Cutout Inspirations

I have been really inspired by the cutout work found at bomboland.com. I found out about them through this link: http://abduzeedo.com/beautiful-illustrations-and-papercut-works-bomboland, a site I frequently check for great design work & inspiration to lead me in the right direction. I'm working on an illustration in this style for a magazine layout I'm doing soon. It's coming out wonderfully so far but I probably shouldn't share it until it comes out publicly in the near future!

A walk with my niece:

These are pictures I took over my Christmas break on a walk with my niece. I'm learning how difficult it is to make good photographs of children and my niece doesn't really make it any easier on me.This walk was one of the few times where most of the photos worked out. The first photo is a portrait of my niece. I think it works because it captures an off moment. A moment that is obviously not posed and captures her fun spirit in the mood of the photo. I love the textures in this photo ranging from her smooth skin to the rocky asphalt and the subtle play with the depth of field bringing the emphasis to her face. I may be a little partial because my of my relationship with my niece but I think think it makes a good portrait overall. The second photo captures a smaller moment of the walk, holding my niece's hand as we walked about the neighborhood. The photo creates focus through clarity with its shallow depth. I love the effect of the reflective surface of my watch in the photo as well.

Brief Autobiography:

I'm Kristine, I am a senior visual communications major at University of South Carolina. I am working on fluency in most of the Adobe Creative Suite but I enjoy working with several media. This year I began working with photography beyond the basic facebook point and shoot documentation with my Olympus Pen E-PL1 DSLR camera. With my painting minor I get to express my love for media that I can immerse myself into; getting my hands dirty, moving paint across canvas, or pastels around paper. Painting definitely inspires my design and point of view. 
The included photo is a photo taken by a close friend, Alli Quattlebaum, while painting the windows of the BCM (Baptist Collegiate Ministry) last semester. It's the building on Main Street between Sandy's and the SC Bookstore which has become a second residence to me.