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We Are Millard South
The Student Journalism Site of Millard South High School

We Are Millard South
The Student Journalism Site of Millard South High School

We Are Millard South
Original Art
Artist statement: Character design from Beetlejuice movies. Used colored pencil and lineart pens in sketchbook. Scanned on a flatbed scanner and adjusted the contrast in PhotoShop. The elements stemmed from the plot and base of the sequel.
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ remakes old-school film with fresh new twist
Sara Davis, Social Media Editor • Oct 30, 2024

The new Beetlejuice movie has entered the theaters, inspired by the original film. The new movie directed by Tom Burton doesn’t pull out many...

Artist statement: Art of paper being torn. Done in IBIS paint
ACT Overhaul
Jori Banks, Business Manager • Oct 30, 2024

The ACT, a crucial component of college applications for many high school students is undergoing a large transformation. A recent change to the...

Artist Statement: This is a digital art piece I created to represent the bonfires described in Jori's story. I tried to do some research to make it as accurate as possible.
Ancient Bonfires Evolve Into Halloween Traditions
Jori Banks, Business Manager • Oct 30, 2024

On Oct. 31 neighborhoods come alive with a multitude of costumes and candy, but the roots of Halloween stretch back to ancient times. Exploring...

Original Art
Artist statement: Original freehand watercolor based on reference photo. Mixed elements of the movie's features and the books art. Layers used and topped with line art details and colored pencil. Adjusted contrast a little in PhotoShop.
‘The Wild Robot’ is just as good as the beloved book
Keegan Wibel, Entertainment Editor • Oct 30, 2024
This image depicts the presidential debate's stands. IbisPaint X was used to draw this piece.
Who will be next?
Sep 28, 2024
Artist Statement: I illustrated both characters, showcasing both of their opposing personalities with markers and colored pencils.
Deadpool & Wolverine
Jori Banks, Business Manager • Sep 25, 2024
I referenced the art from the Rise and Fall of A Midwest Princess album, using colored pencils. Digitized with a flatbed scanner and contrast edits.
Is Chappell Roan the next best artist?
Halle Hinton, Opinion Editor • Sep 24, 2024
Ride. Chase. Survive.
Ride. Chase. Survive.
Halle Hinton, Opinion Editor • Sep 24, 2024
Artist statement: I created a portrait using a photo reference. I used colored pencils for the main coloring and markers for outlining.
Young artist on the rise: Releases Sayso Says
Jamison Jones, Entertainment Editor • Sep 24, 2024
Art by Halle Hinton A photo of Sabrina in her iconic yellow heart dress. I used a reference photo from Pinterest that I looked at while sketching the design.
Sabrina Carpenter evolves from Disney Channel to singing sensation
Ocean Williamson, Feature Editor • Sep 24, 2024
Artist Statement: I demonstrated the pouches used for phone lockups at school in a more literal manner. Using bars instead of the normal fabric to act as a "phone jail". I used procreate to draw and pulled reference from the Yondr phone pouches.
Schools lock in phones, to lock out distractions
Evie Finken, Opinion Editor and Artist • Sep 24, 2024
Loosely referenced Q street's layout and dramatized construction in my sketch, finished with colored pencil and digitized, and contrasted.
Construction creates chaos and confusion for drivers
Josilynn Prokupek, Managing Editor • Sep 24, 2024
Artist Statement: For image I dramatized the concept of voting by depicting a girl very properly sitting in a chair in dramatic lighting after registering to vote. Playing into the voting theme by making the background more presidential. I also played into the "very demure" trend but altered it to fit the topic. The image was drawn in procreate with no references used.
Staff Editorial: The importance of student voting
Sep 24, 2024
The art is mostly focusing on the Starbucks aspect of the article. I drew it on my iPad, an upgrade from drawing on ibisPaintX using my finger last year. My thought process was to depict the Starbucks logo in a storm.
Chipotle has thunderingly successful day after storm
Rylee Newman, Editor-in-chief • Sep 20, 2024
Action-packed and immensely witty, ‘The Fall Guy’ is an entertaining watch
Action-packed and immensely witty, ‘The Fall Guy’ is an entertaining watch
Zoey Buthorne, Managing Editor • May 24, 2024
Freedom from the pad-triarchy
Freedom from the pad-triarchy
Rylee Newman, Staff Reporter • May 23, 2024
I was asked whip up this tornado right before deadline, I gladly took the opportunity. I really just let my mind do the work on this, I only used a trusty mechanical pencil because I really thought to grey tones were perfect for the piece
Tornadoes wreak havoc on Midwest families
Josilynn Prokupek, Staff Reporter • May 18, 2024
Artist Statement: All I was really thinking about was a teacher who was really stressed, so I drew that. I decided to show that she was thinking about all the stuff she has to worry about. It's more rushed than my other pieces because, ironically enough, I'm also stressed with finals. I would have really liked to change the shading on her face so that it doesn't look like she got beaten by an angry student. I used ibisPaintX with a stylus.
Teachers face many stressors from inside and outside the classroom
Jamison Hanway • May 18, 2024
Future Plans: Ali plans to begin working as a dental assistant
Summing it up with art
Ali Arias, Artist • May 17, 2024
‘This Could Be Texas’ could be the album of the year
‘This Could Be Texas’ could be the album of the year
Robert Baker III, Entertainment Editor • May 17, 2024
Honesty when I was given this story I didn't have an idea of what to do, I had to take some time to look up difference images and I took about 3 or 4 images and morphed them together into my own piece, I used black pen and markers for this piece.
Time ticks down on Tiktok
Chase Zagurski, Staff Reporter • May 17, 2024
Artist Statement: Making review art with the musicians in photonegative / silhouetted against the background is a concept that I've been kicking around in my head for a while now. I got to two separate images of the members of the Black Keys (Pat Carney on the left, Dan Auerbach on the right), put them on the same canvas, made them semi-transparent, filled in their forms with dark colors, and outlined the details in white. Created, as always, with digital illustration tools in Photoshop, which was especially helpful in isolating and manipulating the layers so I could get the desired effect.
‘Ohio Players’ walks razor’s edge between quality and mediocrity
Chase Zagurski, Staff Reporter • May 1, 2024
I decided to use blue because I feel like it was a very popular color, and the stanleys spilling out the top represent just how obsessed people are with them. I used a refence picture for the large Stanley, but I pulled the little ones out of my imagination, and I decided to use colored pencil because I could get the right shades for the colors I needed I know I love my Stanley and many people love theirs too.
water bottle collections raise question of a fad or true sustainability
Jamison Hanway • Mar 29, 2024
Artist Statement: I wanted to use a newer photo of Stevie Nicks instead of an older one since this wasn't Fleetwood Mac, it was just her.
Stevie Nicks showcases lasting vocals
Katelynn Benker, Staff Reporter • Mar 27, 2024
Artist Statement: I used pencil for this drawing so that I could accurately shade the dimensions. I used a reference photo of the main character.
Dune Part 2 Exceeds Expectations
Zoey Buthorne, Managing Editor • Mar 27, 2024
II started drawing this in a sketchbook, with the idea of having a gamer playing video games, and putting esports in the main computer screen, and "NSAA?" in a smaller monitor since it was another big statement in the article. I outlined it in black so it was clean and used a combination of colored pencils and markers so the image would pop and be solid. The idea of the way I set this up was original.
ESports potentially levels up to NSAA sport
Dylan Wiese, Sports Editor • Mar 22, 2024
Getting Physical
Getting Physical
Chase Zagurski, Staff Reporter • Mar 22, 2024
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