Sticker Remix
Digital Illustration
Students in WMCAT Teen Arts + Tech Program’s three fall 2023 Digital Illustration studios made their creativity stick with a unique character illustration project.
Teen artists drew a cartoon character of their choosing and remixed their image using a variety of artistic styles like cross hatching, stipple dot ink techniques, and manga-style anime — flexing their drawing and inking skills. Students learned how to contrast their drawings with dark shapes and used shadow and highlights to make their work appear three-dimensional. After uploading their images to Photoshop, students implemented color theory to illustrate them digitally.
Teen artists took their completed digital work on a field trip to Crop Marks Printing, printing their characters as stickers for themselves. Through the project, students gained fundamental illustration skills and practiced thinking outside of the box when making cartoon art their own.
“I like making my own characters in class. [My teaching artist] George helps me with my art a lot and I get to pass out my stickers to everyone at the exhibition.”
– Tyies Kemp, 11th grade WMCAT Teen Artist
Student Work
Paloma Aleman-Putman
9th grade, City High Middle School
Daisy Chockthanasetkul
12th grade, Wyoming High School
Finnick Coburn
10th grade, Union High School
Michelle Cruz-Dominguez
12th grade, Innovation Central High School
Charlotte Foreman
9th grade, Innovation Central High School
Sebastian Grooters
11th grade, Grand Rapids Montessori Middle High School
Eliott Hamm
9th grade, Grand Rapids Montessori Middle High School
Devin Irish
10th grade, Grand Rapids Montessori Middle High School
Javen Johnson
12th grade, Southeast Career Pathways
Tyies Kemp
11th grade, Union High School
Erin Kridler
9th grade, Grand Rapids Public Museum High School
Jonah Kruis
11th grade, City High Middle School
Jaime Ledesma
12th grade, CA Frost Environmental Science Academy
Alivia McClain
9th grade, Grand Rapids Montessori Middle High School
Nola McDermed
9th grade, Grand Rapids Public Museum High School
Romy McKellar
12th grade, City High Middle School
Anala Millbrooks
11th grade, City High Middle School
Zion Murphy
10th grade, Grand Rapids University Preparatory Academy
Vivienne Pierce
11th grade, Ottawa Hills High School
Cassidy Priest
9th grade, Grand Rapids Public Museum High School
Emmanuel Saldana
12th grade, Union High School
Frank Stack
12th grade, City High Middle School
Connor Thompson
10th grade, Grand Rapids Public Museum High School
Sanaa Walker
12th grade, CA Frost Environmental Science Academy
