My name is Talisa Almonte I'm 19 and studied Fashion Design alongside Art and Sculpture at a small magnet school called Design and Architecture Senior High in Miami, Florida. I'm currently a Fashion Design Major at Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City going into my second year.
I grew up doodling with my dad as little girl then developed this idea of becoming an artist just like him until i discovered fashion and decided that that was my calling. I still continue to draw or paint when I can because it's a real passion of mine. I try to always keep a peaceful balance between the two because I enjoy doing both very much.

any questions? don't hesitate to ask or leave comments. I always like to hear good criticism to better my upcoming works.

contact me:
-talisaalmonte@yahoo.com
-facebook.com/talisa.almonte
-twitter: talisaalmonte

dash fashionista model artist talisa tali art photography insipration life happiness fashion designer intern sculpture

05/05/10

intern turned jeweler

• 

  painting for the new house

  My mom asked me to make a triptych painting for the new house we are moving into so i agreed since its summer and i really want to try to stay as productive as possible

• 

  quick sketch 2

• 

  quick sketch

• 

  Model Pics: F.I.T

• 

  Model Pics: during High school

• 

  Model Pics: Shoot with Jillian Mayonove

• 

  Model pics (senior year in high school)

  Designs by: Edwina Parker, Chris Bender, Luisa Casteneda, Alexis-Jade Fernandez and Krystal Joliquer

• 

  Modeling Pics: Alice in Wonderland shoot

  modeled for a friend who wanted to shoot her clothes and had the idea of it being inspired by alice in wonder only the roles reversed so alice would be the kind of evil one and the red queen would be the innocent one.

• 

  2nd Fashion Illustration project (2nd semester)

  this was a mini illustration assignment. just to practice rendering metallics.

• 

  Tiny Sketchbook drawings

• 

  1st photoshop project

  not my designs. just a general project that we had to use the techniques learned in class to make prints for our company who was Custo Barcelona

• 

  1st Fashion Illustration project of 2nd semester

• 

  Faces sketchbook series

  These are all drawings in my most recent sketchbook i'm trying to just fill up the whole book with portraits of people i know.

• 

  1st semester Draping Term Garment

• 

  Shelbourne Museum Contest Illustration

• 

  Fashion Illustration (Chanel Project) 1st semester

• 

  1st semester (F.I.T) Model Drawing Class

• 

  High school Senior collection 2010

  inspired by the New Zealand Maori Tribe and 18th century Ming dynasty chinese plates

• 

  F.I.T Figure Drawings

• 

  Bead Sculpture Senior Year in high school

• 

  Sheet metal sculpture senior year in high school

• 

  Grandmother Serieis

  My grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away January 19,2009. I painted her in my junior year of high school as my way of dealing through all the pain she suffered right before she passed. The series is showing how the cancer progressed and took over her...

• 

  High School Fashion Illustrations

• 

  Fendi Project

  The fashion seniors (me) collaborated with Fendi and the Grafitti artist Andre Saraiva who spray painted the smiley on the bag and the fendi part. we had to get the canvas and make a tote bag to promote their needle point fendi bag kits for art basel in Miami (most of ...

• 

  sculpture from 9th grade

• 

  bronze casting sculpture (senior yr)

  first made out of cardboard then casted in bronze and patina with a greenish tone mixed with a bunch of other stuff. lol

• 

  installation (senior yr)

• 

  Newest piece for now (senior yr)

  clamps in my sculpture class done in oil on chipboard

• 

  modeling (Maverick 08)

  Erin Draper's design

• 

  modeling (Maverick 08)

  Maxinda's design

• 

  modeling (Maverick 08)

  Michelle Watson's design

• 

  modeling (Maverick 08)

  Yashiva's design

• 

  9th grade

• 

  10th grade

• 

  double self portrait (10th grade)

  my first big drawing ever

• 

  final pieces (10th grade)

• 

  summer piece 3 (senior yr)

  this is the 3rd one from the series. oil on canvas board

• 

  summer piece 2 (senior yr)

  the second one of the series of cali landscapes oil on canvas board

• 

  summer piece1 (senior yr)

  i have to do a mini seires based one something. so i chose to base off of my trip to cali and this is a painting of a pic i took at santa cruz beach. oil on canvas board.

• 

  tissue paper project (CCA pre college 09)

  all done out of tissue paper, newspaper and tape.The original color was that pinkish in the middle but i spray painted the rest with gold and black. and the waistband was drawing paper which i colored with black paint and a gold marker. it was my last project from the ...