About A Year ago......

Its been a year since I grauated from Towson University. How time flies! The other day I realized I never posted my AWESOME grauation cap that I customized or as some say Leni-er-rized. lol 

I always knew i'd decorate my cap for grauation but not until the day before did I finally come up with an idea/design I was happy with. I went with a pin-up girl with this kind of trippy design that I tend to always come back to. This cap is one of the few things ive done, art wise, that I have no reqrets and no changes id want to make. Maybe in the future i'll decorate caps for other people as well. 

Screen Print VI: My Poster

Photo by Chris "Nova" Smith 

The final screen print I did ended up deviating from the "portrait" series. I decided to make a poster tha could be used for my growing collection of dresses. I named this collection Salvation Couture. As I was printing the monotypes the image changed and colors mixed and by the end I couldnt choose a favorite so I kept them all. 

The First Monotype

Second Monotype

Third Monotype, changed the colors

Forth Monotype, at this point things go a lil messy 

Screen Print IV: Foster

Oh Frosty. 

This is Foster, and yes that is his real name. This is us at this Toga party me and  my cousins hosted the beginnign of my last year at Towson. I don't remember what he said before we took this picture but it was, as usual, HILARIOUS. 

The text transparencies.

Layer 1 

After adding the second layer, achieved by exposing fabric on my silk screen instead of using a transparence. 

Layer 3 achieved by exposing a different fabric then the one iused in layer 2.

The Finished Print. With the "Foster's" beer can addition. 

screen Print III: Monotypes

The Ghost print of the "Mommy" print I made with added drawing detail. 

Mono- meaning one. 

The silk screen can also be used with watercolor and a clean medium to create monotypes. With these print I stayed with my theme of  "pottraits" 

DezzyBee

Felicia 

Mommy, Parental Units 

Parental Units 

Screen Print II: Stephen

The original crappy one & the revised good one. 

This print was a "portrait" of my Bestie Stephen. 

Took this right after I gave him that friendship bracelet. 

Layer 1

layers 1-3

When I realized these were gonna be terrible but needed to finsh them anyway.

After being told tp re-do the print, I decided to make and additional layer.

The additonal layer I added had a message to Stephen that I was too embrassed to say to him at the time. It was really personal and full of meaning but in the design of this particular print you can't actually read the meaagae. It becomes more of a pattern then a message. 

Finished Series, Pt 2 

Screen Print I : King Loaf

Learned how to do screen printing during my last year. I thought it was gonna be really difficult but after I got the hang of it I really enjoyed it. 

The exposure unit. After u emolsion your screen you expose your image  on this machine. 

My screen set up for a print.

I decided to do a series of print that were "portraits" of people in my life. This first one was for Mike aka King Loaf as he is named in my phone. Hints why his portrait was a LOAF of bread, The King Loaf. lol. 

Layer 1

Layers 1-3

"finished" 

 

The original and the revised print after I found my knack for text in my art work. 

The text I later added, after sucessfully using text on almost the rest of this series was a personall note to Mike. When I made the print we were dating and by the time I finished the series we were just friends again. To  this day I haven't told him what it says or let anyone read the note. 

Old Stuff . . .

Some old assignments from when I first declared my major. lol

The Condom Taco 

3D processes we had to put 2 random objects together and make a cardboard sculputer out of it. 

T-Shirt Elephant

T-shirt Zebra

     Part of my soft sculpture project for Sculpture I

Some of my first figure drawing from a live model 

Clay figures sculpted using a live model 

Lynelephant #1 

The "Lynelephant #1" Mold

The original Clay sculpture used to make the mold. 

The Ruins of Waisted Knowledge 

 My carving sculpture project for 3D Processes. 

The Painting Struggle... I Need Your Help!

After waiting most the summer to re reunited with my paint brushes and paints I FINALLY got to make a few strokes. Now I sit at the awkward point of do I keep adding paint to this piece? OR Left it alone. Being that I'm no longer in school I can't just drag them to class and ask a room of 15 of my peers what they think. SOOOOO like many struggling artist I turn to the internet for opinions, critique, & criticism. 

Tell me what you think.....

Add thicker paint or leave it flat?

Refine the upper body then leave it along or add more?

Except for the unfinished elephant, Should I add a layer on each of those canvases or  only some or none ?

The Elephant in the Room...

Various paints I have made all centered around elephants. Many ask me why elephants, whats is so great about them? The truth is I have always LOVED elephants, there my favorite animal. As I got older elephants remained one of my obsessions. They comfort me when I'm down and bring me joy. Elephants to me are peaceful creatures. They raise families, the fall in love, they remember. I feel like I am an elephant, or as my bestie would say Lynelephant. 

First Elephant Reduction Lino Print

First Elephant Calligraph (un-soaked paper)

Elephant Calligraphs (un-soaked & soaked paper)

Mounted Elephant Calligraph Print

Second Elephant Calligraph, printed on tie-dye cotton fabric 

Various Elephant Prints, calligraph & lino 

Version II  of Elephant Lino Prints

Version I :Calligraph Pattern & Lino Elephant

Version II: Calligraph Patterns & Lino Elephant

Version III: Calligraph Patterns & Lino Elephants