Thursday, April 16, 2009

Time for spring...

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My friend Tara asked if I could design a small, simple tulip for bridal shower cards. After a few rounds of tweaks, she loves this little guy.

Monday, April 6, 2009

The Empire

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My crazy friend who travels all over for his job loved the design I did with his DC photo (see below), and wants to do a series for all the cities he visits. He's in Manhattan this week, so here you go!

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Ode to the Oyster

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Oysters are weird. But I eat them, and I eat them often. They are silky smooth and taste like the ocean or bay where they lived. I can't get enough.

When I was offered the opportunity to learn to shuck oysters and taste varieties from all over the U.S., I said "yes please!" and may or may not have squealed with joy.

Today I can proudly say that I shucked a Prince Edward Island oyster with no injury or embarrassment! It was an enjoyable experience, and an oyster never tasted so good.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Heavy Lines

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Quick sketch of Erin.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Stripe-a-licious

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Today my friend Katie asked me to whip up a new address card she could print and mail, as well as email around. She is such an enthusiastic, quirky person that I knew it had to be in bright colors. I referred to kuler for a color palate and simply added some effects in Photoshop to give it some depth and personality. Just like Katie! (Haha ~ there's the cheesy line of the day.)

Enjoy!

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

The Capital

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A friend of mine traveled to DC this weekend and sent me a photo of him beside the Capital building. I think its just such a cool structure that I wanted to play around with Photoshop a bit and see what I could come up with.

I hope he forgives me that I cut him out of the design! :)

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Dramatic! ~ Celtics Championship Parade

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Typically when anyone sends me photos of interest I dump them into a generic "pics" folder on my computer. Well, its overloaded with all KINDS of weird stuff, half of which I don't even know why I have. But - I did find an image of the Celtics parade a friend of mine took amidst the crowd.

I thought it would be awesome to make it look like it was a still from a movie and found a cool tut online that taught me just that! (www.ebin.wordpress.com)

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Opa! ~ Customized Portrait

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Recently a friend of mine asked me to jazz up an image of his grandfather. So I literally played with it for hours to achieve what he asked - - something a little rough around the edges, but really captured his personality. After accidentally closing it out and NOT saving it, (curses to my fast-clicking sensitive mouse!) I think my second version is WAY better anyway. He and his family loved it!

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Kiss Me, I'm Irish!

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In honor of Saint Patrick's Day, I thought I would share a mock-up of a cool Irish music themed CD and case. Fictitious band, of course. But if they were real I would totally listen to it!




Erin Go Bragh!