Untitled.
2012.
(Source: gifmovie, via nomicheese)
Inspirations - Detail from Departure of the Witches. Falero. 1878.
Siren.
Watercolor, Metallic Paint, Acrylic Medium, Gouache, Watercolor Paper, Photoshop.
Pandora Young. 2013.
I recently had the delight of meeting world renowned toy designers Amanda Visell and Michelle Valigura! They commissioned our class with a toy design project of our own, and this abomination is the result! He is kinda cute tho.
Naked Sponge Bob
Wood, Wood Glue, Rope, Acrylic Paint, Wooden Beads.
Pandora Young. 2013.
*Legal Disclaimer. Sponge Bob is the property of whichever multinational children’s entertainment conglomerate. Not me.
DISORDER Teaser Trailer
The short film I will be art directing this summer, written and directed by the lovely Miss Sarah Hager, has a teaser trailer I wanted to share with everybody:)
The film will depict institutionalized creative and artistic expression. And if you think those thing suck, perhaps check out the project’s IndieGoGo account and throw us a buck:D
Siren. Work in progress.
For a children’s book mock up we did in class:)
Story by Christy Goerson, supplied by Dimiter Savoff of Simply Read Books!
The House My Papa Built Full Page Spread
Graphite, Watercolor, Watercolor Paper.
Pandora Young. 2013
Check it out!!
A short about the upcoming film project Disorder for which yours truly will be art director is up, and it shares with you a little more about what the story will tell!
I’m super excited to be involved with such a talented and ambitious group of artists!
If you fell so inclined, you can help the film come to fruition by visiting the IndieGoGo campaign page and pitching in a buck! We’d all be really grateful:D
Commissions - DISORDER
I was recently asked to be the art director for a short film called DISORDER, which will shortly enter production here in Vancouver and deals with the repercussions of creative oppression. The above are some concept art for the film!
DISORDER - Concept Art
Watercolor, chalk, bristol board, photoshop.
Pandora Young. 2013
Inspirations: Yoann Lossel
So I’ve been addicted to a lot of things in my life (carbonated soft drinks, deep fried starches, Flight of the Conchords). But having recently gotten into painting with metallics, I can tell you it’s one hell of an addiction. You use it once and you suddenly wanna put that shit on everything (illustrations, paintings, toast).
I’m absolutely in love with the gold adorned graphite illustrations of French artist Yoann Lossel. Not only am I a huge advocate of the beauty and artistic legitimacy of plain pencil drawings, but Lossel goes as far as to employ actual gold leaf painstakingly applied with exacto knife. He also uses real pressed flowers in his work, and often his signature is painted directly on top of one of these delicate embellishments. Blow my mind.
Yoann Lossel. Check him out.
This one sat under my couch for like three months. Figured I should finish it:) It’s not perfect (extrapolating the anatomy of a horse from above was a little hinky) and I might come back to the idea again in a little while. However, the beloved Quixote is possibly one of the most venerated subjects in art history, portrayed by artists from Dore to Picasso to Dali, and I tried at least to reimagine a different view of the famous story. It’s kind of crazy that something as poignantly, enduringly funny to people of today could have been written like fifteen minutes after the birth of the print press.
The Knight of the Rueful Countenance, Don Quixote de la Mancha
Watercolor, Güâché, Photoshop.
Pandora Young. 2012
Another commission for Wishful Lie.
Wishful Lie
Photoshop
Pandora Young. 2012
Illustrator Ryan Heska recently appeared as a guest teacher in one of my classes and commissioned of us a cover for BLAB! Magazine, a publication whose pages his own work frequents.
The cover depicts personal hero Gassy Jack of Gastown, which I call home.
BLAB! Cover
Watercolor, güâché, photoshop.
Pandora Young. 2013.
Now Taking Commissions!
This coming term I’m taking fewer classes to make more room for commissions! So if you or someone you know is looking for some kick ass illustrations, a logo, business cards, websites graphics, children’s book art, artwork for tattoos, or parkour lessons (jk, I’d break my neck, and probably land on you), check out www.PandoraYoung.com and drop me a line!!!