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.
Category Archives: Photoshop
Happy Birthday Mom
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.
LetterHeads — It’s Inking Time
The inking has begun! Also, I asked Gab to think of another name for these things. He came up with the genius LetterHeads. Thanks, Gab.
I traced these in Illustrator, and my plan is to color them in Photoshop once I have them all inked. You simply cannot put the cart before the horse. The cart is coloring and the horse is a horse.
Oh, and here’s a video of the first inking. As you can see, I started out experimenting with inking styles, but I think I landed upon one that will work out well:
AlphaBeasts Part Five
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 Four
Allllllmost there! Just W X Y Z to go, now. I can see the Z at the end of the tunnel.
AlphaBeasts Part Three
Oh my gosh, I moved house. It’s been tiring, but not so tiring that I couldn’t churn out some AlphaBeasts.
AlphaBeasts Part Two
AlphaBeasts Part One
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.
Well-suited
This project was based on a concept that originated with my clever parents. They thought it would be nice if my dad could have some casual calling cards that he could hand out when the occasion called for something a little more lighthearted and personal than a formal business card. Because my dad is such a dapper fellow, their idea was that the card would have a suit illustration on one side, with his contact info on the reverse. Taking advantage of moo’s multiple-design card printing, we thought the tie patterns and colors could vary per card. Oh, fun! I came up with nine different variations on the suit design, with various colors, tie patterns, and pocket square shapes:
For the front of the card, I went with a simple, old-fashioned, classic design with a monochromatic color palette. I used the typeface Le Havre Rounded for the text.
As usual, moo’s printing came out very well and the process was straightforward and easy. Thanks, moo! My dad was really pleased with the results, as am I.
Cosmic Dancer Doodle
Happy Labor Day weekend, everyone. Get your sparkly boots and don’t you dare wash off your makeup for 3 full days of glam rock excess and debauchery! That’s how people celebrate Labor Day, right?
A little doodle done in pencil on paper, then colored (with much restraint and subtlety) in Photoshop.