Self Portrait

August 21, 2013August 21, 2013Leave a comment

You say, “But that looks nothing like you.”

I say, “Of course not. I have no idea what I look like with my eyes closed.”

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Little Bunny

August 9, 2013January 13, 2024Leave a comment

I made this one recently for a woman named Lydia Page in Reading, U.K. It’s to be the logo for her new baby gifts store named Little Bunny. She bought all rights, but I do have permission to show it off here on the blog. Please respect her copyright.

The font is Fredericka the Great and she wanted something in the style of an image I created awhile ago named Hug Bunny.

If you’re in the market for a logo for your company, or any other commission, I’d be happy to work with you. Just contact me with the details.

Illustration Friday: Robot

July 21, 20134 Comments

Robot

Staring at the TV

June 10, 2013June 10, 20132 Comments

Why are you not in bed?

Stare at the TV

St. Patrick’s Day Card – Final

March 11, 2013March 11, 20135 Comments

Buy It Here

Irish Setter 3
Irish Setter Interrior

Promo Postcard

March 6, 2013March 6, 20132 Comments

I just ordered my next set of promotional postcards. So, if you’re on my postcard mailing list, you’ll get one of these in, oh… a month and a half? Something like that.

Postcard #7 Front Postcard # 7 Back

Kiss Me I’m Irish – Version 2

January 22, 20132 Comments

Irish Setter 3

I wasn’t entirely happy with the last one. I like this one better. It’s meant to be the cover on a greeting card. Next up: The interior spread! 🙂

I certainly hope the CS6 version of Illustrator is much better with fonts than the old version I got a hold of. As it is, I’m using Photoshop CS5 for the text, and Illustrator CS2 for the vector graphics. It IS better with vectors than the quasi-vector tool (paths) that Photoshop has, though. So, that’s something. I’m also learning how best to use each for different parts of the image. I may break down and buy the new version of Illustrator, but only if I start doing enough vector work for it to be worthwhile. In the meantime, I’m just using it as a learning experience.

Kiss Me, I’m Irish!

January 16, 2013Leave a comment

Irish Setter 3

So, I’m trying to learn Illustrator. Here’s today’s results. The fonts are Chaz, Ache-Condensed, and Brandywine-Extended. I didn’t make the fonts, but all the rest is mine.

I’m not really that happy with Illustrator. It’s supposed to be the thing to use for vector graphics and text, but I’m only liking the vector tools. The text tools aren’t really working well for me. I ended up saving the image to a PDF and opening it up in Photoshop to do the text. Now, the disappointing text tool performance might just be because it’s an old version of Illustrator. Or it might be because I’m still learning my way around. *shrug* Oh well, it’s good for me to learn it, anyway. 🙂