Rock Inspiration

This is my watercolor final.. inspired by playing guitar hero ;)

I'm actually pretty happy with how this turned out because I finally accepted watercolor for what it was.. and therefore, I worked with what was happening with the paint, instead of trying to plan too much with what it was "supposed to look like." :)

PMA Logo

I actually created a logo that I like within an hour.. when I usually struggle for a few days with the whole logo creative process thing.. Yay!

This was done for one of my coworker's for her Pre-Medical Association she belongs to at Michigan State.

Abstract Watercolor

My second project for my summer watercolor class. The assignment was to choose 3-4 colors and create an abstract painting using glazing and some of the methods learned in class. I used tipping, splattering, tape masking, and liquid masking. This is not my usual style, but I do enjoy the way the tree turned out and the colors that I chose.

MIA

I know I've been MIA, folks.. but I'm back! I've had a busy summer with starting a new job and a bunch of other things.. but hopefully I can start posting more :)

My first project this summer for my watercolor class was to create a painting from a black & white photograph using only one color. I've used sepia to paint this purple coneflower with bug, originally a color photograph that I took last summer in my mom's garden. Enjoy!

Not An Angel....

Here she is... the terror that has taken over my house. :)

My final for digital painting.. done in Painter using the charcoal and pastel brushes.

Final Wonderwall Postcard

My final and best postcard of the series I created for creative interpretation. This is the part of the song I was looking forward to creating a visual for the most, and is in fact why I chose this song for my projects. Need I say it has a lot of meaning for me? :)

Shakespeare Poster

Here it is! A few days late, but with this sickness I've been poisoned with and just my crazy month of April, I've still finished it! I've chosen to create a poster for "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by Shakespeare. I've created everything in Painter with the watercolor brushes except for the type, which was done in Illustrator.

You Pansy!

Here is my pansy (86 the stem!) that I will be using as part my "A Midsummer Night's Dream" poster. This is also my first attempt at using the watercolor brushes in Corel, which was quite a challenge! Overall, I feel that I have a better grasp of how to use these brushes and what they can do. I think it's quite nice for my first try!

Mad Tree Moji

Here's my moji!!

Final Sequential Images

Here are my final images. The first is meant to bleed off the edges, while the second two are spot illustrations set on white to be used with text flowing around them.

class critique of sequential images

scene 1

scene 2 (unfinished.. still need to finish the marshmallow part, finger, and thumb)

scene 3 is not finished because this is taking me FOREVER :) will be done, ASAP.

Setting the scene

Here is my first draft for scene 1 of "The Mystery Marshmallow Toaster."

I'll probably still work on the fire some more to get rid of some of the extra white and then add some fire light reflections around the campsite.

Logo Again

Apparently my other logo was just "not me," soooo.... here's my newest creation. :) What do you think?

Tattoo Design?

Just putting some thoughts down on paper and getting the start of a sketch down. I plan on adding the rest of the tree.

Personal Logo

I'm working on my personal logo for the 3rd time in two years. It seems like I can do the graphic design thing for everyone except me!! I started playing around with it today and came up with something completely different than I had imagined. It has that nickelodeon feel to it, but I love the colors. Here are some of the versions that I came up with today:Can anyone give me some input on this? It's not as simple as I had originally planned, but I like the shape of it and the way the letters bleed off. The first one seemed a little boring to me so I added a few different elements to see how it would look. I like how the "pea" (yes, that green circle is supposed to be a pea) is coming off the "S" and bouncing in the 4th one, but I'm afraid it might be too busy. I have a clutter tendency. :) Also, I can't decide if I like the lines defining the "P" and the "N" on the outside or not so I added one on the bottom that doesn't have those little defining lines.

Overall, it's very different from the other logo's I've done for myself, but I can definately see some fun business cards, letterheads, and envelopes coming out of this. :)