a protagonist to have reason to avenge them.
The term was coined when Alexandra DeWitt (Green Lantern’s girlfriend) was killed by his enemy and stuffed in a fridge. This trope is very prevalent in comic books so I reflected these themes with sequenced panels. These mirror the styles of graphic novels, and also the fridge for which the term came from.
Stylized Birthday Postcard
This card was a fun way to experiment with illustrating in a specif style.
I used solid colour blocks and bold text to create a consistent look. Simple line art and editing completed the image, giving it a worn old fashioned look.