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This is the banner for my soon to open Etsy store. I still feel like it needs adjusting, but I plan on living with it for a short bit before doing anything too drastic like little pink hearts or maybe a small bear sleeping in the curve of the "C". I kid. I kid. No bears. Promise.
I didn't hand set the type which I may regret if any of my more typography crazy cohorts stumble upon my shop. I so hate being laughed at.
I've (finally) started scanning my images in this afternoon. If all goes well, they will be in the mail on Wednesday and on their way to me. Once they get here, I can open shop (barring any sort of heinous printing issue of course).
I am opening with a handful images and I will continue to add more as I work. This piece is about 5.5 inches by 8 inches. Acrylic and ink on board. I'm calling it "Whale" because I'm original like that.
This is a small corner of my desk. I've been sitting here for weeks and I never noticed the mess until I looked at this photo. Funny how that works. Perhaps I should apply the technique to the livingroom so it gets cleaned today.
I'm working to get as many pieces done as possible before my self-imposed deadline of very very soon. I'm having prints made to sell on Etsy and I don't want to have a meager selection if I can avoid it. Tea is gone. Time to work!
This is another illustration I recently created based (again) off an intaglio print I made in college. It's acrylic paint and ink on board and 9 inches by 7 inches. I wish I could figure out a way to reproduce the etched intaglio line, but I haven't managed to do so in all these years of trying. I'm sure I'll figure it out or give it up eventually.
I have a ton of images left to create. Back to it.
I worked all day yesterday and managed to complete 3 pieces. This one is a revision of an intaglio print I did my freshman year in college about 6 years ago. WOW. Time flies. That's crazy...
Okay, it's acrylic and ink on illustration board and about 7 inches by 9 inches.
I love this font. It's called Beyond Wonderland.I downloaded it yesterday along with a ton of other ones and failed to install them properly. After a bit of searching the internet I figured out how to install fonts again (I knew once and forgot after 2 days).
I know it leans toward trendy, but it's based on an old typeface, so I'm making an exception. Plus, it's perfect for my project.
During my four year stint in college, I generally avoided the difficult and labor intensive Communication Design classes. I had plenty difficult and labor intensive classes in my own major. After completely butchering the type on an illustration project I was paid for (it was printed on a bunch of things and distributed- yikes), I decided to take at least Type 1. I figured I could save myself from future humiliation. I'm SO glad that I did.
I had no idea how important typography was to our society...our entire world, really. I learned about horsey type and why I should avoid it. I learned to stick with the classics because I don't know enough about type to go out on a trendy limb.
I'm working on the typography for my next project (it's a big'un), and I've gotten the choices down to two.
Garamond:
ChopinScript:
I need to choose one. The practical side of me says to stick with the tried and true (and predictible) Garamond. The rest of me is completely and totally in *love* with that scripty goodness in the ChopinScript.
I think I have my answer.
P.S. I'm not oblivious to the fact that the "s" in the first example needs kerning. It's driving me crazy looking at it (even worse that I pubished it after telling you I took a type class). Oops. LOL.
I confess. It's no longer going to be a quilt. I'm not interested in quilting this thing. Not even a little bit. Maybe later. Probably not (can you say *daunting*).
I did tack the front and back and batting together at regular intervals (like a tie quilt I guess). I hope that measure proves to be enough when I have to wash it. Speaking of washing, time to get back to that laundry. Woot.
