Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! Playing around with 60's style design.

Quick morning sketch

Sometimes it's nice to take a break from digital artwork.   

Work in progress

 Maybe I'll color her up, maybe not.  This is from a big book of Wes Anderson stills that is a really fun reference. I loved Moonrise Kingdom.

Get Well Soon!

For a friend with a golden.  He does not like the cone of shame.

Yellow Roses for Texas

I love a good excuse to use the state of Texas- it's just such a great shape.

Carter Creations-branding mockups

Whenever my mother and aunt work together on a creative project (they've written & illustrated at least 2 kids books so far) they call it, 'Carter Creations' with the tagline, 'Always the finest.'  When I wanted to practice my branding and company identity skills, I knew just what to call the business.

This is a jewelry and gift store because I couldn't find a better image using wrapping paper than the one above.  Overall I think it came out nice.  These prints are not recent and I was surprised how modern they came out with just a little recoloring.

And here's my earlier, rejected logo.  I thought it was just too difficult to read, even though I love that 80's style font.

Cards of encouragement

Some words of encouragement, in case you need them today!

Happy Easter!

Hope it's a great day!  I couldn't decide on a background for this bunny-cat, so here's a few!

How to get a beach body in just two steps!

Step two will shock you!

 All bodies are good bodies and everyone deserves to have fun in summertime!
I loved making this little character- I feel like she needs her own little cartoon or something.  I'm sketching up a little character sheet with different poses and facial expressions; expect to see more of her!

Hope you're having a great day!

Retro text effect quotes

Yeah! You got this!  I love anything that looks like cut paper or ribbon, still trying to perfect that cut and pasted look.

Too much text effects and overlays, maybe.  I love learning new tricks in Illustrator while coming up with logo or wording designs.  Sometimes I just want to use them all! Here, I basically did.  

Pastel vaporwave mood

Pastel vaporwave kind of mood today.  I really held back on the effects and gradients (only 2 in the whole design!) to get a more flat, retro feel.  

Happy birthday Sophia! Sophia is a color expert and one of my most favorite people.  You can check out her awesome work here: The Colorist

Hand sketch practice

Finished

Process-Moonlight Kingdom still

 Not perfect but fun pratice!

Happy Lunar New Year 2019!

Happy Lunar New Year!  恭禧发财 !