VCA2025

A collection of illustrations, that illustrate the song "Witching Hour" by In This Moment. I wanted to capture the essence of this song in my own vision.

This was my first Independent Drawing project, and we were instructed to bring in 3 items for this drawing these were a shoe, something meaningful to you, and a tool. I chose my Doc Martin shoes, the pillowcase my grandmother made me, and a pair of wire cutter pliers. We were then given prompts on what we should be drawing these items doing. I decided to go with the cave exploration prompt, which included one tripping during the exploration. I found this project so fun and such a beautiful use of creativity. I am very proud of this drawing, especially with how I made these items I chose come to life.

A self portrait of myself as an alien with thick oil paint to provide interesting texture.

For this project I was given the prompt “How to Float” and we also had to use the wall, plinth, ceiling or corner to install our piece. I went with shoelaces because I think they would look interesting at life size and made to look like it is going through a wall. I had a lot of fun with this project.

This is my first animal study sculpture. I really wanted to do a fantasy creature because I am really into Dungeons & Dragons so I chose to do the adorable Owl Bear, which has the body of a bear and the face and feathers of an owl. With using a made up creature I had to do a lot of research and I had a lot of fun with it this sculpture and it is what began the interest in sculpture. I was praised a lot while creating this piece so it is one of my favorites also I love owl bears so much!!

This is my proudest piece from my Interpretive painting class. I had to choose what I wanted to do for this project, which was difficult. So, I decided to create a mini version of my favorite manga/ anime, Tokyo Ghoul's Cafe, named Anteiku. This was my first time making a small model of a building from a show I chose cardboard as I have worked with it a lot in VCA, and the results are very beautiful I am proud of this work, and I am excited and happy that I can make my own decor from my favorite series. More to come!

This piece is the largest piece I have created to date (May 12th, 2025). I wanted to make this piece as large as I could handle. It came with difficulties, but that is how I learned a lot of things from this project. I started with crafting a large box, and I wanted to include the biggest hurdle for people with body dysmorphia, and that is mirrors. I treated each mirror differently. The first mirror with the mirror film on top represents the distortion I see when I look at my reflection. The second mirror that is completely gessoed black represents the avoidance of mirrors. The last 2 have written words on them. The pink one explains the feelings and how we think, and the gessoed one with the scratched in words represents how mean you are to yourself and how cruel other people's words can distort the way you think of yourself.

This piece is vital to me as it is very vulnerable for me to talk about Body Dysmorphia. I wanted to create a large art piece for this project, as it is based on the human body. The inside of this piece is the most important part of the overall work. There is a painting of my current self being comforted by my past self, and I included positive notes inside to bring more warmth to the piece. I wanted this part of the piece to be comforting and relatable to those who have experienced this disorder. Using the cork boards and the painting, I created a comforting and intimate experience. Overall, I wanted to communicate to the viewer that they are not alone when it comes to this disorder.

My final VCA project was very hard to create. My cats passed while I was in college. Jersey passed in November 2022, and more recently, Tobi passed in February 2025. Tobi is represented through the bench along with his favorite toys inside. Jersey is represented by the blue couch and with her 2 favorite toys inside. I miss these 2 cats dearly; they were such a big part of my life, and I wanted a physical memorial piece for each one of them. It has been 19 years since I have been without a cat, and it is so hard without one. I will never forget my fur babies; may their memory live on in these sculptures.

This piece was created in my Interpretive Painting course in semester 4 of VCA, as a class we received a prompt “Haunted Astronaut” and for this I wanted to focus on the word haunted. For this piece, I had to use acrylic paint with another paint, so I decided on the water-soluble Oil Paint as it is one of my favourites. I wanted to make an alien monster for this piece, and created this monstrosity. I started with an underpainting that was very washy and then started splattering as well to make it look like blood. I then put down the base layer of the acrylic paint, and then to finish off the painting, I layered the Water-soluble Oil Paint on top of the acrylic paint. This piece is a representation of one of my fears of space travel, because so much is unknown beyond Earth.

This was my first anatomical study sculpture. I decided to relate it to myself as I struggle with anxiety, and I wanted to represent that struggle through this piece. I chose to go with a hand coming out of water. I decided to sculpt this because anxiety feels like you are drowning due to the isolation and being easily overwhelmed; it can be hard to ask for help. So, I went with this imagery of a person reaching out of the water, looking for someone to help them out of the situation they are currently in, and the base of the sculpture represents that, which resembles a water ripple. (The hand was fully hand-sculpted, no casting involved)

This print was my first print ever done in the Introduction to Printmaking course, the prompt was something about nature. Naturally, I thought of mushrooms, I wanted the perspective to feel like you were lying underneath them looking through them to the sky, and I added little circles to represent little fireflies. This was also my first time carving into a linoleum slab and I enjoyed the process. In the future, I would love to explore more in the printmaking world.

This piece was created in the Interpretive Drawing Studio course in the VCA program. The class was tasked with the prompt Hidden Worlds, and we had to look into microscopic images. I was also pushed to relate this project to myself. I am frightened by Centipedes, and this for me was a good opportunity to look at them from a different perspective. Though it was still gross to look at, I appreciate them more now. I still do not want them near me. For this project, I was also pushed to use some sort of 3D element in my work, so that is where the toothpick idea came from, and when you zoom in on centipedes, they have this wire-like hair all over their bodies. This is a very important piece to me as it was a way I dealt with my fears of centipedes.

This 1st piece was the 2nd project I received in my first year and first semester of VCA. We were tasked with choosing an animal or plant for this project. I chose the Rafflesia flower because it is a very rare and endangered plant species, and I also really enjoy how this flower looks. I wanted to bring awareness to this flower because, though it is infamous for being named the Corpse Flower, not a lot of people know about it. This piece was specifically the part of the project where we had to do a close-up, abstracted image of the flower. I chose to do the inside of the flower, zoomed in, to view the intricacies of this flower and how beautiful it is. I admire this piece as it did take a long time and is still one of my favourite pieces I have created.

In Sculpture studio we got the amazing privilege to create small glass sculptures with sand silicate molds. The theme was "birds of a feather" so we had to make 3-5 glass sculptures that needed to be related in some way. I chose to do the frog life cycle and also included a lily pad to show where frogs sit once they are frogs.

This artwork required me to really go out of my comfort zone I have never made a piece similar to this. I really enjoyed the process I am more a traditional mixed media artist so digital is a whole new learning curve. I had to express a image of where I feel happy and where I belong and the other is a place I feel exists but I can never get to which is outer space. I wanted to make this one more earie and distorted.

8 Prints each of my cats that have passed away. I wanted to have images I created of them to frame and share with my mom and sister. Each print is unique. Amazing experience everyone should try screen printing such a fun way to print!

Since year one of VCA I have struggled with life drawing, but this one from 5th semester was my favorite and it was such an honor to draw the models that I did draw thank you to all of them such beautiful people!

A collection of Botanical Patterns using different forms of pattern structures.

With this piece, I wanted to comment on how the government, specifically in the U.S.A., have fully taken away bodily autonomy rights from women and people with uteri. In this painting I chose to censor her breasts as women's bodies are just seen as sex objects for men and inappropriate, and I chose to do the metal plating on her genitals as the U.S.A government has made it also impossible to get proper medical care when going through tough pregnancies for example ectopic pregnancies and miscarriage's. I wanted that to represent the control they have over women's bodies. With issues in this world becoming harder and harder for fem presenting people I will not be silenced when it comes to my art work especially when it comes to Women's and LGBTQIA+ rights.

This was the most difficult project I have done, It was a long journey creating this piece. I have never animated by hand to this extent before and I have a new huge appreciation for those in the animation field it is a hard and strenuous art form. For this piece specifically I wanted to create a piece that would bring me nostalgia and to feel like a magical girl myself.

A Lithography print Self Portrait