Tag: FIT Illustration

  • #ChalkFIT 2018: the future on our walls

    Hi, everyone! Last week one of my favorite annual events went up on 7th Avenue: ChalkFIT. The walls of the Pomerantz (aka D) building have been divided up by the students in the FIT BFA Illustration program and each one got a panel to sketch. This year there’s a new twist: each panel has an augmented…

  • #ChalkFIT 2017

    Hi, all! This week the illustration students began drawing that annual FIT event, #ChalkFIT. I got some pictures of the process as the work grew. Working here gives us the chance to see the drawings evolve from the beginning sketches on to the fully realized murals.   Here’s the centerpiece starting from its base drawing.…

  • Urban beautification, FIT style: #BrickFIT #ChalkFIT

    Illustration is a major that doesn’t get a lot of display space here at FIT. So one of my favorite projects of the year is when those students get free rein to decorate a tiny slab of FIT sandstone with their creative vision. This year the project is less visible because it’s on 28th street,…