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Happy 2012 (& Thank You too)

andrea — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:12:58 +0000

I made a thank you card / happy new year card out of the circles and lines design I drew a couple weeks ago:

I did the original circles and lines drawing with ink on paper. I added the texture and color in Photoshop. The type is from the awesome family, Novecento, a few weights of which are free on myfonts.

Circles and Lines

andrea — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:19:49 +0000

Thank you (thank you)

andrea — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:28:34 +0000

I had a birthday, guys! I’m 30 now, which means I’m officially an adult, which means that it’s perfectly acceptable for me to make thank you cards of kitties with kitty tails. I’m pretty sure this is a nice kitty with an evil kitty tail, but cats are so weird that you can’t really tell who is who. So I had a birthday, and this is the thank you card I made for people who were nice enough to remember me on my very special day.

I did this in pencil on paper, then I traced it in Illustrator and I colored it and added texture in Photoshop. The typeface is Le Havre Rounded.

My Hands are Peeing Rainbows

andrea — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 18:00:42 +0000

This is what I feel like when I’m feeling super duper creative.I drew it in pencil on paper, traced and colored in Illustrator, and then added some additional texture and stuff in Photoshop.

And here’s a video of that process:

LetterHeads Done Done Done!

andrea — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:22:24 +0000

I finished my LetterHeads poster and it is for sale at Zazzle! All profits (10%, so maybe a buck or two per poster) go to 826 Valencia, a nonprofit organization that promotes kids’ literacy, writing, and creativity. I’m making zero profit, except for the immeasurable emotional reward of knowing my poster is causing you endless joy and happiness. There are two versions of the poster, thusly:

I wanted one poster that was lower-contrast, and one that had a more contrasty oomph. I don’t know what’s going on with your decor at home, so I thought I’d better give you a couple options. Both poster options are 14″w x 24″h. The poster comes on a range of paper options. I recommend the archival heavyweight paper, which looks awesome. But even the cheaper options come out great.

My sweetie Gabe Danon wrote the excellent copy: “Welcome to the Land of the LetterHeads, a town full of shifty characters and boldfaced liars living in the margins of society. It’s a lawless town: there is not one sheriff and there is not one serif. They’re oversized, capitalized, and politicized — some are left-aligned, others right-aligned, and some fall right down the center. But in their own way, each and every one of them knows he’s justified.”

Go on over to zazzle and buy a poster! Oh, and before you do any purchasing, check out retailmenot to see if there are any promos you can use! Sometimes you can get 50% off of posters.

Please feel free to email me at andrea@plinkyplinky.com if you have any questions about the poster!

Mother’s Day Happened

andrea — Mon, 30 May 2011 15:35:40 +0000

Mother’s Day was a little while ago. I made my mom a card and gave her some tea and biscotti. Here’s her Mother’s Day card:

The typeface is Le Havre Rounded. I printed this out on my nice new printer and pasted it on folded white cardstock.

Happy Birthday Mom

andrea — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:48:34 +0000

My mom is awesome and she has a birthday coming up. We celebrated yesterday. I made my mom a card and got her a “My Beating Heart,” a plush heart-shaped pillow thing that is actually supposed to be amazing at helping one relax and/or fall asleep. For her birthday celebration brunch, we ate frittata, spinach, and cupcakes and drank champagne and had a great time.

I made the card using beautiful art from Briar Press — the rose flower ornament. And the typeface is Le Havre Rounded, which I love to use. I printed the card out and pasted it on some nice heavy folded cardstock to make the card.

AlphaBeasts Part Five

andrea — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:30:14 +0000

I made it, guys! You can see all the AlphaBeasts here: AlphaBeasts A to Z. Now all I gotta do is trace, ink and color in Illustrator/Photoshop and make this into a poster. Which is totally nothing, am I right? I may make the drawings into a poster, or at least a downloadable pdf, since I kind of like the handmade quality of it.

Again, all of these were done in pencil on paper, then texture and color was added in Photoshop.

AlphaBeasts Part Two

andrea — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:14:30 +0000

AlphaBeasts Part One

andrea — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:59:42 +0000

These started as doodles I did on an airplane. My big exciting plan is to finish the drawings, then trace and color on the computer, and then make a really nice poster of this. The poster will be both educational and entertaining (this means it will be edutaining).

These were done in pencil on paper and then I just added a little color and texture in Photoshop.