Wings of Speed

Wings of Speed, originally uploaded by psychopooch.

Finally got to finish another project! A friend of mine made a special request for his BFF. She's training for the NYC Marathon and it's his way of showing support. I hope she likes it as much I as I enjoyed making it. Just wish I had completed it sooner. I'm really back logged on projects. Sometimes I feel like I need a set of wings myself to speed me up. Hope to have more of these made...soon. I liked this so much I think I'm going to offer it in mylittlestore on Etsy. Maybe other folks have a marathoner they want to give this to as well ^_^

Oh, and like my dessert necklaces, this started out with a digital illustration. As you can see, the design was simplified along the way and two versions were sketched out. My friend left it up to me to decide whether or not to make it with wings. I'm glad I went with the winged version.

IF: Double

Illustration Friday: Double, originally uploaded by psychopooch.

Double, for Double Happiness or 囍.

It's a set of illustrations I did for a friend's wedding. I'm finally allowed to blog this since we were waiting on friends we have in common to get it in the mail first. I designed their wedding invite as a gift to the happy couple. Saves me the trouble of having to look for a gift. Plus, this was fun!



The invite was designed to be 2 sided. One had English with the couple in a westernized wedding outfit. The other was in Chinese with them in a traditional Chinese wedding outfit. The RSVP included the happy couple (well happy if you replied yes) as well. Click here for slightly larger image.



As part of the set, I also created directions to go along. Like the invite, it was 2 sided. One to the Church and the other to the reception after wards. This was definitely a nice break from the typical stuff I do at work.

Clarissa

Clarissa, originally uploaded by psychopooch.

Not my design. Just something I did for a fellow designer friend (who happens to be a pretty awesome artist). :D

He did a sketch of a flower for his little girl. I took his sketch, reinterpreted it slightly and created this little set for her. One she can wear when she's older and the mini for (dare I say it?) her future American Girl Doll. Or she can wear the mini charm on a bracelet. I need to thank my friend be being so patient with me in getting this done. ^_^

Monday Artday: Friendship

Monday Artday: Friendship, originally uploaded by psychopooch.

One of the joys of living in a cheap apartment in New York is all the little friends it can come with. This was especially true of the old apartment I had in Brooklyn. On occasion, my dog Zucco would make a few friends during the day. I don't know what's worse, coming home to him playing with a giant waterbug or evidence he had a bit of a protein snack. I'm so glad my current place doesn't have little friends for Zucco.

Also posted at Monday Artday.

Bling Bling

Bling Bling, originally uploaded by psychopooch.

No Christmas present to myself this year. Instead, I made something for my boyfriend's 4 and 5 year old nieces.

One of them asked for a "diamond" ring this Christmas so I whipped this up for her and her cousin. We think they would have been perfectly happy with Ring Pops but figured this was a better alternative. Plus, I happened to have the beads lying around and never quite got around to using them. I hope they like it. The bead spins and I made the band expandable so they can still wear as they get bigger. I kinda wish I had an extra bead so I can make one for myself. ^_^

Regift

Regift, originally uploaded by psychopooch.

Ever since my friend Anna and her husband moved to Korea, they've been traveling all around Asia (Anna's blog). On one of their trips to Saipan, she brought back some beach glass and bits and pieces of coral for me. She definitely knows my weakness for collecting beach stuff.

For Anna's birthday I decided to make a little something for her with some of the beach glass she's given me. Had fun making this necklace since it's a little different from stuff I normally do. It's also gotten me motivated to work on some more projects. Hopefully new stuff will be posted soon!

We're Going Bananas...

We're Going Bananas..., originally uploaded by psychopooch.

Had some fun recently designing/illustrating a baby announcement card for friends. The happy parents had a few ideas in mind of course. We finally narrowed it down to this one. The finished piece was printed on 300 gsm archival rag paper with pigment inks, hand trimmed and paired with a chocolate brown envelope.