I chose to do a skeleton because I found them beautiful. Most people did Catrina's because of culture but mine was slightly less serious.

The piece is about a fairy whose wings had been torn apart and feels hopeless yet numb in a sort.

The main focus of my image are the mountains, but looking at the whole image, you can see that I have also included a few trees casting their reflection in the water.

I hope with this exploration that people walk away from this project and think about the damages humans cause not only to our planet but to the state where I live. Every time I walk out my door, I am greeted with the beauty of California and when I travel in the state; I see the elegance and grace of other parts of the state and the stain of destruction, loss, and devastation.

I did it with a process which first I had to have an idea of ??what it was going to be about and what animal it would take to make it a spiritual guide and why it had to be that animal, in my opinion it was a cat because it shows a affection towards people without caring about the act of people towards him.

\When beginning an art piece, I usually start with a sketch to get my creativity flowing. Sketches help me to determine what exactly I want to draw or create before starting on the final art piece. It normally takes me a few different sketches to get my idea the way I pictured it on paper.

My inspiration for my pieces come from the many parallels that the American school system shares with the American prison system. Additionally, the way the prison system determines under-privileged people’s futures by tainting criminal records or pulling out whatever financial foundation they had built with lawyer and court fees.

This painting is one of my first abstract pieces, and while creating it I got really deeply involved with the process. I purely used my hands as tools to paint with, feeling the different consistencies of the paint moving beneath my fingers.

This piece is inspired by the memory of my grandmother. In Hindu culture, a widely held belief is the idea of reincarnation, and when my grandmother passed away, we believe that her spirit manifested itself into the form of a hummingbird.

I took inspiration from Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak Which focuses on a child and his relationship with his parents and other creatures.

The piece is inspired somewhat by an alien spaceship, with the long sprawling legs coming out of both the top and the bottom of the structure.

Before starting this project, I was already looking forward to the process. I was thinking of the yellow patterns on the back as a street for some reason and that the belly looks like a party.

My cat was my inspiration for this since she too, brings in such a phenomenal feeling where I can fall deep into the natural beauty of her eyes.

I sketch what I see.

I hope to communicate a happy, care-free, and youthful energy with my artwork. It is meant uplift viewers with pops of fun colors, clean lines, and simple patterns.

The following piece of artwork is inspired by the constellations and the darkness of the sky... the mystery and darkness behind the unknown; yet the piece maintains the elements of creativity and individuality of the eyes-of-the-beholder that looks upon the constellations with imaginations and emotions.

I capture the essence of winter using a blend of cold colors and shadows to create the soft texture of snow.

My project is a ceramic ‘Pandora’s box’ with a twist. Instead of being filled with the suffering of humanity, it symbolizes what humanity needs to thrive, freedom. My box is covered in clouds, which symbolize feeling weightless and carefree.

This one is pretty old but has to be my favorite thing I've drawn in the past two years. It's a merman in space!

The art represents a human with large bunny head holding a sword in the middle of a dark forest.