Medium: digital art

Inspiration: art

Takeaway: How scary the world can be to those who are smaller.

Medium: Photography

Inspiration: While I was on a family trip up in New England, we stopped by a number of serene locations, including a lighthouse and an abandoned sanatorium, perfectly backlit by the glow of the evening, neither hot nor cold. I’m unsure of how exactly to put this, but it felt …right.

Medium: photography

Inspiration: Growing up, family vacations to Chincoteague always made the best memories. Photographing Chincoteague ponies brings back those fond memories and deepens my appreciation for their history and beauty.

Takeaway: Viewers should feel a sense of respect for the wild spirit of the Chincoteague ponies. I want people to appreciate the strength and beauty of these ponies.

Medium: Mixed

Inspiration: Back in 2022, I created a web series following the story of a game show hosted by my self-insert character, Marianne, and her contestants. During the course of this project, which I very much enjoyed, I spent little time conceptualizing the visual worldbuilding, focusing instead on the actual writing of the chapters themselves and community interaction. That said, I did at times, create little doodles of a few of my favorite characters. An assignment in last year’s(?) art class prompted me to create a visual representation of the world where this show took place, showing the journey of Marianne’s development of the city where she hosts: a subsection purchased from her city, dubbed ‘Kiruna Campus.’ The building featured in this work is simply referred to as the ‘Main Building’, and serves as a community center and an office hub for official procedure.

Takeaway: I find that this work is simplistic, while also expressive of a lively urban development. The mix of the two seems somehow… perfect.

Medium: photography

Inspiration: My deep love for playing the piano and the connection I have with its “simple keys” inspired me to take this picture.

Takeaway: When I took this picture, I wanted to portray how a passionate pianist might see the piano. The way a pianist can find beauty in something others might see as just black and white.

Medium: gouache

Inspiration: I sort of wanted to experiment with different mediums, and stray away from my typical alcohol markers. I must say that I am quite pleased with how this piece came out.

Medium: watercolor

Inspiration: The bottle was something on my desk for decor but I thought it was really pretty and wanted to get out of a really bad art block so I decided to paint it.

Takeaway: Life can grow from even the worst things.

Medium: watercolor

Inspiration: I wanted to experiement with freeform styles to create a simple, yet elegant work.