Birdies

I'm making some birdie drawings and shapes for a pattern.

oh, inverted world

This is really awful, but I decided to invert my laptop screen today (ctrl+option+apple+8) to see how my digital world would look. It's... pretty bizarre. It's kind of an exciting change, although I'm not sure if it's going to affect my eyes in some sort of awful way.

I then decided, that I would see how my website artwork looks. Mostly, it's really hokey and stupid. BUT IT LOOKS SO.... what's the best word to use in high school terminology....

...SWEET.

That's the only word I can think of to describe it. I selected my favorite inverted pieces, all you have to do is hit those amazing set of keys to live the magic.

CTRL+OPTION+APPLE+8

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A special bonus, I found this on a website (which will not be named). MY HAIR USED TO BE SO LONG. It was actually inverted on said website, so you'll have to see it normally to appreciate how long my hair was. I think this was either Junior or Senior year of high school:

A bonus fact: I painted this exact inverted picture to put in my portfolio, to bring to National Portfolio Day, to show to MCAD. I'm 100% sure this piece is why I got accepted. It obviously proved that my level of creativity was through the rough.

Font

I drew out another font, this one a little more sophisticated than the last. I'm calling it Pretty Kid, after The Pretty Kids Collective for which it was made. You can see it in action on the Pretty Kids webpage.



I think my favorite letter is either the R or the M. I'm still not sure if I'm going to do numbers, but it might make this feel a bit more complete.

Thanks, Michigan!

The title of this post comes off a little sarcastic, but it is NOT meant to be! I spent some time this afternoon and this evening working on a card for my relatives back in Michigan. I actually got birthday cards this year from two aunts and uncles, so I figured I should make them a card in return (my birthday is in May, I'm ridiculously late making these).

I'm going to print one out for each of my aunts and uncles though. Just to let them know I'm thinking about them and let them know how I'm doing, without mentioning my unemployed status. I think I'll steer clear of that subject.



I basically copied took quite a bit of inspiration (QUITE a bit) from the book cover I posted in my previous update. I just couldn't resist! The color palette, the typography, the imagery- all beautiful. The cover was illustrated by Will Staehle, who is an amazing-amazing-amazing artist/designer/illustrator. My piece comes NOWHERE near the incredible-ness of his book cover. But I do like it; very chilly and winter-y. Maybe it will keep my relatives in a cool state of mind so they don't overheat this summer.

I really like those balloons- how cute! I also am pretty fond of the font: Museo. It's a really fun style to work in, silhouettes and outlines with flat colors, I'm curious to see if I can somehow work it in with my drawing/painting style. Perhaps an experiment!