Art-School Wild Child

we're looking to create an AI policy, and when we were talking about this, my boss (older millennial) was genuinely shocked to hear that younger people do not (seem) to view AI positively (a la the recent commencement speakers being booed)

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little planner check in ✨📖

i’ve been trying this daily template in my journal while waiting for my planner to arrive and it has honestly been working so well for me.

MerMay Day 24: Avant Garde 🎞️

It's that time of year again — what seems to be my third annual Sabrina Carpenter drawing, lol. Not only do I love her music, but her MET Gala dress this year is my roman empire.

I've been binging old seasons of Project Runway, and when it comes to the unconventional materials challenges, I always get so frustrated when the designers who don't take it seriously, and are like "What do you expect from me?" Uh, THE Dior film reel dress, made from actual film reel of the movie "Sabrina" FOR Sabrina Carpenter??

MerMay Day 20: Sea Shanty 🏴‍☠️

I had SO much fun with this prompt!! I freakin love pirates, and I had this idea of a Siren who became a pirate herself – at one point I thought that maybe the idea was that she spread tales of her treasure and lured all of these pirates there, only for her to take them down and steal THEIR treasure... which I guess does then make it true that her stolen treasure is there?

At some point I wondered how she would lure pirates, and what would draw her to them, and the idea of this golden glittery mermaid almost being part of the treasure herself was REALLY intriguing to me...

MerMay Day 10: Shellphone 🐚☎️

Can you tell that I love 1950s, Pin-up era artwork? This is my second drawing with vintage inspiration, and it won't be the last you'll see for this challenge 😉 This one is inspired by a beautiful piece from American Pin-Up artist Alfred Leslie Buell.

Something about this drawing made me realize, probably later than everyone else, just how heavy the Character Design is in this challenge! It makes for the opportunity to ask yourself "Okay... now what would a Mermaid do with a shellphone? What does a shellphone look like?" Or even, for more direct translations, "Now where do I put the tail..." And I'm not surprised, given that "Creating Characters with Personality" by @tombancroft1 (one of the pioneers of MerMay) sitting on my bookshelf 📚

As you can see, I started putting my own spin on Buell's painting when I laid down my line art, coming up with a new vision of who this mermaid would be, and I leaned even further into it when I laid down my color. I LOVE the way she came out, and I had so much fun experimenting with this prompt.

MerMay Day 8: Radioactive ☢💚

I LOVED this one, I had a lot of fun! I went through a few different ideas, my first one being a mermaid who's collection of human things includes a lot of Uranium glass... But then I started to think about what kinf of effects it would have on her, and eventually the uranium glass totally fell out of the picture, and I was left with a mermaid who, herself, is radioactive due to the environment she lives in.

MerMay Day 3: Handmade 🧶

I was really inspired by this Collier's Magazine Cover (check it out on the second slide) from August 28th, 1948, illustrated by Wilson Cutler. Something about her concentration, her knitting – one of the hobbies I've collected – and the painting style called out to me, and I tried my hand at recreating it!

Can I just say... of my recent works, I think this is one of my favorites!! I loved getting to explore a new coloring style (which I will be unashamedly re-using), I enjoy the creative spin I took, and I always love studying vintage art pieces 🧡💛

A peek into my warmup sketchbook for my first post of 2026 ✨

I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year! And I hope you’re being gentle with yourself as this brand new year starts. I’m sure you have a list of resolutions to make a “new you” for the new year… But new habits take time to form, and I’m sure I’m not the only one with a backlog of holiday treats calling their name 😵‍💫

One thing I want to work on in 2026 is to post more consistently, and to be intentional with what I do for my art page. So I’m starting with a peek into my sketchbook — it’s not perfect, but it doesn’t have to be! My goal is be creative in some way every day, and I’d like to share that, whether it’s picture perfect or not.