Experimenting with Watercolors

I've never been much of a painter, but I was extremely inspired by Cassie Dixon's work, so I tried out some watercoloring for the first time.

An Octopus and a Seahorse

While taking notes at a lecture:

"Hair"

Character Doodles

I'm building an iphone app with my boyfriend Ned which will allow young kids to interact with popular stories. Here is my character design for Goldilocks:

Typography Doodles!

Just some doodles I made in CMU's Graduate Design Studio I course

Lunar Gala

Lunar Gala is a fashion show that takes place at Carnegie Mellon every year. In order to participate, students have to put together a portfolio of 8-12 looks, present them to the judges, and, if chosen, construct the garments to present at the show. I always wanted to participate in this event, but was extremely busy. 


Here are the drawings I created for the Lunar Gala portfolio (these drawings were never presented, so actual garments were not made)

Video Doodles

In college I received a minor in film and digital media. 


Here are some of the short animations and movies I created throughout the minor's course load:

Doodling with Code

Processing is a great tool to create interactive doodles. Here's one I made in Golan Levin's class my senior year:

College Doodling!

Freshman Year

Sophomore Year

Sophomore Year

Sophomore Year

Sophomore Year

Sophomore Year

Junior Year

Doodling with Music

I started playing piano when I was 5 years old and I spent a lot of time throughout middle and high school writing songs. I also attended a music performance high school for a year in addition to my academic school. 


Here is some of my music:

A song I wrote for guitar at age 14

A sonata I wrote as a class assignment at age 17

More diaries

I never stopped writing and sketching in my journals. I now have around 20 collected throughout my entire life. 

Here are some more entries throughout my childhood and high school years:

An entry about my uncle Charlie at age 10

An entry from age 13

An entry from age 13

An entry from age 13

An entry from age 13

Experimenting with collages at age 14

age 14

age 14

age 14

age 14

age 14

A fake band I made up called Cha! at age 15

age 15

age 15

age 15

age 15

Let's Start at the Very Beginning

On my 8th birthday, I was given a birthday gift that influenced me monumentally: my first diary. As an only child, I didn't have anyone my age to talk to around the house. I used my diary as an outlet and wrote in it as if it were my best friend. This is, I believe, where my love for sketching, doodling, dreaming, and writing comes from. 

Here is my very first diary entry:

My first diary entry ever! At age 8

And here are a few more from the same diary:

A map of what I thought a boys brain looked like

A journal entry about my house and my dog, Max