Jasmin Mora

2009-11-20T21:53:00.000-08:00

Took a photo of a painting I'm sloooowly working on. I want this painting to be one that I keep going back to over a good amount of time. Just to see. It's a night beach landscape. This is what it looks like today...

2009-11-09T23:05:00.000-08:00

...and here's the finish! Two lovers floating off a planet and holding onto each other.

acrylic paint on wood

2009-11-02T21:58:00.000-08:00

Here's a little minimal sketch for a painting I'm working on right now. I'll post the painting when I finish it. Two people holding on to each other while floating off a planet together. They're in love. :)

2009-07-01T13:19:00.000-07:00

Here are 5 paintings I did for my senior project at Ringling College of Art and Design. As my project I chose to paint 5 different songs and try to capture what the music looked like to me. These were done with acrylic paint on wood. I had a hard time scanning them, so it took me a while to get them up, but here they are!

The songs from top to bottom, in the order I completed them, are...

1. Only Skin -Joanna Newsom
2. All is Full of Love -Bjork
3. Emily - Joanna Newsom
4. Our House -CSN&Y
5. I Remember You -Bjork

2009-06-30T12:30:00.000-07:00

Here's an oldie I forgot I had. Did this one over a year ago. Not a home run but there are some elements in it that I like.

2009-06-16T13:42:00.000-07:00

Attending the Illustration Academy in Sarasota, FL again this summer. We just finished week 2 with Anita Kunz and are now starting our third assignment with Gary Kelley. I'm having an incredible time and am already learning so much a second time around. I feel very lucky to be a part of this program once again.

Here's a painting I did for the assignment Mrs. Anita Kunz assigned us last week... conceptual portrait for Rolling Stone magazine. I did a portrait of Joanna Newsom in response to her last album Ys...

2009-04-09T15:46:00.000-07:00

Here's an embroidered portrait I did of my boyfriend, William Godwin. This was a birthday gift, I stitched this on a sketchbook for him. It was fun to sort of draw with the needle and string. Around the little circle it reads "insert coffee here" (he uses coffee for tone in his sketchbooks).

2009-02-14T20:47:00.000-08:00

Sorry for the lack of posts. Been super busy lately with my last semester and my senior project. I'm not posting any of my pieces until I'm finished with all of them. For my senior project I've been working on paintings of my response to songs I feel close to. But for now here's a preview (bad photo... but I thought it looked cool...) of the painting I'm currently working on. This one's from a painting I'm doing for the Joanna Newsom song "Emily".

2009-01-20T14:34:00.000-08:00

Here's the initial sketch for my 2nd thesis piece, which I'm currently working on. The tune is "All is Full of Love" by Bjork.

2008-11-12T18:50:00.000-08:00

2008-10-26T12:42:00.000-07:00

Here's the final and initial thumbnail for an illustration I recently finished for the story Like Water For Chocolate by Laura Esquivel. The story is about a sad mexican girl, Tita, who is in love with a boy that she could never marry. Her duty, as the youngest daughter in her family, is to take care of her mother until the day she dies. As therapy, throughout the story, she spends most of her time and energy into her cooking.

Tita Cooks
acrylic and colored pencil on wood

2008-10-26T12:38:00.001-07:00

Piece I did for Hodges' class a few weeks ago. It was an open assignment and I wanted to paint a sphinx and some lions. It is still unfinished. Lions need more definition in form but I'm happy with what I have so far. Let me just hope I finish it. That's a problem I've been aware of lately. Finishing what I start. Meh.

Sphinx Among Lions
acrylic and oil on wood

2008-10-15T13:15:00.000-07:00

This assignment was given to me by Mr. Gary Kelley at the Illustration Academy this summer. We were asked to illustrate a color.

Green
acrylic and leaves on wood

2008-10-02T13:10:00.000-07:00

Working thumbnail and sketch for the current illustration I'm working on. Portrait of a hardworking fisherman. He lives in Iceland. hmmm I guess he needs more clothes... anyway, I'm still searching for where this is going to take me.

2008-09-29T16:27:00.000-07:00

Here's a video me and my friends Kyle McCullough and Jeffery Heart made to promote Illest of Ill, an annual illustration show held on the Ringling College campus. This year visiting judges are Sam Weber and Jillian Tamaki. Hope to see some of you there!...

Illest of Ill: How to Gibson Girl from kyle mccullough on Vimeo.

2008-09-12T09:16:00.001-07:00

Back at school and happier then ever. I was busy this summer attending The Illustration Academy which was one of the greatest things I've ever taken part in. I learned so much (too much!) and met some of the most incredible people/artists out there. I will post some of the work I produced there soon.

Haven't posted in a while but that will change now that I'm back on campus with loads of scanners. Scanned some sketchbook pages, which is strange for me, but here they are!...

2008-05-01T11:35:00.001-07:00

Self Portrait from life. oil on wood.

I don't really like the way the scan came out but oh well. I'm just letting it sit until I know what I'm going to add to it. For now this is it. I know I need a punch of a cranberry red or something in here. More color. I forgot how demanding it is to paint yourself in front of a mirror. There must be about 10 different faces under this one.

2008-04-17T08:26:00.000-07:00

I'm really confused by this one. Any feedback would be especially appreciated with her. It's unfinished but I like where it's going, that's all I know.

2008-03-31T06:24:00.000-07:00

The only computer ill assignment I've had fun with thus far... I still need to work on him but this is what I turned in for class...

This was the character development assignment. And he is a sad Icelandic fisherman. Depressed because he can never actually catch fish. So sad.

2008-03-26T22:27:00.001-07:00

gardening books are fun...
[some collage work on wood]

2008-03-25T19:04:00.000-07:00

Avant Garde is this week! I'm part of the student sellers this year. Here's a few (old and new) things I will hopefully be getting rid of there...

2008-02-14T20:14:00.001-08:00

So here I have Mr. Frederick Douglass in a forrest, in the presence of some fireflies. Interesting assignment given to us by Patrick Fiore (aka the man). I wanted him to look awkward/creepy and tie him into his environment. I think I achieved that. Here's the initial drawing and the final...

acrylic on slice of tree stump

2008-02-14T20:02:00.000-08:00

Finished the Amy piece. More girls and nature. Amy's beautiful, flowers are beautiful. I like the turn out. This one was fun...
oil, acrylic, and collage...

2007-12-13T10:01:00.000-08:00

Another spontaneous, letting the "image direct me" piece. It was fun doing this guy. I did this on 3 pieces of wood and they can be rearranged. I think it works upside down as well. If you turn your head :]. Anyway, collage, acrylic, and pencil...

This one's about memories...

Everything's a memory...

2007-12-09T00:35:00.000-08:00

Liepke mastercopy.
This painting taught me some things I didn't expect. And it was fun. Done. :]

2007-09-27T13:31:00.000-07:00

This piece was completely experimental and born from a series of random happenings. I honestly don't know what to think when I look at it. Yay or nay? What is working/not working? Help a brother out and give me some feedback.

mixed media on wood

2007-09-25T08:20:00.001-07:00

inspire. soak it up. some images that have been affecting me lately...

2007-05-24T08:57:00.000-07:00

sketchbook page...watercolor of a chick dancing. i want to do this in oil with a lot more movement and gesture and just play around with the flow and edges of oil.

2007-05-02T12:14:00.000-07:00

Portrait of Gael Garcia Bernal as Stephan from The Science of Sleep
mixed media :]

2007-03-28T22:58:00.000-07:00

Greek Gods Assignment.
Artemis, goddess of the moon and the hunt.

2007-03-05T14:27:00.000-08:00

yo no se... in progress...

2007-03-05T14:25:00.002-08:00

2007-03-05T13:13:00.001-08:00

2006-12-26T19:46:00.000-08:00

painting of my Grandpa (in progress)

2006-12-26T12:51:00.000-08:00

in progress

2006-12-26T12:50:00.000-08:00

pom. and what.

2006-12-26T12:46:00.000-08:00

3 hour fish

2006-11-20T13:26:00.000-08:00

pen & ink Bjork

2006-11-20T12:20:00.000-08:00

acrylic ostrich

2006-10-26T17:08:00.000-07:00

2006-10-17T17:12:00.000-07:00

Don Brandes' Scooter
watercolor

2006-10-17T11:17:00.000-07:00

watercolor portait (Keith)

2006-10-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

Manwhich scratchboard

2006-10-17T11:00:00.000-07:00

ballpoint pen fish

2006-07-11T00:28:00.000-07:00

2006-05-22T21:43:00.000-07:00

This piece was a collaboration with Jessie Bowie and I for our friend Edgar's 18th Birthday. Portrait of Edgar.

2006-05-03T21:36:00.000-07:00

2006-05-03T21:35:00.000-07:00

2006-05-03T21:29:00.000-07:00

2006-05-03T21:27:00.000-07:00

2006-05-03T21:26:00.000-07:00

transformation assignment...chandelier turning into a jellyfish.

2006-05-03T21:25:00.001-07:00

2006-05-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

2006-05-03T21:24:00.000-07:00