Jessie Makes Things

I draw stuff.

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Another timelapse of my drawing process. Trying to switch things up a bit.

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I got to write and illustrate a thing. Check it out on Adobe Create Magazine.

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It’s been a while, but I promise I’ve been busy.

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I didn’t realize that this was the 45th portrait in my 100 Vector Portraits series. I think I tapped into something there. 

The title of this one is “The Shithole.”

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Another new one. This drawing started as a quick portrait for an invitation to an upcoming show, but then I fell into a flow state and had myself a little gradient party at my desk at work. I became so consumed that even my students came over to watch, and one of them pointed out that I was drawing what it feels like to enter into an art coma. 

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I’ve been drawing my buns off lately. This is the most recent - a collaboration with an awesome new friend I met at Adobe MAX. I met Rodrigo Perez-Segini at the Max Bash, and we cemented a friendship over a night of wandering around the Las Vegas Strip and talking about art, inspiration, accents, roller derby, and dude-bros. We went our separate ways the next morning - him back to Chicago, me to Boston. 

Missing the energy of being surrounded by Adobe nerds, I asked him if he'd like to collaborate, and he offered up some of his recent photos to see what I'd do with them. This is what I did. Now it’s his turn to take this drawing and run with it. I can’t wait to see what he’ll do next.

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I feel like I’ve leveled up. Holy crap.

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Now taking commissions! I need to raise funds for my trip to Adobe MAX, so I'll draw you a thing if you give me some dollars. $100 (plus shipping) and I will draw a portrait of you, a friend, family member, your goldfish, etc. and send you an 11” x 17” print. $50 up front, then $50 when the portrait is done. Turnaround time is one week. 

Direct message me here or email me at JessieYoungArt(at)gmail(dot)com.

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And now for something completely different - a drawing of a happy little wunderpus. 

http://jessieyoung.com/wunderpus

@Behance: http://bit.ly/2wmOPK2

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(Link to the proper version of this drawing here on my site.)

Sometimes it takes me longer than others to wrap my head around things. When bad things happen I sometimes don’t truly “get” that I’m sad or afraid until days after everyone else has already felt those feelings and worked through them.

Somewhere between seeing footage from the Charlottesville and Barcelona vehicle attacks and reading about all of my friends going to protest actual Nazis on Boston Common this Saturday, I had a bit of a freak out. 

Please everyone, be safe when you go out to tell white supremacists that they’re horrible. Keep your eyes open. Keep an eye on your friends and have a safe meeting spot away from it all if you get separated. Wear good running shoes. Please don’t make the violence worse, but make your point clear with words and really clever signs. 

Just be safe. More than anything, please, please be safe.

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Note: I marked the last post as “sensitive” because it involved butts. We had a nude model in my drawing class for the past couple of days and I drew along with my students.

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Doing a little figure drawing along with my students.

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Shirts for sale! Get 'em here: http://www.teespring.com/msyoungarmy

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The other day I told my advanced kids that I own more swords than there were people in that class. Then one of them said the following brilliant thing:

“Ms. Young, you realize what this means, right? You can finally have your own private army.”

I obviously won’t be giving my kids swords and having them go out and sack villages in my name, because that would be weird. Also expensive. Also, morally wrong and wicked messed up. However, it did give birth to the idea of making some sweet t-shirts. So this is happening now. 

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Finished #tarot card for a collaborative tarot project. #deathcardtarot #vectorillustration #adobedraw #adobeillustrator

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Dang it, Instagram. Stop posting to my other Tumblr!

Write-up of the piece here on my site. I have some thoughts.

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I just realized that I'm slightly over a third of the way to my goal of 100 vector portraits. I'm amazed that I've come so far since January.