Tink

Hello everyone, my name is Tink! I’m another of Camilla’s creations. I really like jewelry and other pretty things. My necklace and bows make me feel wonderfully amazing! The bells in my tummy make me very magical, and I make jingly noises when I flitter about.

Summer Sewing Projects

School is out for both Camilla and me, so we have time to do some sewing. Camilla is working on another sock creature. I decided to try my own hand at creating a stuffed creature of some sort. I began by looking through my scrap bag for an interesting start to a face, and continued with no plan and no expectations. Now that the face is done, I’ve decided it should be part of a quilt, and not a dimensional creation.

Then I set it on top of this quilt. I started this quilt three years ago in a Pamela Allen class. It has been on my design wall since then, because it needed something and I wasn’t sure what. Maybe it needs a colorful figure. With wild orange hair? And a guitar? Or a flute? Or a …? And a colorful bird in the palm tree? There’s a temptation to cut the face into a more traditional shape, but I think I like it cut with the wonky angles straight from the scrap bag.

Invisibility Spray – the Gardening Version

For my final Illustrator project, I decided to reinvent invisibility cleaning spray for use in the garden and create an advertisement. I added weed killer to the product, so that weeds can be killed while they are invisible. Now your garden can look instantly better, even while your weed spray is still doing its job.

I used bits from my Illusion Spray concept design and bits from my Dandelion Wine illustration.

I got a bit frustrated mid-project, having given myself a near impossible task of creating a focal point which looks like it’s vanishing. Making the whole dandelion semi-transparent was the first idea, but made a weak focal point, and turned the flower a strange orange color as it blended with the curtains behind it. I think my final partially filled in line drawing has enough contrast for a focal point. Does it look like it’s disappearing?

FisherPoet CD Cover

Has it really been nearly two months since I’ve posted? I forgot I drew that tree house. Our next project had nothing to do with perspective. The next assignment was creating a cover for a music CD, so I went in search of an actual CD that might need a cover. My brother-in-law Jon Broderick, who organizes the yearly  Fisherpoet Gathering in Astoria, produces a yearly CD of FisherPoet songs with his friend Jay Speakman. There lastest cd can be downloaded from this page: http://www.sesameandlilies.com/links.htm

Jon sent me a list of songs which will likely be on the next CD along with some photos. I would have liked to put a relevant photo on the cover, but the assignment required a photo with higher resolution than I had. I ended up using a public domain salmon drawing from Wikimedia, and used it to create an underwater scene. I don’t know yet if they will decide to use any of what I have created or not.

"Those Days Before the Mine" is also a song title and refers to the proposed controversial "Pebble Mine" copper and gold mine in Alaska which is in the area where Jon fishes every summer.

Tree House Sketch

We have been learning about the perspective grid in Illustrator class. I'm guessing our next assignment will involve using the perspective grid.

I created this tree house today just for fun. Not with the perspective grid, but with the pencil tool mostly. If it fits with my next assignment, I will use this one as a guide for drawing it properly. Although I think it may loose some of it's character if I square everything up. If it doesn't fit with the assignment, oh well, I had fun today.

Revolutionary New Concept in Cleaning

A concept design for a product that doesn’t exist yet.

Invisibility Cleaning Spray doesn’t work like magic; it is magic. It will render dirt, grime and clutter invisible. It is formulated to detect clutter from normal stuff, so normal things will remain visible. It is ideal for quick cleanups when unexpected company arrives.

Develop the formula, and you could make a fortune selling this stuff. When you do, I want royalties for developing the original concept.

(image updated with some minor changes 4/10/2011)

A Turkey Vulture Pair

The assignment is to create two drawings. Use the same exact lines for each, but make them different by using different colors and different Illustrator effects.
All of my Illustrator projects so far seem to fit into similar color schemes. So for this assignment, the first drawing was made using my usual comfortable colors. He looks happy and content. For the second drawing, For the second drawing, I used a more neutral color scheme with bolder lines. I did my best to make this vulture the evil twin of the first. Although, I don’t think he looks evil; he just looks like he’s waiting for spring to come round again.