tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60450613712679514732012-02-16T10:58:52.060-08:00Catherine Chihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184558934751565342noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045061371267951473.post-40490337125927795812010-06-30T22:45:00.000-07:002010-06-30T23:00:14.047-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TCwtfmaJXHI/AAAAAAAAADE/WDgr4eu7AHg/s1600/bjork.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TCwtfmaJXHI/AAAAAAAAADE/WDgr4eu7AHg/s320/bjork.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488812066767199346" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TCwtf5odIVI/AAAAAAAAADM/qHKWSIi4NRQ/s1600/Freddymercury.jpg"> <img style="cursor: pointer; width: 174px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TCwtf5odIVI/AAAAAAAAADM/qHKWSIi4NRQ/s320/Freddymercury.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5488812071927488850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />I haven't done likenesses in a while, but here are two I've been working on. I decided to challenge myself and keep them simple. Björk started off as a type illustration assignment, so I went in a similar direction for Freddy Mercury. I'm going to do a few more. Any suggestions? I'm thinking Amy Winehouse.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045061371267951473-4049033712592779581?l=cat-chi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Catherine Chihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184558934751565342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045061371267951473.post-34989444050873578822010-05-29T08:33:00.000-07:002010-05-29T09:06:03.235-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love Conquers All</span><br />I <3 Retro Sci Fi. Part of my collaborative jewelry/trading card series with Amelia Tatro.<br />...What? A little birdie tells me they might be available at RISD Works during June.<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TAE3pHC4-UI/AAAAAAAAAC8/ZKWMIdcJNOw/s1600/spacegirlpinup.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TAE3pHC4-UI/AAAAAAAAAC8/ZKWMIdcJNOw/s320/spacegirlpinup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476719801264568642" border="0" /></a><br />Cover for <span style="font-style: italic;">Muties</span>. This is the version with tweaks, but I think I'm going to be making a few more changes. <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TAE0fIaQagI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Tkz4neZnfm0/s1600/mutiescover.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/TAE0fIaQagI/AAAAAAAAAC0/Tkz4neZnfm0/s320/mutiescover.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476716331297434114" border="0" /></a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045061371267951473-3498944405087357882?l=cat-chi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Catherine Chihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184558934751565342noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045061371267951473.post-11020737682705801152010-05-16T12:37:00.000-07:002010-05-16T13:03:29.775-07:00<span style="font-size:85%;">I've been a bad, bad, blogger. Here are a few new(ish) things:<br />Cover for an untitled Benjamin Franklin biography.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL76TACYI/AAAAAAAAACE/SjyqCZNDvgM/s1600/benfrank.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 225px; height: 328px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL76TACYI/AAAAAAAAACE/SjyqCZNDvgM/s320/benfrank.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471957039888468354" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Apparently Ben Franklin was one of the first known American chess players, as well as something of a ladies man.</span><br />---<br />A couple of pin-up girls, for a collaborative jewelry project I'm working on with fellow pin-up enthusiast, and genuinely awesome person, Amelia Tatro (more details to follow).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL8aPx_JI/AAAAAAAAACM/jR-Zswxv_tA/s1600/pinupcardmockup.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 229px; height: 359px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL8aPx_JI/AAAAAAAAACM/jR-Zswxv_tA/s320/pinupcardmockup.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471957048464899218" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL9cb5z1I/AAAAAAAAACc/QoMsxBQUCVk/s1600/Untitled-1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 340px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL9cb5z1I/AAAAAAAAACc/QoMsxBQUCVk/s320/Untitled-1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471957066232483666" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL9Io8-VI/AAAAAAAAACU/RcNfdm3qXSU/s1600/Untitled-2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL9Io8-VI/AAAAAAAAACU/RcNfdm3qXSU/s320/Untitled-2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471957060918507858" border="0" /></a><br />---<br /></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >And now for a complete change of pace:</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">Cover for A Midsummer Night's Dream.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL9jeVdFI/AAAAAAAAACk/OhvRR4BNK0o/s1600/cchiapplied01.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S_BL9jeVdFI/AAAAAAAAACk/OhvRR4BNK0o/s320/cchiapplied01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471957068121732178" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045061371267951473-1102073768270580115?l=cat-chi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Catherine Chihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184558934751565342noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045061371267951473.post-86955060147165616752010-04-06T19:18:00.000-07:002010-04-07T04:52:13.904-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S7xx5mkwDGI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bWpcLIXPdt8/s1600/hair2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_J3HAisYj7Po/S7xx5mkwDGI/AAAAAAAAAAc/bWpcLIXPdt8/s320/hair2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5457362082887371874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">I'm a soon-to-be-graduating Illustration Senior at the Rhode Island School of Design.<br />I love and am inspired by classic cinema and corny technicolor musicals, fairy tales, pulp covers, period fashion, vintage ads and real Chinese food. I plan to update this blog with plenty of sketchbook, in progress and finished work, so check back often!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><-- Here's some new work to start. I might add color to this eventually, but for now I like it in almost black and white. </span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6045061371267951473-8695506014716561675?l=cat-chi.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Catherine Chihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09184558934751565342noreply@blogger.com2