Random Sketch Project

Just a quick post of a random work project. It's strange the things you end up doing on staff when your the only in-house graphic designer for a financial firm. I liked how the illustration came out so I thought I'd share.

Jaybles

I wasn't really sure what to draw yesterday and spent most of my time erasing Since Jon decided he was going to go as Jaybles the surly Parrot (aptly named by Zac) I drew parrots. Jaybles might be the angry looking one in the left corner, although they all look a little angry. I will be going as Capn' Jessbeard and Jables will be my surly giant parrot sidekick. Woo! Happy Halloween!

Ribbon.

Since last Friday I've been dealing with ribbons finding the right kind of ribbon and the right quantity - yesterday I spent a good chunk of time cutting ribbon. My companies holiday cards (which I designed and am in charge of finishing) are going to be completed with a ribbon tied around the outside - I'll post a photo of the final project when it gets done. We are sending out 200 gift baskets which will contain the holiday cards out to clients. In the beginning stages of this project I thought it would be nice to finish the cards off with some ribbon. Little did I know or realize how much ribbon in takes to tie around 200 5x7 cards. Almost 130 yds or 390 ft or just for fun 4,680 inches. Yep. Ribbon.

Chilly

Yesterday was on the chilly side, I even heard there were a few scattered flurries in the afternoon. I attempted to portray my unenthusiastic attitude towards this cooling of the temperatures in a simple self portrait. It's been a while since I've done one of these and I must say I'm fairly out of practice. Most that know me are very aware of my dislike of Wisconsin winters. I'm pretty sure if I wasn't so attached to Wisconsin by family, friends, and general appreciation of the state and the Midwest vibe I would probably live someplace warmer. Last winter Jon and I seriously considered relocating to the southwest because we were so sick of snow and cold. We seem to have the same conversation every winter - then spring finally comes and all is well again. But yesterday morning was a harsh reminder of what's in store for the next 4+ months - I wore my hat and mittens on my walk into work, I'm a big baby when it comes to being cold. BRRR.

Marker Madness

Well I kind of forgot that I work from home on Friday's so that means no access to a scanner. So I had a lot of fun with markers last night to finish my sketch, snapped some photos this morning and there you go. My sister and I shot a lot of emails back and forth yesterday about a proposed to road trip to visit our cousin Lynne in NY. by the end of the day the prospect of a road trip became a reality. We are totally going to road trip to NY over Thanksgiving. And I'm super pumped about it!

There's a good chance I won't post until Monday so until then Happy Friday and have a fabulous weekend!

Connected

Here goes sketch two - I posted some photos on facebook over my lunch but was hard pressed to pull myself away from the social network after posting. Making comments on photos posted, reading comments from others on said photos, and the beat goes on.

I find the online connections we have so interesting. There are so many ways we can be personally and emotionally connected with out even being in the same state. The interweb is a crazy crazy place, but enables you to do so much. This sketch is my take on being distantly connected and plugged into essentially the same network. Once again messed around with coloring in Photoshop.

I'm doing best to do pencil/pen sketches and colorize in photoshop. People who know me as a designer know I tend to rely on Illustrator a lot - it's my favorite program pretty much. I'm going to keep trying to expand my hand drawing capability!

Ready, Set, GO!

Well here it is. My first sketch of hopefully many sketches. Yesterday my word/theme of the day was "over-input" - I know not really a word but that's the first thing that came to mind reflecting upon my day. I took in a lot of really cool design posted by people online. I was on an idea generation binge, but I think I overindulged–my brain was wrecked!

So with those thoughts I decided it's high time I start outputting more - even if they are simple sketches. So I sketched this scene waiting for the train. I finished it up this morning by scanning it in and messing around with some coloration in Photoshop. No work of art but that's not the point of this.

My goal is to post 5/week - mostly during the weekday. I don't like putting too much pressure on my weekends - but if I do have time/make time I'll post more.

Hooray!