Art and Illustration

Overview

Are you looking to hire a specialist in art and illustration? I am proficient in graphic-editing applications including Illustrator and Photoshop and traditional methods such as pencil, charcoal, pastel, and paint. My artistic style is well suited to posters, reports, signs, advertisements, maps, logos, and marketing collateral.

Whether you need a simple image or a complex rendering, I will use form, color, and composition to bring your concept to life.

Products and Services

  • Vector art
  • Drawing by hand
  • Painting in oil and pastel
  • 3D illustration
  • Design of maps
  • Creation of graphs
  • Photo compositing
  • Optimization for web
  • Preparation for print

Selected Work

Poster on Climate Change

Adobe Illustrator. Print size 11″ x 17″.

This poster highlights the harmful effects of climate change on polar bear populations and suggests a specific action that can help. In addition to creating the illustration, I wrote the copy, sourcing the information from a publication by World Wildlife Fund.

Poster about the effects of climate change on polar bears. The illustration shows a polar bear resting on a small iceberg, with mountains in the background. The text is yellow and dark blue against a sky ranging from blue to yellow.

Illustrations for Blog

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects.

I illustrated header images for a series of posts by “spoonie” guest artists on a blog about living with chronic illness. In spoon theory, a spoon represents a unit of a person’s physical and mental energy. Individuals with chronic ailments have to plan their activities carefully so that they don’t run out of spoons in any given time period. I used Adobe After Effects to curve the artists’ names in 3D space.

See the logo that I designed for the blog.

Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Alexandra Baker. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is blue. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Alyssa Graybeal. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is teal. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Yulia Greyman. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is pink. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name @lymelifecomics. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is lime green. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Nicole @artful_agony. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is red. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Jennifer Scott. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is light green. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Laura Vitale. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is purple. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1. Header image for blog post. The top reads 'Spoonie Guest Artist.' The illustration is of the bowl part of a spoon in silver tones. Running across the bowl, styled to look like engraved type, is the name Kat Woods. In the lower right corner of the image is the name of the blog: Miss Diagnoses dot com. The background is bright green. The ratio of the image is roughly 1.3 to 1.

Illustration of Cliff Swallows

Adobe Illustrator.

I produced this illustration for a map of habitats at Carolina Waterfowl Rescue in Indian Trail, NC. The owner of the rescue asked for a playful, Disneyland-style piece.

Cartoon-style illustration of two cliff swallows. The birds are colored in brown, blue, rust, yellow, and white. One bird is tucked into a tan, gourd-shaped next. The other is perched atop the nest. In the background is a rock wall. The ratio of the image is 1.5 to 1.

Illustration of a Guinea Pig

Sketches Pro app for iPhone.

This is a depiction of my guinea pig Digby.

Cartoon-style illustration of a guinea pig from the side, emphasizing the pig's round form. The pig is colored in tones of brown and tan. He has a white stripe running down the front of his face and dark, button-like eyes. He casts a large shadow on the dark-blue floor. The wall in the background is a lighter blue. The ratio of the image is 1.5 to 1.

Painting of a Guinea Pig

Pastel on colored paper. 9″ x 9″.

This is a portrait of my guinea pig Mariusz.

Portrait of a guinea pig, done in pastel on paper. The head, which is turned slightly to the left, occupies a large part of the composition. The pig's face is dark, and his body is light. His black-and-white hair is rendered creatively, in tones of blue, green, purple, red, and yellow. The background is mainly green and blue; the floor is made to look like a wavy blanket, in light tones of blue, pink, yellow, and off-white.

Painting of a Duck

Pastel on black paper. 9″ x 12″.

I created this pastel painting of Mr. Flapper for the owner of Ducks and Clucks, a retirement home for rescued animals in Salt Lake City, UT. Mr. Flapper was the first duck she adopted.

Portrait of a pekin duck, done in pastel on black paper. The duck is standing and facing forward, with his head turned to the right. The body is rendered in white and light tones of blue, yellow, and orange; the bill and feet are deep orange. The black paper serves as the darkest shadows and the background.

Study of a Human Head

Oil on canvas. 12″ x 9″.

The purpose of this piece was to do a study of a human head in an extreme pose. The model is Harry Dean Stanton in a scene from the 1979 film Alien.

Study of a man's head, done in oil on canvas. The head is tilted upward at an extreme angle. The flesh is rendered mainly in cool blues, grays, and greens. The hair is painted in dark blues, purples, and browns. The background is similarly dark, with a diagonal shaft of light behind the head.

Three-Point-Perspective Drawing

Charcoal on paper. Approximately 14″ x 16.5″.

I drew a three-inch-tall grater as if it were a colossal architectural object. Titled MonuMental Grater, this work “puts the mental in monumental,” as a friend remarked.

Three-point-perspective drawing of a cheese grater, done in charcoal on paper. The grater is drawn as if it were a monumental object, with the view looking upward; it is angled to the left. The front plane is light with dark holes; the side plane is the reverse.