New Print Shop Coming Soon!

It's time for a much needed update! I will be launching a Facebook art gallery and print shop and I'm super excited about it! In other news, I will be graduating and getting my Bachelor's degree in Illustration and Drawing this summer!

This will definitely be a good and productive year, all around! Please stay tuned as I update you with all the details and convention appearances!

New Commissions and Classes!

With school right around the corner, so too are our new classes at Artistic Designs Gallery! I work as a student teacher there and for this month of August I will be teaching Character Design! So be sure to check out this link for more information and sign up!



Also, I wanted to share some recent commissions I drew for Pop Con! Enjoy and have a great rest of your summer.

Full Body Elf in Graphite Pencil

Full Body Monk in Pencil and Digital Painting

Brillig, Full Color in Ink and Tombow Marker

Sketch Card Full Body in Ink and Colored Pencil

Free Comic Book Day!

It's time to grab your free comic book! I'll be at Hero House Comics in Fountain Square today from 2-5 so stop on by and get a sketch card of your favorite comic book character! :)

Comic Con Indy

Indy's second Comic Con has been a blast but it's not over yet!

You can stop by and say "Hi!" at my booth A13 and check out some of my newest art and merchandise! I will be teaching a manga/comic character creation class at Artistic Designs Gallery for 12 - 16 year age range in April or May! Keep up to date by checking our website:  http://www.artisticdesignsgallery.net/ 

January Manga and Comic Class!

Hello! I'm so excited to start a New Year and say that I will be teaching a manga and comic class this January at Artistic Designs Gallery! Anyone between (or close to) the ages of 12 - 16 interested in learning how the wonderful process of making comics is done, this is the place to sign up.

Students will learn that comics are a unique mixture of writing and drawing, and while both art forms communicate ideas in very different ways on their own, comics can achieve new ways of delivering ideas. Students will use their own original characters and learn how to create a one-page script to draw from. The class will then draw a sequential narrative learning the elements of composition and clear visual storytelling. We will be using pencil and ink, focusing on creating a black and white manga or comic page. In our gallery we carry many art supplies, all that you will need to get started on your own comic project! Be sure to ask us about our manga and comic kits.

 For more info, visit our gallery's website: http://artisticdesignsgallery.net/art-classes/comic-and-manga-class

Concept Art & Pop Con!

I've been looking forward to Pop Con for many months now, and the excitement is nearly tangible with it here this Friday! I hope to meet a ton of awesome people and promote Mandelyn Studios, after all, I can't do this without your amazing support! So if you're in the Indianapolis area, come and stop by and say "Hallo!". I'll have exclusive art on display that you just won't find anywhere else. ;)

To finish up my Concepting Class' work, I have the rest of the designs for Brazil. I still need to watch this movie!

Comic Con Indy!

It's hard to believe that almost a week ago thousands of people gathered downtown Indianapolis for this state's very first Comic Con.I was lucky to have an art booth there for Mandelyn Studios.There were so many talented and wonderful people I had the chance to meet and I wanted to thank everyone who stopped by my booth. Here is some very well deserved spotlight for the talent that I had the chance to meet.

Jackie Crofts was my neighboring artist buddy. You can see her newly published comic Nutmeg here, give it a read! http://www.nutmegcomic.com

Here is a sketch card of her characters Poppy and Cassia from Nutmeg that I drew.

Rebekah Cromer is a local artist and friend who has illustrated and designed a PC game called Welcome to Odd Town. You can find her beautiful works here!

http://exiledchaos.deviantart.com/

I am currently working on a list of commissions from the con, here is a sneak peek so far... :)

Thanks again everyone, I hope to see everyone again next year! :)