Posted by Julie at 1:13 pm CST
Mar
10
2010

What I’ve been up to? Creating a whole identity for my lovely soon-to-be sister-in-law, Theresa for her fresh new etsy shops: Lucky Hanks

For Lucky Hanks on etsy: an identity package!
Theresa makes some incredibly crocheted housewares & is about to launch a brand new line of soaps, shampoos & lotions made by her! It’s a fantastic little shop full of very useful (& totally reasonably priced items!). She based her company name on her two adorable pooches, Lucky & Hank but it’s also a cute little play on words regarding yarn! Her favorite colors are turquoise & orange. I came up with the header based on a photo of her two pups and once we were happy with that, I developed more of her identity suite:

Lucky Hank Identity Suite
Overall, I’m really happy how it all turned out & I know Theresa is too. I’m so excited for her new lotion & shampoo bar line—Get Naked!— that just came out! I’m looking forward to putting more Lucky Hanks stuff together.
Well, what about you? What are you working on?
Posted in: Whatcha workin' on?
Tags: etsy, identity, indielove, Whatcha workin' on?
Posted by Julie at 10:15 am CST
Mar
10
2010


proper
Posted in: weekly sketch
Tags: drawing, illustration, pen&ink, weekly sketch
Posted by Julie at 10:10 am CST
Mar
09
2010


Tonal Tueday: I dream of...
60s genies in the most fabulous mod perfume bottles. Divine.
Posted in: tonal tuesdays
Tags: 60s, fushcia, gold, mint, particle board, pink, tonal tuesday, wheat
Posted by Julie at 2:15 pm CST
Mar
05
2010


4x6: braincloud.
Posted in: 4x6
Tags: 4x6, illustration, postcard
Posted by Julie at 9:29 am CST
Mar
05
2010


friday5: week 39
Friday 5: week 39
Life is just running away with me. WHOA. & today: I am really sleepy. YAWN. Also: someday soon there will be sunshine & not poorly lit photobooth photos that are reminiscent the the early art of myspace portraiture. BWA. Happy Friday Everyone!
Posted in: friday5
Tags: friday5, photobooth, self-portrait
Posted by Julie at 12:59 pm CST
Mar
04
2010


"Flourish" by Yellena James
What’s in my lasersights of love this week?
- Homemade green tea lattes. Skim milk + vanilla syrup + green tea= yummy treat.
- The lovely lovely artwork (see left!) from the talented Yellena James. Go check out more visual candy!
- New responsibilities at work! I get to lay out one of the national sections of the paper and I am super pumped about it.
- Marching into March.
- Rock Band on the XBox 360—which we used to play all the time and then sort of stopped but played again recently! It’s still way fun.
- New yarn that I can’t wait to work with. I am cruising through the currently-on-my-needles project just so I can play!
What’s makin’ your heart go bang!bang!bang! this week?
Posted in: TiLT
Tags: TiLT
Posted by Julie at 10:15 am CST
Mar
03
2010


spanish doll.
Posted in: weekly sketch
Tags: drawing, illustration, pen&ink, sketch, weekly, weekly sketch
Posted by Julie at 1:35 am CST
Mar
02
2010


Tonal Tuesday: dream town
Posted in: tonal tuesdays
Tags: acid green, color palette, cream, fuschia, grey, pink, tonal tuesday, wheat
Posted by Julie at 11:52 am CST
Mar
01
2010

Oooh! A new series!?
Yup: it’s just a little section that will be updates on whatever I’ve been working on lately. It might be design, fine art or crafting. It will just be another little peek into my visual world and a request for a peek into yours! What have you been working on? Post links, pictures, etc in the comments and tell me what you’re up to, what the next steps are? Is it finished? Still in progress? Let’s help keep one another’s creative balls rolling.
Whatcha workin’ on?
For the first installment, I’d love to show you a quick little template that I created for my friend Hillary’s blog (byhillary.com) for her new series: Colour with a u
She wanted to illustrate color palettes (like Tonal Tuesdays!) for her lovely readers and described her design aesthetic as “Bauhaus with bunnies” and here’s what I came up with. She needed something that she could easily edit in photoshop without much mush or fush. So I created a simple black and white design that she would be able to change out super easy. She has a 3 & 5 color template. Go see it in action!

For byhillary.com: Colours with a u: 5 color palette.

For byhillary.com: Colours with a u: 3 color palette.

For byhillary.com: click through to see it in action!
What’re you up to?
Posted in: Whatcha workin' on?
Tags: design, design process, Whatcha workin' on?
Posted by Julie at 3:15 pm CST
Feb
26
2010


4x6: shatter
Posted in: 4x6
Tags: 4x6, gray, grey, illustration, postcard, white