Emily H.

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To be honest I haven't done too many art projects since my last one. I've been busy with other things and had been out of the house a lot. I dabbled in a few things here and there and also helped Riann out with a logo project

I did this one out of shear anal necessity. With my iTouch, I have the ability to store pictures and contacts. This is nothing new compared to my old iPod, but I am allow to edit the information on my new one. I was entering all my contact information on to the iTouch and I was selecting pictures from the vectors that I had uploaded. There were a few contacts that I didn't have images for. I don't like having "holes" so I decided to fill a few. So far I have only done this one. I'll get around to my parents and a few other friends.

You might be curious why I don't just use photos. Well I had already been using the art so I didn't want to change formatting. Plus this way I get to do some cool stuff.

Cartoon Clubhouse

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I have always wanted to do a style like this. I see things like e-surance commercials or illustrations by Bob Staake and I'm always intrigued. A few days ago I decided to try it myself. Andy had been wanting me to do an illustration of him for a little while so I decided to go with him. I then went on to Riann, myself, and the rest. I did them all free hand and by memory. I made some changes here and there after seeing everyone again at the Clubhouse. Everyone I drew works at the Clubhouse, except Yoshi, but he is there so much it's like he works there. Technically, Riann just quit today so she doesn't really work there either. That sucks.

Chuck and Shelley

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The last three days I've been passing some of my spare time looking at a number of different Illustrator tutorials. I learned a number of different things that I have already found very useful. I also saw some really cool work. I decided to try a new picture and use the brush tool a lot more. I had tried to do this picture of Chuck and Shelley earlier, but I just didn't like how it was turning out so I stopped. I decided to start fresh with this style. I think it turned out pretty good. I'm guessing Shelley's eyes probably aren't blue (I can never tell eye color from a photo), so I'll have to fix that later, but all in all I don't think I'd change it.

Gradient Katie Redo

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After redoing the illustration of Riann I felt like redoing an earlier one that I had previously done in color. I decided on the one of Katie. I used the same style as the last one of Riann, but I used brush strokes for the eyebrows. It's a technique I'll probably stick with.

Early Riann Color

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I wanted to try adding individual hairs, but I didn't have any pictures I was willing to work with. I decided to use the black and white picture I already did of Riann. I did do color versions of that one before, but nothing like this. I really like how it turned out.

Erica

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I did the Sally picture and posted it on my MySpace page. So when I went into the Clubhouse that same night Erica said she wanted one too. So the next day, when I woke up, I did this. I tried something new with the hair kind of. I have over-lapping layers of hair. It wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be and I like the effect. I'm surprised I did all this in like five hours. I'm getting better at this.

Sally

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Sally was hassling me for a while to do a picture of her. I had trouble finding a picture I liked. I found one eventually and made this. She now owes me a song by Joss Stone.

Michelle

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I felt like making something. I felt like trying something new. I felt like doing it pretty quick. I decided to try a Will Scobie style of one continuous line. It didn't take too long to do and I enjoyed it a lot.

Amy

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Amy was bugging me for a few weeks to do a picture of her. I started working with a different photo, but I just wasn't feeling it. Her face just looked wooden, if that means anything. I eventually switched to a better picture. I think I might be getting sick of this style. I've been dabbling in charactures a bit. I think I might try some of that soon.

Jenna and Stars

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So I give Katie her picture and she posts it on her MySpace. Within a few hours (Yes, I have nothing better to do over spring break then obsessively check comments on my things), Jenna commented on how she like the picture and added that she wanted one. It probably was an off hand remark and I'm sure she didn't think much would come of it. If that is the case she obviously doesn't know me well enough. I take small comments as personal challenges. I didn't waste much time in getting to business.

I didn't know exactly what she wanted, so I did exactly the same thing as last time. Now it seems like part of a series. And that tends to be a bad thing for me. I never seem to like the rest as much as the original one made. In fact, I tend to hate all my following creations. To be honest, I do like the one of Katie better. But I'm actually surprised that I made a second that I like and am not sorely disappointed with. Of course, that probably means there will be a third person wanting one too.

I altered a few things from the original photo. Most notably, what she is wearing. She was wearing a lot of beads and the top she had on covered way more skin. I wanted to see how well I could pull it off and I think I did.

Katie and Bubbles

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Katie sent me and e-mail a few weeks ago and she asked if I could do a newer version of her. She liked what I had done recently and was starting to feel left out and outdated. I gladly agreed to do another one. I found a fun picture of her on her page and got to work. I didn't put any gradients in her hair, but I did use a lot of different colored layers. I think it works pretty well and keeps it from looking cluttered.

During the entire project, I kept thinking about the background. I couldn't think of anything good. I really wanted to do something abstract as I tend to avoid that a lot. I eventually decided on a pattern wallpaper with a some type of thing on the side. Hell, bubbles are cute.

Allie

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I was asking Allie, a friend who works at the Clubhouse, which version she liked best of the the previous illustration of Riann. She liked one of the color versions. She asked when I was making one of her. I told her I would when I had some pictures of her to choose from. She befriend me on MySpace the next day. I went with a similar style as the one I did for Riann, but only did a color version with a black background. She liked it.

Early Riann

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I'm not sure what inspired me to make this one. I was bored and was browsing some photos on the computer. I came across this one and I thought I would try mixing a black and white rendering with some abstract junk growing off of it. I liked what I had too much to try and experiment with abstract junk. I did make 3 other versions with color, but both Riann and I loved this one so much. One thing I like about pictures of Riann is that you can tell how old it is by the number of rings she has. HAHAHA!

New Tara Avatar

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Tara was paging through some of my work and asked if I could make her a new avatar for her Facebook page. She liked what I did in the Minimal Riann picture and she wanted it something like that. I gave her six different options to choose from. She liked two of them the most. I loved this one the most which was one of the two. The odd thing is, she didn't even want me to use the original photo that I made this one off of. It couldn't have come out better.

Pilar

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Pilar asked for an illustration of herself on someone else's MySpace. I was looking for the right picture and waiting to feel freely creative. I was a bit busy with Xmas presents at the time. I did this one while I was in Eau Claire for winter break. I used Illustrator 8.0, so it was a bit annoying when certain features weren't available. I made due. She said she didn't think she could look so good.

Dot Riann

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This was my Xmas '07 present to Riann. She liked my dot picture of Natalie Portman hanging in my apartment. This is the only post where none of the work was done in Illustrator. I printed it and framed it. She loved it.

Sketchbook Jenny

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I wanted to do something with this picture. I didn't want to do the usual. I wanted to try something new. I like the sketchbook look for it.

Thinking Tara

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I started out with just Tara's face. I didn't know what else to put there for a few weeks. I eventually had this idea for a thought bubble. I had Tara make me a list of things she thinks about. Everything she listed is in there. I wanted a typeface that had ball terminals. I'm not sure what one I used in the end. Tara still think she looks more angry than pensive. I just don't see the anger.

Heather and Katherine

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I made this one to see if I could do it. I used Photoshop to transform the image into the different levels. I used Illustrator to separate the levels and to make the guides. I used the guides to cut the construction paper with and X-acto knife. It came out pretty good for a quick experiment. It replaced the Infectious picture in my bathroom.

Chuck

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Shelley asked me to do more male subjects, because I tend to do mostly women. Almost all of my friends are female, except Chuck. So I looked for a good picture I had of him. I didn't have many. I did have this one that was pretty dark and I lightened it. It worked well. It was an interesting challenge to do the lips. As I have said, male lips need to be subtle. I really love the glasses, as always. This is also one of my favorites.