Warm colors I

"An Old Scholars Desk"

Done with acrylic paints for a warming color study I'm working on.

The Still Life

The following still life's where all completed in the spring of 2011. The medium is charcoals.

"Onions with Jar"

"Harvest Tea"

"Making Pasta"

"Water Glass by the Garden"

The Mansions

Allow me to start by saying I am a huge fan of the Disney Haunted Mansions. I have used the three designs in my works at school and they are easily some of my favorite accomplishments.

"Line art of the Disneyland Haunted Mansion"

Steadler Pens, Winter 2011

My favorite piece ever.

"This is Phantom Manor"

Steadler Pens, Winter 2011, Final Project

Phantom Manor is located in Disneyland Paris and it's the only mansion with a solid story line.

"That Old Dark House"

This was actually a final project for my Typography class, in Spring of 2011. This Picture was taken by my dad in 2010 during our first trip to Walt Disney World. The fonts here are Gracy's Curse and Constantia. What is being said on my picture is actually an opening from an early story for the Haunted Mansion:

"Have you ever seen a haunted house? You know the kind I mean. That old dark house that's usually at the end of a dimly lite street. The owners haven't been seen for years; no one really knows why. The windows are broken and boarded and the shutters hang loose on their hinges. The trees have grown wild; their branches brush against the sides of the weathering house making strange noises in the night. There is a high vine-covered fence around the property. Is it there to keep somebody out?

Or is it there to keep some thing inside?"

Anime Portrait

My self portrait in an orange scheme anime style. And yes I'm supposed to be screaming.

Acrylics, 2 1/2 hours

My intro

Hello world.

I'm Nissa Taylor, a young artist who's really going to try harder to put herself out in the world.

I have been drawing since I could hold a crayon. The walls, story books, coloring books, in the sand, just about anything I could draw on has been my canvas. I'm a huge cartoon fan so I'm currently attending the Art Institute of Salt Lake City to become an Animator.

Studios I'd love to work for at some point in my career are Disney and Sunrise Inc., (to you who don't know, that's an anime studio).

There are many people who inspire me to do what I want to do. Until I was 14 I was completely a fan of Disney animation. One day when I was home sick I came across a show on Cartoon Network called Sailor Moon, which turned me into an avid anime fan. I'm almost 24 and my love for Disney animation and Anime has only grown over time.

My favorite medium to work with is acrylic paints and colored pencil. Though I can work with a wide variety as you can and will see.