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.

Medium: digital art

Inspiration: It was an art project is science during my sophomore year, so I just did it as a fun way to remember “Plate Tectonics.”

Viewer takeaway: I hope the viewer will think it is funny maybe. Or maybe they will be inspired to write their own comics, and not feel like they have to make the characters that distinct or complicated to do so. Sometimes different shading colors are enough. You can even just color the eyes different!