New business cards!

I figured it was about time to update the look of my business card.  My old ones still had my maiden name on them, and I just wanted to give it a more updated feel and also include my blog on it.  

I designed these and printed them out myself.  They aren't the greatest quality, and I did consider getting them professionally printed via Vista Print, but in reality I rarely give anyone my card and I felt it would just be a waste of money getting them printed just so they could sit on my desk and eventually collect dust.  After making these cards I took a trip down memory lane to my very first business card I designed.  And my second.  My newest one is my third, and its cool to see the evolution of my business card through out the years.  The first and last cards are my original Illustrator files.  The middle one is just a scan because something when wrong with it's original file and I couldn't get it to open.  

Happy Valentines Day!

I know I haven't had much luck in the stuffed animal department in the past, but I figured I'd give it one more try.  Instead of trying to make these intricate stuffed animals, I took a step back and tried something a little more simple.  Since Valentine's day was coming up I went with a basic heart shaped pillow.  I hand sewed this instead of using the machine.  Not that bad.  Not that good either.  It's a little crooked in parts, and the heart in the middle doesn't match up exactly with the bigger heart.  Over all, I am happy with this and hope to master this soon.  I know this pillow isn't in Valentine's Day colors, but that is only because I still had a bunch of these blue fabrics left over and I didn't feel like going out and buying new fabric.  Happy Valentine's Day!!

Panda!

I've been slacking with my art the past month!  I was just so busy with the holidays that when January rolled around I just didn't want to do anything!  Well, I finally got around to making this little guy.  It's funny because it started off as a completely different illustration.  After a few days of working on it, and re-working on it, it kinda just became a panda.  More artwork to come soon!

Pencil Drawings

Well I finally got around to completing my first pencil drawing in over 5 years!   Pencil drawings has been one of my very first loves, and is what got me into art in the first place.  I started pencil drawings when I was only 10 years old.  The past five years or so I kinda drifted away from them because I have gotten into vector illustrations, but now I'm finally wanting to get back into them!  This drawing is of my little cousin Lily.  I copied it from a photo using the grid method.  This took me about 3 hours.  I also find that working for an hour, then taking a break and going back to it works best because it gives your eyes a break and makes it easier to find mistakes.  Overall I am happy with it and want to continue developing my pencil skills in the future.

Here are two of my other pencil drawings that I did in the past.  The first one is of my grandfather.  Im not sure the exact date I drew this, but I'm thinking it was sometime in the early 2000's.  The second is a drawing of an 82' Corvette.  I drew this one about 5 years ago.  You can tell by looking closely that these two aren't as technical, and the shading is a little off, which is something I tried to work on in my recent one above, and something I will continue to work on in the future.

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year everyone!  I am not one of those people who believes in making new year's resolutions, however, there are a lot of things I would really like to accomplished in 2013.  Aside from the more personal things like picking out pictures for my wedding album, and trying to eat a little healthier, there are a few other things I would like to accomplish as well!  I am currently working on some designs for Society 6, and hope to open up a shop during the first half of the year.  By the end of the year I would also like to open up an Etsy shop.  I'm not exactly sure what I would make and sell yet, so that is another plan I need to work on!  I would also like to experiment with different mediums, for example, I would really like to get back into portrait drawings, and maybe even try my hand at clay!

  That all being said, I just sat down to make a New Years illustration, but nothing I made was worthy of posting.  Its one of those nights where I just can't come up with anything cool.

Merry Christmas Kayla!

This is a Christmas present I painted for Kayla.  Kayla is my 18 month old cousin.  You might remember me talking about her in this post.  I painted a canvas for her room for her first birthday this past summer and I wanted to paint her something to match it for Christmas.  I found this awesome little round wood stool at Michaels and thought it would be perfect to paint up as a gift!  I didn't paint it to match exactly, but you can still tell that they go together.  When I was done painting it, I put a little stuffed animal on top along with a few pairs of socks, and wrapped it up in clear christmas cello wrap that I found at the dollar store.   Merry Christmas Kayla!

Merry Christmas!!

Merry Christmas everyone!  Every year I say I am going to design my own Christmas card, and every year I get consumed in decorating my house, christmas shopping, wrapping gifts, making presents, ect. that I never have the time to do so!  This year I put my foot down.  I actually designed this card back in October, to ensure I had one to post!

  I hope everyone has a great Christmas!!