Work, work, work

We have been up to our eyeballs in work! Which is a good thing, but crazy when it all hits at once. I designed some new biz cards, which Jer is coloring fantastically, and have finished all but the painting of my coat of arms. This week he has also had me working on logo ideas and lettering for two different clients so far, and I still have one more to go... that's due today, in fact. I wanted to take a minute to update this anyway.

When the new cards are done, I'll post them up here- they are going to be great!

Accardi's Logo

Here I find myself cross-posting again, but that's okay. I think Jer and I can link back and forth all day long and it's acceptable.

We recently did a logo for the Accardi wine bar/cafe in Dixon, and as it so happens, they picked one that was completely hand-done by me.... well, it was scanned and tweaked, but the initial work was all mine. Jer has a way of taking whatever I sketch and making it look wonderful. The client is happy and so are we.

It also seems that I will soon be adding "herald" to my illustrator resume. I don't want to say too much until things are more certain, but I've been working on a coat of arms, and may be given freelance work painting coats of arms for people who need them. I will think of it as theoretical until I get the first actual job. When I do, I'm sure I'll be posting finished ones up here for perusal.

Actual Work

Jeremy has posted a new entry highlighting the new Merchant & Main sign for Attitude Adjustment Hour. Check out the link; he posted the finished header as well as the initial designs.

More background-y stuff

My fab and talented husband has created yet another background utilizing my CropMarks ambigram. He can do that whole collage thing that I stink at, and it always turns out beautifully.

In other news, we have collaborated on a project for Merchant & Main. The signs should be up soon, and then I'll be able to post a link to the artwork. I drew a 40s style guy with a clock for a head, and Jer turned out a fantastic design reminiscent of old baseball park style.

More artwork to come soon, I hope.

PVC (but not what you'd think)

I just finished a few sketches for a logo for someone who is in the photovoltaic cell business. This is my second project involving putting hands, arms, etc., on a thing (the first was "Puzzie" for the Jordan Ralls Foundation), and apparently there may be another one in the works soon. I find it interesting that people are really into this anthropomorphic inanimate object idea. Now, I'm not down on those who like it- I mean, for me a job's a job, and if that's what someone would like, and they need an artist to get it out for them, I will by all means do it. I'm just kind of amused at the little characters that come out of these kind of requests. Cool, friendly, innocent, angry... you can make these little guys represent anything that the person wants you to feel about this object and its association with their business.

My two-and-a-half year old son watched me pen the new characters and pointed out what each one was. "He's happy!" "He's funny!" "He's cool!" (The last to the one with sunglasses). I guess that means I did a good job. Maybe I'll be able to post it when the client decides which one to go with.