The Artistic Voice?

Style. Technique. Whatever it is I've been analyzing and over-thinking how to find my "artistic voice." Through my art education, I've learned oil painting, scratchboard, digital art, watercolor...but I've always known, loved and worked with pastel. So a thought occurs to me--"Why aren't you perfecting your pastel techniques for illustration?" Very good question, since I have nearly 10 years experience working with pastel (yeah since 10 years old!) So, today begins my return to pastel work. Really exciting!

My early pastel work was pretty good for someone with no formal art training.

Sojung Yu's "Beyond the Truth" at Dewberry Gallery

I will be at the Dewberry Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia this Wednesday night to support SCAD Graduate student Sojung Yu in her solo show! I'm very excited after the amazing turnout for "Monsters" at Kai Lin Gallery last Friday!

Sketchbook: Brandon Boyd

Some sketches for a SCAD project awhile back. I ended up using my concepts for another celebrity, but I liked these sketches of Brandon Boyd (Incubus) so much. For a long time I've wanted to do a work with him in it. Maybe later for a painting or scratch board.

2010 Paul Frank Art Attack Contest

My entry entitled "Invader Attack!" for the 2010 Paul Frank Art Attack Contest. The entry didn't make it to finals, though it was fun and a great learning experience working completely digitally. (Photoshop CS3 and Illustrator CS4)

---Janique