Solano County 2009 Crop Report

I have indeed been neglecting my blog, but fortunately not my work. Recently I completed a series of graphics for the 2009 Solano County Crop report. I was approached by the Ag Office Supervisor with the idea of giving this year's report a hand-drawn, old-timey feel. This year being the 60th year of the crop report, she felt it would be appropriate to do some sort of commemorative seal to use as a watermark, and possibly the cover, while also creating two maps: one of the entire county, and one of Dixon Ridge, which is this year's highlighted region. Also needed were small graphics of all the county's major commodities for the maps, and for placement throughout the report.

Reviews have been very positive from the Ag Commissioner and various county board members. This has been a very successful collaborative effort, as all of the graphics were hand-drawn by me, and all save one were digitally colored by Jeremy.

For the full report: http://www.co.solano.ca.us/depts/agriculture/crop_report/2009_2018.asp

For the Board of Supervisors meeting where the report is presented, it's in the 1 June 2010 video at 2 hours: http://www.co.solano.ca.us/depts/bos/meetings/videos.asp

Coat of Arms stuff

New biz cards arrived yesterday. Jer did a great job of taking my pen and ink, coloring it, and then inserting my calligraphy. Some of the info is a font, but some I did myself. See if you can tell which is which?

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.