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This graphic reads, "it's okay to be scared, it just means you're about to do something really brave." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1676656217743-9MAM1MS2QHNTFLP5J2BJ/IMG_0233.jpg ART PORTFOLIO 'The Female Form,' created using Adobe Fresco. I roughly sketched this using the pencil tools on the digital platform I used. This rough sketch explores my anxieties concerning the role of women in society, and it is open to interpretation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/f1668878-8563-4eb3-b443-285cab831b58/A3F46C2F-1028-4DE8-BDD8-A40BDCE922BE.png ART PORTFOLIO Untitled, using Adobe Fresco. This illustration is of a tiger with a perplexed look on her face. She is surrounded by yellow and pink flowers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/0ae12ba2-f0bb-4761-82b1-641c552a2a52/Screen+Shot+2021-09-01+at+2.37.25+PM.png ART PORTFOLIO 'Indigeneity,' collage; this is a sticker made from a digital illustration I made of the same name. The sticker was produced from a drawing, and it was digitized using Adobe Fresco. Pen was used to outline the figure with the words: "celebrating indigeneity - my roots, most of our roots." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/e2b94511-58a1-4ed7-9f7f-7e19cd4f378b/B292791F-ECF3-4439-B084-DBBF484AAA90.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO I was contracted to create this piece for the online music publication Hummingbird Magazine. This is a portrait of Dominican vocalist and songwriter, YENDRY. 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The donkey is centered among a Christmas wreath, and he is wearing a necklace made of Christmas lights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/5eea6714-afe0-4492-9415-030dac268982/F2B270AD-123D-4D55-9C67-73C65E23A53A.png ART PORTFOLIO Stained glass window; I used a template of a stained glass window I found online and colored it using watercolor tools in Adobe Fresco. It was a very laborious task, and it was quite meditative. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/2298c46b-854b-4b52-9a55-7c6fc5e966b7/45C75583-7761-4298-920F-7F17301B1880.png ART PORTFOLIO Untitled, created using Adobe Fresco. I used many chalk and blurring tools to establish the desired feel for this digital drawing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1676656085617-7R0VTIKUCXMEIYFZNS0M/IMG_4767.jpg ART PORTFOLIO 'Just Keep Swimming,' watercolor illustration, photographed using Adobe Lightroom. I adjusted the contrast of the image slightly so that the digital version may look more akin to the original watercolor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/559be787-75f1-4985-8107-eb988594c771/IMG_6192.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO This pen and paper sketch entitled 'La Vida' shows a skeletal figure holding a flower and thunderbolt. A tree branch emerges from its skull with a few blossoms extending skywards. Further along, a donkey with several flowers nods its head, where right above its head a peeled 'choclo' (head of corn) shines like a bright idea. The drawing was a fun doodle exploring life, death, and the changing of the seasons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1630514617820-73P6T83I10QK1G423OLF/Untitled%252B-%252BNovember%252B27%25252C%252B2020%252B21.04.53.jpg ART PORTFOLIO Untitled self-portrait using Adobe Fresco. I created this graphic using a cut-up grapefruit for inspiration. I later added a sketch of my face atop the grapefruit graphic. I did this using an ink tool on the digital platform. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/c51e8d43-a799-417d-a784-67927abe3348/Screen+Shot+2021-09-06+at+6.18.44+AM.png ART PORTFOLIO 'Genie in a Bottle,' created using Adobe Fresco. I drew inspiration from this piece when I refused to throw away an Orangina bottle. I insisted that it felt like a part of the room, an extension of me. I added details like Nopales emerging from the bottle and a floral border. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/fec598fb-ea51-4f6e-9b61-52f8329576e5/Untitled+-+November+5%2C+2020+15.10.06.png ART PORTFOLIO Untitled work, created with Adobe Fresco. This is very much a conceptual piece about metamorphosis. The figure has no head (supposedly underwater), a tadpole looms above her, and she hangs on a branch that displays a cacoon emerging as a moth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/8d5c5a31-6b6b-4b06-966f-7cf064e05231/31BFF7D2-0F0B-4E17-B1BE-0F794D48EB3D.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO I was contracted to create this piece for the online music publication Hummingbird Magazine. This is a portrait of British rapper, Slow Thai. I used various effects, tools, and overlays in the making of this graphic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/4fc586cc-30ab-4c76-afcf-e688eccfef84/IMG_0018.jpg ART PORTFOLIO 'Sunrise Blue,' using Adobe Fresco. This self-portrait was made using charcoal tools on the digital platform. I made the background using a textured brush called 'wishy-washy.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/f0c29308-4a40-4e0d-93f6-1ee44462a8d4/Screen+Shot+2021-09-06+at+6.20.06+AM.png ART PORTFOLIO Bottle series, using Adobe Fresco. This series stemmed from my work on the self-portrait 'Genie in a Bottle.' Instead of focusing on my figure alone, I created digital portraits of friends and family on top of their favorite drinks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/6b6f7b18-e148-48ce-a86e-4cd98c6f6fa5/IMG_1846.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO This minimalistic digital drawing of a girl and her dog was created using Adobe Fresco with an ink-roller effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/4be74d3f-877b-4133-b495-1dffdc2b9b1b/Screen+Shot+2021-09-06+at+6.21.14+AM.png ART PORTFOLIO Untitled collage, using construction paper, a broken vinyl record, and cut-and-paste illustrations of various subjects (including a koi fish, a world map, a gardenia, and a figure of a man resembling Sisyphus). The bottom of the collage reads, "The weight of the world is love," in black sharpie. The quote is from Allen Ginsberg's 1954 poem, 'Song.' https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/947d9c5a-1b0e-4c0d-b565-279c3ab413cb/22F4C5C2-0944-40C0-880E-BB0F47B213D4.png ART PORTFOLIO 'Chartreuse,' using Adobe Fresco. I was inspired by one of my favorite colors, a yellow-green. I created this comic with little coherent storyline, focusing on random objects in various shades of green and yellow-green. This graphic includes depictions of (right to left) an unknown planet, a sky scene with amorphous blobs, a flower emerging from a grid, and floating avocados. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/58bc5886-e734-4bee-9e3a-7eb04fbf199e/C35B4ED8-E576-4736-B6A6-5752F30A829A.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO I was contracted to create this piece for the online music publication Hummingbird Magazine. This is a portrait of Nicotine. I used surrealistic elements such as Koi-fish makeup, flowers, and mushrooms to achieve the desired psychedelic effect of this illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/d17b52f4-6f3c-4016-8206-d14dc21f6ce3/9F8CA574-3828-43E4-BE98-E7E033931FE3.png ART PORTFOLIO 'Circus Mind,' a hand drawn illustration, digitized and colored with Adobe Fresco. I was inspired by 'Little Wing,' a famous Jimi Hendrix song, in the making of this piece. It depicts a tiger on a merry-go-round that stands on a brain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/9b2ebfd1-4bec-45d6-9a59-8bd7b7603d96/Untitled+-+September+10%2C+2021+00.12.48+copy.png ART PORTFOLIO 'Martina as a Pez,' illustrated using Adobe Fresco. I used simple tools on Adobe Fresco to make this piece, and it is colored in using paint-bucket. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1f5288ce-0ce9-4bc6-aa99-3811fe963cac/5C82D010-3E04-4883-91E4-412122D99512.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO I was contracted to create this piece for the online music publication Hummingbird Magazine. This is a portrait of the Detroit-based rap group Griselda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/456e408b-968e-43ee-b422-64e8c3514747/64B07117-ACE9-435A-9989-41E01029EF89.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO I was contracted to create this piece for the online music publication Hummingbird Magazine. This is a portrait of Sunni Colón, a visionary musician who makes incredible music videos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/d91efac4-82c3-405f-9b4e-2bd6782cf66f/F44DBB34-D4F2-4275-AD6F-BFF4FD6BA505.png ART PORTFOLIO Untitled, illustrated using Adobe Fresco. I was inspired by an editorial photoshoot of women and balloons in a desolate background. I found this image on the internet, but have lost the reference photo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/288a5813-e988-46a2-b286-012c489033d8/9E6A110B-8C00-45CF-A12B-04AD09137693.jpeg ART PORTFOLIO I used Adobe Fresco to create a graphic of Aries. The background was created using various paintbrush tools and Ink roller effects. I drew inspiration for the portrait from Aries' music video, 'Sayonara.' The piece is entitled, 'Fool's Gold,' a song off his album "BELIEVE IN ME, WHO BELIEVES IN YOU." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1676657103860-8050UR5MI9OBN8I0NUN1/0EED2ACD-7739-4BC8-93EB-CFBA5FA4C065.jpg ART PORTFOLIO Young self-portrait using Adobe Fresco. I gained inspiration for this piece from a picture of me running as a child. This digital drawing uses a bold orange and blue dual-toned background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/42cce1a1-f3b9-4351-ac1e-688272fb40fa/7903D0F5-5F31-4B37-8277-DC0CED64B311.png ART PORTFOLIO Untitled, illustrated using Adobe Fresco. I am strangely proud of this piece. My mind was a blank when I created it, and has served as a form of automatic writing (or it's drawing equivalent.) I created this piece using charcoal tools on the digital platform, and I focused on variations of blue and orange in watercolor and charcoal for the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1766713091510-EK4I6H9IE4OME0IXGYQC/IMG_6224.jpg ART PORTFOLIO I used acrylic paint on canvas-textured sticker paper for this depiction of the sea and the Earth joined together at a yellow flower, over which a multicolored seashell obscures a blue-orange flame. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/1961b6fb-849f-4dc0-948b-a8763dc40a97/27984DCD-FA94-4E04-A842-9A63CD71CB6A.png ART PORTFOLIO Self-portrait in a classroom using Adobe Fresco. This piece uses a bold orange and blue dual-toned background and goes hand-in-hand with the young self-portrait of me running. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/8604a000-deb7-44e4-907b-311822ac7959/IMG_0488.jpg ART PORTFOLIO 'Martina the Beautiful Cockroach,' collage. This piece was created using illustrations that were cut and later put together using wheat paste. The illustrations fill the back of a children's book entitled, "Martina the Beautiful Cockroach." The colorful images came from a 2015-2016 planner that I adorned with many doodles, and have now retired as a collage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/a0814486-5188-4b41-a89c-3ea3fdcce2b4/0D1DE49D-42DD-4D2A-9024-5F0CEE6EC761.png ART PORTFOLIO 'Buongiorno,' hand-drawn piece, digitized using Adobe Fresco. I wanted to depict a standing dragon in this whimsical 'hello' illustration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/612fa8222946c80d7321776a/b993500f-6214-4d59-92e0-52de774e858e/IMG_4015.png ART PORTFOLIO A hand emerges from a hole in the wall filled with paint splatter in this untitled graphic. 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