Illustrations

Illustrations done in Clip Studio Paint and Photoshop that are unrelated or just supplementary to my designs.

Magenta-colored image of a woman lying on the steps of an ruinous temple, bleeding from her neck. In the background, the blood trails off to the other side of the temple, and there is a lake and a forest past the temple. A full moon and hundreds of stars shine above.

Illustration for the novella "The Vampyre" (1819)

After starting and scrapping numerous designs, I was inspired to change the layout of the image, and eventually finished the illustration within two weeks of starting it. The novel features a Greek village with numerous artifacts, friendly locals, and a vampire that stalks the vulnerable people among them - primarily women. 

The illustration is all magenta except for the blood, as I chose to color the illustrations to be the same as the cover of the book, with one splash of red. 

Completed April 2022

A young woman in a chemise (nightgown) and light slippers leans on a boulder as she pushes her hair out of her face to look over the edge of a cliff, confused. It is implied that she does not know how she got here.

Illustration for "Dissertation on the Condition known as Oneirodynia" (1815)

I chose to illustrate a woman in a chemise and slippers on the edge of a tall cliff. In his dissertation, Dr. Polidori explains that while in this somnambulant trance, patients can often do dangerous things that they wouldn't dare do awake, and should never be woken up when they begin to do these things, as it could startle them awake, and cause them to be injured. Thus, this image is to represent a sleepwalking young woman who has woken up to discover herself far from home. 

Completed March 2022

A young man in a waistcoat with dark curly hair leans over and pulls a bloodied, sharp quill out of his lower abdomen. Blood soaks through his shirt and waistcoat, as well as dripping down the quill. He does not look like he's in extraordinary pain. While clearly unhappy, he seems more like he's trying to stay as calm as he can.

Illustration for "The Diary of John William Polidori" (1816-1818)

This illustration was done in blue, and is mostly to represent the implications of what was written in Polidori's diary while he traveled through Europe with Lord Byron. Byron constantly humiliated him for numerous reasons - likely that he was young, thin, and had little experience with people socially, having lived in a convent school from the age of eight and then immediately being sent to medical school. His words greatly affected Polidori's confidence, even though he was undoubtedly already extremely accomplished for a twenty-year-old of the time. 

Polidori removing a quill from his side is representative of him being wounded by the famed poet.

Completed March 2022

Blue background with a pill bottle in the center that has been made to look like a marble pillar. On top of it sit the words "Empire of Pain", the title of the book. Behind it there is a huge white pill that is positioned to look like the moon. Beneath the pillar there are syringes arranged to look like urban buildings.

'Empire of Pain' Poster

This poster was done as a part of a contest for a school presentation occurring in April 2022 where the author of the bestselling book Empire of Pain would come to discuss the themes of the book - a pharmaceutical company profiting off of the opioid epidemic in the United States without concern for the patients being prescribed the drugs they are making. Though I did not win, I was very proud of my design. Simple, with solid, flat shapes and strong, bold font. It was very obviously inspired by block-printing and posters from the 1960s.

Completed November 2021

A piano sitting at the very edge of a red-carpeted stage that seems to have its seat awkwardly pulled out, like the pianist stood up and left in a hurry. In the reflection of the piano, the catwalk and the stage lights can be seen, and blood has dripped onto the back of the piano, but it blends in with the red floors. The piano music is hastily arranged with some red scribbles on it. There is a red laser pointing in between the sheets of music. The lowest five piano keys look different from the rest of them as well. The cast is listed at the top of the poster: Tasmin Egerton, Kerry Bishé, Alex Winter, Elijah Woon, John Cusack. The middle of the poster reads "The Grand Piano. 'The cost of a perfect performance must be paid in blood'." The bottom of the poster reads "A Eugenio Mira film production. 7th of March 2014".

"The Grand Piano" Poster

The Grand Piano is a film I adore, so you can imagine my disappointment when I looked for official posters of it and found that most of them looked like still frames from the movie were simple dropped into a stock action-movie DVD cover template. I decided to try and make a classy-looking poster for this extremely classy-looking thriller film, one that looked focused more on the true star of the movie: the piano. The film goes into great detail to explain this elaborate piano, which has been built to play a special song "La Cinquette", and when the song is nearly over and has been played perfectly, several extra keys appear on the lowest side of the piano.

Completed September 2021

Above: Adobe Illustrator Room Project - Kitchen Corner
Completed in the process of studying Adobe Illustrator's 'Gradient Mesh' tool to capture the illusion of realistic shapes and shadows. 
Completed December 2019
Drink Label Project - Serocke Jezinowka
My first ever label design project from my 2019 Graphic Design 2 class - this fictional drink brand was inspired by a photo of my great grandmother, Carrie Serocke, where her brother took a picture of her wearing her church clothes in their back garden. 
Completed November 2019

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