Just received the sample of the new graduation greeting card/mobile I illustrated for Papyrus! You can check it out on the Papyrus site here.
I’ll be at Surtex yet again this year with my agents at Lilla Rogers Studio! Come see us at booth #309 if you are there, May 20-22, 9-6pm.
Process Post: Save the Bay
I was asked by art director Ellen Dessloch to create an original thank you card illustration for Save The Bay, a Rhode Island-based environmental organization that protects the Narragansett Bay region. This was a fun project to work on so I thought I would share my process for the assignment.
First I submitted three sketches, the first two going off of specific direction that the organization requested. The third I decided to add in - the coastline is from a sketch I did in Bristol a few weeks prior. Bristol is a historic Rhode Island town that overlooks the bay - and also home to the oldest 4th of July parade in the country! To my surprise they went with the third option for the final. Ellen suggested that I change the direction of the copy - shorten the “Thank You” to “Thanks” and have the type flow from a different perspective. We also decided to add a sailboat and a fish to help balance out the bird and make the scene a bit more lively. I created two different color ways for the final - a fall palette and a bright palette. They ultimately chose the bright option with some color changes and I finished the image with some textures in Photoshop.
New pillows for Land of Nod are up on the site today! Head in the Clouds and Freshly Picked, $19 each.
I’ll be at the Lilla Rogers Studio booth at Printsource in New York this coming Monday-Wednesday, January 9-11th. You can find us at booth #C2. If you are attending come by and check out all of the new work - you can also preview my new pieces on the Surface Design section of my website.
Antiques store fun finds… I seem to have taken photos of all gold and metallic objects this time around.
Just posted some new work in the illustration section of my portfolio - this was part of a series of images for a piece about bullying in school.
If you’re on the Land Of Nod email list you may have seen some familiar wall art. Click here to purchase my Ahoy, Bonjour, Hello or ABC poster!
