American Illustration 31

I am so excited to announce that the drawing I did of my grandmother on her motorcycle has been selected to appear in American Illustration 31! I found out on Friday but have been super busy finishing up some loose ends in my thesis, causing the delay in posting. Now the hard part is waiting until November to see the show and book!

A Flared Alphabet

In preparation for the making of the cover of my six word memoir book, I'm drawing up some new alphabets to make my life a little easier. This is number one of... a number that is yet to be determined.

The City by the Sea

Yesterday I was forced to take a break from painting the map I'm making for thesis and make a completely different map for a completely different reason. Although the last thing I can afford to do at this moment is take a break from thesis work, you'll have to trust me when I say that making this map was extremely important as well. I really like how it turned out and so I want to share it with the rest of you!

This is a map of the area of Wildwood I visited every year growing up. The boardwalk is two miles long but we always stayed right near the center on Schellenger Ave at the Landmark Motel. Oh, sweet memories (I'm looking at you, Douglass Fudge).

Two Things...

1. My new website is completely finished and live! Check out aliciacandraw.com to see what I made from scratch.

2. Today I made this alphabet. It's been awhile since I've done a complete alphabet and it was nice to take a short break from my thesis work. I call it Halphabet.

A more professional face(book)

Today I made a facebook page for alicia can draw illustration, you can find it and like it here!

Lurker, inspired by the aggression meter

This piece is actually a hybrid of two paintings I completed in the past week, one that was painted for my five year old cousin, therefore excluding the lurking wolf, and one for an editorial assignment. Put them together and voila! In the end this was just for fun but I ended up really liking it - I hope you do as well.

Recent drawing on location favorites

This past Friday in class we had the amazingly talented Afro Jersey come in to play music and for our drawing pleasure (If you are at all into having your spirits lifted, you should check them out. Their music is extremely positive and these guys have the heartiest laughs I've ever heard). Since they were in pretty much the same "pose" all afternoon I started doing some blind contours to make things interesting and they ended up being my favorite drawings from the whole day...

I added the lettering after I got home and I could live with or without it but nonetheless it needed something in that spot, it was screaming for their name. I also started playing with some of my other outlines and ended up making this...

...which is obviously destined to be turned into a flashing neon sign. But really, they all had such great features which is why I started sketching their silhouettes in the first place...the whole project was just super fun to do!

And last but certainly not least, I wanted to post this little gem of a drawing that I did at the Metropolitan Opera House backstage tour. This was our adorable guide, Brett, who we all had more drawings of than the MET itself. Maybe it was his bright red plaid jacket that was so perfect (sadly I didn't capture it in this sketch) or maybe it was his never ending knowledge and passion for all things opera, but either way he really was the ultimate tour guide and subject to draw.