2021 This one was made as a gift for my mother who loves all birds and is herself a Robin. I wanted to create an image for her that evoked peace, contentment, and just... that sumptuous feeling of basking in a warm beam of sunlight and knowing life is good.
2021 "Celeste" She was originally designed as a pendant, but then asked to be painted instead. I imagine her commanding the skies. Not only candlelight, even the stars bow down before her.
2021 "Sweet Like Candy"
One day I was thinking it would be fun to do a pendant/art piece of a girl blowing bubblegum. I've seen art like that before, and I wanted to do my own version of it, so I thought, what if everything about her was candy? I personally don't eat much candy, but I occasionally have to hold myself back from buying it just because it looks pretty.
So, I ended up with this bubblegum girl with Princess Leia Candy Hair and candy corn horns, as Konpeitō falls all around her like confetti. She's a whole vibe and I love her.
2021 "Queen of Curls"
2019 "The Sleepy Warrior" In December 2018 I was finally diagnosed with Narcolepsy after 2 decades of hallucinations, cataplexy, and disordered sleep being consistently misdiagnosed/misattributed. Since being properly medicated I have been learning to sleep, to heal, and have regained so much clarity, stability, and happiness.
I had seen various narcolepsy merchandise using the Rosie the Riveter "We Can Do It" stance, but they were mostly clip art that seemed to be used for a variety of disorders. This inspired me to create a more narcolepsy specific version, as well as to broaden representation with a version for black women (to be uploaded soon). Since then I was also asked to design one for East Asian representation, and I am still working on that.
"She Saw Through an Owl's Eyes" This one is quite old now, I think the first sketch goes back to my college days, and this version of it is from 2017. My original color-blocking was done with simple earth tones and without texture, but here I played around with making it feel more like they were in a forest, somewhat obscured by foliage.