"wuslam likes whales" (september slam and whale icons)

(final version)

I was asked to design a poster for our school's poetry slam team, and it wasn't easy. I played around with a couple of ideas:

(as you can see, none of them really went anywhere.) (though looking back, I kind of like the third one.) 

definitely rolled with the blue one. 

some sketches of whales:

 the silhouettes!

fanart 05 ("pokemon is the comeback kid")

done in Photoshop, using a crayonwax brush to achieve celshade effect

AND here's a WIP that I desperately want to finish. If only I had 1) all the time in the world, and 2) my tablet pen. (it is weeping silently in a package in a mailroom that was closed on Sunday and Monday)

that font's really awful because y'know, my handwriting, but I'll get around to fixing that soon. this was a story that i read online! it was alright, but the title was cool, so the fanart bug bit me. 

collaborative comic - the diary of dr. michael kaiser

W H E W. note to self: never try and crank out a comic in three days! it's unhealthy!

also not helpful that my tablet was out of commission, so there's that.
nonetheless, here it is. written by my partner in the comic club at school, kyle flagstad, and drawn by me.