Felicia Lurie Illustration

Rooster

2012-01-09T11:09:00.002-05:00

Rooster done on photoshop

Summer Floral Design

2012-01-09T11:02:00.001-05:00

Just a quick floral design I did to exercise my illustrator design skills.

Holiday Invite

2012-01-09T10:49:00.006-05:00

I got my first commission from Paper Culture last summer for a winter holiday card. Its a tufted titmouse which are very common to find in the winter time. You can find the card here on their website. Its only perfect for during the holidays but can also be used during the cold winter months.

The Time Watching Garden

2010-07-16T18:44:00.000-04:00

Dinosaur Bird Floral Design

2010-05-22T15:45:00.002-04:00

Its been a while due to last semester's craziness so here's an update of something I did last spring.

2010: Year of the Tiger.

2009-12-28T16:48:00.011-05:00

Not to sound ambiguous. I hope everyone has a NEW year. Everyone including China in a good way.

A Twin Holiday Thank You!

2009-12-28T16:46:00.001-05:00

Masked Wall

2009-12-17T20:04:00.001-05:00

I was afraid I abandoned painting forever. My first in almost two years.

Octopus' Garden

2009-10-23T01:54:00.005-04:00

The golden octopus I conjured up on photoshop. Put a helpless naked female in the mix and I wound up with a raping octopus. I don't know what it is, but it makes me think of Futurama.

Matryoshka Doll

2009-10-14T14:58:00.005-04:00

I've been interested in nesting dolls for the past six or seven months. Ever since I was a little kid I would play with my mom's nesting doll. She got one as a gift from a Russian family she helped in the early 90's. She was part of a fund raiser helping Jewish families from Russia acclimate in Baltimore. Anyway, I would climb up on one of the chairs in the family room to reach the doll. It sat high up behind a glass cabinet along with other ethnic dolls and knick knacks my mom got. My mom must have thought she was clever, but I outwitted her. I climbed up on those weird brown chairs, got a hold of those dolls and brought them down so I could take them apart and create my own little army of Russian dolls. It was fun until my brother walked in and pitted my mom's Japanese dolls against. Him and his knowledge of history............Anyway I was always amazed by the details in flower design on each doll's skirt/dress/headscarf. That's probably why I felt inspired to make this design. Its based off of a card I made for my grandmother who just had major heart surgery. I didn't want to make her the obvious get well card. I wanted her to have something to look at while she builds her strength. (theres nothing else one can do in the hospital but sleep and eat.) My grandma is all about family so I knew she would appreciate something that reminded her of her own family and heritage.

Venetian Poster Idea

2009-07-25T15:57:00.004-04:00

Before settling on an idea for a graphic design vacation poster assignment I did this carnival inspired poster. I'm not crazy about the photoshop paint job. I've been experimenting with my computer. I can't say I've not settled on a style, but I've just testing to see what does or doesn't work. I wasn't happy with how it turned out so I settled on a more basic concept instead of this strange illustration for my vacation poster. I figured it was too illustrative and strange for an advertising assignment and people would get the surrealism of the image. I should definitely add something to the background and color it again with a different palette. I might just redraw the entire thing because the strange characters in the background looks out of place.

Venetian Carnival

2009-07-25T01:50:00.002-04:00

Taking Flight, Without Reluctance

2009-06-25T16:31:00.002-04:00

Tiny Dancer

2009-06-04T11:34:00.000-04:00

Just a sketch I did recently

Geithner, Rahm and Biden

2009-06-03T00:28:00.004-04:00

McCain and Palin Copter

2009-06-03T00:11:00.004-04:00

Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert

2009-06-03T00:07:00.003-04:00

I did these a while back ago. It was something silly I did for the holiday window in 2008 at the store I used to work in. They were so much fun to do. I thought it was appropriate to add them next to Obama and parts of his cabinet.

Bird Feeder

2009-05-28T19:28:00.003-04:00

Just a quick sketch i did a few weeks ago. I was thinking abut turning it into a card or a painting. Still haven't gotten into the mode of painting. I might go back to my small painting days. If I turn his into a painting I might just add more birds. Possibly a squirrel somewhere too.

Swine Flu Pandemic

2009-04-30T18:22:00.003-04:00

yea, I know its too late but.......

2009-02-08T14:39:00.002-05:00

Merry Christmas....;).

THe 2008 Political Election

2009-01-11T15:35:00.001-05:00

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Ortolan Outside

2008-05-15T19:08:00.000-04:00

The Ortolan Escaping A Restaurant Kitchen

2008-05-15T16:59:00.001-04:00

This was the first image I did for a story I made about an edible bird that escapes a kitchen and wanders around Paris. The bird is known as an Ortolan, which is a French delicacy that has been served since the Middle Ages. Cooking the bird requires a ritual of stabbing out its eyes and drowning it in cognac. The person eating it has to cover their head with a white napkin. It is said that it is to cover your head from G-d, but to also taste the aromas of the French provence and the seas of the Mediterranean on the palate. Its now outlawed in France to eat an Ortolan at a restaurant because it was going extinct. In my story I wanted to connect the energy of France with the doomed fate of the bird. Sometimes the things we call a delicacy is actually meaningless ritual that only gives us a vague sense of meaning in our acts. I plan on finishing the story and hopefully turn it into a book. I might even make my own series of different animal delicacies.

Bells and Whistles Cuckoo Clock

2008-05-15T16:57:00.000-04:00

Other Early Napoleonic Art

2008-05-15T11:43:00.000-04:00

This was done with acrylic on canvas. I'm not happy with how much the canvas shows through the paint, but I like the figures and scenery.

Early Napoleonic Paris Street Scene

2008-05-08T21:56:00.001-04:00

I tried to recreate a street in Paris right after the French Revolution. The picture is separated into seven small gesso boards. Its not really based on any specific street in Paris, but just a recreation of what it might have looked at during the time.

Judy Garland

2008-01-16T22:16:00.000-05:00

Judy Garland as a pill head. Photoshop December 2006.

Angry Bird Outside Your Window

2008-01-16T22:14:00.000-05:00

Photoshop and Illustrator. November/December 2006