Received my issue of Shameless today!!

There are my illustrations, smack dab in the middle of the magazine! Yeahh!

Some Sketches

Here are some sketches from my sketchbook. I do not know why I always label what I have just drawn.



This is Ping Zhu

Carrots!

This is my pin up girl for the newest Girls Drawin' Girls book. Each of us drew a lady to represent a different plant, mine was carrots.

Sneak Peek at my Shameless Illustration

Recently I was fortunate enough to illustrate for Shameless Magazine, "an independent Canadian voice for smart, strong, sassy young women and trans youth". Right up my alley, right?

Here's a peek at one of my illustrations to accompany an article about Justice for Girls, "a non-profit organization that promotes freedom from violence, social justice and equality for teenage girls who live in poverty".

Summer.

Ban Plastic Bags!

I support the ban on single use plastic bags.

catcalls.

Zooey

I love Nick Cave.

So I drew Nick Cave, but as always, when I go to color an image, things get weird.

What do you guys think of the colors? Too zombie? Is it possible to be too zombie? What color should it be? Here's the black and white version, to help you think.

my first magazine contributor write-up!

This is from the April 2010 issue of UCLA Magazine. In case you can't read it, it says:

"MASHANDA SCOTT's deceptively simple description of her work - "I currently draw and build things in Los Angeles" - belies a rare ability to see out of the ordinary. The young LA artist used that vision to good effect in her plush sculpture of Royce Hall on our cover, a unique sculpting vision that has also resulted in, among other things, a plush bicycle and public telephone. The Seattle native graduated from the esteemed Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and her work has been exhibited at L.A.'s Black Maria Gallery and Flock Shop. She also stays busy self-publishing 'zines."

and NO I didn't write it! I'm blushing, I swear.

no one in particular

Something I drew for a friend

try to imagine it in vibrant, not-meant-for-web color.

BUST illustration

here's an illustration I did for the April issue of BUST Magazine. It's for an article about the website deflowered memoirs.

UCLA Magazine cover!

I made this soft sculpture of UCLA's Royce Hall for UCLA Magazine. See it on the cover of the April 2010 issue, available in print in a few weeks!

The return of the girl, t-rex and unicorn, for my friend's daughter's birthday.

Group show next Friday!!

“I’m an Animal”

A group show featuring new work by fierce females

15 January 2010 – 13 February 2010

Opening Reception: Friday 15th January, 7:00 – 10:30pm

Black Maria Gallery: 3137 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90039

Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 12pm until 6pm (or by appointment)


“YOU COULD SAY IT’S MY INSTINCT

YES I STILL HAVE ONE

I DON’T SECOND GUESS IT”

-“I’m an Animal” Neko Case 2008


As the new decade begins it seems time to stop in the forest, stick our wet noses in the air and try to sense what’s approaching. Guest curator Aaron Smith says it’s a group of female artists that are moving fast, bringing with them imagery that is beastly and beautiful, funny and ferocious.

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Sarah Williamson, Mashanda Scott, Nicole Adee Dreyfuss, Connie Wong, Grace Kim, Brianna Harden, Saejean Oh, Alisha Amirkhanian, Shannon Freshwater and Daniaelle Simonsen are the young women who create work that is fearlessly candid and filled with the beauty and danger of nature.

Aaron Smith is a painter who has mounted several solo exhibitions in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York, with reviews in the Los Angeles Times, Art Ltd. and the Chicago Sun Times among others. He attended Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California where he is now an Associate Chair. He was the first Artist in Residence at the J. Paul Getty Museum.




Black Maria Gallery: 3137 Glendale Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90039

Tel: 323.660.9393 | web: http://blackmariagallery.com

Email: info@blackmariagallery.com

new lomo shots of my plush sculptures

People

Little brush sketches of people. By little, I mean they're only about 2-4" tall.

Adrianne

Here are some of the comps for this piece

Rejects

These are a couple of rejected comps for a project in one of my classes. The assignment is to do a portrait of someone without showing their face. The first is my friend Andreas, but I don't know the second person, I just liked the photo. Not sure who to give credit to for the reference photos, but if someone knows, I'll link to them and give them proper thanks!