Pointless

When my little one goes down for the night and I pull out my sketchbook and fire up my Adobe software, my husband always wants to know what project I'm going to work on next. Or what project I'll pick back up after it's been lying around for a while, collecting dust.

This is one of those abandoned projects which I finished tonight. It's another letter. My husband also wonders why my designs normally have absolutely zero to do with the letters they represent.

The answer is: Because I feel like it! Seriously. I just like making pretty things. It's fun when things have a double meaning, but I don't shoot for that in all my designs. I just like to do what I want, the way I want.



That's why this letter M has nothing to do with a chandelier or jewels. I just made it this way because I wanted to. It's more fun.

Prison

Reason #1,000,000 why I love this little guy:



Before he saw the camera, he was distraught about accidentally trapping himself in this barstool/prison. Then he saw me smiling and taking photos and he cheered himself right up even though he was still stuck.

Halloween Series: Sneak Peek!

Holy Cow, I am excited about the illustrations I'm doing for Halloween. I'm getting started on them a little late so I'm not sure whether they'll be available in the Etsy shop this year, but I just caught the Halloween bug and I had to share my favorite one (so far).



Isn't it fun and girly? I just love it. It's almost un-Halloween-y enough to be out all year round. Love, love, love!

Back to School: Space

After last week's image, the H bird, involving line, I wanted to do something much simpler, but equally as awesome. And I'm not kidding. I want this on my living room wall right now...



...in between my husband's and my first initials.

And it's so simple, and it uses the most simple of design elements: Space. Now, in 3D art like interior design or sculpture, space gets a little more involved because you're dealing with foregrounds, middle, and backgrounds. In 2D art, usually there's just two things you've gotta deal with: Positive and negative space.

Seriously, easy peasy:




Arrange the positive and negative space in an attractive manner (more on that next week!) and you've got a winner and it doesn't even have to be complicated. Which is my FAVORITE.

Selah.

M

Earlier I posted this:
And said it wasn't in its final incarnation. I was right about that! The final incarnation turned out so fantastic, I had to share it.

HUGE improvement from my earlier version that was flat with Little Mermaid-y colors. I love this piece. The fact that there's an M in the design makes it that much more fun.

I'm pretty hooked on doing these letter illustrations. I may even make it through the whole alphabet! Keep checking back to see what's next.

Another Letter

I've been so enthralled with making things that are something cool but also look like letters. It's pretty clear what this letter is:



I'm pretty sure it's not in its final incarnation yet, but I wanted to share anyway. Plus I can look back at it and track my progress. I like the Japanese-y feel to it.

H Bird Poll

Voting on stuff online is so much fun. I decided to do my own little poll right here.

Which H bird is your favorite?

Grape


Tropical


Chili Pepper


Rust


Faded Denim