Tag Archives: Ruben De La Torre

ALUMNI FOCUS: Sharon, Lacee, Ruben, Cassidy, Rosalba, Lindsay, Sam, Matt, Emily, Matthew, Jen, and Cami

Sharon Armstrong

“We are Drawing half portrait with a crazy face, in Advanced Art. Here is my demo.”




Lacee Siler Black

“I’m pleased to announce, ‘Lunch Break’ has passed muster and been accepted into the SLCC President’s Art Show! Mark your calendars. I hope to see you at the opening, but if not go see it during exhibition hours.”




Ruben De La Torre




Cassidy Demkov

“Watching the last of the butterflies before everything freezes and winter arrives. I dread this day more than any other day of the year. I go to bed with a beautiful,colorful garden and wake up to frozen flowers that quickly turn black. Saying goodbye to my garden until Spring is one of the hardest things for me mentally. I put so much work into my garden that seeing it all die so quickly is a bit sad.” 🖤
Fern for @cloud9fabrics




Rosalba Dominguez

“I can officially announce I will be receiving the Dem Believer award tonight from the fabulous group of the Salt Lake County Democratic Party at their sold out Politisauce 2021! event.”




Lindsay Hope McIver

“Guys I don’t know if you know, but October is the best month, and this was one of my favorite spooky season projects to date.” 🐾👻

FROM LUCKY PENNY RESCUE NETWORK:

“While a little later in the day than we planned, we’re getting in the spirit of Hallowe’en over here at Lucky Penny Rescue Network with a spooktacular update to our logo.” 👻🎃🧙‍♀️ “This logo will stay up for the whole month of October and we just love it! We’d like to send a huge thank you to our logo designer, Lindsay McIver, for her work creating this bewitching makeover.”
🐾💗🐶🧙‍♀️




Sam Loertscher

“Signage update for local farm.”




Matt Page

“Words by Robert Smith from the song ‘Lullaby’ by The Cure. Illustrations by me.”




Emily Paulson

“If you didn’t have the chance to make it to Minneapolis, my ARTCRANK prints are now available on the web.”

Sunday Flowers




Matthew Radcliffe

“Beetlejuice!Beetlejuice!!” #beeetlejuice#inktober




Jen Terry




Cami Thurber

“My yard shared this array with me today.”




ALUMNI FOCUS: Malorie, Melanie, Jacqueline, Natalee, Ruben, Becky, Matt, Esther, Katrina, Dianna, Missy & Miriam

Malorie Baker

“After 5 amazing years at Franklin Planner, I’m happy to say that I’m now the Social Media Marketing Manager for CAO Group! 💫 I’m grateful for my past experiences and am excited (and grateful) to continue working in a field that I love and helping brands grow. Cheers to new beginnings!” 🥂



Melanie Bunch

“My catalogs for work are done! The top one is the old catalog, at the bottom of the photo is my updated version. The photos all came out much darker than the proofs we were shown, but other than that, I’m pretty happy!”



Jacqueline Campbell-Michels

“Lookie lookie!! My first spray paint art.”



Natalee Cooper Chilton

“Somehow we weathered and witnessed a nation that isn’t broken but simply unfinished. There is always light if we’re only brave enough to see it, if we’re only brave enough to be it.” ~ Amanda Gorman

“I did (illustrate her), I was so moved by her that I had to illustrate her.”



Ruben De La Torre

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Becky Larsen Pease

“B&W of my life, day #330” #TexasIceStorm



Esther Longmore

“This was kinda looking too similar to my inspiration, but I made a few adjustments and it now has its own life!”



Matt Page

“Daisy.”



Katrina Flores Parkinson

“Hey all! As some of you know I am the president of the Tooele County Arts Guild. I will be instructing a Virtual Valentines Paint Night for TCAG next weekend. TCAG is a non profit organization and I work with some amazing people to help support the arts here in Tooele County. All earnings will go directly to our Guild to help us to continue offering fun and engaging artistic opportunities to our community. Please sign up to participate in a super fun virtual event and to support a really great cause. You will have a blast!” 🎨🎨🎨



Dianna Totland

“Haven’t painted in a really long time. I’ve had this blank canvas for over 2 years because I have a fear of ruining a perfect blank board/page/any medium. Therefore I tend to never do anything. Sad really. I’ve already assumed I failed. What is wrong with me? I know I’m not alone in this. Anyways, I’m pretty happy with how she turned out. I know there was more I could do better for next time. I’m just happy I finally got around to painting this empty canvas I’ve held onto, and with something I am happy with. Thanks. P.S. if anyone wants to teach me how to oil paint, I think this style would look awesome in oil.”



Missy Van Wagoner

“The little lady, Amanda Gorman stole the show! She is goals! I loved her words (a long with Pres. Biden’s) and was memorized by her hands. I’m excited to follow and see what this lil lady does in her lifetime. Holy cow. Amazing!”



Miriam Volk

“A little illustration of my favorite ready-to-wear show and collection. SAINT LAURENT 2021” 🖤



ALUMNI FOCUS: Davin, Derek & Brighton, Ryan, Keith, Ruben, Cassidy, Nadia, Amber, Alissa, Matt & Lauren

Davin Abegg

“I started my own t-shirt shop.”

https://teespring.com/stores/swoody

“First 4 drawings of 2021. Can’t wait to see how much better I get by 2022.”


Derek & Brighton Ballard

“Seinfeld 2021 Risograph Calendar” — available at @neuergeist / ng15.co


Ryan Bangerter

So, this started out as a practice sketch, and… 5 hours later here we are.”


Keith Beard

“Life in chaos.”

“Guardians of Center Earth.”


Ruben De La Torre

‘DOOM FOREVER’ a tribute to underground hip hop legend, MF DOOM.

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Cassidy Demkov

“For as long as I can remember one of my favorite stationery stores has been @tabularasastationers in @trolley_square. It was a dream to be able to deliver my first card order to them yesterday.”

This bouquet handkerchief print was made from the floral in my Perennial fabric collection. Maybe it will make its way onto a real handkerchief this year… I’m working on figuring out the best way to get some new products made.”


Nadia Dolzhenko

Heber Valley


Amber Giles

“21 words for 2021. Last year I tried this exercise where I wrote down 20 words I wanted to focus on in 2020. As I revisited the list at the end of the year I was amazed to see how I was able to accomplish or improve on each word listed. Simply amazing! So here’s to a new year, with new adventures, confidence, courage, baking, learning and improving.” 🙂


Alissa Hicks

“Under the sea… under the sea..Ariel has made her appearance on land with the intent to explore everything the world has to offer. Do you have a place for her to stay?

https://www.etsy.com/…/little-mermaid-crochet-doll-outfits


Matt Page

“T-shirt design featuring a character named Triple Combination from my series Future Day Saints. Book 2 coming summer 2021. T-shirts coming soon.”


Lauren Waters

“I saw this on a Christmas card at my sister’s and the sentiment stayed with me. It’s not really a resolution, just a state of mind and well-being I’d like to hold on to. I’ve carried some negative feelings this past week and that’s just no way to live or start the new year. So I’m processing the negativity, learning what I need to, and trying to maintain a more hopeful outlook. Even though falling to pieces seems like an attractive option, too!” 🤔😅

2020 INK Show – Open Now!

Be our guest!

Unfortunately, the on-campus 2020 INK Show scheduled for November, was cancelled due to the Covid-19 Pandemic.

The 2020 INK Show instead is online! Please visit:
2020 INK Show


Alumni Focus: Davin, Ryan, Alisa, Natalee, Anna Marie, Helen, Molly, Ruben, Andrew, Esther, Matt, & Jen

Davin Abegg

“Thought it was time to post a few recent favorite drawings of mine. Not doing Inktober this year cause I’m too busy drawing followers.”


Ryan Bangerter

“Inktober Day 14: ArmorThis one was extremely fun 😁😁😁…maybe too much fun.” 🥴🥴

“Inktober Day 12: Slippery”


Alisa Bishop Bradley

“I had the excellent fortune to do the cover for this extremely chill rpg album!”


Natalee Cooper Chilton

“Dinner is served. VOTE with a side of – you have a voice, use it!”


Anna Marie Coronado

“Inktober 2020 Days 13 and 12,’Dune’ and ‘Slimy”’

“Inktober 2020 Day 11 “Disease”’


Helen Cox

“It’s surreal to have my logo design on 9th & 9th in SLC! 🤯 @9thand9thbookandmusic opens soon, right next to Tower Theater, and it’s gonna be so cool! Give them a follow on Instagram and stay tuned!”


Molly Dallimore

“More progress on my current project.”


Ruben De La Torre

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Andrew Malin

“Here is a spooky zombie version of The Eraser, everyone’s favorite Batman villain. Happy Inktoberween! For real, I love wacky 60’s DC characters like the Eraser.”


Esther Longmore

“A little Halloween pattern I designed over the weekend. The bat is my favorite. “It’s freakin’ bats!”


Matt Page

“Here are some illustrations of my new kitty.”


Jen Terry

“Day’s late on this Inktober prompt but I’ve been really busy this week. #8 Teeth”

“Inktober day 10! Getting caught up.”

“Hey guy’s, just a friendly reminder here if haven’t done so already, vote!”


ALUMNI FOCUS: Derek, Brighton, Cassidy, Ruben, Anna, Amber, Kim, Esther, Katrina, Missy, Lauren

Derek & Brighton Ballard

“We dropped a new cap over at @neuergeist last week. Available online now: the Sego Lily Five Panel hat. ✌🏼 Rust-colored ripstop material (inspired by Utah’s red rock) with our original Sego Lily design embroidered on the front panel, and a woven label on the right hand side. Buy it with a sego lily pin if you want, put the pin in the hat even! We won’t say anything if you don’t….”


Cassidy Demkov

“Working on restocking Salt & Honey Market.


Ruben De La Torre

“Puffin’ Poetic Panda” 🐼 “Experimenting with line, shape and color on the computer.” 🎨


Anna Florin

“Just finished a 72-hour painting marathon for this great space at Hopkins Brewery.”


Amber Giles

Inktober Catch up.
Day 7: Fancy
Day 8: Teeth
Day 9: Throw
Sketched first with pencil then traced with @tombowusa markers.


Kim Jeppson

“Hey! I just wanted to share some of the stuff I’ve been working on over the last several months. I have an online shop on Redbubble where I’ve got a number of designs that can be made into anything from stickers to face masks, shirts to clocks and tons more. I’ve had a lot of fun doing different spirit animals, retro patterns, and just random, fun illustrations. It’s been a sort of artistic sandbox for me just to play in and have fun so I wanted to share. Hope you enjoy looking at them, too!” https://www.redbubble.com/people/kjeppson/shop?asc=u


Esther Longmore

“This is what I did during General Conference today.” 🤗

“Had to illustrate a print to go with my pattern. Would you display this in your home?”


Katrina Parkinson

“2020 Plague Doctor. Fitting, wouldn’t you say? Yes, yes it is. Inktober day #2 complete!”

Inktober Day #9. Quality control came back today, yay! I have been In West Yellow Stone Montana today enjoying nature. And of course all of the beautiful wildlife that comes with it. We passed within just a couple of feet from two grazing Bison this evening. So beautiful, I decided that they were to be my inspiration for tonight’s Inktober.

“Inktober Day#10. Black cat for the spooky season. The photo is not great, My hotel is dimly lit, but it will do as proof that I made it to day #10 of Inktober!”


Lauren Waters

“Friday Florals! 🌼 Fall is still creeping along in Utah, but thankfully things will take a very fall-ish turn over the weekend. Just in time, too! I’ve got all kinds of Halloween-y stuff to do.” 🍂 @ Bountiful, Utah


Missy Van Wagoner

“I am starting a art/book class tomorrow and would love if you could ask your little kids: If they could be any animal what would it be? Why?”


ALUMNI FOCUS: Davin, Ryan, Keith, Ruben, Amber, Ben, Katrina, Bri, Jen, Cami, & Clayton

Davin Abegg

The spooky season is near and it’s starting to show in my drawings.” 🎃😈


Ryan Bangerter

“Quick sketch for the day.”


Keith Beard

Planting the seeds for growth. Quick sketch on what I’ve been thinking about. Am I using my talents to bring beauty to our world? Or am I marking art that reflects being a victim of circumstances and wallowing in the gloom?


Ruben De La Torre

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Amber Giles

Hand lettering recreated.


Ben Heighton

“New design up in my Destroy Brand Graphics threadless shop – i cAn’T brEAtHe!”


Katrina Parkinson

Tonight wrapped up our six week virtual, beginner watercolor workshop! What a fun course this was, I had eleven very talented, hard working students! Here is a sampling of just a few of the pieces we created in this course! Tomorrow I will post more info about the Intermediate virtual watercolor workshop so stay tuned!

Black Rabbit Studios had another successful virtual paint night for the city of Copperton last night! Thank to all of my participants and to Tessa Stitzer for booking the evening for some creativity! I think I will now have to offer this paint night for the people of Tooele County!” #becreative #paintnight #tooelecounty #virtualartclass #learntopaint #artstudio


Bri Petrilla

“Throwback – a branding guideline book I updated and redesigned for my company a couple months ago.” 📚

A tip sheet I made for my company.” 🙂

Logo I designed for Leni Jensen Crow! I wanted to make sure the logo mark was personalized yet still incorporated a clear real estate message. I created an L for Leni’s name with a house made out of negative shapes.


Jen Terry

Patterns


Cami Thurber

“Fox is pretty thrilled with my new hobby. I made him a Gravity Falls themed kaleidoscope pyrography piece burned into a log. So much fun!”

“Apollo box (another Fox request). I love pyrography!”


Clayton Whitehead

“It’s been a while since I’ve painted any environments. So I decided to brush up with some landscape studies.”


 

ALUMNI FOCUS: Keith, Melanie, Anna Marie, Ruben, Nadia, Ben, Matt, Katrina, Bri, Carol, & Jenna

Keith Beard

“Waiting to be made.” #artistkeif #pencil #marker #charcoal


Melanie Bunch

“Putting my syrup-making hobby to use again, to make a little gift for someone. Had fun spending a few minutes drawing a fancy label, too. And I made extra, so I can enjoy it as well!”


Anna Marie Coronado

The #UtahStrong Recovery Project offers FREE help for COVID-19 related stress.”

#graphicdesign #graphicdesigner #mentalhealth #utah #COVID19


Ruben De La Torre

“This feels like it’s taking me forever, but just gotta shade the scrollwork, and tighten up the shading on other areas that need it and we good.” 🤓


Nadia Dolzhenko

Sunflowers & Yarrow


Carol Ross

“Officially the Creative Director at the beautiful Salt Lake City Public Library.”


Ben Heighton

“I came up with a great idea for all the people refusing to wear masks. Know someone who needs this? Now available at https://destroybrandgraphics.threadless.com/…/help-face-mask


Matt Page

“Here’s a nice review of the book. Very happy to hear that people are digging it.”

http://associationmormonletters.org/blog/reviews/current-reviews/page-future-day-saints-welcome-to-new-zion-reviewed-by-christopher-angulo/?fbclid=IwAR03yZBt2QX7AqH5uVJYfO4Ff5s64UQx4Y9aCzqhsTOINjLpqustwY94Ymc

“Did anyone notice the reference to Cross Heart in my book? It’s a patch on the backpack of the girl in the museum. That’s the logo my daughter Priya made for her comic book series Cross Heart Chronicles (issues 1 and 2 available in my Etsy shop now, issue 3 should be available before the end of the year).”

“New toy idea.”


Katrina Flores Parkinson

“Love my late nights in the studio.” #artstudio #uplate #paintingthroughthenight #nightowl #painting #workinprogress


Bri Petrilla

“Logo I made for a start up boutique.” 😎


Jenna Warby

“Launched, baby! 🌟🌟 Belle et Noir is a women’s boutique in the Greater Los Angeles Area, with a mission to bring focus back on helping women love what they wear, and love how they feel. I got to help redefine the direction of the brand with logo design and a restructuring of the online store – in the next few days I’ll be sharing more assets that I have created! Enjoy this little beaut of a logo.”

“My favorite part about working with Belle et Noir Boutique was creating and updating the UI to be something that was refreshing and simplistic + adding a little stylish flair. Shopping with them is now even better using your phone!”

#UIdesign #websitedesign #branding #graphicdesign

“Fresh off the block, the new Belle et Noir Boutique website! The key focal points that make the site shine is the photography and the polished, clean, sans-serif typography.

The goal was to create a brand vision, a personality that shoppers could get behind – and lay the foundation for the branding to grow and evolve into a recognized name brand clothing and product line.”

belleetnoirboutique.com


 

ALUMNI FOCUS – Bradon, Vince, Keith, Ruben, Stephen, Ian, Matt, Jen, Jenna & Lauren

Bradon Anderson

“I’m trying to figure out what to do with the #BlackLivesMatter pins. I want to support the cause.”


Vince Bayless

“2020 Day 164:No”


Keith Beard

“Finally a space for this piece. A lot of us are being lured in by false monsters.”


Ruben De La Torre

 

 


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Stephen Maloney

“Just added the mask to my normal profile pic which was originally part of a bigger piece I did a while ago.This is the piece. It’s one of my favorites.”


Ian Maxfield

“Always forward.”
#blacklivesmatter


Matt Page

“I drew these salmon and lamprey characters for the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission yeeears ago. I’m so proud to see that the little guys are still serving their community and being responsible with their mask wearing during the pandemic.”


Jennifer Terry

Updated cover.

“Some of the layouts I did for SLUG.”

“Jeff Bezos doesn’t need your money. Support local! (Art by your favorite neighborhood Jenny!)”


Jenna Warby

“Today’s a good day, my friends at Baby and Buddy Animal Rescue just released their new logo I designed for them! B&B does such a wonderful job providing care, compassion, and constant care for their animals – I’m so happy that I was able to help them find a logo that reflected these things.

Just for fun, I also designed some t-shirts, totes, and hats to show off their new look. Follow them on FB and Instagram for some quality pupperoni content!”


Lauren Waters

“A pattern that mixes icons my team and I made for the collection. It’s like a trippy rainbow ‘I Spy.'” 🌈⚡️🚀🦖📓🌎🦕📚

“There are only 2 kinds of people in this world… People who say they love ABBA… And liars.”  ⭐️💫

“Not every design makes it into a paper collection. This clever girl didn’t make the cut, but I decided to keep her around anyway. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Tomorrow begins my first full week back in the office after quarantine. It’s done a lot for me emotionally and psychologically to be back in my work environment. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a total homebody… Just not a work-from-homebody. 🙅🏻‍♀️ Things may change once again (please no), but until then I’m happy with this little slice of ‘normal.‘” 😷🤲🏻🧼


ALUMNI FOCUS: Davin, Maaike, Jacqueline, Helen, Cassidy, Nadia, Ruben, Sam, Andrew, Matt & Teako

Davin Abegg

“Some paintings I was commissioned to do this past week.”


Maaike Bennett

“This is the result of today’s efforts for my student’s Alphabet Magnet Game. I am most proud of the Lion and the Owl (even though I grumbled the entire time while doing the latter *Laughs*), and least proud of the Cat.”


Jacqueline Campbell-Michels

“Completed my painting that I started two weeks ago on my camping trip.”


Helen Cox

“Here’s a recent label design I did for Hugger Mugger. I’m in love with these new wipes!”


Cassidy Demkov

“Playing around with some ideas for handkerchiefs. Do you prefer the dark or the light version?”

“How pretty is this quilt @lia.giannotti made with the Sweet Rose floral print from my Wildflower Collection?! I’ve heard some concerns about using the fabric for quilting but Lia said it turned out great and is so soft.”


Nadia Dolzhenko

“An old ranch along the Nine Mile Canyon Road.”


Ruben De La Torre

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Sam Loertscher, DS Creative

“Shared space on aluminum panels. Also direct on wall… and  on the doors. Yes. We do it all… and more.” #corporate #branding #signage 3D #lettering #cut letters #logo #cutvinyl logos


Andrew Malin

“During our Star Wars rpg session last night, Nathan described one of the rooms as having a pin up of a Trandoshan on the wall. This sparked a discussion since some of the other players and I had a hard time picturing what that would look like. A cursory search of the internet yielded no satisfying results. So this happened. May the 4th be you.”


Matt Page

“The year is 2929, the planet earth has long been abandoned, and her former inhabitants have made their home on a planet light years away, in the Kolob solar system. This is their story. But also the story of the other diverse alien cultures they share the planet with, including its indigenous people, known as the Othersheep. They are all children of the Celestial Parents and this is New Zion.”

“This is book one of an ongoing project that will include other books, trading cards, toys, etc. It’s just the beginning.

Welcome To New Zion will be a 55+ page hardcover book, consisting of several different stories – some in comics format and others in storybook format (one illustration per page). It will also include pinup art pages, coloring pages, activity pages, and more. All introducing you to this new world and it’s characters.

It should be available for preorder in a couple of weeks and hopefully I will be able to start shipping them out by the end of the month.”

“The woman on the cover is Liahona. She is the last living holder of the Power of the Priests, and the leader of The Valiant (the team of heroes on New Zion).”


Teako Warfield-Graham

“Our team just launched about 20+ new websites for every department and massive online digital services for Sandy City. So the public can do their business online.

I’ve painstakingly headed this project for two years. Collaborating across the US and with teams all the way down in Australia. There is still so much to do.
But as a women-in-tech, a woman of color, and a digital engineer this launch today it’s def a proud career moment.”
Here’s the launch video.”