Unhappy Cloud

Inspired by a line from a webcomic.

"Good Grub" Logo

These are some logo concepts I'm working on for a fictitious food truck company. I created these for my corporate identity class, although they are less "corporate" than most corporate logos. :P The last one was requested by my professor, just to see how it would look. It's supposed to mimic the "Our Lady of Guadalupe" imagery. I find it pretty hilarious.

Muerte

Been a while since I've updated! I drew this up a couple weeks ago as a design to be painted onto a flask, and later decided to recreate it in illustrator. I recently used it in a self-promotional "design zine" as a school project (that I may eventually end up using as an actual promo piece, we'll see!).

Go Veg!

I've been vegetarian for over 2 years now and recently started a vegan diet (about 1 month in), so I wanted to show my veggie pride by making a shirt design. You can take it at face value, but it has multiple meanings.

I support this message based on personal experience. :P

I hope to actually get it printed soon so I can sport my veggie love. ;)

Self Portrait Redux

This is my illustration for a self-portrait spread I had to do for a class. This was back when I had a blue mohawk, which has long since grown out and turned purple. :P

Book Project Spread

For a school project we each created a spread for a 7.5 x 15" book utilizing specific pantone colors and the theme "Renewal, Regeneration, Renaissance, Rebirth." This is what I came up with. Ballpark Weiner is a favorite font of mine as of late. ;D

Smells like pie!

I was trying to work on a project for a class, but ended up goofing off and making a pie instead. :P

Dia de los Muertos

One project in my multimedia design class was to create an e-greeting or game using flash. I jumped at the chance to do something related to dia de los muertos, so I created a sugar skull maker! Here is a sample of the artwork I created for the project:

Click here to play!

Joe Prytherch Illustration

I found this artist's website through yayeveryday.com and fell in love with his graphic illustration style: Joe Prytherch

Self Portrait

Here is a quick self portrait I whipped up in Illustrator

The King of Macabre

I've been working on this portrait for a few months now, and I think I've got it to a point where I'm satisfied with it. So this is the "official" unveiling of a vectorized portrait I made of my favorite classic horror actor, Poe aficionado, and all-around creepy-cool guy: Vincent Price. :)

Here is the photo I referenced:

Eight-legged Freaks

Not a big fan of spiders although I made this illustration for a project, but ultimately ended up not using it.

"Blobby"

This little guy was influenced by graffiti styles and Japanese character designs. I've been told by different people that it resembles a flower or a cookie(?), but it is actually a "blob" riding on a cloud. But it can be a flower if you really want it to be. :P

They're Good for You

Have you had your daily recommended dose?

Celebrate Responsibly

Apologies for being a few days late (hey, I just started this thing 2 days ago!), but I wanted to share my small valentine's day contribution.

Introduction

Yay for shiny new blogs! It's like turning to the first page of a fresh blank sketchbook, which is actually kind of what this blog is meant to be--my digital sketchbook. I have another blog that is dedicated to my progress and research in my courses as I work through the graphic design undergraduate program at Georgia State University.

This blog, though, is mainly for digital creations, hand-drawn/scanned images, or links and things that I may find relevant. By maintaining this blog I hope to possibly refine my illustration [and, of course, design] skills as well as sharpen my abilities in illustrator, photoshop, etc.

I hope you [whoever you may be, if you're out there] will find my musings entertaining and maybe even helpful in some way. :)

- Xtine