I recently reread my favorite book, Til We Have Faces, the Cupid and Psyche retelling by C.S. Lewis and Joy Davidson. It’s a beautifully written novel that plays with themes of abjection, beauty and ugliness (physical, spiritual, subjetctive),possessiveness and grappling with the unknown and divine. It’s fascinating to read, especially if you’re familiar with Lewis’Continue reading ““Why Must Holy Places Always be Dark Places?” Til We Have Faces (fanart)”
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The Serpent Body of Santo Niño
A Personal illustration, in brush pen and ink on bristol. Using up my supply of square cut paper sheets. It’s been a while since I did some traditional art, so I was very glad to get around to doing some pieces before school starts. I want to do more pieces with the snake angels IContinue reading “The Serpent Body of Santo Niño”
Personal Comics: Goodbye 2023, and STAY ON TARGET
It’s been a long year of many personal changes and challenges! Couldn’t possibly fit -everything into one page, but I did my best to do the basics. A lot of my coping with the busy-ness and stress of the year is usually through doing little birdsona doodles like these to express myself, either in myContinue reading “Personal Comics: Goodbye 2023, and STAY ON TARGET”
Voids and Visions (2022)- part 1
Part 1 of an autobio comic I made last year, just in time for the 2022 San Francisco Zine Fest. I made this to process a lot of feelings and frustrations I was having at the time, some of which have resolved themselves in the year since then, some which have continued. So goes Life.Continue reading “Voids and Visions (2022)- part 1”
Building Up Treasures in Heaven – Summer Art and Updates
Earlier this year, while at a workshop at a local gallery, one of my New Years Resolutions was that I wanted to make more Original Art Pieces, and even possibly more Traditional Art (what a novelty!), to contrast with the previous couple years which have focused more on commissions and fan art. This has… notContinue reading “Building Up Treasures in Heaven – Summer Art and Updates”
Azulejo Angel illustration- Sphinx
Several months after drawing my first Azulejo inspired Angel, I decided I wanted to return to that theme and color scheme with another design, this time something a little more figurative! I’ve had this character design of a Sphinx or manticore-like creature in mind for a while, and wanted to do something similar. I keptContinue reading “Azulejo Angel illustration- Sphinx”
David: Singer of Psalms, Slayer of Giants
An illustration of King David I did, inspired by listening to the Yale Bible Study video series on the books of Samuel. A complex character who feels very much like one of those Prestige TV kind of men who cause a lot of chaos in their path (and especially disrupting the lives of women aroundContinue reading “David: Singer of Psalms, Slayer of Giants”
A Face for Your Comfort
An angel doodle that I turned into its own illustration. It turned out a bit more creepy than I intended but an interesting exploration with colors and layer filters. Thinking a bit about angel as “messenger” and bearer of information rather than personhood necessarily, and how that can lend to some interesting designs. I wantContinue reading “A Face for Your Comfort”
Art Vs. Artist 2022 –
It’s that time of year again! Where we make handy little art summaries showing what we’ve accomplished this year! I always find these super fun, and I love seeing what pieces people choose to put in their tiles to surround themselves with. For me, it’s a nice reminder that even when art-making in the momentContinue reading “Art Vs. Artist 2022 –”
Social Media, Art and Audience during the Great Twitter Exodus
So it seems once again that we are freaking out about having to possibly leave twitter! This feels morbidly fitting given my blog post a couple months ago about being an artist and feeling extremely “online.” Like most big social media shifts, I’m never sure to what extent things will change or stay the same,Continue reading “Social Media, Art and Audience during the Great Twitter Exodus”
Tomatobird Art 