I started this class as an senior art major who has been illustrating seriously since high school, however through exercises we have been doing in class I found many limitations in my skills as an artist and was very excited by this. I think when you find your weaknesses and you start to know what you don't know, you find a gateway to improvement. I learned the importance of drawing the (human) figure; it is the most recognizable visual that we are all familiar with- if proportions are off we would notice right away because we are constantly looking at other people around us. To be able to represent it accurately means that you have a grasp on a fundamental of art.

I love illustrating everything but I have a particular affinity for representing animals in my art.

I am also a musician: a singer/songwriter in popular music.

This was a collaboration with Kenneth Arnold (transparent figure), Clover Marez (background), Hailey Finnecy (top hat girl), and my own art (top hat guy and penguin). In the storyboard I put together this is a scene where the Magician rescued her penguin and brought him home to her.