Illustration Friday - Worry

Poor Chicken Little...

"X" Marks the Spot

In a good book.

Color Loves and Likes

I was messing around with some colors this weekend and not being frightfully happy with any of them. So, back to Color Theory 101. I setup a file for myself in photoshop to use as a palette and tried to remember what I could from Design Fundamentals (one of the hands down best classes I ever took for understanding just "why" you do something, rather than just because "It looks good."). I'm going to keep playing around with this a bit more, but I can see where it helps to take a step like this.



It kind of looks like sorbet. That's making me hungry. But speaking of color, I know it's old news (and everybody and their brother has already been over there), but I really, really like kuler.

Illustration Friday - Wide

A Typical Day

Eric tagged me for the Typical Day meme that's floating about the internet, so let's see... I'll give you a typical Saturday, because that's when I end up doing the bulk of my work (that and nights and random days off). I'm a graphic designer by day, which is actually pretty cool to get paid to hang out with typefaces and pixels. But since this is pretty much an illustration blog, I'll fill you in on that.

Anyway, here's a typical Saturday:

8:00-9:00: Wake up. Depends on how late I was up Friday night (could be late if there's a "Godfather" marathon).

9:00-10:00: Get coffee. Stat. I'm monosyllabic and snarky up until this point. Tune into Polka Party on WUNH, because Gary rocks it old school. Check email and blog surf.

10:00-sometime before noon: Pack any Etsy orders and make mad dash to post office before it closes at noon. Swing by library to return books. Late fees and angry librarians kind of scare me. I usually end up bringing home a stack of books, some just for inspiration to flip through (I'm a sucker for costume reference books). Oh, and I'm short, which works out well when I end up in the kid's section.

Noon on: Bust out the pencils and bristol board and/or get on the computer to color stuff. This also necessitates queing up an episode of "This American Life." Ira Glass can do no wrong in my book. I'll usually listen to episodes of that while I'm working (or other podcasts).

2'ish: Raid cupboards for chocolate chips in lieu of a real lunch. Refill coffee. Probably on third cup by now. Go back to work.

5:00: Begin to wrap things up. Consider eating something real.

5:00 on: Might go back and take a second look at whatever I was working on. Tweak things a bit. Grab jacket, bag and any willing partners in crime and head out to run errands, visit bookstore, or rent movie. Probably stop drinking coffee about now. Correction, should stop drinking coffee about now.

Late - My sister usually works closing shifts Saturdays, so when she gets home we'll watch a movie or something.

Hopefully prior to midnight - Go to sleep. Dream in color.

And I'll tag the following nifty people if they have the time: Sarah, Susan and Ben.

Corporate America

A quick warm-up with some pencil and gouache.

Teenage Meme

I couldn't pass this one up - the "Draw Yourself as a Teenager" meme, so here's a quick sketch immortalizing some really, really big hair, c. 1994.*

*C'mon. You all totally had those bangs. Just admit it.

Lemon Goodness

I have a penchant for most anything citrus. Lemons in a special way.



And lemon cupcakes most definitely.

Family in town, so off to go socialize.

We Dress Like Students

From the Vector Experiment of '08 a few weeks back.

Today was about dodging rain drops, Flannery O'Connor short stories, and a trip to a rummage sale. My Dad snagged an autoharp at said rummage sale. About a half hour, one snapped string, and four sore fingers later, I've got it working and it's delightful!

Now off to go get in touch with my inner Carter Family.