Darling is an imaginary line of craft supplies that I would totally buy if it existed. Clean, hip, feminine, and youthful, Darling is definitely not for grandmas or punk knitters.

I did a couple of spot illustrations, too. And wouldn't you know it, there's even a (very) little bit of process work!

I made a couple of teensy changes, most notably the shape of the thread is a bit more fun and organic.


Eventually, I would like to do some packaging experiments, too. I know what you're thinking, "But Adrienne my dear, won't you ever draw again?" Yes, yes. Don't worry. I'm using my thesis to explore things I never got around to in typical class assignments. It's amazing, but I'm actually enjoying myself :)


Love,
The Letter A

Several pieces I've been working on lately focus on type, words, and language. I think it's because I secretly wish I was Ed Ruscha and Kay Rosen's love child. Oh well... Winners & Losers is a print I designed a couple of weeks ago.

I can't wait to see it in a huge frame on my wall. Here's a detailed view:

It's been really fun to work with words and letterforms; the challenge now is to make it more "illustrative." I'll let you know when I figure that one out.

Love,
The Letter A

It's true. I have been neglecting my blog. Graduation is a little more than two months away, and of course I've been busy, busy, busy. Instead of flooding you with one huge post (à la Brandon Graham), I'll just be posting more frequently until I'm all caught up. First off, a revisit of last year's holiday cards. I completely changed the deer card to something a little more refined (I think). Before, and after:

I'm still waiting to have the set photographed nicely, so I can add it to the "Things I made that turned out way better than I thought they would" category of my portfolio. Until then, here is a little photo I took earlier:

Cards are fun!

Love,
The Letter A

Classes are over! Well, almost. We had our final critique in illustration earlier today, and my final illustration project is a set of holiday greeting cards that I'll actually be producing and selling. Look!

For those of you that will be in Sarasota this weekend, I'm making an appearance at the 5th Annual Holiday Bazaar. The greeting card set will be available for sale, as well as some awesome t-shirt scarves and some other crafty goodies. There will be prints of some of my pieces, and original work, too. You should probably come visit me on Sunday from noon to 5:30 pm.

I hope to see you there!

Love,
The Letter A

At Ringling, the seniors in the illustration department each create a self portrait for the thesis show poster. Some are good and some are bad, but it's pretty fun to see all the different styles people use. Today we had a critique on our senior portraits. Here's mine:

This isn't the final, just an in progress post. It's cute, but I think it' pretty silly. I think I might try to do a few different portraits before the final is due in January... One of my friends pointed out how different it is from the last self-portrait I did, right after freshman year:

What can I say? Two and a half years is a long time.


Love,
The Letter A

The fall semester is coming to a close. I have an atrocious amount of work that needs to get finished in the next three weeks, which means I have been spending most of my time doing this:

You know what I mean? 

The above image is taken from my latest illustration project, a sequential piece about a cute farting bear. No, really.

This is based on a character I created as a maquette last year. He's pretty cute :3

Love,
The Letter A

Here's a quick little study I did tonight instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour:

It started as nice little drawing, then I went in with acrylic washes, then it went into the computer. This is more or less the elusive blend of digital and traditional media that I have been trying to cultivate. The best part is that it was a lot of fun to do :)

Love,
The Letter A

So,
I had Advanced Representational Drawing today with George Pratt.

Once a week, we meet for six hours. Sometimes we draw from a model or from film stills, or sometimes we go on field trips to zoos and museums and coffee shops. It's a pretty awesome class.

I wasn't feeling super productive today, I didn't really like the model and I don't really like painting. The funny thing is you can actually see my developing disinterest over the span of the class:

The last two remind me of the pieces I did when I was at MegaCon last year.

My roommate said he feels the next in the progression should just have been a tangle of kitty cats.
I WISH.

Six hours is a long time...
I hope next week will be better.

Love,
The Letter A

It's Illest of Ill time again at Ringling. This year's show was juried by the handsome and talented Josh Cochran. Fantastically enough, he picked both of the pieces I submitted :D

The first is a portraiture assignment from last year. John Hamm as Don Draper from Mad Men (which I've previously talked about), in a rare moment while he's not having sex with whoever crosses his path wearing red lipstick:

The second is a personal piece I really love, especially the title: Young Adult Friction

Both of these pieces were made before I stopped focusing on traditional media. It makes me think I should break out the pencils and paints again.

Anywhoozle, congratulations to everyone that got in. I hope you all come out on Friday for the opening, I am already planning my outfit.

Love, 

The Letter A