Category Archives: Current Students

Student of the Week: Vincy Cheung

February 22, 2013Current Studentsvincy cheungamt

This week’s student of the week is Vincy Cheung.
Vincy specializes in pattern, illustration, and motion work featuring quirky and bold imagery.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and artist statement:

Vincy Cheung, Pattern, personal

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Vincy Cheung, Chance to Get, Illustraion Design Studio, Noel Claro

Vincy Cheung,Chance to Get, Illustraion Design Studio, Noel Claro

Vincy Cheung, Clinical Trial, Motion, Collin McLain

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Artist Statement:

Vincy Cheung most often works with ink and markers which she later manipulates digitally. She enjoys the use of bold color in her illustrations paired with simple line work. She likes referencing existing objects from life and keeps the meaning behind her work open-ended. Vincy Cheung likes her illustrations to be fun, and have a particular sense of “weirdness” to it.

To view more of Vincy’s work, please be sure to visit her website: www.vincycheung.com

Student of the Week: Emmy Reis

February 14, 2013Current Studentsemmy reisamt

This week’s student of the week is Emmy Reis, illustrator, pattern/printmaker, and animator.
Along with a few of her peers, Emmy was chosen to speak at a special student character design panel at Pictoplasma (which unfortunately was cancelled due to the storm).

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and her artist statement:

Emmy Reis, Be My Valentine, personal

Emmy Reis, Kicking a can, Senior Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss

Emmy Reis, Hikkoshi / New Home, personal

Artist Statement:

Emmy Reis likes to work with characters -some animals, some more ambiguous creatures- that live in a strange but whimsical world. She also likes to draw buildings or strange structures where things grow on top of each other sprouting plants or strange bubbly growths. Emmy Reis enjoys hand-drawn line art, digital rendering, and simple animations.

To view more of her work, please be sure to check out Emmy’s website: emmyreis.com

Student of the Week: Kristen Davis

February 8, 2013Current Studentskristen davisamt

The first of many weekly student of the week posts featuring exceptional current Parsons Illustration students that deserve a little extra shine.

This week’s student of the week is Kristen Davis, illustrator, printmaker, fine artist, and writer extraordinaire.

Scroll down to view a sample of her work and her artist statement:

Kristen Davis, Ghosts III, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Kristen Davis, Lilypad, personal
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Kristen Davis, The Witch, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)
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Artist Statement:

Kristen Davis works equally with digital and traditional illustration, often bringing her subtle painterly touch to her digital pieces. She specializes in narrative based works, including character and landscape design, and concept art. Her art is crafted through atmosphere and storytelling, and while her color palette is often limited, the worlds where her characters exist are steeped in a rich air of mystery and pending adventure. She works primarily with oil paint, graphite, printmaking techniques, and digital media.

To see more work from Kristen, be sure to check out her website: kdavisillustration.com

Parsons 2012 Zankel Scholar nominees

September 5, 2012Competitions, Current Students, General Info, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, Newschang park, Franca Barone, guy billout, Janet Sung, jeff quinn, kristen chae, Leigh Cunningham, meghann stephenson, noel claro, Society of Illustrators, Zankel Scholarshipamt

This past spring Juniors Franca Barone, Kristin Chae, Leigh Cunningham, Meghann Stephenson, and Janet Sung were selected by the faculty as our school’s nominees for the the Society of Illustrators Zankel Scholarship. The annual competition is open to full-time Illustration majors completing their Junior Year from schools throughout the United States. A renowned jury of illustrators chooses one student- the best of the Junior class- and financially supports the student’s Senior year with a scholarship of $20,000. We were very proud to have them represent the Parsons Illustration Program.

Please scroll down to see sample images from each student.

below: Franca Barone, Girl That Smokes (detail), Advanced Drawing, Jeff Quinn (faculty)

below: Kristin Chae, Troll Etiquette, Illustration Design Studio, Noel Claro

below: Leigh Cunnignham, Confession, Materials and Methods II, Chang Park

below: Janet Sung, City Murder, Junior Concepts 4, Guy Billout

below: Meghann Stephenson, January (left); February (right), personal

Illustration by Iain Burke featured in NY Times Book Review!

April 23, 2012Competitions, Current Studentsamt

Our very own Iain Burke has a piece featured in the NY Times Book Review!

Art Director, Nicholas Blechman came to the school to speak to Illustration seniors and gave out an assignment for a NY Times Book Review cover illustration. All seniors submitted a piece, and the work was submitted to the Times and they selected Iain’s piece to run on the cover of this week’s Book Review section.

Click here to view some other contenders for the cover from the Illustration seniors.

Click here to view Iain’s piece on the NY Times site!

Click here to view Iain’s website

Congratulations, Iain!

8 Parsons students with 11 images selected for American Illustration 31 annual

April 13, 2012Competitions, Current Students, General Info, Illustration Alumni, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Publicationsamerican illustration, chelsey pettyjohn, guy billout, iain burke, jordin isip, julee yoo, juliette borda, katie dunham, lauren redniss, paul marcus, rachel friedman, rachel levit, sukyung lee, william crosbyamt

Parsons Illustration seniors Iain Burke, Katie Dunham, Sukyung (Hannah) Lee, Rachel Levit, Chelsey Pettyjohn, and Julee Yoo, and recent graduates William Hatch Crosby and Rachel Friedman (class of 2011) were selected by a distinguished jury to be included in the American Illustration 31 annual. It will be printed in full color and distributed worldwide in hardcover this fall.

From 8,000 pieces entered by over 1,200 illustrators, magazines, agencies, publishers, and schools, the jury selected only 439 images to appear in the book and represent the best pictures from 2011. Students and professionals were juried altogether and when the dust settled 30 student images were selected. With an unprecedented 11 of the 30 coming from the Parsons Illustration Program, Parsons ruled this year! Congratulations to them and their teachers!

Scroll down to view the 11 works selected:

Iain Burke Hell 02, Junior Concepts, Guy Billout (faculty)

William Hatch Crosby, Wandering Giant, Printamking Studio, Paul Marcus (faculty)

Katie Dunham, Ashtray, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Rachel Friedman, Los Angeles 1953, Senior Thesis 2, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Sukyung Lee, Ice-cream, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Rachel Levit, Little People, Senior Thesis 1, Lauren Redniss (faculty)

Chelsey Pettyjohn, 4 drawings from the Night Religion series, Senior Thesis 1, Jordin Isip (faculty)

Julee Yoo, The Last Queens, Senior Thesis 1, Juliette Borda (faculty)

Melted City – Paper Works on Paper

April 6, 2012Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, General Info, Illustration Alumni, Illustration Faculty, Inspiration, Newsblanc compound, hazel santino, hiro kurata, jacob lindo, jordin isip, louie cordero, matt leines, melted city, patrick cruz, paula searing, philippines, rob leecock, robert gutierrez, vic balanon, yuji maruyamaamt

“Melted City”, a show curated by Parsons Illustration faculty Jordin Isip and Filipino artist Louie Cordero opened on March 24th at Blanc Compound in Mandalyuong, Philippines. The ten person works-on-paper show (five artists chosen by each curator) includes Parsons Illustration Program alumni Hiro Kurata (’04), Hazel Lee Santino (’12), and Paula Searing (’11). The other artists are Vic Balanon, Patrick Cruz, Robert Gutierrez, Rob Leecock, Matt Leines, Jacob Lindo, and Yuji Maruyama. The exhibit runs through April 14, 2012.

“Melted City” was reviewed by The Manila Art Blogger. Read it here.

Melted City flyer, image by Robert Gutierrez

Hazel Lee Santino, "Hagley Woods"

Paula Searing, "What It's All About"

Rob Leecock, "2012: Enter the Dragon"; Matt Leines, "#122"

(left) Robert Leecock, "2012: Enter the Dragon"; (right) Matt Leines, "#122"

Hiro Kurata, "Portrait of a Slugger"

Chelsey Pettyjohn and Hazel Lee Santino Awarded Scholarships from the Society of Illustrators

April 5, 2012Competitions, Current Students, General Info, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Publicationschelsey pettyjohn, hazel lee santino, jordin isip, martin mazorra, Society of Illustratorsamt

Parsons Illustration seniors Chelsey Pettyjohn and Hazel Lee Santino were awarded scholarships in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Competition. Congratulations to them on this great achievement!

Chelsey was awarded the $1,500 Nancy Lee Rhodes Roberts Scholarship for “Night Religion 02” which was done in Jordin Isip‘s Senior Thesis 1 class.

Hazel was awarded the $1,000 In Memory of Effie Bowie Scholarship for “Bigfoot in the Woods” which was done in Martin Mazorra‘s Relief Printmaking class.

Chelsey Pettyjohn (left); Hazel Lee Santino (right)

Field Trip to Misaki Kawai’s Studio

April 4, 2012Current Students, Events, Exhibitions, General Info, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Publications, Talks/Lectureschang park, children's museum of the arts, jordin isip, love from mt. pom pom, misaki kawai, taylor mckimensamt

In late February Taylor Mckimens, Chang Park, and Jordin Isip took their Parsons Illustration classes to visit internationally renowned artist Misaki Kawai in her studio as she prepared for her upcoming show “Love from Mt. Pom Pom” at the Children’s Museum of the Arts. Misaki’s studio is in a vacated Bank of America on the ground floor of the beautiful Woolworth Building– plenty of room to host the 50+ visitors for a fun and inspirational morning. Thank you to Misaki and Justin for kindly opening up the studio and spending time with us!

Go see Misaki’s show– you can comb an 18 foot long, 11 foot tall fuzzy fuchsia dog with a 2 foot long comb.

“Love from Mt. Pom Pom” was reviewed in the New York Times. Read it here. The exhibit runs from March 14 – June 10, 2012.

PART TWO: 10 Parsons students selected for the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship Exhibition

February 20, 2012Competitions, Current Students, Exhibitions, General Info, Illustration Alumni, Illustration Faculty, Illustration Industry, Inspiration, News, Publicationschelsey pettyjohn, hazel lee santino, jordin isip, lauren redniss, leslie v. robertson, martin mazorra, monica ramos, Society of Illustrators, society of illustrators student scholarship competition, yasmin liangamt

Here are the next five of the ten stellar pieces that were selected by a distinguished jury to appear in the 2012 Society of Illustrators Student Scholarship exhibition in May (see previous post for the first five):

Yasmin Liang (class of 2012)