Smaller Projects

Comics

These are various comics, most of which I made in a drawing for comics class at Syracuse University. I received a lot of very helpful feedback from Professor Frank Cammuso and the other students!

Single-panel cartoon depicting an astronaut floating in space with a giant tardigrade in the corner. Caption: "Say Houston, whatever happened to all those tardigrades you sent up here?"

Single-panel cartoon with one half in a theatre, a presenter announcing to an audience, the other half behind the curtain with a giant Shakespeare monster terrorizing the crew. Caption: "Next, we have a demonstration of what happens when you say the name of the Scottish Play!"

Single-panel cartoon with two dragons at a bar. Caption: "Then I realized: the princess was me, and the only one I'd been keeping captive in that tower was myself."

Six-panel comic where 1) (May) a woman closes herself into a bunker in front of a city skyline as a green mushroom cloud explodes and a cat rushes towards her. 2) (June) A person in a hazmat suit hugs a cat with too many eyes and legs in front of a bunker and a decimated city. 3) (July) The cat paws the person in the hazmat suit in front of the decimated city, with an enormous dead, diseased rat lying partially out of frame. 4) (August) The person in the hazmat suit fishes a fish with arms from a dock while the cat looks on. 5) (September) The woman (hazmat helmet gone) is chased by several odd figures (one of which wears the hazmat helmet and carries a spear) surrounded by green fog. 6) (October) From a doorstep, the woman in a normal human mask gives candy from a jack-o-lantern to a child with many eyes and a normal mask while the cat watches. A child with one pale eye, one double-pupiled eye, and a long ear (also wearing a normal face mask) walks out from the corner.

A six-panel comic. 1) (November) A cat chases a large green glowing snowflake while the woman rushes towards it with a frightened expression. 2) (December) The woman and the cat sit in front of a grinning Christmas tree. 3) (January) The woman pulls a many-eared person into a kiss in front of a green glowing ball in Times Square. 4) (February) The woman sleeps near a reactor core with the cat on top. Snow falls through the broken window. 5) (March) The woman and the cat sled through snow, revealing skulls and bones buried beneath. 6) The woman waters a flower as it snaps at her. The cat watches.

nine-panel comic depicting the story of Little Red Riding Hood. 1) Girl in red cape leaves house on hill and enters woods. 2) Girl goes by lumberjack in woods. 3) Wolf watches girl in woods. 4) Wolf and girl talk. 5) Wolf and girl go different ways. 6) Wolf goes up hill to Granny's house. 7) Old woman opens for and wolf's shadow falls over her. 8) Wolf pulls on grandmother's skirt with teeth. 9) Girl goes up to Granny's house.

nine-panel comic depicting the second half of the Red Riding Hood story. 1) Girl in red cape opens door and sees wolf in bed. 2) Girl gets closer. 3) Girl gets closer. Wolf grins. 4) Wolf towers over girl and grins. 5) Wolf circles girl and swallows her while she kicks. 6) Wolf with round belly sleeps as lumberjack opens door. 7) Lumberjack raises axe over wolf. 8) Lumberjack and girl pull bloodstained grandmother from wolf's belly. 9) Lumberjack, grandmother, and Red enjoy bread from her basket.

Four-panel comic (page 1). 1) A jupiter-like red planet with four moons and a bubble reading "Blue 5 to Red 13." 2) The viewer zooms into the green moon ("This is Blue 5 calling Red 13"), then 3) an igloo-like structure on the planet ("Come in Red 13."), and finally 4) a short-haired person (Red) in red asleep in a sort of pod bed ("Red, are you there?")

Four-panel comic (page 2) 1) Red's hand presses a speaker. Dialogue: (B) "Red, if you don't pick -- " (R)"What, Blue? Better not be another -- " (B) "No -- it's your grandmother. She's not responding." 2) Red's mouth. More dialogue. (R) "Power out again?" (B) "Or the monsters got her." (R) "Don't be stupid, blue." 3) Red looks at a wall with space gear, a first aid kit, and a gun. More dialogue: (R) "I'll check on her." (B) "Better wear your helmet -- fog's out again." 4) Outside and donning a red spacesuit, Red walks away from the igloo and into a green fog. Dialogue: (B) "Seriously, though -- be careful. People have seen -- things -- in that fog." (R) "Don't worry, Blue -- There's no such thing as monsters."

Eight-panel comic (page 3). 1) Red walks into fog. Dialogue: (R) "Stars, this fog is thick." (B) "That's how the monsters hide, they -- *fzh*" 2) Red presses a button on her suit. Dialogue. (R) "You're breaking up." (B) "--*careful*--" 3) Red faces the fog and says "Shit." 4) Red walks through the fog. 5) A dark shape with a snout is behind Red. 6) Red turns, but the shape has moved to the side. 7) Red turns again, but the shape is once again behind. It has teeth. 8) Red raises a gun and exclaims "What -- ?!" as the shape rears.

Six-panel comic (page 4). 1) Close-up of Red's face, eyes wide with fear. 2) Red raises gun and fires at the dark shape. 3) Red aims fizzling gun, but dark shape is gone. 4) Red lowers gun and says "It's gone." 5) Red panics: "Abuela!" 6) Red runs deeper into fog.

Five-panel comic (page 5). 1) Red faces a different igloo structure in the fog with non-human prints leading to its door. Red: "No -- " 2) Red enters the igloo and sees more prints and scratch marks on a device near the door. 3) The prints lead deeper in, where the door has been left open. Red: "Abue? Are you there?" 4) Close-up of Red's gun. 5) Red, in darkness. Sound effect: skk skk SKK SKKK

Three-panel comic (page 6). 1) A clawed animal foot steps out of the darkness. 2) Another foot and an animal snout follow. 3) The creature moves forward to reveal a horrifying, wolf-like, alien face with scraggly teeth, six eyes, and large ears as it utters *hhhuuuurrrhrhrhh*

three-panel comic (page 7). 1) Red aims the gun. 2) Red lowers the gun and says "Wait --" 3) Face-to-face with the wolf-like creature, Red asks, "Abuela?"

Sketchbooks

Here are some miscellaneous sketchbook images!

Some of these are from a sketchbook class I took with Professor Ginnie Hsu in Fall 2024, where we filled four sketchbooks with art and research on topics of our choosing. I picked animal and human anatomy, Japanese folklore, and for the last two, landscapes and clothing in research for a different project.

ink wash drawings of hand tendons and muscles

paintings of human muscular structures and organs

Gouache paintings of various animal eyes

Fairy Tale Illustrations

These are a series of illustrations I made for several fairy and folk tales. I tried to stick to a more graphic, flat language for maximum impact and simplicity, and went with a tritone color scheme for each to emphasize a sort of "poster" quality.

The images will be updated with less-shadowed images in due time.

graphic illustration of the wolf swallowing red riding hood

sea turtle and hare visit the Dragon King graphic illustration

Jorogumo spider woman eats cotton and spins clouds with a snake graphic illustration

rose grows from heart of Oscar Wilde's nightingale graphic illustration

boy sleeps surrounded by cats he drew while rat goblin waits to attack

Miscellaneous Theatre

I did a lot of theatre in high school and college, usually either acting, or making props, posters, or other miscellaneous items. There were so many visually stunning productions I was able to be a part of -- here are some of my contributions.

Hamlet graphic design with sword and flowers

daddy longlegs harvestman vodka bottle design front and back

Stand-Alone Pieces

Messy collage of a forest path with a light at the end

Ink illustration of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with layered images. On the outside: a ship, ice floes and a figure riding on a sled, Frankenstein in a bed, and the monster holding Frankenstein. Next ring is Elizabeth and the monster on either side of Frankenstein, who pores over a book. Roses near Elizabeth, warped anatomy near the monster. At the bottom of that circle Frankenstein reaches for the monster, who wraps his hands around a screaming Elizabeth's neck. The next rung is the De Laceys' house, the monster below in darkness reaching for them, holding one of Frankenstein's journals. The innermost circle (modeled after a womb) is the monster compressed to a circle, looking out at the viewer with anguish.

Digital winter scene with moon, trees, and ice lake

zentangle coyote skull in ink and digital with leaves and polka dots

tiger manticore mother and child in ink and marker

blue dragon snake with frog, flowers, and mushrooms

wedding of strange creatures in black and white

zentangle bird skull in ink and digital with wheat and flowers

black and white print of a mesa at night

stylized character concept sheet of Linh Cinder

zentangle owl skull with purple dots and flowers

Steampunk dragon breathing fire with engineer character