Birthday present for my partner, redrawing a work of art from 5+ years ago. Focus on environmental mood, character design, and body language. 

Practicing with style, rendering, and doing portraits without reference. First time doing a portrait of myself, especially without any reference and with only one layer to work on.

Christmas gift for my dear friend. I wanted to focus on portraying a character I know very little about, as well as rendering a cohesive background and environmental lighting. The goal was to make something cozy and rich with personality.

Made for an assignment in Digital Design, but with personal challenges given my own knowledge of digital art-making software. I wanted to experiment with using a grayscale layer and gradient maps.

An example of the most simplified form of a character design. I wanted to try out a small, cutesy style that doesn't take as long to finish. This style is common in merchandise, avatars, and emoticons. I wanted to explore how I would translate my "standard" style to something simple & cute to see if I could differentiate in potential pricing.