Giant Elephant Shrew

This year's incoming class at CalArts has started up a doodle blog, and we're starting out with a 30 day challenge. This is from challenge #2: your favorite animal. One of mine's the ironically named giant elephant shrew; their little wiggly noses are so comical.

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Microorganisms!

A year or two ago I gained a fascination for microorganisms, or anything under a microscope really. In science class a couple years back, whenever we observed some tiny, little microorganisms squirming around, I always imagined them having personalities. So I brought that to life with these doodles!

NYC!

It's been a while since I last posted-- things have been busy! Prom, graduation... and I just got back from NYC for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards! New York is an exciting place, and Central Park is absolutely gorgeous. The ceremony for the Scholastic A&W Awards was also pretty crazy; Sarah Jessica Parker and Usher gave lil speeches, and I got to know a bunch of fellow seniors also going to art school this year. Fun times.

This drawing was inspired by a road on the way to Central Park. I remembered walking down the same path when I was 8 and in NY, so it's a bit nostalgic for me. It's so gorgeous in person; hopefully my drawing does it justice.

And that thing on the ground is my Gold Key medal from the Awards.

Hopefully I'll start posting more frequently now that things are starting to settle down... for now!

Eep

I recently discovered the inhabitants of my future home. As I've never met a spider bigger than 1 inch in size, I'm not looking forward to meeting the black widow spiders in Southern California...

Hopefully they're friendly... and hopefully not all of them eat their husbands....

Missing summer... and the awkward booties in your face at music festivals…

Ah!

Accepted to CalArts! I'm super excited! :)

War Zone

Originally inspired by a photograph I took of an interesting-looking tree in Burbank, but the final illustration ended up looking nothing like it, hah. So here are some squirrels fighting for a beloved acorn.