Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Patterns!
I've just been going to town on some of these new techniques I've been figuring out, I feel like a child again! I decided to try out patterns in this little ditty, here ya go. And Merry Christmas you filthy animal!
For my Sister
So the illustration has continued and I'm trying out new things. I created this poster for my sister, trying to capture a sort of 1960s-endless-summer-but-for-a-girl vibe. She tried to play it cool when I gave it to her but I could tell she liked it (for the win!)
Getting back to my Roots
Lately I've been getting back to my roots and doing a lot of illustration. As much as I love love LOVE design, it has felt good to be creating original things rather than compiling objects, although I love the creative challenge in that as well. It all started one night when I couldn't sleep and decided to turn my neice into a Christmas elf. It seems to help me to have a "story" to go along with the picture, even if it's just one line. Then of course I had to do all her sisters too. You can see a bit of my evolution as I tried out different techniques between photoshop and illustrator. I'm excited to see where this takes me. Also, aren't my nieces the CUTEST??
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
I Heart Dr. Who
So for the last couple of months Ben and I have fallen in love with the 11th Doctor from the Dr. Who series. We are totally new to the series but I already know he's the best Doctor. I'm also having a little baby and woke up in the middle of the night thinking how cool it would be to have some nerdy prints for his someday room. Nerds are the best. I finally got around to making them but here is my Dr. Who series:
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| Theme from Episode "Cold Blood" |
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| Quote also from "Cold Blood" episode that I thought applied easily to babies. |
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| The Doctor says this a lot. And he wears a fez sometimes. Fezzes are cool. |
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Getting Out There
I just watched an incredibly sincere and inspiring commencement speech by Neil Gaiman urging me to "Make Good Art." He talked about putting yourself out there and I have to be honest, I am not really good at doing that. There are a lot of projects I do and get excited about and then don't post or share with the world. I've decided to post one of them: an art-card series I developed with a friend to be printed and sold at astronomical prices in Art Museum shops. Some of you may not get them, but some of you might--feel free to comment, critique, and by all means--compliment.
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Oh and if you would like to see the video I watched, you can here:
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
The Living Room
This is probably my favorite room and definitely the room that involved the most time/money. The concept started with a small microscope that was Ben's mom's that now sits on the mantle. I loved the idea of an Old Library/Traveler/Natural History museum sort of theme for a room and it worked with the already pre-existing conditions a la bay window, wood floors, tumbled stone mantlepiece and brick fireplace. The center piece and central focus of the room is the distressed leather tufted chair and ottoman we found on Craigslist after much, much searching and waiting and then more waiting until the Lady would sell it to us for the price we would pay (which was much, much lower than what she had posted it for). Not only is it beautiful and will last us for years to come, it is super comfortable.
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