At Least I'm Trying

The inspiration, process and products of my work. I am a visual artist and a student of graphic design. I focus on portraits and people. I work mostly in charcoal and graphite. I have an affinity towards history. I have a background in production and print, as well as logo and brand design.

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There's beauty in architecture. The ceiling at Cincinnati Museum Center (a former train station) #architecture #art #cincyart #cincinnati #museum

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Indominus Rex by Josh Luck.

http://whiskey-spirit.tumblr.com/

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Life After Graduation

Hello!

I’m so very sorry for not being active!

I just graduated my university with my Bachelor of Arts and I’m currently in search of my next job. So far, I’ve applied to almost 20 jobs and have only heard back from 1 (my first rejection). I need to call the places I’ve applied to, but that’ll happen tomorrow. 

In the meantime, I’ve started working at a local craft store and will eventually train to be a professional framer. Hopefully, that’ll help with my knowledge of gallery installation. Soon, I’ll be able to create the piece, matt it, frame it, and install it! 

Job hunting is hard and confusing for sure. I’m forever working on my portfolio and website though!

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Watercolor betta ❤️🐟🐠 #bettasplenden #bettafish #watercolor #art #japanesefightingfish #veiltail

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Graphic designer. Artist. Writer. Creative.

I finally got an Instagram! I’ll be posting my life as an artist and designer. Not a whole lot of random posts, it’ll be mostly art and design-centered (with some creative adventures thrown in). Please give me a follow!

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A friend of mine owns an art gallery and she shared this with me.  I do believe that each and every one of us, in our own way, are artists…

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That’s beautiful

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I Love Typography has posted a great article that traces the history of the earliest recorded female printers and typographers, illuminating the contributions of women like Estellina Conat in 1476 and printer Anna Rügerin in 1484, and briefly touching on their predecessors—female scribes involved in manuscript production.  

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Self-taught artist David Zinn uses chalk and charcoal to create works of street art that cleverly interact with found objects and the surrounding environment. Since 2001, his quirky illustrations have popped up primarily on the streets of Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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The long-exposure photography of Takehito Miyatake captures nature’s fireworks.

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Photographer Tom Hunter recreates classic paintings in modern, post industrial British settings.

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Andrew Wyeth, Christina’s World, 1948, MoMA, NYC

Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia, 1851 - 2, Tate, London 

Johannes Vermeer, Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window, 1657 - 59, Gemäldegalerie, Dresden

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Sneak peek of my work in Wehrle Gallery!!

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Jim Dingilian proves that a creative and skillful artist can create works of art with just about anything. By coating the interior of empty glass bottles with black smoke and then carefully brushing it away with tools mounted on dowels, he creates detailed and beautiful but dark works of smoke art that are dripping with a sense of suburban decay (via Bored Panda).

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By Olafur Eliasson, this breathtaking installation at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art of a river running through the museum is astounding. It is such a realistic, natural landscape the museum could have been dropped on top of the river itself for how pristine it looks. This site-specific installation is a focus on experience, and how the viewer senses their surroundings. 

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A nice surprise in the mail this morning, my posters for the first IMAX screenings of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that I worked on with Mondo. 

They’re really nice litho prints with a spot varnish on Spidey (see picture above), and have a nice weight to them, so kudos to the women and men at IMAX who made them happen.

These have been and gone in the UK as far as I know, but you can still get your hands on one of these by attending one of these screenings when the movie is released later in the week.

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Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.

Andy Warhol (via acrylicalchemy)

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the actual portion of printing in production is the bane of my existence

it's going to be a long night 

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Faculty Advisor Wanted

I got a lovely email today from The Tower's supervisor (my boss) that she is resigning at the end of the school year. She told me that she was super proud of my work and all that, but she has become too busy to handle the newspaper as well. Basically, she also told me that I am the first person she wants to find a replacement for her. 

So, I am now in the market to find a professor here that is willing to oversee The Tower next year.

Should be fun (I'm praying).