FTF# 7

"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!

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?

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

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.

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

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)