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SUBMITDesigned and Published

by Abigail Palma

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ContentsIntroduction

The Art of Becky Meyer

An Interview with Chase VanWeerdhuizen

Ryan McCaughtry

Marisa Melton

Marina Arriola

Eli Lo

The Talented Artists of VernonHills High School Allison Molloy

Hannah Friedman

Katie McLoughlin

Jacob Behring

Rishi Ling

Kristina Kliver

Emma Brutman

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Greetings,

For as long as I can remember, Ive always hadgreat interest and passion for the arts. This lovegrew as I watched my grandmother draw, paint,and do wood burning on gourds. My best friend,

also an amazing artist, inspired me to continuewith my love and passion for drawing.

To this day, my bedroom walls are adorned withworks by my grandmother, my best friend, andmany other young and talented artists. Fromillustrations, to paintings, to photographs, and

posters there is value in every piece of artworkcreated regardless of age or talent. SUBMIT

magazine is different than most. SUBMIT is amixed media magazine with an inentional focuson students and upcoming amateur artists andthe work they create.

All of the artwork in SUBMIT has two require-ments: One, the artwork submitted to the maga-zine is done so on voluntary basis. Two, the

artist must submit work that they are most proudof or feel is a great accomplishment. There isvery limited curating done in SUBMIT maga-zine, which means that almost all of the worksent in, gets in.

This provides equal opportunity for all of theartists to show the world their talent and whatthey are capable of. In addition, there are studentinterviews & features, as well as articles on upand coming news in the mainstream and amateurart world. At this time, I would like to thank allof the artists who submitted work to the maga-zine: Allison Molloy, Becky Meyer, Chase Van

Weerdhuizen, Eli Lo, Emma Brutma, HannahFriedman, Jacob Behling, Katie McLoughlin,Kristina Kliver, Marrina Arriola, Marisa Melton,Rishi Ling, and Ryan McCaughtry.

This publication would not be possible if not foryou and your amazing artwork! Without furtherado, I am pleased to present to you the frst issueof SUBMIT magazine.

Introduction


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On the cover:Gas Mask, Fall 2012, Adobe Illustrator. Employs the use of the pentool, hachures line structure, and a simple black and white color palette.

The Art of

Becky Meyer

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Metallic Equus, Spring 2013,Illustrated in Blender

Black Horse, Spring 2013, Illus-trated in Blender

An exploration in the creation ofhair using this portion of Blender.The horse is free formed in struc-

ture and sculpted using DynamicTopology

3D animation Final, 2012-2013.Project to create an obstaclecourse that compliments analready rigged


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Equestrian Obession

Becky Meyer is an amateur anima-tor attending the Minneapolis Collegeof art and Design. Her animation andprojects are done in blender, utulis-ing dynamic topology to meticulouslysculpt and create figures--especiallyhorses.

Her work demonstrates a variety ofsculpted horses created in Blender andother 3D animation programs because

of her love and passion for horsebackriding. George Stubbs, who has createda variety of stunning horse paintingsand studies, also ignited Meyers pas-sion to continue to fuel her love forhorses.

Horses have always been a part ofmy life. I started riding dressage whenI was seven and continued until I wassixteen. I rode in weekly lessons at abeautiful farm in Long Lake Minnesota.I suppose that during that time, homelife was, for lack of a better word, dif- ficult. And maybe that is why I feel soconnected to horses. For me, they bringup a lot of emotion. They were my safeescape. Being with them is the only

place that I can abandon my fears andnot worry about what anyone is thinking. I feel calm around them. I feel sureabout myself.

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An Interview with

Chase Van Weerdhuizen

Self Portrait, Digital Illustration, 2013

A personal project.

Chase is a Sophomore comic art major at the Minne-apolis College o Art and Design. His illustrations andsequential narratives are ull o distinctive charactersand intricate detail. He has also been eatured on ComicsAlliance or his gorgeous watercolor illustrations.


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Pieces Page 5, Digital Illustration, 2013A page from a personal zine, started

during Pierre-Feuille-Ciseaux 2013.

SUBMI Magazine:Where are you rom?

Chase Van Weerdhuizen: I was born in Lyn-den, Washington and raised in Fruitland,Idaho (both places eel like home to me).

SM:How did you get into making comics?

CVW:: I read comics a lot as a kid and Ivealways wanted to create my own. I re-member my dad used to have a huge boxo comics lying around ull o Richie Richand Archie. When I got my rst allowance,

I started buying these huge collections oearly Spider-Man comics or mysel . Ten I just kept discovering more and more workthat inspired me. In junior high, it wasBone. In high school, it wasBatman: Year100 and King City .

SM:Who are some o your stylistic inuenc-es?

CVW: Right now Im looking at a lot oillustrators or stylistic growth. I really likeLuke Pearson and Jillian amakis work.On the comics side, Im always looking atMoebius, Paul Pope, Brandon Graham, andHayao Miyazaki. And when Im thinkingabout world building, I look to backgroundart and character designs or Avatar the Last Airbender , Adventure ime, Steven Universe ,and Te Legend of Zelda.

SM:When you are creating, where do youbegin your process o generating conceptsand ideas? CVW: I there arent any restrictions or aproject, my rst step is to set them. Eveni its something as simple as picking out acolor palette or saying every panel will besquare. I nd that I work best when I havesome kind o walls to bounce off o .

SM:What does your sel -portrait reveal about you?

CVW: Ive always had a connection to insects. WhenI was little my mom would ofen clean out spider-webs rom my windowsill and Id get really mad ather. Id been treating little spiders as pets. Ive startedto see that calmness and compassion toward insectsas my more enlightened character traits. Teyrethe kind o thing that I want to depict when I drawmysel .

SM: How did you come up with the idea or yourzine Pieces, and what were some o the challenges youencountered creating it? CVW: I started with the idea o illustrating theseportraits o video-game boss like monsters. TenI started writing this weird poem underneath whileI was drawing. Te hardest part was just trying tonish it while also working on my schoolwork. Anddealing with the ull color aspect o it.

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llustration from Bottles, Pen and Ink Illustration, 2013

A page from a short black and white zinethat premiered at Twin Cities Zinefest 2013.

SM: Bottles is one of the more unique little zinesI have seen, what attracted you to creating thisshowcase of insects in different environments?

CVW: I drew and printed Bottles in a single nightbefore win Cities Zine Fest 2013. I had to make very quick decisions about what I was going todraw so I could nish it in time. So I had threerules for myself for each piece: there had to be aninsect, there had to be a sign of human civiliza-tion, and it all had to take place in a glass bottle.Tese were just things that Id wanted to draw for awhile, but bringing these disparate things togethercreated these fantastic little worlds. Im especiallyproud of the piece youre printing.

SM: What moved you to illustrate Aung SunSuu Kyis story?

CVW: She was one of four historical gureswe were offered to illustrate for one of myillustration class. I was at rst intrigued be-cause she was the only contemporary gurementioned, and then as I researched her I wasoverwhelmed by her incredible life story. Shewas put under house arrest off-and-on forover 20 years because of her attempts to bringdemocracy to her country.

SM: If we were to take a look at your sketch-book, what would we nd?

CVW: Lots of plans and lots of notes. WhenI was younger I worked on these really greatelaborate sketchbook drawings, because I hadnothing else to do. Now I have less time onmy hands and my sketchbook is just a place tothink visually. And my thinking is incrediblyscattered.

Aung San Suu Kyi, Digital Illustration, 2013Done for Tom Garretts Intro to Illustration

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Endless Fantasy, Watercolor Illustration, 2013Part of a series of watercolors based on various songs I enjoy.

SM: Do you have any go to inspirationalquotes for motivation?

CVW: I have a mantra that I say to my-self when I work that goes, No one hasto like the work youre making but you.No one can bring to this piece what youbring. I dont always follow that advice,but it helps me put aside my anxietiesand focus on the piece.

No one has to like the work youremaking but you. No one can bring

to this piece what you bring.

SM: How did you generate the colorpalette and background design for yourwatercolor, Endless Fantasy? What was

your inspiration for the piece? CVW: Endless Fantasy was based on achiptune song from the band Anama-naguchi so with the piece, I was reallytrying to replicate the feel of 8bit videogames and the exhilaration of ight.Pixels are composed of gradients of red,green, and blue so I tried to incorpo-rate those colors into the more video

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Ryan McCaughtry Photography Spotlight:

In my work, I connect conceptual ideas with a living,tangible reality. Creating photographs is a balance between

the world outside and within ourselves.


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R yan McCaughtry is a second year photography student at the Minneapo-lis College of Art and Design. His work deals with subtractivity, abandon-ment, harmony and balance between the world outside and within ourselves.His black and white photographs that feature architecture are from his project Af-ter Sally Manns: What Remains, taking the idea behind Sally Manns What Re-mains series and inspiring him to create a project of bringing of death and decayto an urban environment . Te Sally Mann Series, digital photography, 11 x 18 in.

After Sally Manns:What Remains

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M eltonarisa

Marisa Melton is an alumni ofVernon Hills High School and nowattends Savannah College of Art andDesign as a sequential art major.

Her art is inspired by videogames,superheroes, and comics. Her workfavors marker and pen as a mediumand features thick lineart, bold col-ors, and whimsical characters full ofpersonality.

Ishimaru, Marker, Pen, 5 x 9in, November 2013


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Shapes, Marker, Pen, 8.5 x 11in, November 2013

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Patterns, Marker, Pen, 10 x 8 in, May 2013

This is the frst piece that started my inter -est in using shapes and color in order tocreate interesting patterns in a piece.


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The Outcasts (Updated version), Mixed Media, 8.5 x 11 in. December 2013

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Flower Girl #2, 2013, 11X14 in, marker, pigment


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Flower Girl #1, 2013, 11X14 in., marker, pigment

Marina Arriola moved from San Antonio, Texas tostudy illustration at the Minneapolis College of Artand Design. Her work is known for its sharp con-trast and high detail. Her color palette is warm,vibrant, bold, and fearless.

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Submit Magazine : How would you de-

scribe your art style?

Marina Arriola : My art style is clean andcolorful. I enjoy using vibrant colors andfeminine imagery in the majority of myworks, be it sketches or finished pieces.Also, I strive for high detail.

SM: Who/what are some of your (stylis-tic/artistic) influences in your work?

MA: My idol is Dirk Dzimirsky; hes anamazing hyper-realist artist. I also ad-mire the work of Henrik Uldalen, ChetZar and Gottfried Helnwein. I enjoy Na-kamura Asumiko and Takato Yamamo-tos styles as well. I follow a lot of tattoo

artists on Instagram.

Down Sized, 2012, 14 X 20 in., colored pencils

SM: Favorite medium to draw with?

MA: This is tough, but I enjoy graphite the most with markers as a

close second. I enjoy painting, al-though I am not very good at it.

SM: Where do you draw inspirationfrom?

MA: I draw inspiration from mysurroundings and from fashionmostly. Although I love workingwith color, I enjoy wearing blackthe most. The subtlety of black-especially in clothing- inspires my

graphite work. And of course, mypeers and other artists are hugeinspirations.

New perspective, 2011, 18 X 24 in,mixed media


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Eli Lo

At only eleven years old, Eli Lo hasmastered the art of origami. Three years ago he picked up an interest and hesbeen creating ever since. He started with very basic and simple projects and they

eventually evolved them into complex and elegant pieces of artwork.

The Swan, 2013, made of approx. 500, 3 x 2 in. pieces of paper

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Vernon Hills High Schoolis a relatively small school innorthern suburbs of Illinois. Itfosters many students passionsfor learning, creativity, andimagination--especially in art.

VHHS puts on an annualart exhibition at the end ofthe school year in May, toshowcase the drawing, graphics,photography, and AP studentsartwork. Tis could not beposible without the hard workand immense amounts of effortfrom the art teachers, Stefanie

Dahlstrom and Allison Molloy. Allison Molloy glances overone of her drawing studentsshoulders and comments,Darker Darks. Tis mantra isone she repeats frequently.

It works as an effective critiqueto help not only her studentspush their darkest values, butalso to push them to theirfullest potential, to improvewith each piece.

Tough she has not been atVHHS for very long, Molloys

enthusiasm in the studio isevident, and greatly benets theworkow of her drawing andAP students. She has come upwith many creative art projectsfor her upper and lower levelart courses including, bubblepainting, xerox transfers,bookmark making, and collage.

Her AP drawing students arepushed to their limits to create24 dynamic and eye catchingpieces to submit to the APboard every year.

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She challenges their artistic skillsand pushes them to their limitsto produce the best possiblework. In recent years many ofher students scored a 5 on theirAP tests, the highest its everbeen.

Te AP students are generallygraduating seniors, that wish topursue, or are considering art asa career.

Each year they participate in a variety of art shows includingthe L.I.S.A. show (nowretired), Te North SuburbanConference, Te 4 x 5 show,and the Scholastic Art andWriting competition. On several

occassions VHHS students havewon awards in these art shows

Last year, AP student iffanyDo received a Silver key forher short comic Ends in theScholastic Art Competition.

Alex Ackerman, Jacob Behling,Emma Brutman, Reggie Castro,Hannah Friedman, Ann HoKristina Kliver, Rishi Ling, KatieMcLoughlin, and Kassy Sandovalare this years exceptionally

talented VHHS AP students.

I am honored, as an alumni ofVHHS, to have Allison Molloyand her students participateand contribute to SUBMI spublication.

Hannah (14) working on an acrylic painting for her AP Concentrationfocused on the relationships between animals and people (dependent

on each other, power relationships, and companionship)

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Fade Away, 2013, Watercolor Monotype, 5 x 7

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Crane (Dappled Light), 2013, charcoal pen, tempera, paint, 9x12

This drawing was inspired by the expressive marks and illusion of space createdwith bubble painting.

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This piece was inspired in part by Travis Louiss Curious Pets series. The Steampunk aesthetic is a contemporary style that ap-peals to my interest in vintage illustration, fashion, and stories.

Lonely Traveler, 2013, pen & ink, xerox transfer with watercolor, 11" x 16"


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Steampunk Aviator, 2011, Watercolor Monotype, 5 x 7

This print was created for a themed show about Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. World War II aviation goggles as well as vintage planes

were referenced to create this surreal print.

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Hannah Friedman

Space, 2012, digital illustration

Mojave, 2013, digital illustration


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Concentration #4, 2013, digital illustration

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Anxiety, 2013, digital illustration


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Still life, 2013, colored pencil

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Lab Experiment

2013

ink

10 x 15

Katie

McLoughlin

this piece was a comic that I started over the summer. I hadto create a short story with my own characters, do panel lay

outs, ink, and other stuff that just kinda makes me want totake a walk. Hey, fun little tip: if youre under a deadline,

dont ink with a dip pen. You will have SO many smudges andend up crying inside .


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Jacob Behling

Sinless, 2013, digital black and w photography, 4 x 6in.

This photo is based upon the style of Diane Arbus. It portrays a young girl that isappears to be anything but sinless, and seems to be an outcast to society. She is the

gment of anarchy, and yet her expression refutes the idea of being corrupt, becauseit is one of childhood innocence. Hence, the title, Sinless.


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Rishi Ling

Water Droplets, 2013, photography

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Kristina Kliver

The Reality of Society, 2013, digital illustration, 8.5 x 11in

This piece shows the harsh reality of our society. Where people are too busy to helpothers in need.


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You Are Not What Society Thinks You Are, 2013, pen and ink, magazine cut outs, 6 x 7in

I wanted to address the issue of how society has expectations of what girls should beand what guys should be. This piece shows that when you look in the mirror at yourself

you defy those stereotypes and you are your own person.

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Emma Brutman

Self Portrait, 2013, marker, ink, 5 x 7 in.

This piece is done in the style of RomanDirge


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Seeking Plunder, 2013, Marker and colored pencil, 17 x 24

The Beardest of the them All, 2013, ink, gouche, colored pencil, sizes vary

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