I was at Urban Outfitters last week to get a birthday present for my sister, and found a Hello Kitty doll by Tara McPherson, oooo I was excited, it was so cute! That store has too much to look at I love it.
So I decided to do a blog entry on Tara McPherson, one of my favorite illustrators, who is a very talented and creative artist. I really mean that. She has her own unique style and color palette, even though much of her subject matter is cute, there's always that bite or darker side to it. Mischievous at times. She does a lot of poster work for bands and has many big name clients like KidRobot and DC Comics.
Check her out here.
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Artist: Tara McPherson
CSULB Gallery: Monica Guerra
Due to the busy holiday season last month and finals, I was too lazy to post this post. Yet I must because when I went to the opening reception on December 12th, I was impressed with the work and presentation at the Dr. Maxine Merlino Gallery (the show I was in most anticipation to see).
Upon arriving at the gallery, I was presented with a slice of delicious wedding cake and Martinelli's apple cider in a champagne glass. The artist, Monica Guerra, Metals B.F.A., did a wedding theme (there's something about weddings I love), and the centerpiece was a masterpiece in my opinion. It was a wedding gown made entirely of lace that had been caste then made with metal. I just have one question...can I wear it?
Don't be shy...click on the picture to get a better look ;)
Beautiful Nebula
Just got my computer fixed and found a new beautiful wallpaper for my computer of the Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Telescope. Thought I'd share. From spacewallpapers.net.
All I Want for Christmas
Point and shoots with manual capabilities, I think I just came. Oh and my DSLR of course.
Artist: Steve Quartly
Have you ever been at a mall, like the Irvine Spectrum, and gone through one of those art stores? Yeah the ones with the common art usually on the wall of your grandma's house. As much as I love modern art, there's something about these typical paintings that I still find comfort in. It's like drinking a cup of hot cocoa with blankets next to a fire for me. Maybe because I just like looking at the beautiful paintings and seeing it as a place I could be in one day. Steve Quartly does many paintings of Italy, and I have this attraction to Italy even though I have never been there before. I want to someday. Paintings like his and Thomas Kinkade's even, take me away to another place in the mountains, or by the water, and I enjoy that. So shoot me.
My Sketches: My Dead Dahlias
So it started senior year of high school, in my AP studio art class, I was doodling in my sketchbook and started drawing a girl with a big head, crazy wavy hair, and a ridiculously long elegant neck. I kept it simple with focus on the big eyes and hair.
So I decided to develop the idea more, it has been coming along slowly and I more doodle the idea of a character here and there in random places, but I perhaps plan on making a series, I don't know yet if I want to paint them or leave them as sketches. I thought about the name of this series of twisted doll like shaped ladies, and am deciding to stick with the name Dead Dahlias. The last picture shown is the most recent one done beginning of this year, so enjoy or lemme know what you think :)
My Photos: Digital Camera Beginnings
I've been feeling a sense of nostalgia lately, so I've decided I will probably be going back and forth between work I'm doing now and work I've done in the past. For my digital background, it mainly started about my sophomore year of high school. I took an ROP class for digital design, where I self taught myself to use Photoshop. Shortly after, before my junior year of high school, my mom bought me my first really nice Sony digital camera that I still use on occasion now. It has lasted me such a long time and been so good to me.
I'm more of a Canon and Nikon fan now, but I loved my first camera. I was going to take a photo class that spring, so I started playing around and messing with my camera. What was me messing around with close-ups and whatnot started to become more serious for me as I started to think about my pictures more and observe what I could take.
I really loved taking pictures of nature (flowers especially), dead things, or old rusted things. I also had some ideas of these simple pictures and my first models were my brother and sister oddly enough. Anyways, here are some of my first pieces. When I got into my photo class, and shortly after learning how to use illustrator, I created my signature I would put on my photos. I remember it took me about 2 hours, but I was pleased with it and still am.
Artist: Sylvia Ji
I've taken a long summer break away from blogging I know, but to jump start things again, I've decided to post about an artist I recently discovered while flipping through one of my favorite illustration magazines, Hi-Fructose. Her name is Sylvia Ji, she currently resides in Los Angeles and creates paintings with simple materials (mainly acrylic on wood panel). I love the feel of these paintings something that attracted me to them so much was a mix of Day of the Dead, beauty, luscious flowers, and culture. She might draw you in as well...her work here.
Elle Magazine: Keira Knightly
When I was growing up, I loved loved magazines. I'd always tear out fashion pictures and make collages from them. I loved them (magazines) for the beautiful pictures, and I still have an attachment for beautiful pictures because it defies reality.
In 7th and 8th grade a friend and me designed clothes together and I thought about being a fashion designer. Yet I look at that world now and go...nope! I'd rather photograph it. I discovered a blog, Design Scene, which is now my current addiction instead of magazines, it just cuts right to the gooood stuff, and since I haven't looked at a magazine in such a long time, it's fueling my unfed desires.
I love this shoot done in Elle magazine (spring 2010) with Keira Knightly, it's soft, romantic, and some pics have a bit of playfulness to them. They're photographed by Carter Smith and I believe he did a beautiful job. Anyways, enjoy.
Artist: KuKula
I was looking at wallet cases from Classic Hardware and absolutely adored the artwork printed on the case I bought (of course, that's the main reason why I bought it, hehe). So I thought I'd share this delightful artist that I newly discovered. Some of her characters have an Audrey Kawasaki-esqueness to them, where the figures are mainly all girls with heavy eyelids and pouty lips.
The artist goes by the name KuKula. She was born in a "relatively isolated village about an hour north of Tel Aviv" and grew up around Holocaust survivors, thus most of her work contains a girlish sweetness combined with "real life horror" themes. It brings depth to her artwork. After KuKula received her degree in illustration, she moved to the San Francisco bay area which is where she currently resides, creating intriguing contemporary pop culture artwork. KuKula Land
Artist: Kmye Chan
If you're wondering how to pronounce the nickname of this French illustrator, it's Ka-mee-ye. Don't worry, I would have never guessed, closest I got was Cammy or Kimmy...Anyways, born in France, Kmye finds inspiration from comics and surrealist artists among others, and I too find inspiration from her. She creates this dreamy, dark, but strangely beautiful world that I'm addicted to. Many of her characters also seem to be influenced from the world of lolita goth that also provokes other artists such as Nicole West who recently created a sculpture, using polymer clay. Kmye Chan's Artwork.
Artist: Audrey Kawasaki
I was looking at Audrey's new work she has up and I really like it. There seems to be more depth, detail, and color in her newer paintings. Yet she still keeps that alluring mystery, eroticism, and sense of melancholy in her pictures. I have fallen in love with Audrey's work once again. Such beauty isn't always what it seems in paintings like these where there is nothing to tell and secrets to keep...
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