Here's my first project from my design class, taught by Chris Harman.

My first "problem" was to create a geometric pattern using cut paper. 

First, I sketched a BUNCH of designs, before deciding on using a repeating triangle. I created the final design in Illustrator.

Then, I cut out the triangles from black and white paper. When I first did the project, I accidentally used an off-white paper, and it was very noted in class critique. So I redid it using pure white and black.

After we had a black and white version, we had to repeat the design using colored papers. I used a pink-ish tinted paper and some vintage patterned wallpaper I had leftover from another project.

As promised, here's a basic run thorough of how I do my fearsome ladies sketches. 

First is the research. How I find my lady of the day varies, but lately I've been utilizing the aforementioned podcast "The History Chicks". Today, I drew Lizzie Borden, a Massachusetts woman who was tried and acquitted of the murder of her father and stepmother, and 

whose trial caused a media uproar like no other.

After I decide who I'm drawing, I'll try to do some research about her. If possible, I'll listen to a "History Chicks" podcast as I'm working, but if they don't have a podcast on the particular lady I am drawing, I'll try to read some online articles (or just the wikipedia if I'm lazy). I'll then I'll try to find some good image refs of her, usually just using google.

Then I'll do a really rough sketch in my sketchbook. I don't focus on a lot of details, I just try to get the general shape and look of the lady.

I then bring that sketch into photoshop and refine it.

Then I'll do the line-art! 

Then I color and add texture! And viola, I'm done!

The colors I pick are usually inspired by my research, or the fashions of the time the lady is from. For this one, I figured a scheme of black and red would be appropriate considering the dark subject matter.

Now for some of my sketchbook work!

For my Drawing I class, we are required to maintain a daily sketchbook, and every sketch has to maintain a continuous theme.

I've been keeping multiple sketchbooks for years now, right now I have one "do whatever/doodles" sketchbook and one "life-drawing/anatomy practice" sketchbook, plus a tiny moleskin that I tend to do landscape gestures in.

So, for this one, I decided to maintain it digitally via a blog format. I tend to do most of my personal work using photoshop and my wacom tablet, so I figured I'd be more enthusiastic to maintain this sketchbook if I used a medium I really enjoyed and am comfortable with.

SO, I have my medium, now I need my theme. I went back and forth for a while. Since I love musicals so much, I was considering creating my own costume/character designs for characters from my favorite musicals. I scrapped that idea, as I wanted to do something more challenging.

Then I considered doing a four-panel comic based off my daily experiences, but I felt like my life was too boring and repetitive. My routine doesn't vary much from: sleep, eat, go to class, do homework, eat again, sleep again, and maybe mess around online a bit.

 Then I considered doing a dream journal by illustrating my dreams into a four panel comic, but  since I hardly ever remember my dreams, I scrapped this idea, too (though this is a project I would like to do eventually. I LOVE Emily Carroll's dream journals).

FINALLY, inspired by my interest in feminism and women's rights, I decided to draw fearsome ladies in history! And so far, it's been a wonderful project! There are SO many interesting and inspiring ladies from the past, I'm sure I could continue this project WELLL after its due date.

As you can see, I started out with a fixed composition of "circle thing in center with bust of lady in center of that".

After a few weeks of just doing busts, I decided to change things up a bit and do full-body portraits. I retained the limited color palettes of the busts, but with the added bonus of being able to challenge myself with body proportions.

My main source of research material for this project has been this AMAZING and informative podcast called "The History Chicks." Check them out if you have the time! I love listening to the show while I work on these.

If you want to find out more about the ladies I drew above, or want to see more of my sketchbook, you can see ALL of my sketches and descriptions on my "Fearsome Ladies in History" blog on tumblr.

(I might make a post detailing my process in making these sketches whenever I have the time)

More school work! There are all adobe illustrator "Color Interactions" or my Painting & Color Theory class, taught by Mark Taggart 

"Color Interactions 1"

I had to make a BUNCH of these big squares in little square things, for the sole purpose of messing around with illustrator and experimenting in how colors interacted in this limited format.

This is one of my favorite ones. The yellow in both small squares is the same, I like how the yellow pops against the violet, but almost disappears against the grey. 

"Color Interactions 3"

For this one, we had to make the same color appear as drastically different as possible by manipulating the colors of the rectangles that surrounds the smaller shapes. 

I really like how this one turned out. The peach on the left seems oddly purple, but grey and dull. The one on the right looks like it has more red, and it defiantly pops more than the one on the left. 

"Color Interactions 4"

Same basic set up as INT3, but this time we had to make 2 DIFFERENT colors appear to be the same. I'm not sure how different they look on your screen, but hopefully they appear the same. The one on the left is actually more red, and the one on the left more green.

Alright, time to post some homework! Here are some of my assignments from my Drawing I class, with Professor Kris Schramer.

A drawing made using a "picture plane." A picture plane, if you don't know, is basically a small sheet of glass with grid that the artists hold parallel to their subject to aid in the drawing process. Artists, when drawing from life, are always using a picture plane, but it is usually a figurative one. 

(I'd insert an illustration, but all I get when I google "picture planes" are pictures of airplanes)

The device helps the artist take the 3D world and condense it into a 2D space, the paper. 

For this assignment, my professor wanted us to use the picture plane to draw something we usually have problems drawing. This scene above would usually prove a challenge for me, perspective and depth have always been difficult for me to draw.

This is an in-class still life, using powdered charcoal and an eraser. The purpose was to only focus on the negative shapes, and disregarding everything else. 

I'm not sure why I had such a hard time with this drawing. I really wish I had zoomed in closer on the still life, or maybe used a bigger eraser.

Sweeney Todd: The Tim Burton Movie In a Nutshell

I ADORED this movie when I was in eighth grade, it inspired me to do SO much (now embarrassing) fanart. I now feel the film is better in my memory; I much prefer the stage show. In fact, this doodle was inspired by the latest revival (though now closed) in London. I can't stop listening to it!

Warning: content below contains NON GRAPHIC subjects dealing with suicide

OK I lied about posting my schoolwork asap, but here are some Jesus Christ Superstar Illustrations I did that I forgot to post here! 

"I should be dragged through the slime and the mud."

(ft. Josh Young as Judas)

"My mind is in darkness now."

(ft. Ignasi Vidal as Judas)

OH! And another thing! If you'd like to follow what I'm doing here at school, I update my required digication portfolio MUCH more often than I do this blog.  There you'll see my work organized into my current portfolio, then by my classes. Here's the link again! https://ccad.digication.com/cailey_tervo

Also, you can follow my drawing sketchbook tumblr! Everyday I draw a fearsome lady from history, and so far I am 100% up-do-date! It's been a fun project, and if you're into feminism or history (or my art I guess) you should check it out and spread the word! Here's that link again! http://ctervosketchbook.tumblr.com

While I'm at it, you can follow my ART TUMBLR, like me on my ART FACEBOOK, or follow me on my PERSONAL TWITER!

That's it for the blog posts for now! Check out those links, and tomorrow I'll start posting some art on here (which would be appropriate, this being an art blog and all).

Hello, blogspot! Long time no post! Sorry about that!

I am now at CCAD! I started classes a month ago, and wow I've learned a lot already!

I'll be posting mostly school work here from now on, since that's taking up a majority of my time. But also expect more doodles, WIPS of my school and personal projects, and maybe an animation tutorial!