Portrait 1

Portrait # 1 - Soleil Lisette Casas

About Soleil: "20 years old, born in Gretna, LA. I like drawing, painting, reading, graphic design, watching movies, learning new languages, eating anything with sugar, and getting a good nights rest! I want to illustrate children's books and probably even write them. I also want to travel one day and hopefully live in Texas or New York! Right now, I'm working on building my graphic design portfolio and my illustration portfolio because I graduate in a year!!"

Soleil and I have known each other for three years. She was in my orientation group whenever I came through in the summer of 2008, and we have been friends ever since. I distinctly remember standing in line to take my picture for my TigerCard and striking up conversation with her. For those two days, it was two little incoming freshmen (and the occasional tag along) trying to figure out big old LSU. Since then, we have been in multiple art classes together, whether it be dreadful art histories, falling asleep during lectures and cramming before tests, or watercolor with Ed... well, when we went to class anyway. Soleil is always a bundle of energy. She always has a smile on her face, and she has this infectious laugh that never fails. (Granted, of course, that she's had her coffee that morning.) She is wickedly talented at illustrative art, and when it comes to graphic design (her major), she's on par with the best of them. Never a dull moment whenever she's around, and she's a friend who listens when you need it. 

Here's a few more shots of her: