Author Archives: esther

Paintings and doodles that happened when thesis didn’t

I did a motley of near-art things (doodling, painting with oil, drawing on Photoshop…) during the final semester to stay sane, some of which are fan art because those are easy to think up. I hven’t found a painting “style” yet; it’s hard to marry realistic with goofy, but I like both too much to […]

Over Christmas

(Click for large image)   New image! It is Krampus! Apparently, Krampus is more popular than I thought – there was even a gallery in which one of my instructors participated. Of course he had the most awesome one.   Anyway, it’s mostly in oil. I couldn’t give him the bundle of birch branches because […]

Happy holidays

I wanted to give a friend a Welcome to Night Vale poster, specifically the one designed by Rob Wilson. However, it was too late to order before Christmas, so I painted the iconic image which I very much hope is not infringement. This will definitely not be on the main site, but I wanted to show […]

Skulls

I thought, ‘Why do I suck at getting the likeness of people when I’m surrounded by them? What if I paint a skull without reference?’ Everyone has a skull, so I thought that if I cannot do one, then it may partially explain my problem.   I gave myself 20 minutes to paint on a […]

Canker Sore Diet

  The Canker Sore Diet is a brand new diet plan that I just created today but I’ve been on since Tuesday. This plan is all about weight loss through negative reinforcement and lasts approximately 4-6 days. I have lost 1.6 kilos so far, so IT WORKS! There is no need to change your exercise […]

Welcome to my studio

  Just kidding, I don’t have a studio.   However, I do take up about 15 square feet in one of the rooms at this school, which will soon be a thing of the past. By “take up”, I mean that I scout around a little bit for a space I’m sure other people/classes won’t […]

Airplanes.

I went to the San Francisco International Airport to get some reference photos for a project. I still have to get pictures from other places since I couldn’t actually walk to the gates. (There’s no way I’m buying plane tickets. Even in the name of art.)     I wound up getting more pictures of […]

This blog has a painting now

  The assignment here was to listen to an opera and make a poster, sans text. I chose a classic comedy, “The Barber of Seville” (or “Il barbiere di Siviglia“, since it’s in Italian).   At first, when my idea was to have the main characters together, I had trouble bringing in Figaro, the titular […]