Sunpaper

I'm back, I haven't had a lot to post lately, and I went home for a nice relaxing weekend. Didn't do much but did have the chance to do some fun craft projects with my mom. I had seen some neat things done with that sunpaper I used to play with as a kid, so I tracked some down online and did a few at home with plants. They are much darker and the contrast is really nice now that they have fully dried. I will post final images once I get them in frames.

Emergency First Aid for Your Child

Found this awesome book at work with great 80's illustrations on what do to for your child in emergency situations. 

Green Soapbox

My illustration from the Green Soapbox poster on the Delta Institute website. (The real version and the flyer is not pixelated)

Memory Project Completed

Well Tsewang in India got my illustration, (previous posts explain this whole project). He's adorable, hope he enjoys it!

Crafty

After seeing some amazing things at Renegade this past weekend, it inspired me to start some new projects. First up; a sewing project. I always see these necklaces/scarves and wasn't exactly sure how to make them, but I had an idea (my idea turned out to be correct) so I googled and found this video from the great people at Threadbanger. (Mom you need to check out all their projects)

Cut strips:

Finished piece: 

Beardog BREW

As a kinda funny present to a friend I helped another friend make some mock beer labels out of a long-running joke. Beardog Brewery! Maybe one day it will be a real thing.

Renegade

I got to hit up Renegade Craft Fair this sunday. Besides the usual great printers and crafters of Chicago that are always at these things, some new names (to me) that were also superb:

Miss Amy Jo:

Fugscreens: 

Fuzzy Ink:

Ryan Kapp:

Tugboat:

.... and I only ended up buying one thing: 

Haha, a mask (from here) made from recycled water bottles... but it GLOWS IN THE DARK. I'm set for Halloween. 

Printmaking

Finished this print this morning. Turned out ok, just gonna make some notecards or something out of it.

dead celebrity

Soapbox poster

Working on a poster for A "Green Soapbox" Event. Here's the art for it. It's about Chicago, business, being green, sustainability and big business words.

Green

I started drawing this for a poster but ended up doing something different. I just really like it.

Lino

Starting an old design on linoleum.

Warhol screen test

Neat photo of my sister making a Warhol Screen test at the Pre-Pride Event at The Columbia Museum of Art, where she works. Fitting in and looking very 60's lil sis.

LA...?

yeah?

From the clip art vault

Found these two gems today on the clip art server... who or what could have possibly been the reason these were created? Cowboy phone?

Back to Earth

I love love love Andrew Rae's "Back to Earth" comic. Or download the PDF and flip through page by page here. (via Urban Outfitters blog)

Western

Gold moleskin!

Nice work

found @North and Kingsbury

Save The Dates sneak preview

When your older sister is getting married and you happened to study graphic design, you automatically are in charge of all things design at the upcoming wedding, but trust me I wouldn't want it any other way. Here's a sneak preview to the Save the Dates (or STD's as all wedding design blogs call them... I do not).  Possibly incorporating this 'H' (for Hattaway) that I may or may not have "borrowed" from a monogrammed candle in Anthropologie (Thanks Anthrologie!) along with this nice vintage style-lettered save the date. Next weekend it's wedding dress shopping in Cinncinatti, should be interesting and I've been watching many "Say Yes to the Dress" episodes in preperation!