Briannaskies Design - Art & Illustration

Art & Illustration

This page is a collection of the art I have created over the years. The first portion contains portfolio illustrations and designs from my application to and enrollment in FIT. The collection below that is my personal art, which is filled with anime, cartoons, sewing, and anything else that brings me joy. After that I have a section for miscellaneous advertisements that I felt did not need it's own projects page. Illustration is a big part of my life and I hope that my art connects to the people who sees them.

Happy viewing! :)

Illustration Class, Art, & Portfolio Pieces

These are traditional and digital illustrations, designs, and portfolio pieces I had created for/ in college. Although I have more pieces, these were the best of everything I had worked on.

1920s Murder Scene Model Anatomy Study | Medium: Pencil On Paper / Illustration / 2019

Anatomy Study | Medium: Charcoal On Paper / Illustration / 2019

Medium: Charcoal on paper

Anatomy Study | Medium: Charcoal on paper / Illustration / 2019

Anatomy Study | Medium: Pastel on paper / Illustration / 2019

Study In The Train Station Sketchbook Drawing | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, Color Pencil / 2018

Anatomy Study | Medium: Pastel on paper / Illustration / 2019

God's Gift 14 Days Montage Study | Medium: Acrylic Paint / Illustration / 2019

Dvorak Music Poster | Medium: Illustrator, InDesign / Communication Design / 2020

Portfolio Piece | Medium: White Chalk On Black Paper / 2018

Memes Of NYC | Medium: Illustrator/ Communication Design, 2021

A Worded Portrait Portfolio Piece | Medium: Hardboard, Acrylic, Ink, Magazine Papier Mache, String / 2018

Badges | Medium: Illustrator / Bottom: Communication Design. Top: Advertising Design / Bottom: 2019, Top: 2022

Newspaper Clipping Assignment | Medium: Newspaper, glue

Portfolio Piece: Me, Myself, & I | Medium: Pencil, acrylic paint, watercolor / 2018

Portfolio Piece: Self Portrait | Medium: Color Pencil / 2018

Grave of The Firefly Tin Can | Medium: Illustrator Drawing/ Communication Design, 2019

Study Of A Can Sketchbook Drawing | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, Color Pencil / 2018

Found Letter Z | Medium: Photography / Photography Class/ 2021

Portfolio Piece: 3D Room | Medium: Pencil, paper, watercolor, acrylic paint, fabric, plastic / 2018

People In NYC Trains Portfolio Piece Sketch | Medium: Pencil / 2018

People In NYC Trains Portfolio Piece | Medium: Watercolor, Color Pencil / 2018

After Effects Animation: Chatty (rough first draft)

After Effects Animation: Asians In Hollywood (rough first draft)

Personal Art & Illustrations

One of the reasons why I had become an artist was due to being inspired by reading manga and watching anime as a child. I had also attended Art & Design High School for Cartooning and so I have a strong background and love for cartooning and illustrative work. Because of this, most of my personal art is centered around traditional illustration, cartooning, and anime. My most favorite mediums to use when creating personal art is watercolor, ink, and acrylic paint, although recently I've been trying to mix my traditional illustrations with digital design.

Earring Girl Series 1 | Medium: Watercolor, color pencil, Photoshop, Illustrator, heart and gaming console keychain

Earring Girl Series 1 Magazine Cover | Medium: Watercolor, color pencil, Photoshop, Illustrator, heart and gaming console keychain

80s/90s Magical Girl | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, ink

Medium: Pencil, watercolor

Medium: Pencil, acrylic paint, color pencil

Medium: Pencil, watercolor, ink

Sketchbook Doodle | Medium: Color Pencil, 2021

Tarot Card Drawing Of My Budgie, Pear | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, color pencil

Japanese House Sketchbook Drawing, Taken From Reference | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, Ink / 2018

Shake Shack Sketchbook Drawing | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, Ink / 2018

Anne Of Green Gables Illustration In Frame | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, color pencil

Anne Of Green Gables Illustration | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, color pencil

Ghost Stories Anime Fanart, Work In Progress | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, color pencil

Tattoo Design For Client | Medium: Pencil, ink

Medium: Pencil

My Animal Crossing Character | Medium: Pencil

Sword For My Comic Book Idea | Medium: Pencil

Earring Girl Series 2 | Medium: Watercolor, acrylic paint, color pencil, Photoshop, Illustrator, smiley keychain

Earring Girl Series 2 Magazine Cover | Medium: Watercolor, acrylic paint, color pencil, Photoshop, Illustrator, smiley keychain

A Gift For A Friend | Medium: Pencil, watercolor, ink, Photoshop

Medium: Pencil, iridescent gold acrylic paint

Miscellaneous Designs

Norlo Coffee Posters

I was tasked with creating 3 posters in class for the Norlo Coffee brand while using the official packaging. The idea I had come up with was to create abstract art in the background by using the logo and existing packaging design. I also wanted to take advantage of the "LO" at the end of Norlo in order to create "Nor-Love", "Nor-Lounge", and "Nor-Local".

Norlo Coffee Ads / Medium: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign / Advertising Design / 2022

Dollar Tree Advertisements

The project brief we had received in class was to entice more people to shop at Dollar Tree and display some items that could be bought at Dollar Tree. My idea was to create posters with dollars transforming into objects from Dollar Tree. Although not perfectly executed due to the fact this was a very early project of mine and the objects I could use were limited, I did enjoy this project a lot and was able to exercise my Photoshop skills.

Dollar Tree Ads / Medium: Illustrator, Photoshop / Communication Design / 2020

Period On! - Reusable Menstrual Products

For this project we were asked to come up with a sustainable product that would fix a social or environmental issue. My idea was to create a machine that would dispense reusable period products and encourage more people to normalize environmentally friendly periods. The illustrations were all created by hand and was a way to represent diversity when it comes to periods. The machines would be placed in schools and or work bathrooms where they can be purchased.

Period On! / Medium: Illustrator, Photoshop / Communication Design / 2020

Riot Energy Drink - Packaging Design Rebrand

This project was something that had actually involved our entire class. Our professor had a contact with an official energy drink brand and they needed help with research, design, and opinions since we were their target audience as well as designers. Together as a class we created a large Google Slides in which we meticulously detailed all of our research and designs. Although the entire class worked together, we also had our own separate groups, of which my group's manifesto was chosen for the slides to represent the class. In the end we had a big presentation with the brand/ clients where we shown our work as a class!

Riot Energy Mockup 1

Riot Energy Mockup 2

Brand Manifesto

Riot Energy Design 1

Riot Energy Design 2

Riot Energy Design 3

Riot Energy Design 4

SnoCaps Poster

For this project we had to choose a candy brand to represent in an ad. I decided to go with Sno Caps and I wanted to point out how the "W" at the end of Sno was missing. These are 2 posters I had created for the project.

School Assignment - Exploring Memes

I was assigned this fun class project in which we were tasked with creating advertising memes for different brands. I don't know why but the Pope kept getting stuck in my head when I saw photos of his mantel flying around his face and I had to create memes centered around him. Here are the ones I had created, with a bonus Anime Kid one as well!

Ocean Acidification - NOAA

This was a class project in which we had to choose an environmental cause to create a pamphlet for. I wanted to speak on ocean acidification, which is the process of the ocean becoming more acidic and deteriorating (essentially melting) shells and killing coral and other sea life as a result. This pamphlet was watercolored by hand and then transferred digitally where I created the pamphlet on inDesign.

Pamphlet on Ocean Acidification - Front Closed / Medium: Watercolor, ink, inDesign / Communications Design / 2020

Pamphlet on Ocean Acidification - Half Open / Medium: Watercolor, ink, inDesign / Communications Design / 2020

Pamphlet on Ocean Acidification - Back Closed / Medium: Watercolor, ink, inDesign / Communications Design / 2020

Pamphlet on Ocean Acidification Opened 1 / Medium: Watercolor, ink, inDesign / Communications Design / 2020

Pamphlet on Ocean Acidification / Medium: Watercolor, ink, inDesign / Communications Design / 2020

Sunrun - Throwing Your Roof A Goodbye Party

This class project for Sunrun (a solar panel company) was based on the idea of saying goodbye and breaking up with your old rooftop and making way for a new solar paneled rooftop.