2021 Commencement Exhibition

Richelle Thompson

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Major Illustration (BFA)
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2021 Commencement Exhibition
A short woman in black lipstick, with her hair pulled back in a large bun. She's wearing a black cutout top and matching tights, with large black boots. She's illustrated in five angles: including front, back, profile, and 3/4 view. The image is in graysc + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Gwyneth Jeanneret Turnaround 2021 Clip Studio Paint/Procreate
A tall woman with pointed ears, glossy eyelids, and three tone hair. She's wearing a shiny sheer catsuit that terminates in high heels. The zipper pull and heels are clear orbs. She's illustrated in five angles: including front, back, profile, and 3/4 vie + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Adisa Gara Turnaround 2021 Clip Studio Paint
A tall, pale woman with cropped black hair, sharp features, a cleft chin, and black lipstick. She's wearing a blazer over her bare chest, black slacks, and chunky black loafers. She has sharp nails, thick brows, and faded eyes (rendered with receding line + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Daniya Duda Turnaround 2021 Procreate
A tall woman with a large curly afro and off-white clown makeup on her face. She's wearing a tiny black hat, white dress gloves, a cropped suit jacket, and a white dress top. The top goes into a black leotard, which goes into black high-heel thigh boots. + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Jane Crow Turnaround Procreate
A red spire juts through dark clouds and into a blood red sky over an extraterrestrial cityscape. + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Porphyran Horizon 2021 Procreate
Porphyra 1: A red spire juts through dark clouds and into a blood red sky over an extraterrestrial cityscape. Porphyra 2: Over a blood-red cityscape, large letters read: The Sis, Porphyra, Karnegrad, SUM-84, and Nithornor. The Sis and Porphyra are on top + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Porphyran Horizon (with legend) 2021 Procreate
Six logos, all in varying shades of red and pink. They're in three rows and two columns. Reading left to right: Grinn, Flei, Zott, Krux, Ober, and Ahlt. Grinn is thin, lowercase and angular--with a fanged smile accent. Flei is thick, capitalized, and re + Enlarge
Richelle Thompson
Brands of Porphyran Clans 2021 Procreate
Statement

Richelle Thompson is an illustrator and designer. Her thesis (idiosyncratically named The Sis) focused on character design and worldbuilding with the goal of creating a self-contained narrative.

 

Its overarching plot follows four women as they escape a conspiracy. This page contains their turnarounds. It also offers a look at the story's setting, and branding for this universe’s factions and locales—integrating elements of illustration, visual development, and graphic design.

Illustration (BFA) Students
Adina Zucker - not exhibiting
Aimee Hawley - not exhibiting
AJ Rodriguez de Gonzalez
Alina Hu
Allen Qian
Amy Liu - not exhibiting
Andrew Calkin
Andy Yuan
Angel Dukes
Angela Wang
Anna Kim
Asa Glass
Ashling Tu
Astoria Zhang - not exhibiting
Ben Becker
Boya Shao - not exhibiting
Brenda Cambero
Brittany Corbin
Camilla Sucre - not exhibiting
Carissa Aglietti
Carlin Ash
Chris Xiao
Daria Burobina
Desolina Fletcher
Doce Guan - not exhibiting
Eric Manarevic - not exhibiting
Estrellita Rodriguez - not exhibiting
Guin Small
Haley Dunlap
Hannah Harder
Hannah Wu
Hazel Long
Holly Reiher
Huiyang Liu - not exhibiting
Jade Redmond - not exhibiting
Jay Schriber
Jayme Brodie
Jessica Zhou
Jiawei (John) Cheng
Kari Burcham
Kathleen Harrigan
Katie Valliere - not exhibiting
Leah Alligood
Leyi Ji - not exhibiting
Lili Mucchiut - not exhibiting
Linmin Zheng - not exhibiting
Lucy Nguyen
Max Fan
Megan Tessier
Meiou Chen - not exhibiting
Michelle Bonilla - not exhibiting
Michelle Cuevas
Mick Flack
Nicolas Michael Mote
Olivia Hutchison
Rayen Hirsch-Rosales
Rhashad Carter - not exhibiting
Ribin A - not exhibiting
Richelle Thompson
Rowan Danner
Sabrina Mellado
Sarah Barry
Scout Stewart
Sheez Lu
Shemsu Turner
Shiran Wang
Sophie Della Penna
Sophie Ng
Theanni Dominici
Tianqing Qiu
Tiffany Cui
Trent Onsted
Tyshay Thomas
Victoria Jensen
Yueying Wu
Yufei Gao
Zhi Li
Zihan Lin
Ziyun Zhu

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