TITLE: Mr. Reaper
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 704X502px
CLASS: FMX 207 2D Animation II
PROFESSOR: Dana Corrigan
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 22
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: As part of the production process our 2D animated shorts, it was required as part of our pitch presentations to have concept art. I decided to create a freezer aisle to demonstrate what my backgrounds would look like. This is also the first character design I made for the lead in my short.
TITLE: In Desert Space No One Can Hear You Scream
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 534X712px
DESCRIPTION: I love the pop art movement, and sometimes I try to make my own. Initially beginning as a desert in space background I created for fun, I wanted to take a step further and add an emotional pop art lady as an overlay. This was made in summer of 2022.
TITLE: Alexa Demie
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 400X588px
DESCRIPTION: I created this portrait of actress Alexa Demie over the summer in 2022. I was inspired by the colors and lighting in the original reference photo and wanted to see if I could mimic it.
TITLE: Orange Girl
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 548X540px
DESCRIPTION: During the summer of 2022, I referenced actress Michelle Trachtenburg to create this illustration. I wanted to do a facial study, but ended up experimenting with colors and hair textures.
TITLE: WAP and How It Embraces Anaconda Feminism
MEDIA: Digital Illustration
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 437X546px
CLASS: COM 224 Media and Society
PROFESSOR: Cassidy Ellis
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 21
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: As an alternative to writing an essay as a final for Media and Society, I opted to do a graphic essay. It reads like a paper, but is accompanied by illustrations I made in Photoshop. The topic is anaconda feminism implemented in the music video for “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.
TITLE: Horror Movie Poster
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 468X644px
CLASS: FMX 207 Digital Illustration
PROFESSOR: Allen Hampton
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 20
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: As a horror movie fan, this assignment excited me. We were tasked to make horror movie posters, so I chose my favorite slasher flick, Child’s Play 2. Using three screenshots from iconic moments in the movie, I traced over each of them in Photoshop to create a mockup poster.
TITLE: Hand Painting
MEDIA: Digital Illustration
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 488X671px
CLASS: FMX 207 Digital Illustration
PROFESSOR: Allen Hampton
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 20
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: Out of a series of four hand illustrations, this was my favorite out of the bunch. I traced over my own hand in Photoshop to create this painted hand. Not knowing how to blend yet, I went in and added small skin texture details to give it a semirealistic feel.
TITLE: Gif Girl
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 600X600px
CLASS: FMX 207 Digital Illustration
PROFESSOR: Allen Hampton
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 20
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The second part of the first drawing assignment in Digital Illustration was to make an animated gif using pixels. I drew this character and decided to have her blink with both eyes because that was all I knew how to animate at the time.
TITLE: Pixel Portrait
MEDIA: Digital Painting
SOFTWARE: Adobe Photoshop
HARDWARE: iMac Os X
SPECIFICATIONS: 362X723px
CLASS: FMX 207 Digital Illustration
PROFESSOR: Allen Hampton
SEMESTER / TERM: FA 20
INSTITUTION: University of Tampa
DESCRIPTION: The first assignment of Digital Illustration was to create a pixel based portrait of ourselves. Not counting compositing in Photoshop, this was the first illustration I ever completed in the program.