SHIMRA STARR
illustration+design
What is your vision
digital illustration
& miscellaneous memery
A hodgepodge of original digital artwork, memes and some commissioned projects. Also, some selected pages from my favorite personal project: a calendar of my adorable corgi, Lilly and her friends. I give these calendars out every year as Christmas/Chanuka gifts to some of my favorite people.
Hand drawn pencil and ink sketch. Colored in Photoshop.
Hand drawn pencil and ink sketch. Rendered in Photoshop.
Drawn by hand, colored in Photoshop. From a photo by Stephanie Bordas, of Brooklyn Boudoir.
I drew the Squad as the cast of Heathers and dubbed them "Blathers". Barely parody. Pencil sketch colored in Photoshop.
Original pencil sketch, colored in Photoshop.
Pencil drawing colored in Photoshop. Based on a photo taken at the Black Lives Matter protests in Manhattan, back in 2020. Photo by Mo Gelber.
Concept was by Naftuli Moster, former executive director of Yaffed. Didn't end up getting used but I still think this came out well. Pencil on paper, colored in Photoshop.
Many many many layers of color in Photoshop over a pencil and ink sketch. Artwork was used on a siddur as well as a flyer.
Artwork depicts Moses al-Deri Synagogue adapted from photo by Joshua Shamsi. Photo courtesy of Joshua Shamsi / Diarna Geo-Museum
Pencil drawing, colored in Photoshop.
Created this for a friend for her Christmas card. Benny was superimposed on a lovely holiday background and I added some glittery effects.
Ecumenical doggies! Lilly wears a Chanuka scarf and her friends Benny and Ollie wear Christmas scarves. They're smiling because I'm holding treats over their heads. Added holiday background to original photo.
Step 1: hold treats in air. Step 2: take pic. Step 3: set doggos on spooky background so it looks like they're howling at the moon. Fin.
Collab between me and my friend Jon Taub for a concept album. I think the concept was that a lot of mainstream Orthodox Jewish music tends to suck.
Semi viral meme I created with my friend Jon Taub regarding infamous congressional hearing where Harvard U Penn presidents said they couldn't condemn calls for Jewish genocide as it "depends on the context".
Another popular meme that got shared around. Collab between me and a friend who prefers to be anonymous. Created shortly after the Ivy League universities showed themselves to be hotbeds of terror supporters.
Commissioned work by a teacher for his classroom materials. Ink sketch rendered in Illustrator.
Commissioned work. Ink sketch, colored in Photoshop.
Ink sketch, colored in Photoshop. Commissioned work.
Ink sketch, colored and rendered in Illustrator. Commissioned work.
Ink sketch rendered in Illustrator
Pencil and ink sketch of the activist and author that I did soon after she came out. This one is an oldie.
One of two billboards I did for Yaffed that were displayed in Boro Park. More info on this org at the link below.
One of 2 billboards I did for Yaffed which were displayed in Boro Park. More info on the organization at the link below.
One of a series of comic strips commissioned by Shawn Lichaa, of A Blue Thread.