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Artwork Commentary: The Face Of the Story
For this project, I was tasked with illustrating a magazine cover based off an article. The three articles I chose were: "Could These Jumping Mice Solve Change How Astronauts Exercise?" "Breaking Old Assumptions: Land Life Bounced Back Sooner Than Expected Post-Extinction" "RNA Editing Hits the Clinic, Fueling New Hope For Rare and Common Disease" We ended up choosing the last one- as it sounded most like a cover story. And thus, thumbnailing began. Thumbnailing was by far th
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ARTWORK PROCESS: At the Point of No Return
For this project, we had a quick summary of an article, as well as a phrase to base our works off of from the article. The ones I chose...
Sharron Van
Feb 271 min read


ARTWORK PROCESS: Bill Nye the Science Guy
Bill Nye the Science guy used to be my favorite show growing up and was one of the reasons I wanted to be in STEM as a child (which,...
Sharron Van
Feb 261 min read


ARTWORK PROCESS: How to Embalm
This piece was created as an assignment for my editorial illustration class. We had to draw a "how-to" illustration. Instead of drawing...
Sharron Van
Feb 242 min read


ARTWORK PROCESS: Leyak, Daughter of the Vampire Queen
This piece was for a Magic the Gathering card for my Digital Illustration Class. I have everything put into a Google Slide for easily...
Sharron Van
Feb 211 min read


ARTWORK PROCESS: Don't Pull The Cannon, Fitri!
My project 4 final for my Anatomy and Perspective class. This was crosshatched at first, but I decided to adapt it to my paper style and...
Sharron Van
May 28, 20241 min read


ARTWORK PROCESS: Book Cover Illustration - Giant's Rage
Normally a protective and a benevolent spirit, the seemingly unending rage they have entered has had a devastating effect on the galaxies...
Sharron Van
Mar 1, 20241 min read


ARTWORK PROCESS: Barong vs. Rangda Book Illustration Cover
This was turned in as my third project in my Illustration100 class. The professor made us draw one science and one fiction from a cup. I...
Sharron Van
Feb 20, 20242 min read


ARTWORK COMMENTARY: New World
Medium: Watercolor, colored pencil, gold leaf, alcohol marker, acrylic paint, and gel pen on hot press watercolor paper Dimensions: 37" x...
Sharron Van
Apr 17, 20231 min read


ARTWORK COMMENTARY: CHANG'E
Finished: March 2022 Dimensions: 9x12 This piece was for my AP Art class. My sustained investigation was Chinese Mythology. This piece is...
Sharron Van
Apr 9, 20231 min read


ARTWORK COMMENTARY: OPERA FIGHT
Date: March 2022 Dimensions: 10"x8" Son Lux is an American experimentalist band that produced the soundtrack for the movie Everything,...
Sharron Van
Apr 4, 20232 min read


ARTWORK COMMENTARY: Melancholic Portrait
Date: October 2022 Dimensions: 14"x11" This was for a school assignment and the first time I have ever used scratchboard. It was also the...
Sharron Van
Apr 4, 20231 min read


ARTWORK COMMENTARY: Chasing Autonomy
Finished: July 2022 Dimensions: I painted this in reaction the overturning of Roe v. Wade. It depicts a leyak, an Indonesian folk...
Sharron Van
Apr 1, 20231 min read


ARTWORK COMMENTARY: Past, Present, and Future
Finished: July 2022 Dimensions: 19” x 45” This piece oddly means a lot to me, both as the first real drawing I have done since I...
Sharron Van
Apr 1, 20232 min read
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