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“Sneak peek” is the correct spelling, for when you are getting a special look at something. “Sneak peak” just makes me imagine a tiptoeing mountain.

#sneak peak #misspelling #cartoon

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“The Dispensary”

Prismacolor colored pencil on paper, 16.25x22”

My dad has a large collection of Pez dispensers from childhood, and now he is a food broker who sells Pez! Here is a combination of old and new dispensers from both of our collections. NFS- he really wants to keep this one.

#pez #pez dispenser #pez candy #pez collection #drawing #colored pencil #Prismacolor #art #hyperrealism #still life

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Today will only be twenty seconds long - it’s my twenty second birthday!

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“The Cottingley Fairies Experience,” Digital

In graphic design, I was assigned to make a poster about anything inspired by anything. My project partner decided on the story of the Cottingley Fairies (and made a great separate project in the form of a book cover).

In 1917, two English girls photographed themselves with paper cutouts of fairies. The world, even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, believed the fairies were real. I combined this story with the psychedelic rock aesthetic of fifty years later for the ultimate reunion tour poster!

#cottingley fairies #concert poster #rock poster #music festival poster #psychedelic rock #psychedelic rock poster #1960s

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So this is a thing now

#Youtube

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Happy eclipse day! Are you in the path of totality like me? I wish you all optimal viewing conditions and a safe experience!

#eclipse #eclipse 2024 #solar eclipse #total solar eclipse #cartoon

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It’s been a month now since Noodle passed away. Today would have been ten years since I brought him home. Immediately after he and Phineas died, the final dance scene from Stan & Ollie kept playing in my mind. My guys were a dynamic duo just like Laurel and Hardy, with Phineas even having the mustache.

#laurel and hardy #stan laurel #oliver hardy #stan and ollie movie #stan and ollie

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My cousin drew this weird little guy she named “The Go” when she was about six. Neither of us has forgotten, so all these years later, I drew her my version for her nineteenth birthday card.

#cartoon #cartoon art #kid core

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The two most iconic timepieces of twentieth century film have become one at last.

#harold lloyd #safety last #silentmovies #classiccomedians #cartoon #art #oldcomedians #beauty and the beast #cogsworth #disney

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“Bone Dry”

Watercolor and graphite on hot pressed paper, 10x14.5”

For this assignment I could paint anything I wanted on a smallish piece of hot pressed watercolor paper. This paper absorbs very quickly so it’s not as easy to blend colors, but I could achieve very smooth lines and get my colors darker sooner. I basically did a full shaded drawing in pencil before painting too, which helped me get a lot of fine details in. I am so happy with how this came out! I’ll definitely pursue this technique again for when I want to achieve this level of realism.

#watercolor #hot press paper #hot press watercolor #painting #realism painting #realism watercolor #desert #desert skull #chuckwalla #student artist

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Another graphic design assignment, this time I had to make my own album cover incorporating a self portrait! I drew my cartoon self in Procreate, photographed some of my brushes, and did the rest in Photoshop. If this were a real album, what do you think I’d sing about or what songs would I cover?

#fake album cover #fake album art #album cover design #graphic design class #graphic design album #digital art

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“Michele Ma Belle”

Soft pastel on black paper, 18x24”

I surprised my mom for her birthday yesterday with this one! I combined a recent photo of my parents dancing at a wedding with a photo of them at their own wedding. I am so grateful to have their love and support, they have always been my biggest fans.

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Untitled watercolor, 19x27”

The assignment: paint a night scene on a full sheet of watercolor paper. The biggest challenges: preserving the yellow glow without making it look like yellow snow, and layering my dark colors so they aren’t totally opaque. I figured I had better share this one before winter is officially over!

#watercolor #watercolor landscape #landscape painting #winter painting #winter watercolor #night watercolor #painting #watercolor painting

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Portrait of a friend’s dog Ruby, hence the shiny red background.

#dachshund #long haired dachshund #dog #pet portrait #cartoon dog #cute dog

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A different kind of color wheel challenge! I’m taking a graphic design class and we made color wheels in photoshop. I created mine out of photos I’ve taken over the years with prominent colors. For some of them, I bumped up the colors to make them even bolder.

#photoshop #photoshop exercise #graphic design class #color wheel #color wheel collage

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#meganssagetheowl #megansdraggothekomodo #comicstrip #comics #webcomics #webcomic #webtoon #cartoon

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“Buzz Buzz Buzz” 3/3

Watercolor, 6x6”

#art #watercolor #watercolor miniature #bee #floral watercolor #floral #floral painting #insect #save the bees #painting