Star Trek T-Shirts, Prints, and Sculptures

Having difficulties with images for some reason, so you'll be even more surprised when you go to my Etsy shop and Ebay and see what I've been up to!


It's been awhile, but as always no shortage of art to share. I have a few images, including these,  available on my Etsy page. You can purchase some prints and also T-shirts! #leonardnimoy #startrek #spock #kirk #williamshatner #painting # sale #tshirt #prints #enterprise #starship #sculpture #poster #startrekthevoyagehome #whales #vulcan #ocean #water

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SGMStudios 

Spock Wall Sculpture

Available for auction on Ebay:

http://m.ebay.com/itm/281948017088

Harold Ramis / Egon Spengler Digital Caricature

 

Long time no post! Sorry about that! The time since the last post has been odd- graduated college, spent a year searching for jobs while doing sporadic commissions, and finally have a part time job now- hardly related to art- but am able to still slowly do commissions on the side while able to painstakingly pay off those college loans.

Well that has nothing to do with my latest art post but I have finally finished a digital piece using my newly acquired used Cintiq off ebay.com. So much fun and since I have a limited tight workspace, its easier to work with than having paint splatter everywhere! I do still love paint however, and I have noticed that my digital work lacks in a certain richness that my paintings have. But I hope you enjoy this!

I will try to update my blog, pictures, and links in the near future. For now I have two links: one to my deviant art portfolio

www.sarahmiele.daportfolio.com

and one to my Etsy page which is now home to my custom-made giant stuffed plush dragons, and I mean GIANT!

https://www.etsy.com/shop/SGMStudios

As for this image- I don't even know why but I have felt another bout of inspiration after the passing of Harold Ramis. I grew up on all of his movies without even knowing the brains behind them, and I always had a soft spot for Egon Spengler and Russell Ziskey. Along with the recent death of Robin Williams, this is one thing I just can't fathom. They were such constants! Such rocks on which comedy and movies we grew up on were built, and now like all things we thought were going to be around forever, are not. But like many, I stand behind the phrase "EGON but not forgotten." And it helps them seem a little bit closer.

Announcements

For those interested in seeing my most recent work, or most recently uploaded work, I have been more focused on Deviant Art @ http://sarahmiele.deviantart.com/ . Also my Etsy website has been taken down, but I plan to "renovate" it soon, and move away from the jewelry and sell paintings and plush toys instead.

Etsy Shop Sale!

Rainforest and Hidden UFO's

This was done in Illustration III. I am currently in VI. It's an 8" by 10" on bristol paper. Most of my work is in acrylic, but our assignment was specifically to use gouache. Gouache IS EXPENSIVE, but it is very fun to work with. The color is amazing, you can get incredibly crisp lines, ANY color will go over ANY OTHER color if at the proper consistency, so one layer is all you need! Plus, you can re-wet the paint again after it dries on your palette!

Planet Scape

This is a 24" by 48" acrylic painting. It started as a doodle in my composition class last Spring, and this past summer I started working on it. Only recently did I finish it- brightening the planets, and painting the mountains.

Spock Sculpture

 

Sculpture 1
Fall 2010
Media: Clay

Caricature of Sculpture Class Model

Sculpture 1 

Fall 2010

Media: Clay

Senior Illustration Project

 

 

 

On-going Senior Project (shown above: selected 4 of 7) Not in order

Total pieces anticipated: 17

Illustration IV-VI

Spring 2012- present

Acrylic/ Prismacolor pencil on either illustration board, canvas, or canvas board

Fire Dancers

Spring 2011

Media Techniques II

Acrylic and Sharpie on plywood

Guardian of Worlds

Spring 2010

Acrylic on old thick found paper

"Shipwrecked" Figure Drawing

"Shipwrecked"

Fall 2010

Figure Drawing III

Charcoal and watercolor wash on Tea/ Coffee/watercolor stained paper

T-Shirt Designs

T-Shirt Designs
Acrylic Paint/ Fabric Medium
Winter 2011-2012

Talkative Tigers Alliteration

Fall 2011

Illustration III 

Medium: Acrylic and Prismacolor Pencil

Alliteration: "Talkative tigers tell tickling tales while tasting tea."

Tropical Reef Bathroom Mural

  

Summer 2011

Medium: Acrylic and gloss finish

Time to complete: 40-45 hours

Caricature of Alex G.

This was done in Media Techniques II about one and a half to two years ago. It was actually my first attempt at a full-blown acrylic caricature, and I never expected it to come out so well!

Pastel Horse

 

I used pastel for this one also, just like the last post with the "Motorcycle Engine".  More and more I've been developing what others call "sickly" horses, but I see them as highly stylized, resembling the ones on ancient Greek vases.This was for my Media Techniques class last semester, and at this point we were also going over composition, more specifically the" Golden Ratio" of an image. In short, the ratio uses a sort of grid in which you can develop your image around  in order to make it more appealing to the eye, and to have it flow better. One example is using diagonals in the grid. Say you have a strong action in the image going up to the upper right- then you should at least counter it with an element that moves perpendicular to it, whether it be a line, and object, anything. There is no right or wrong way to use it, but it helps you keep in mind certain things that may help your image if it isn't working, or to help make it more powerful.

Motorcycle Engine Abstraction

This was a piece I did for my Composition class last semester. Most of the work for this class was abstract, but when my professor saw that my compositions and shapes were all pointing in a mechanical direction, he urged me to look at motorcycle parts for inspiration- being a motorcycle enthusiast himself. It was done in pastel, something I had long ago worked with, and not very successfully. It took only about 2 class periods, or 6 hours to complete (coloring, that is). The design was a separate matter. Pastel, I will have to say, is easier than paint in a way. It's easier to blend where you want it, just by using the tips of your fingers. You can mix the colors on the paper vs. the palette. Put a light contrasting color over another, you get a neutral and pushes it back instantly. It's messy and dusty, but a great medium to work with.

Star Trek III "Spock" Caricature

This is a drawing I did for the "Nimoy Fan Club" about a year or so ago.Yes, yet another Star Trek related image. I can tell you there's going to be a lot more where this came from. This is after I really got into and studied the MAD Magazine caricatures / comics by Mort Drucker. If you are into caricatures, look at his work! They are unique, and pinpoint key traits with simple yet interesting line work. 

New Bedford Standard Times Illustration

This is a piece I did for the Standard Times Newspaper in New Bedford, MA. Our illustration class at Umass Dartmouth was  given the task of creating an image to go along with an article on travel, specifically entailing the unexpected things that can happen when you travel. The best image of our class would be on the front page of the section. I battled with this composition until the very end, and then started painting at 3 or 5 pm the night before we presented it to the board. No pressure! I never expected to win it. But one morning, 1 in the morning  to be exact, a few weeks later, I got an email congratulating me. Mine had been chosen. Thankfully the newspaper  also included my classmates images in the rest of the section. Everyone did a great job!