Tag: design
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Aqua Couture
“Be Like Water.” —Bruce Lee Mixing elements is so satisfying. Anyone familiar with my illustrations has probably seen this woman. Possibly more than once. A photograph of the ocean sits behind her, but with some added blur and drama, it almost seems like she’s under water. While I’m currently obsessing about fashion design, I know…
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Flora de la Mode
It’s been a while! About two months, actually. Considering the struggles that I was having with illustrations… it felt much longer. So, a couple of days ago, I decided it was time to say goodbye to Illustrator (and hello to Photoshop). I also learned how to save my old illustrations so that I could still…
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Ambiguous.
adjective.Open to more than one interpretation; having a double meaning. Day 2 (of Create Something new Every Day) is done! Thinking back on the idea of disclosing only parts of a story, or partial body parts in an illustration, I thought I’d start with this (curvy) vase and work from there. I love that the…
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On the Mark
“Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” -Mary Lou Cook I’ve gone through some of my old posts and images and I’ve found several series that I want to continue on with. I’m going to call them collections or categories though – the word series is OUT. This…
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“Rock This Town…
Rock it inside out.” -Stray Cats I’ve been working on this image for a while now, and I decided that it was time to call it a day on it. There’s so much more that I could do with it, but – par for the course – I got a little bored. It started out…
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Stacking the Deck
Cards in her favor, Aces and Kings, up her sleeve, The Queen wins the game. I wanted to try something unusual tonight… and I went with the flow rather than focusing on the aesthetics of my illustration. I tried to keep it basic and then went wild with the effects. I’m finding it very hard…
a sprinkle of faith 