Alice Sharivker

Life Imitating Art To sit, and appreciate the artwork in a gallery can be overwhelming, but for some, pretty underwhelming. This illustration depicts a young woman staring off into the distance, showing that the portrait beside her (based on the portrait “Young Woman (Melancholia)”, c.a. 1833-1835, Théodore Chassériau), is doing the same action. Maybe they both are bored with the same thing. Or maybe this girl is a reincarnation of the woman in the portrait. No one is really to know, but one thing is certain, they both seem bored at whatever they are doing.

A Home of Different Relics Though this piece was originally made through a digital program, the magic comes from the physical alterations added to it. Each physical item in this illustration is a product from a thrift store. Each item used to belong to someone that they eventually gave up for donation. Some of these items included an old necklace, stickers, old glassware, beanies, etc. To be loved by a person at one time is to be changed and altered for this art piece.

To Be Loved is to be Changed This is my sketchbook. Nothing more than that, it has all my work since October of 2023. However, I genuinely adore all of my sketchbooks, including this one. It has been wrinkled in my school bag, inadvertently left sitting in a pool of coffee, and even torn from unintentional sticker attachments. I used this notebook to write lecture notes, goofy feelings I experienced while riding the TTC, and ideas for future comics. Even though I first got it as a simple notebook from my local art supply store, it has so many memories of particular times in my life. Neither this sketchbook nor I are the same as we were in October. Because everything we experience in love always leads to change.

The Lovers Stairwell A couple in love from an early age experiences constant change in their lives together, but their love for one another is the one constant. Via both death and life.

Sims 2 When I was young, I used to watch my older sister play the game “Sims 2” on her old chunky computer. Though she wasn’t very interested in teaching me how to play at first, she slowly warmed up to the idea and sat me down in her chair to teach me how to play. Years went by, and slowly I started to play on my own. Now to this day, we will walk in on each other playing a new save file on the sims to relieve our stress. When I play this game I imagine that I am still seven years old and my sister is fourteen.

The Touch of the Golden Nose This illustration depicts a statue of a dog in a Moscow subway station. People are encouraged to rub the nose of the dog to receive good luck, resulting in the nose of the statue remaining golden while the rest of its body oxidized and a brown copper state. My illustration takes that idea into a much more exaggerated depiction, where people go out of their way to touch the nose to receive a magical glow of luck.

The Timeline of Loving Your Pet Animals have always been a big part of many people’s lives, and sadly, our lifespan is not always like our loveable companions. We grow together, and we bond, we create moments in life for each other, but unfortunately, the inevitability of death will always come sooner than expected. To appreciate the life changes together, even if it ends sadly, is what our lives are all about

OCAD’s Desire Path A desire path is an unplanned route or path that is normally seen on a grassy surface that is used by pedestrians in preference to or in the absence of a designated alternative. Thus leads to OCAD’s desire path, leading to Butterfield Park. This observational illustration shows my love for this school and the memories it gave me. The willpower of humanity alone made this convenient sidewalk for the average person, whether it be parents, students, children, etc. The power to love this route led to the change of the earth.

The Joy of Childhood Media The internet was still an emerging thing for a lot of people, especially for younger audiences, so growing up in the early 2000s with this new technology was filled with different influences. Media such as anime popstars, animated music videos, and even big videogame characters got my young artist brain going, which led me to want to become an artist. The pipeline of me drawing these cartoon characters from a young age led me to finish a design degree at OCAD. Though I’ve changed physically, my young artist’s heart is still the same as when I was young.

To be Loved is to be Changed