Sydney Show Preview
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A selection of preview work for debut solo show at Friends of Leon Gallery, Sydney, Australia, September 2010
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A selection of preview work for debut solo show at Friends of Leon Gallery, Sydney, Australia, September 2010
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I was invited by Designers Against Child Slavery to be 1 of 30 international artists to create poster art themed around the growing issue of child slavery and prostitution. There are an estimated 2 million children currently enslaved in the global sex trade. The final pieces will be shown in galleries globally to raise awareness. Opening night is September 24, 2010 in Columbia, SC.
Pencil, watercolor, PS.
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Wallpaper submission and Tshirt design for Russian design empire Design Collector to celebrate 7 years in the running. Artists were tasked to subtley incorporate the number 7 somewhere into the design.
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Work process excerpt time laspe below of a small portion of the digital half of my work process, music by The XX
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Tally Ho is the anti-convention independent art and photography magazine created and art-directed by renowned photographer Phil Knott. Phil asked me to do both a logo interpretation for the magazine as well as 4 lryical type treatments to accompany my illustrations of Bob Dylan, Thom Yorke, Biggie, and Elvis. All pieces are graphite, (some watercolor), and digital.
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"All Our Idols" is an ongoing freestyle portrait project. All work is pencil, watercolor, and digital.
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Thom Yorke, Lead Singer of Radiohead

Raymond Carver, American writer and poet

Rick Owens, Fashion Designer

Jimi Hendrix, Guitar Legend

Elvis Presley, The King

Bob Dylan, Father of Folk

Notorious B.I.G., Hip Hop Artist
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Original sketches below

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Limited edition skateboard decks commissioned by Social Gathering Clothing (SGCNY). Buy them here.
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Filthy Process Sample from Sara Blake on Vimeo.

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Featured as one of 120 of the "most exciting female graphic designers and illustrators" from 39 countries around the world in 2009 for the Curvy Book compilation.
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Portrait of John Lamensdorf, requested by his family for his memorial fund. John was tragically killed in an accident while pursuing his passion for the arts. John Hunt Lamensdorf, November 17, 1986 - May 28, 2009
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The process included multiple portraits. Below is video of 16 hours of design exploration sped tp 7 minutes—from initial drawing to testing in Photoshop.
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A live, large-format illustration done in Sharpie only, inspired by 2 pre-assigned pieces of music. Video later projected for gallery event. Artwork is SOLD. Music by Silverchair.
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A personal project exploring stop frame animation created from 867 unique frames that evolved from my obsession with birds: weird birds, beautiful birds, honking birds, hoo-hoo'ing birds, quacking birds, flying birds, floating birds—they're all amazing. Based on a set of 26 goofy illustrations of avian creatures A-Z, I thought we might take away a little message about diversity and apply it to our human neighbors, here, there, and everywhere. Music by CocoRosie.
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