LT • Art

• L Tharp art blog • Bay Area illustrator • Comics, cartoons, design, clothes, and food fan. ♥ Wanna say hi or get in contact? Send an Ask! :) Main site: lauratharp.com

[rikkaine]

Shift - Out Now!

Appearances can be deceiving.

A war has raged for so long the lines have blurred. Property of the Institute, genetically-altered Noah knows nothing of his inherent abilities. Barren walls, endless drills, and brutal missions are no way of life, and he longs for meaning outside the confines of the Institute.

As seventeen-year-old Alyson Gale prepares for college to follow her dream of becoming an animator, her greatest concern is leaving her best friend, Fletcher, behind. On the cusp of something good, her life changes in the worst way possible.

Trust is buried beneath layers of deceit and mimicry and Aly is exposed to the secrets of the Faceless, a truth that will change everything she knows. And, perhaps, destroy her too.

Available for purchase from:

Smashwords

Amazon

Kobo

Barnes & Noble

Also available on ibooks (please check from your device).

Printed version coming soon!

I really hope you enjoy it!

-Rikki

[emelletea]

I’m happy to have completed the cover for this novel, which you can pick up at any of the links above!

[emelletea]

Our zine was funded past its goal, our Kickstarter rewards are now shipping, and now our show is going to open at Sketchpad Gallery (in San Francisco) on September 24th! If you're in the area, definitely come see it, and pick up the zine or some prints! If not, could you share this link? Thanks so much to everybody who reblogged the original Kickstarter link and/or helped fund the project! I saw some of the book, it looks awesome. ❤️

[emelletea]

My father passed away 20 years ago today. Because he was the first person who taught me how to paint I did my own version of his painting.

[emelletea]

Here’s the first page from a comic I’m working on. It’ll appear in a zine called, Girls Who Eat. It’s an all-female publication about food (and summer!) with proceeds going to ProjectHeal (a charity that educates about eating disorders and rehabilitates afflicted people).

You can order a copy at our Kickstarter page!  Signal boosts much appreciated. 8)

[emelletea]

Today’s warmup.  I wanted to draw this lady, and she also ended up with superpowers.

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Part of an upcoming small series. :) I just wanted to draw places where kids (or adults, LBR) designate as sanctuaries/magic places.

[emelletea]

New speedpaint this week-- like partway through the size of the tools change because I’m on a different computer.

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Oil paint sketch-- Scott Weiland study

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Just made a YouTube channel where I can post process videos of stuff I like to draw in between more “serious” work.  I made this video to see if my recording setup was viable on a longer piece; pretty stoked to find the right setup!

[emelletea]

Karen Carpenter would have turned 65 this month. The first album I remembered listening to was one of my dad’s Carpenters albums so… here’s Karen! (And Richard, too.)

[emelletea]

I just got news that this work was selected for the Society of Illustrators student show! 8)  It’ll be exhibiting in NYC from May 10 - June 4.

[emelletea]

New Illustration - Persephone in her early days in Hades.

Support my Patreon for previews of new work, step by step gifs, and more →

[emelletea]

I was adding prints to my shop and saw that you can get up to $25 off throw blankets today only (+ free worldwide shipping), so if you’re into getting warm go look at mine!  Or, to see what else is up there, go check out the rest of my store. 8)

[emelletea]

WIP

I’m going through a lot of color schemes for this one.

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Updated my site with this new illustration. Look, I just really like tea. 8)

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SIte update!  Added my 10-piece graduation thesis: A project that turns innovators of their field into rock stars, by literally depicting them as stars.  For each person I illustrated an album cover and poster.

Go check out my new illustrations!

[emelletea]

These are Filipino national heroes depicted as hip hop artists: Jose Rizal, Melchora Aquino, and Lapu-Lapu (it’s sorrrrta referring to a Run DMC cover. Just a little.).  I've been drawing people I admire as rock/music stars for my thesis work and chose hip hop for Filipino revolutionaries-- thematically similar struggles, and all that.

[emelletea]

In June, my hair smelled like a fire pit.