Ice Spidey

Storm's prowess over the elements + Batman's genius

Sometimes people have a strong preference for Marvel or DC, but I honestly love characters and stories from both. When I was home at the beginning of the summer I created these three superheroes by pairing a character from DC with one from Marvel. I chose them based on the people I did them for. Above is a Storm - Batman combo I drew for my sister, and I also did a Spiderman - Ice girl for myself, and a Green Lantern - Wolverine combination for Jackson. I'm sure it is a blast coming up with your own superheroes as well!

Spiderman's web + Ice's control over the snow and ice

Green lantern's marvelous ring + Wolvering fearsome claws

 Megan brought home mini- canvases (about 2 by 3 inches) and these are 2 of the 5 that I painted.

Funny- looking fella (the smile..?)

I have done these funny guys - faceless, with fiery hair - for years. Who are they, though?

Take a walk

Towards the end of spring semester, I decided I wanted to do something cool for Jackson before summer began and we saw each other much less. Of course a drawing or some sort of art-creation idea came to mind, but I also wanted to do something more unique and fun. So, in order to make it a gift but also something interactive, I made him a puzzle scavenger hunt! I used some extra foam core I had from mounting artwork and drew a picture of us in pen. I used my Blick markers to make the background vibrant - with a Spiderman symbol for me and Green Lantern for Jackson.

I outlined 30 puzzle pieces on the back of the drawing and cut them out carefully with my x-acto knife. Before I cut them I tested out what shape tabs would be easiest to cut: typical round, square, or triangular, and square tabs worked the best. 

I planned out the scavenger hunt in our dorm and all around campus, I took my a journal and rode around campus on my longboard, jotting down clues and deciding on hiding spots - one for each of the 30 pieces!

It took quite a bit of time, but I had a lot of fun doing it, and in the final week of school, I set it up! I was worried that people who find them/ weather would ruin them, so I didn't want to hide them until the day of, so I wrapped each puzzle piece in a clue and hid them all in the morning. Jackson was excited, he knew it was a scavenger hunt, but not what for, nor how extensive it would be! It was so much fun to finally do it and watch him get really confused over some of the clues.

Little Spideyman

I have a whole group of finished drawing II assignments!
This first was a weekend homework assignment from two weeks ago. We had to draw a dark room and my boyfriend Jackson gave me the idea of going to Neville Hall, a lecture room on campus just a few minutes from our dorm. We hung out there that Saturday and Sunday while I drew the dark seats with light coming in from the arched doorway.

This was my homework assignment from this past weekend. We had to draw one of our favorite snacks or meals, so I bought some raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries and set them up in a small, clear parfait cup! I had fun for the majority of the time, but drawing the raspberries' and blackberries' kernels was very time consuming so instead of spending about 5 - 7 hours on the weekend assignment like usual, I spent closer to 10!

This was one of the first in-class drawings we did. I had to build some sort of white paper construction outside of class then bring it in and sketch it for 2-3 class periods (180 minutes each).

This is my most recent in class drawing. We had to choose any object that was important in some way to us and create a diptych - two panel - one of the object, and one of it wrapped. I chose my spideyman toy that squirts water out of his fists! He's very small, probably about 2 inches. We worked on him for 3 class periods, and then began the wrapped panel, which we will continue after break :)!