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I know that it’s a little late in the afternoon for Saturday Morning Cartoons, but after all, it is summer. This is a digital sketch done in recollection of a moment. I call it “The Gaze” because The Gaze is the subject of the image, rather than the self-referential face, or the party-like scene around it. […]
Have a great day, Santa Cruz–enjoy the views! Artist- Julianna Chavez
Today I worked on a number of self portraits, including a handful that were inspired by famous works of art. This is an unfinished detail shot of a self portrait I worked on in reference to the Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel, a masterpiece that I find to be empowering–and is one of my […]
I couldn’t sleep last night, so I pulled out the charcoals and did a sketch, sort of in the same way someone might do a rain dance. Artist- Julianna Chavez
During this last Spring quarter at UC Santa Cruz, I had the pleasure of taking Stacy Kamehiro’s class, Art of the Body in Oceania, a course about visual culture phenomena in Polynesian island areas. Before this class, whenever I had heard the term, “tribal tattoo,” all I could think about were sunburned, sweaty lines […]
This week’s illustration, Autopilot, represents moments when I feel most like myself. Namely, I’m referring to walks home, usually from running errands. I believe religiously in stopping and smelling the roses, and if the roses do not require stopping, then I put myself on autopilot, completely encapsulated in the scent of the flowers. With the […]
This morning, I’m sending you a dream I had. Artist- Julianna Chavez
This morning’s illustration is titled, “Oh, the Places…” and is open to interpretation in more ways than one (take what you need). I used 05 Micron and a fine-point pink Sharpie. Artist- Julianna Chavez
If you have become familiar with the Saturday Morning Cartoons posts/series, you probably know that I like to focus on minute details in my illustrations. This Saturday I thought that I would try something a little different. Whilst I am known for my extremely expressive drawings of faces, I thought that it would be […]
I like to emphasize the details of passion and/or emotion in my drawings, so recently I did an exercise where I went through a memory and expressed each proceeding feeling through (an illustration of) the eyes. Following after the beloved and skilled theater artist, Whoopi Goldberg, I chose to challenge myself and opted out of using […]
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