Lindsey Gilbert Illustrations

Wokka Wokka Wokka

2011-11-18T22:19:00.001-08:00

In honor of the new Muppet Movie out next week. :)

My name's Ringo, I play the drooms.

2011-09-19T00:06:00.001-07:00

Poppies will put them to sleeeep...

2011-07-13T15:56:00.000-07:00

My Oz shadowbox piece...may have to do a bit more tweaking but this is pretty much the final.

Back to cut papering

2011-06-30T11:51:00.000-07:00

Down shooter Fishy Fun

2011-06-04T13:15:00.001-07:00

Howlin' for You

2011-04-21T00:51:00.001-07:00

Black Keys illustration, just for fun...

sketch

...needs some more tweaking. Still a work in progress.

Hey You Guys!

2011-03-25T18:50:00.000-07:00

Goonies illustration.

Made it to L.A.

2011-03-16T22:43:00.001-07:00

Here I am. Interning at Buddy System Studios and keeping creatively busy until things fall into place.

Freddie & Elton

2011-01-22T18:42:00.000-08:00

My first go at these two. I'll be making the final versions soon with props! :D

New Posters

2011-01-07T20:54:00.001-08:00

Whoa, this is heavy

2011-01-02T09:53:00.000-08:00

Inspired after watching a Back to the Future marathon on AMC New Year's Day. Great Scott! :P

More Senders Stuff & Designs Galore!!

2010-10-27T21:22:00.000-07:00

I've been a busy bee the past two weeks updating my portfolio with some freelance work I've done as well as some personal stuff still in progress. Enjoy! :)

This is some merchandise designs I made up for Billy Woodward & the Senders. Buttons, bumper sticker and single CD case design.

This is an idea for a children's book I want to pursue. It's full of monstery goodness and also awesomeness.

This is a stationary set I designed - letterhead, envelope and stickers. I mean, come on, who doesn't love alpacas?

It's New!

2010-10-06T16:39:00.001-07:00

Art for my good friend Billy's band Billy Woodward & the Senders.

It's Aliiiiiiive!

2010-09-14T21:38:00.000-07:00

This is Frankie.

Karen O

2010-09-03T09:27:00.001-07:00

Introducing...my custom Karen O Mighty Mugg!

Scruffy Looking Nerf Herder

2010-06-26T20:43:00.000-07:00

I did a painting tonight. I realized that I need to find time to devote to art no matter how big or small or I just might lose my mind in the mundane. (Scan to be posted soon along with some new work...here's hopin')

More to come soon...

2010-04-23T12:30:00.000-07:00

I've been putting all my creative efforts these past couple of weeks towards my portfolio submission for LAIKA that was due today. All other time has been spent taking care of my upcoming move next week. I have ideas filling up my creative tank and will be be working on some things this week and with any luck, will have new posts in a few days with happy shiny new things.

Stay tuned. :)

Unicorn Rises Again...

2010-04-02T00:13:00.000-07:00

...as a poster for the Of Montreal after party!! :D I made the font myself as well. I named it Radtastic...hope that's not already taken.

Sonia Poster

2010-03-26T12:52:00.001-07:00

Latest poster for No Clubs.

Bonnaroo Contest - Submission #3 & 4

2010-03-25T11:19:00.001-07:00

My last two submissions...keep your fingers crossed for me!

Bonnaroo Contest Submission #2

2010-03-21T13:58:00.001-07:00

Conundrum...line work or no line work.

Bonnaroo Contest - Submission #1

2010-03-17T23:12:00.000-07:00

Bonnaroo Design contest 2010 - winner gets 2 free tickets. I really really want those tickets. The winner is decided by how many times a design is rated with 5 stars. If you would like to be awesome & vote for mine I would greatly appreciate it! Just go here & gimmie some stars! :)

2010-03-14T14:24:00.000-07:00

Another poster

2010-03-12T21:18:00.000-08:00

Back to Cut Papery + new poster

2010-03-11T13:11:00.000-08:00

Latest poster for No Clubs.

My desk right now. It's paper-tastic. Also, my latest cut paper project in progress.

Newer stuff

2010-03-10T09:37:00.000-08:00

First of a series I'm hoping to do on the Beatles. This is my Mop Top shadow box piece.
(9 x 12 inches; cut paper & acrylic)

Aretha Franklin (in progress) - a gift for my mother's belated birthday.
(8 x 10 acrylic on canvas)

Sketchbookin'

2010-02-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

Portrait of a boring & pointless Community College class.

Preliminary sketches of future cartoon series featuring old lady versions of Mira and myself.

New self-portrait of me right now today, having finally gotten over my hump of non-creative energy due to blah-ness.

Hello...Dexter Morgan

2010-01-20T17:03:00.000-08:00

Dexter Mighty Mugg - a Christmas gift for Jeremy

Slash

2009-12-09T08:39:00.001-08:00

A peek at a piece I did for a friend's tattoo shop. If you're ever in Jax Beach, check out The Parlor and see some of my art on the wall.

Happy (belated) Halloween!

2009-11-07T12:51:00.001-08:00

New Poster

2009-10-23T16:53:00.000-07:00

My latest poster for Daddykool. Lemme know what you think.

In Limbo...

2009-10-21T11:39:00.000-07:00

Limbo is the only way to describe where I am right now. I'm waiting for answers that may change my life and hopefully open the doors to a brighter future. In 3 weeks I'll know if I will have an amazingly perfect job that will enable me to learn some new things and start making things happen for myself. But I won't know for 3 weeks. It's just an excruciating waiting game right now.

On a positive note, my Emilie Autumn poster was a hit and I am working on my next one for DaddyKool.

I am also addicted to I Can Read and I Love. Here are a few I wanted to share...

“ I spend 23 hours a day wondering whether we’re wrong for each other, wondering whether we’ve got the energy that we need to get through everything that we seem to get into, whether the baggage we both bring would sink a small ship. But in the 24th hour, I realize I’ve been thinking about you for 23 hours. There’s something about you I can’t stay away from. Something about you, that makes me want to love you." via iLove

Poster design

2009-10-14T20:04:00.000-07:00

My first official shot at doing a poster design for a show, let's hope it gets used.

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Now playing: Regina Spektor - Eet
via FoxyTunes

Unfinished Business

2009-10-10T11:37:00.001-07:00

Janelle Monae portrait for my brother's bday

Paint-by-numbers unicorn collaboration w/ Jeremy

New sketchbook, new sketches.

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Now playing: Elvis Perkins In Dearland - Send My Fond Regards To Lonelyville
via FoxyTunes

Stop. Eject. Flip to Side B.

2009-09-21T15:22:00.000-07:00

After a summer of things not going quite as planned, I am ready to shake off the disappointment and look forward. I was aware of how hard things were going to be after graduation and I am prepared for what's coming my way. Thanks to an opportunity that came my way today, I am working on landing a project that will hopefully open the door to new possibilities. I am revived with new goals to reach and so inspired that I've been sketching all day!

Life is pretty much a series of overwhelming obstacles and challenges but sometimes the simplest words from someone can give you a moment of clarity that's all you need to turn it all around. That's all it took to snap me out of it and get back to what matters.

New sketches & work to be posted soon - so stay tuned! For now I'll leave you with something that made me smile today:

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Now playing: The Sounds - No One Sleeps When I'm Awake
via FoxyTunes

Final WtWTA piece

2009-08-28T16:46:00.000-07:00

...(maybe)

Amost done...

2009-08-23T14:06:00.000-07:00

Here's where I am with my Where the Wild Things Are piece...

It's cut-paper, acrylic & ink in a shadowbox. I'm going to add some more bushes in the foreground and in front of the trees in the background.

More Hughes Sketchin'

2009-08-14T16:00:00.001-07:00

Just a few of my favorite characters & favorite quotes.

Duckie and John

2009-08-12T17:41:00.000-07:00

Here's a sketch for yet another project idea I'm hoping to work on. In memory of John Hughes - quite possibly the greatest writer/producer/directors in my lifetime - I want to do a piece commemorating him and the characters he brought to life on the big screen. This one of Duckie, (of Pretty in Pink), who happens to be my personal favorite.

John Hughes
February 18, 1950 - August 6, 2009
R.I.P.

Summer Sketchin'

2009-08-03T23:48:00.001-07:00

Idea I started sketching in honor of the Where the Wild Things Are movie. Planning on making it a full-fledged illustration.

Paul Ruddness

Lovely Regina

Senior Thesis

2009-07-26T19:49:00.000-07:00

Finally, my senior project is unveiled! 6 months of hard work, sleep deprivation, patience and lots of paper cuts.

Artist Statement
“At The Show”
Senior Project by Lindsey Gilbert

Music has always been a driving force in my work, so I wanted to express my appreciation through my senior project in a way that was uniquely me. Using a variety of media - acrylic, sculpture, pen and ink, digital and cut paper dioramas - I wanted to interpret the infinite feeling that washes over me when I’m attending a live show. By creating the bands’ environments in different illustrative styles, I aimed to portray how I like to envision them when I’m listening to their albums. The Shins’ music, for example, gives me a sense of wonder and whimsy, while the raw sound of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs makes me imagine how theatrical and fearless they are in their concerts. My inspiration in the styles came from my admiration for the work of Mary Blair, Maurice Sendak and Adam Rex.

I’d like to think that the audience for my work spans across generations. I wanted to attempt to have something for everyone in this project - from children’s book illustration to editorial work in music magazines like SPIN to toy design.

This project is dedicated to my older brothers - Mike, Robert and Steven- who let me tag along to shows with them and their friends over the years and to my mother for always encouraging me to follow my dreams.

Oh, Brother!

2009-07-26T19:46:00.000-07:00

Illustrations for one of the children's book stories I've written. It's a story I know all too well about a little sister tormented by her big brother and her imagination running wild at what she sometimes wishes she could do to him. But there's a moral at the end that'll also make you go "awww"
:)

This n' That

2009-07-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

Poster for one of my favorite Michel Gondry movies of all time: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Sketchbookin'

2009-07-26T19:22:00.000-07:00

MUPPETS!

2009-07-26T19:17:00.000-07:00

My life long ambition of becoming a muppet has finally come true.

Yeah Yeah Yeahs Diorama #1

2009-07-26T19:13:00.000-07:00

Diorama-RAMA

2009-07-26T11:13:00.000-07:00

Lil' Red

Up, Up & Away

King Kong

Afternoon with Acrylics

2009-07-26T11:11:00.000-07:00

Jenny Lewis- acrylic

Ben Gibbard- acrylic & ink

Oliver the Owl

2009-07-26T11:08:00.000-07:00

Munny with sculpted ears, beak, wings, tail & feet.

Editorial & Advertising

2009-07-26T11:04:00.000-07:00

Editorial piece on voting and celebrity influence or lack of influence on the young voter.

Billboard for Puffin Books featuring PUFFINS!

Art for Friends

2009-07-26T10:40:00.000-07:00

Samshine in acrylic with birdies

Jon Livin' the Pug Life

Sarah & George art nouveau-inspired wedding invite

Jeremy, his shades & his 'stache.

Fun with Mira & Axel

Music to Your Eyes

2009-07-26T10:28:00.000-07:00

Wayne Coyne

(3 of) The Ramones

The "D" (Tenacious D that is).

?uestlove

Frogs, Giraffes & Fake Giraffes

2009-07-26T10:12:00.000-07:00

Children's Book re-do: The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher...not that it needed to be redone.

Animals in disguise: the zebra has exceptional balance on those things.