Lisa Anderson Design-Blog

I'm on the wall!

2011-02-17T11:47:00.004-07:00

Ok, so at school if the teacher is impressed by your work they pin it up on the wall on the third floor of the art building for all the world to see, well maybe not the whole world but at least all the art majors will see it. Anyways I haven't had anything up on the wall for about a year or so and I'm pretty stoked that my 1-point perspective drawing made the cut! It might not seem like a big deal to have your artwork tacked to a ugly scratchy wall but this is pretty darn awesome if you ask me.

It's been awhile...

2010-12-03T11:38:00.005-07:00

So I'm not very good at updating my blog but I'm pulling an illustration from the archives of my sketch books since I don't feel like posting anything recent. Enjoy.

Oil Lift out: non-digital

2009-10-16T11:43:00.003-06:00

So I did a previous project where I had to recreate this technique in Photoshop but now I have used it with REAL oils! I love the result and it was really nice to paint something again.

Whoops! Sorry about the glare

Some Sketches

2009-08-31T17:52:00.002-06:00

So here are some random doodles from my sketchbook. They aren't that great but it shows that yes I have been doing something art related this summer. I've had a thing for floating heads lately I guess.

Final illustrations for class

2009-04-14T00:20:00.006-06:00

So here are the final 4 illustrations I did for my Digital Illustration class.

We had to come up with 4 imaginary bugs. Mine all live in an office environment.

I stayed up until 5 AM finishing these so they better look darn good! I got an A so that made me happy.

Intricate: Illustration Friday

2009-03-12T14:18:00.005-06:00

The gypsy with an intricate skirt

The shadow isn't that good but the rest I really like. I made TONS of pattern brushes in Photoshop for this and it was lots of fun.

Instinct

2009-03-02T18:46:00.001-07:00

Lemmings have a natural instinct to migrate when their population gets too large. Sometimes this results in an untimely death off a cliff.

Celebration:Illustration Friday

2009-02-19T15:09:00.004-07:00

I always thought it was funny when over zealous pet owners throw elaborate parties for their pets on their birthdays.

I thought my drawing for this was really fun but the paint technique I had to use didn't really work with it. I like the dog though.

Time: Illustration Friday

2009-02-12T14:56:00.004-07:00

The White Rabbit: first thing that came to my head at the mention of "time". Well maybe not the first but it works.

Again, I'm not too happy with the finished product but for the time I had it's not too bad.

Flawed: Illustration Friday

2009-02-05T00:46:00.002-07:00

In a school of fish , he was considered flawed.

Climbing: Illustration Friday

2009-01-29T15:00:00.008-07:00

Here is the final. I don't think it turned out very well so I might do another one later.

Oh look, something different...

Paper cutout practice

2009-01-23T12:12:00.006-07:00

This is what I came up with for this new technique we learned in class.

I'm actually pretty excited with the end result. The image wasn't supposed to looked this washed out, but oh well.

Pale: Illustration Friday

2009-01-22T13:48:00.006-07:00

Pale girl with a pail.

I really wanted to do more with it but I ran out of time. That's what happens when you decide to start over the night before it's due (smacks head).

Also pardon the small size, my computer hates me.

"Linocut" Practice

2009-01-16T16:02:00.007-07:00

Illustration Fridays' word was "contained" so here is a contained fish using a photoshop technique I learned in my digital illustration class.

let's put something here...

2009-01-13T22:31:00.003-07:00

Old charcoal drawing from a year or two ago.

Testing

2009-01-08T16:59:00.001-07:00

This is only a test...