Fairytale of New York
Stars' rendition of the classic song.

Cover


Interior Tearpage

Female Summoner Neutral

As the name implies, I wanted a neutral balance between the Good and Evil Female Summoners.

London is Burning
Acrylic and Digital

"I will show you fear in a handful of dust."

"A woman drew her long black hair out tight
And fiddled whisper music on those strings"

Inspired by T.S. Eliot's "The Waste Land", with subconscious recollection of John Constantine's appearance in Sandman (Pointed out by my husband, who found the subject matter similar).

John Constantine, Hellblazer, and Sandman are © DC/Vertigo Comics.

Aensland
Acrylic and Digital

The Aenslands, Morrigan and Lilith, drawn for Udon/Capcom's Darkstalkers Tribute book contest. It wasn't chosen this time, but I had fun doing this because it was a new direction to explore. :)

Arisugawa Juri
Graphite

The Utena-ness has been palpable lately. This will change soon.

Himemiya Anthy
Graphite and Photoshop

explodingsuns

Female Summoner Good and Evil

I was going for a sort of dichotomy, with floral motifs for the "Good" version and bestial elements for the "Evil".

Urban Ecology

I was asked to depict two versions of a woman, with one serving as a representation of her Anima and a connection to nature. I used the butterfly motif as symbolism for the spirit, in the gradient colors of the chakras.

I painted this illustration as a way of expressing my frustration at the way America has been heading in recent years.

In spite of the incredible step forward recently in the election of Barack Obama, the passing of Proposition 8 shows that we have a long way to go as a nation. In recent years more than ever, right-wing politics has brought religion into the equation -- an exercise that casts incredible aspersions on the very foundations of this nation.

One of the first cornerstones of America called for the separation of Church and State, and yet issues such as abortion and gay rights have absolutely no redeeming features in a secular context. How have we, as citizens in this Land of the Free, come to spit in the face of our Founding Fathers? They, above all, knew that religion pollutes politics and vice versa.

Christians don't deny Atheists any rights, and Atheism goes against the First Commandment. Why should they deny any rights to homosexuals from a few verses in the Bible?

Live, and let fucking live.

Nebula

( Process + Sketches )

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Sorry for my lack of updates, I've been really busy lately with commissions and such. I promise more art soon!

Cuchifritos Gallery/Project Space
120 Essex Street
New York, NY 10002

Saturday, March 8th
12:30pm - 5:30pm

Between Delancey and Rivington inside the Essex Street Market, South end. Closed Sundays.

I'll be at the benefit opening from 12:30pm - 3pm because I have previous engagements scheduled for later in that day. I hope to see you there. :)

Capsicum

Death & Dream

I designed their clothing to pay homage to little revelatory symbols about their characters.. Such as how the "Death" card in the Vertigo Tarot was holding a blue rose, and Daniel was often pictured with poppies (symbolic of dreams for its narcotic nature). This also obviously includes the ankh sigils, Daniel's emerald (as opposed to Morpheus' ruby), and the ruby sleeve design I always loved from his original costume. Toss in a dash of Visual Kei/Gothic Lolita (especially because I love those cute little EGL tophats) inspiration, and here we are. I've got tons of love for the classic 80's punk look, but I figure they'd want to update their wardrobes a bit since then.

Set in London because the Death film will be, and I always loved the view of the Houses of Parliament across the Thames.

She suggested the frame, which was reminiscent of studded leather that's so prominent in rock/goth culture.. The black on it was also distressed to show hints of red underneath that picked up the red in the portrait. I found it very fitting.

Designer Genes
(Oh-ho, I'm so pun-ny.)

The possibility of genetic engineering producing artificially generic supermodel-esque people.