I'm on vacation from now until the end of the year. I will continue posting in January 2009. Happy Holidays!
Holidays Card Inspiration 2008
I like the simple and artistic feel of these holiday cards. The ornate green and white card is from Invitation Consultants and the rest from Pear Tree Greetings. I especially like how the Pear Tree Greetings designers were creative with not-so-traditional holiday colors.
The Art of Laurel Burch
I recently noticed this beautiful notebook with art by Laurel Burch. Although you can't see it in this photo, there's also a Native American quote I love on the notebook: "The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears."
Laurel's site has more of her colorful and eclectic work. These two horse paintings are my favorites from her site.
My Work: Plant Molecular & Cellular Biology Logos
I'm in logo mode. I worked on these a while back and have another logo project in process. Now if only I had shorter center or program names to work with... The logo I'm working on now has 11 words in the name.
Flock notecards
These strikingly simple and beautifully illustrated notecards are by Eleanor Grosch and are available at chroniclebooks.com.
The Font Game
Test your typographical recognition skills with the rather difficult Font Game from ilovetypography.com. While you're there, browse around the typography deliciousness that is ilovetypography.com. I scored 31 out of 34 in the Font Game—it really is difficult.
Cosmos
While other san serifs can be cold and ultra-modern, Cosmos's gently shaped letters and active italics make it the "friendly san serif," at least in my book.
The Calling
I like the vintage tech look of this book cover. I especially like the simple and moody color scheme and detailed black and white patterns.
Spirographs
Remember spirographs? I used to love making them—it was one of my favorite toys as a kid. I stumbled into a neat tutorial on making spirographs that's different from just doing step and repeat in Illustrator. Here's my summary:
- Open a new document in Illustrator. Set your stroke color to black, point size to 0.5, and your fill color to none.
- Draw a shape (star, circle, spiral, rectangle, etc). While still holding down on the mouse button, hold down the ` key (it's right next to the 1 on a standard US keyboard).
- Now, move your mouse around—play with zooming out, zooming in, moving it in circles, etc. The direction and speed you move the mouse determines the size of the copied shape and space between the copies. Faster = further apart. Have fun!
Mulberry Tree
My favorite Van Gogh painting is this one, Mulberry Tree, painted in 1889 at an asylum in Saint-Rémy. I love the energy and corkscrew curls of the branches.
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