Anonymous Featured Artist

Today we have a very special submission from a teen artist that wanted to remain anonymous. This is their work "Instagram Girl" drawn in ink and marker just for us. We love it!

"Instagram Girl" by Anonymous.

Featured Artist - Shawnee

Thanks to Shawnee who recently brought in her amazing ink sketch called "Bait" which she drew for 2019 Inktober.

"Bait" by Shawnee

Artist of the Week: Luke Bowling

This week's art is a pencil sketch from Luke Bowling, he calls it Sume Bro. It's an original character.
Nice job Luke!

"Sume Bro" by Luke Bowling

Artist of the Week: Zoey Myers

This week's featured artist is Zoey Myers who made this cool pencil drawing of a character she designed and created herself. She calls him Flower Boi.

Nice job Zoey!

Flower Boi by Zoey Myers

If you are between the ages of 13 and 18 and want to be a featured artist, poet, or author on the Teen Xing Blog, drop off your original artwork at the Main Library teen room any time during open hours, or e-mail us a JPeg scan of your art at teen@yumalibrary.org.

Writing must be submitted in .DOC format. 

Artist of the Week - Andres Perez

Today's featured artist is a teen who has been featured on the blog in the past. This is a piece titled Naruto Vs. Sasuke based on the anime Naruto, created by Andres Perez. Beautiful work Andres!

Naruto Vs. Sasuke by Andres Perez

Artist of the Week: Jadin Molina

Today's art is from Anime Club member Jadin Molina who bring us original pencil drawings he has named "Expressions of One." What a talented artist!

"Expressions of One" by Jadin Molina

Artist of the Week: Rose Webber

This week's featured artwork is by Anime Club member Rose Webber. It's a pencil drawing inspired by the anime "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime!"

"That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime." By Rose Webber

Artist of the Week: Pablo Sanchez

Your featured artist this week is Pablo Sanchez, a member of our Teen Anime Club who created this awesome pencil drawing of Edward and Alphonse Elric from the anime Fullmetal Alchemist.
We love it!

"Edward and Alphonse Elric" by Pablo Sanchez

Artist of the Week: Ian Town

This week we have a very cool rendition of the character Allmight from My Hero Academia created for us by teen artist Ian Town, a member of our Teen Anime Club!
It is done in pencil and colored pencil. Nice work Ian!

"Uru Miytow - Allmight" by Ian Town

Artist of the Week: Jennie Copp

This week's featured art is a pencil drawing called "Snowman Fight" created by Jennie Copp, a member of out Teen Anime Club!
Nice job Jennie!

"Snowman Fight" by Jennie Copp

Artist of the Week: Andres Perez

This week's featured art comes from the video game Fortnite! It's a drawing by 14 year old Andres Perez.

Great job Andres!

Fortinte by Andres Perez

Fan Art Showcase

As some of you probably know if you were there, at the last Yuma LibraryCon on May 4th, 2019 we hosted an art contest sponsored by the Friends of the Yuma County Library store. Three of the artworks were chosen as first, second and third place winners by the friends, but we thought all the art was great and the artists deserved to be recognized for their effort, so here are all the runner up entries that we received for the competition:

Clock Work by Emma Ablanalp

Deku Villain AV by Clarisa Lujan

The Doctor by Devin Culver

Fire Breather by Damian Thompson

Goofy by James Meier

Hell Boy by Azellia Olmos

Jaidenanimation by Elisabeth Schweda

Kakashi Sensei by Jacqui Lawson

Kanna by Takara Rose

I'm a 9 Year Old by Nicole Galaviz

The Royal by Erick Martinez

I Love Sally VwV by Sarah Hernandez

In All Might's Shadow by Freddy Gomez

Sign of Peace by Gisela L. Coronado

Something Else YT & Odd is Out by Isabel Scweda

Sylveon by Vivian Benedict

Wilson, The Gentleman Scientist by Danielle Leon

Featured Artist: Dani

One of our favorite artists, Dani, sent in this original creation she calls Webber, the spider person. We love it! Thanks Dani!

Featured Artist: Sydney

Congratulations to this week's featured artist Sydney Lopez who drew us this amazing fan art of 707 from the game/visual novel Mystic Messenger. For those who don't know, visual novels are text-based games where you make choices and have character interactions which unlock parts of the story. They're super popular in Japan and Korea and are just making their way to the USA.

707 from Mystic Messenger by Sydney Lopez

If you want us to feature your art work, you can drop it off in person at the Main Library's Teen Room any time we're open, or e-mail us a high-res Jpeg or PNG file to teen@yumalibrary.org

Featured Artist: Faith

This week's artist is Faith Johnson who drew a portrait of one of our regular library patrons named Jill. Jill loved it some much she encouraged Faith to submit it to the blog so here it is! Isn't it beautiful?

"Jill" by Faith Johnson"

Featured Artist - Clarissa

Congratulations to Clarissa Jones for being our featured artist this week! This is her super Kawaii tribute to the anime Dangaronpa! We love it!

Featured Artist: Julia

Thank you so much to Jula Setchfield for her beautiful pencil drawing. She didn't give it a title, but we think this is an original character. We love it! Great job Julia!

Pencil on paper untitled drawing bu Julia Setchfield.

Featured Artist: Dani

Our artist of the week this week is Dani. She made us this awesome pencil sketch of Rider from the Splatoon manga! Excellent work Dani!

Rider from Splatoon by Dani

If you want to read all about Rider's adventures, you can check out the Splatoon manga from your nearest library. Check it out here: Splatoon at YCLD

Featured Artist: Melina Flores

This week's featured work of art comes to us from Melina Flores who drew this awesome picture of Tsuyu from the My Hero Academia anime and manga. Great job Melina!

Tsuyu from My Hero Academia by Melina Flores

If you want to check out Melina's inspiration for this work of art, check out the My Hero Academia manga from your nearest library! They're available here: My Hero Academia at YCLD

Featured Artist: Lilith Trip

This week's featured artwork is a pencil sketch by Lilith Trip. It's fan art from Deltarune and we think it's amazing! In case you do not know, Deltarune is a video game, and is a spin off of Undertale.

By the way, Lilith has an Instagram for her art, @TheDemonWolf1548 so give her a follow to show her some support. 

Great job Lilith!

Pencil sketch by Lilith Trip.

If you want to submit art for our blog, drop it off in person at your nearest library's teen room, or e-mail us a high resolution Jpeg scan at teen@yumalibrary.org