Kristen L. Candella: 2009

December 17, 2009

Digital Final: Self-Portraiture

Intro to Digital Media Final Project, Self-Portrait. First one was done in Illustrator, second Photoshop and the third was using both programs.

December 14, 2009

December 7, 2009

November 30, 2009

November 6, 2009

FTF#8

Illustration for the qoute: "Tread softly because you tread on my dreams" - William Bulter Yeats

Your foot's intruding upon his Sally lightfoot

November 3, 2009

November 2, 2009

Raab Art Prize 2009 Submission

Illustration for Jane Yolen's "Bug Games"

October 31, 2009

"The only certainty is that nothing is certain." -Pliny the Elder

Ironically, to this day it is uncertain how Pliny died and remains a mystery. However, it is speculative that he sucummed to life threatening levels of toxic fumes when he heroically ventured to save his friend from the Vesuvius eruption. As I think back on my travels to Pompeii and my facination with the ruins, I wonder does his spirit still wander within its walls due to some unfinished business taunting tourists? Wahhahahhaahha HAPPY HALLOWEEN everybody!

October 22, 2009

Gallery Logo

This is a logo design I made for my intro to digital class. We had to design our own gallery logo. Mine would be at the beach in Hawaii where viewers can walk around barefoot and feel the sand and snack on shave ice..hey, a girl can dream right?

October 16, 2009

FTF #5 "Sometimes you feel like a nut"

Illustration for the following quote: "Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy" - Thich Nhat Hahn

October 9, 2009

Fourth Free Text Friday

Yay!...i got it to upload correctly finally after much troubleshooting

Illustration for the quote : " A book must be an ice-axe to break the sea frozen inside us" -Kafka

This piece was inspired by Alex, one of my life drawing II models over the summer. He is now in school to be a librarian and was always reading. I have to thank my brother for allowing me to draw him and modeling for the right pose.

Upon reading a good book, one can get emotionally wrapped up in the text. As humans, we can easily relate to certain situations that characters go through in the plot. A book can impale us, detoxifying our inner soul. Out pours all the tragic things that can occur in the vast depths of the sea-a harpooned octopus, an oil-slicked sea otter, and a sea turtle at the cusp of being strangled by someone who failed to sever the plastic can wrap.

October 6, 2009

Illustration Project 2: Metanoia Poster

This is a poster I did for the week of Metanoia on Uconn campus-a campaign that seeks to prevent violence against women. More info can be found at http://www.metanoia.uconn.edu

October 2, 2009

Free Text Friday Trois, Three, Tre

If you're a gondolier, don't drink and steer! Had a lot of fun with this one..Illustration for the following statement:

"In spite of a sluggish economy, U.S. wine consumption registered its 14th consecutive annual gain in 2007, as Americans drank more wine than Italians for the first time ever and now trail only the French in total wine consumed."

-Wine Spectator

Ranked in order of level of sobriety (or lack there of)

September 27, 2009

Basic Painting: Orange!

First Basic Painting Homework Assignment

September 25, 2009

"the water you drink..."

Free Text Friday #2
This illustration was created for the quote "A portion of the water you drink has already been drunk by someone else, maybe several times over."
- University of Texas School of Public Health, "Fun Food Facts"

September 17, 2009

"nothing measurable matters" -e.e. cummings

Free Text Friday #1
The Purina dog show always intrigues me. Every year, hundreds of different breeds compete for a title based on criterion that to me I find subjectively quantifiable by judges. After being scrutinized on the table, dog and owner walk the walk to show off their stuff. Is a blue ribbon really important to a dog? Do they even know why they are there competing? Moreover, ultimately the love and passion that an owner has for a pet is insurmountable. "Love is all ya need"