Pink III. Strus  2012.Illustration break: I’ve taken time off after my graduation show, and the plan was to start building a more commercial portfolio for entirely different purposes than my ‘Grad School Application Portfolio.’  I always have complicated feelings about illustration work- I’ve mostly disliked the few projects I’ve been asked to do, and my technical expertise is much more to traditional media than Photoshop or Illustrator. I’m biased, I lean towards conceptual “fine art,” but that said there are a number of illustrators who have been influential to me including Barnaby Ward, Ashley Wood and in a big way Jillian Tamaki (SVA).Tara McPherson isn’t my sort of direction at all- I saw some cheesy prints of hers in the East Village the other week and imagined them wall-sized like a Takashi Murikami or a Lisa Yuskavage, and I thought that would look kinda great actually.News: a recent PETA ad campaign (I drew for- it was fun!) that was art directed by the amazing Bellamurphy won a OneShow award!  Sarah’s tumblr here.

Pink III. Strus  2012.

Illustration break: I’ve taken time off after my graduation show, and the plan was to start building a more commercial portfolio for entirely different purposes than my ‘Grad School Application Portfolio.’ 

I always have complicated feelings about illustration work- I’ve mostly disliked the few projects I’ve been asked to do, and my technical expertise is much more to traditional media than Photoshop or Illustrator. I’m biased, I lean towards conceptual “fine art,” but that said there are a number of illustrators who have been influential to me including Barnaby Ward, Ashley Wood and in a big way Jillian Tamaki (SVA).

Tara McPherson isn’t my sort of direction at all- I saw some cheesy prints of hers in the East Village the other week and imagined them wall-sized like a Takashi Murikami or a Lisa Yuskavage, and I thought that would look kinda great actually.

News: a recent PETA ad campaign (I drew for- it was fun!) that was art directed by the amazing Bellamurphy won a OneShow award! 

Sarah’s tumblr here.

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New York III. Hand drawn on a digital tablet. Strus 2012.Left to right: illustrators Adria, Marc, and Shane. 

New York III. Hand drawn on a digital tablet. Strus 2012.

Left to right: illustrators Adria, Marc, and Shane. 

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Pink III. Strus  2012.Illustration break: I’ve taken time off after my graduation show, and the plan was to start building a more commercial portfolio for entirely different purposes than my ‘Grad School Application Portfolio.’  I always have complicated feelings about illustration work- I’ve mostly disliked the few projects I’ve been asked to do, and my technical expertise is much more to traditional media than Photoshop or Illustrator. I’m biased, I lean towards conceptual “fine art,” but that said there are a number of illustrators who have been influential to me including Barnaby Ward, Ashley Wood and in a big way Jillian Tamaki (SVA).Tara McPherson isn’t my sort of direction at all- I saw some cheesy prints of hers in the East Village the other week and imagined them wall-sized like a Takashi Murikami or a Lisa Yuskavage, and I thought that would look kinda great actually.News: a recent PETA ad campaign (I drew for- it was fun!) that was art directed by the amazing Bellamurphy won a OneShow award!  Sarah’s tumblr here.

Pink III. Strus  2012.

Illustration break: I’ve taken time off after my graduation show, and the plan was to start building a more commercial portfolio for entirely different purposes than my ‘Grad School Application Portfolio.’ 

I always have complicated feelings about illustration work- I’ve mostly disliked the few projects I’ve been asked to do, and my technical expertise is much more to traditional media than Photoshop or Illustrator. I’m biased, I lean towards conceptual “fine art,” but that said there are a number of illustrators who have been influential to me including Barnaby Ward, Ashley Wood and in a big way Jillian Tamaki (SVA).

Tara McPherson isn’t my sort of direction at all- I saw some cheesy prints of hers in the East Village the other week and imagined them wall-sized like a Takashi Murikami or a Lisa Yuskavage, and I thought that would look kinda great actually.

News: a recent PETA ad campaign (I drew for- it was fun!) that was art directed by the amazing Bellamurphy won a OneShow award! 

Sarah’s tumblr here.

New York III. Hand drawn on a digital tablet. Strus 2012.Left to right: illustrators Adria, Marc, and Shane. 

New York III. Hand drawn on a digital tablet. Strus 2012.

Left to right: illustrators Adria, Marc, and Shane. 

About:

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Canadian fine artist living in Brooklyn, New York.

School of Visual Arts (BFA).
University of Ottawa (BA).

alejandro.strus[at]gmail.com for inquiries.