Author ········· Taylie Kawakami
Programs Used ········· Procreate & Adobe Illustrator
Tapas and Bits
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Schrodinger’s Dishwasher
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Living with roommates means that there is bound to be a bit of miscommunication. I ran into the issue of not knowing if the dishwasher had been run or not and dubbed the issue Schrodinger’s Dishwasher. In order to avoid eating off a dirty plate, I created a magnet that could be flipped to indicate if the washer had been run or not. All elements were completed in Procreate.
Office of the Provost Illustration
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As a part of my co-op with Northeastern University’s Office of the Provost I received multiple illustration request including this one which was used for a Northeastern faculty email.
The Hands That Raised Me
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I come from a large family that was very involved in my life and growing up there was never a shortage of familial love to go around. I feel very fortunate to have been surrounded by such a loving family especially in my developmental years so I wanted to pay homage in this piece to the “hands that raised me.” It’s a reflective self-portrait piece of me looking back post-childhood at the hands that have shaped me throughout my life into the person I am today.
Schrodinger’s Dishwasher
Living with roommates means that there is bound to be a bit of miscommunication. I ran into the issue of not knowing if the dishwasher had been run or not and dubbed the issue Schrodinger’s Dishwasher. In order to avoid eating off a dirty plate, I created a magnet that could be flipped to indicate if the washer had been run or not. All elements were completed in Procreate.
Office of the Provost Illustration
As a part of my co-op with Northeastern University’s Office of the Provost I received multiple illustration request including this one which was used for a Northeastern faculty email.
The Hands That Raised Me
I come from a large family that was very involved in my life and growing up there was never a shortage of familial love to go around. I feel very fortunate to have been surrounded by such a loving family especially in my developmental years so I wanted to pay homage in this piece to the “hands that raised me.” It’s a reflective self-portrait piece of me looking back post-childhood at the hands that have shaped me throughout my life into the person I am today.
Pull Me Apart, Put Me Back Together
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This piece is about the pressures we face from those around us. It is meant to be a companion piece to “The Hands That Raised Me.”
This piece is about the pressures we face from those around us. It is meant to be a companion piece to “The Hands That Raised Me.”
Himamatsuri
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The goal of this project was to create a poster for a cultural event that was important to us. I selected Hinamatsuri or Japanese Girl's Day as the featured event. The day is to celebrate the health and happiness of girls and is a holiday that I grew up with. Every year on girl's day special dolls are brought out. I illustrated two dolls that would be present on Hinamatsuri and did a lot of detailing in their kimonos. I also wanted to incorporate kanji into the design and the linear nature of Japanese writing was my inspiration for the typography done on this piece.
The goal of this project was to create a poster for a cultural event that was important to us. I selected Hinamatsuri or Japanese Girl's Day as the featured event. The day is to celebrate the health and happiness of girls and is a holiday that I grew up with. Every year on girl's day special dolls are brought out. I illustrated two dolls that would be present on Hinamatsuri and did a lot of detailing in their kimonos. I also wanted to incorporate kanji into the design and the linear nature of Japanese writing was my inspiration for the typography done on this piece.