The Best Fit

 

 

Illustration for Plansponsor October 2015. AD Soojin Buzelli.

The Atrium

Personal piece 2015.

Tiger's Blood

 

And here's an exploding tiger.

Colorado Wilderness

Here's a new one inspired by Colorado. Prints will soon be available in my shop. In the mean time, check out www.racheljablonski.com/shop for prints and apparel!

Skull kick

Here's a new one. Contact me for information on buying prints! 

The Orb: A Sequal

I don't know if you recall, but I did a trippy drawing a little while ago called "The Orb". The drawing was pretty detailed so I left it for a little while, but I recently had the itch to ink and color it in candy hues for a psychedelic effect. Hope you enjoy it!

Here's the original drawing

I'm So Fancy

Say what you will about Iggy Azalea, you've got to admit she's a bad ass lady rapper. Charlie XCX is chillin' in the background. Get at me Rolling Stone.

Here's another one!

I like to eat.

Merry (pre) Christmas!

Here's a Christmas card design! Hope you all are having a lovely holiday season!

The Orb

Here's a drawing I've been working on for a while. I swear I wasn't tripping on acid when I thought of it.

Happy Halloween!

I'm back, Bitches.

FEMINIST

Here's a quick one I did for The Guardian. I love illustrating famous faces, especially when tied to a topic relevant in current media and pop culture. The provocative article by Roxane Gay expresses frustration that the idea of feminism is embraced more readily by the public when advocated by young, beautiful celebrities. In the article, she contends that the idea of equal rights for both genders shouldn't have to be endorsed by famous people to become a  "more palatable" idea to the public. I jumped at the chance to illustrate an article like this- that brings to light how celebrity and pop culture has such a massive influence on public perception and opinion. It's an interesting and relevant subject I like to explore in my illustrations.

For the illustration, AD Matt Sullivan had the idea of illustrating celebrities who have publicly endorsed feminism hiding behind the sign that Beyonce famously sang in front of in her 2014 VMA performance. The idea was that celebrities have so much clout in terms of swaying public opinion in the direction of Feminism, but the glamor of celebrity blinds people to what feminism actually means.

Read the article for yourself and see what you think: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/oct/10/-sp-jennifer-lawrence-emma-watson-feminists-celebrity

Thanks again to US Opinion Editor and AD Matt Sullivan for the wonderful opportunity!

Hey- It's been a while

Hey all! It's been a loooong time since I've posted any new work up here, but I'm back now! It's a long story as to why I haven't made any new personal work recently…mostly having to do with a quarter-life crisis and the mountains in Colorado keep calling and making it hard to sit and draw.

So here's a personal piece I've been working on for a while. I'm trying out a new technique with graphite and digital-- I just really wanted to render the heck out of something. I think things will start to head in this direction, because I get so much enjoyment out of it. 

Thank you so much for visiting my blog by the way--comments and critique is also greatly appreciated.

Christmas stuff!

Merry Christmas! Here's a card design I did for fun. I procrastinated on making these so I had to put in a rush order to get them printed, but I'm hoping to get them soon so I can sell them online. Stay tuned!

Risky Bubble

Super excited to be in this month's aiCIO Europe! This was for an article about fixed income and whether or not credit is a good way to go to find returns (I like how I just wrote that like I knew what it meant--hope I had you fooled there for a bit). The tagline that came when I got the article read: "Credit is proving popular, but is it just another risky bubble forming?". So I chose to depict some "risky bubbles" in the form of natural disasters with a ship that's about to enter one of these risky situations. I'm pretty fond of drawing natural disasters, not gonna lie. I'm also pretty fond of how this one turned out. Thanks again to AD SooJin Buzelli!

Two is Better than One

Here's one I did a little while ago for the November 2013 issue of Plansponsor. I'm always really excited when AD SooJin Buzelli contacts me for a job, because she gives me a lot of freedom to do what I feel like with an illustration. This was for an article about protecting fiduciaries I didn't really understand, but the main gist was that two committees are better than one. I'm really into symmetry right now, so I decided to do a symmetrical topiary garden with twins as the focal point. I tried not to make it creepy in a "The Shining" sort of way by using bright colors. Hopefully that worked. Thanks again to my fantastic art director, SooJin!

Insight

I've been planning on doing this one for a while. Take what you will from it.

It has to do with insight, nature, symmetry, and growth. Then again, it could just be a guy with three eyes and a bunch of flowers, but that's cool too.

Oh--and I'm turning this one into a screen print for a class I'm taking, so stay tuned for that!

JT and the Whoever of Whatever

I'm super stoked to be in Nautilus's Fame issue this month! Nautilus is an amazing online and print magazine that focuses on science with a dash of pop culture. I had the honor of illustrating a great short story by Jaed Coffin about a (fictional) encounter with Justin Timberlake and the author's insight into the not-so-easy world of a pop star. I love drawing people (especially well-known ones) and immersing myself in their persona for a little while, so drawing JT was right up my alley. A lot of Suit & Tie and SexyBack was listened to while drawing this. That JT has come a long way from his N'Sync days, I tell ya. Thanks a whole bunch to super nice AD Len Small for the wonderful opportunity!  

Read the article and feel free to chuckle to yourself as you do so: http://nautil.us/issue/5/fame/justin-timberlake-and-the-whoever-of-whatever

There are some sketches for you to look at. The middle one won. 

Jenny

Here's something I just felt like drawing in between projects. It's Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley because I think she's a badass. If you don't know what I'm talking about, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRZqVcrqLJo.
I'm gonna go grab an oreo now.

Bells & Whistles

I am soooo excited to finally be able to share this. I'm in this month's Bells & Whistles section of Plansponsor with a whole mess of illustrators that I admire. This thing led to a bunch of other things I don't think I'm supposed to talk about yet, but I really want to talk about, so I will just hint at them here. Thanks again and again to the wonderful/kind/talented duo AD SooJin Buzelli and my former RISD professor, Chris Buzelli!

You can read the article here: http://plansponsor.com/MagazineArticle.aspx?id=6442494568