Girls on Film

Oh, how I miss those 80’s. Not really, but I’m fond of the music.
This piece is dedicated to Duran Duran.

Filed under: Graphic Design, Illustration, Print Design , 80's, blue, Collage, duran duran, film, red

Vintage Penguin & Pelican covers

I go to ffffound on a daily basis and see such amazing posts by other
creative members. But sometimes I’ll see something at a glance and it
doesn’t occur to me to save it when I’m just searching quickly.

I kept coming across the vintage Penguin + Pelican book covers and one
really (#1 with the orange stripes) caught my eye on there but I couldn’t
find it again, until today when I was on See Saw’s blog and through there
I came across the flickr set by Joe Kral. He has a sweet collection of them!

Filed under: Print Design , design, ffffound, joe kral, penguin covers, see saw designs, vintage book covers

Fayette County Tourism

I will say that the people at the Fayette County chamber office
are super nice. I’m actually putting together the new tourism guide
but couldn’t gather any new event information. When I called they
were really friendly and got back to me quickly with new winter updates.
Plus, if I was not from here I would probably really like this area.
There’s a lot of cute things to do. Just avoid the mall area.

Filed under: Magazine , fayette county, Magazine, tourism

Industrial Revolution

I finally finished my collage that I started on weeks ago.

Filed under: Collage, Illustration , airplane, Collage, grid paper, industrial, woman

Be Creative Postcards?

I got a special request the other day for my “Be Creative” #2 to be printed
as an 8 x 10 and 4 x6 cards. It made me think that once I create a couple
more in the series I should have sets of postcards printed up for my shop.
People have asked me to sell my prints as postcards but I am not sure if
I want to do that just yet. I think starting the “Be Creative” set first might
be a nice start!

Filed under: Print Design, Promotion, Shop , be creative, postcards, Promotion

Vivienne Strauss Collage

I couldn’t help posting this collage that I came across in Vivienne’s shop.
I just finished up an art history class and my favorite period was the Dada
period. Vivienne has a section in her shop called “daDA collages“  which
you can definitely see she pulls some inspiration from that period. She has
some amazing pieces but for some reason this one caught my eye. I think
I like the guy’s creepy smile and his blue tie!

Title: “He had half a mine” and is only $20

Filed under: Collage , Collage, dada, etsy, Vivienne Strauss

Get Noticed by the Blogosphere

I have been wondering that age old question: How do you approach
other bloggers without being annoying? I mean if you have artwork
or something you want to promote you have to get out there and just
do it. Liz and Kegan who are from the blog Design Glut answered
questions about how to approach different bloggers.

Etsy must have read my mind because they always have a good articles
but this one in particular caught my eye:
Etsy Article: Get Noticed by the Blogosphere

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Filed under: Promotion, Shop , blogger, Blogs, design glut, etsy, Marketing, self promotion

1978 West Virginia Map

September turned out to be one of my busiest months which explains
my lack of updates over here on my end.

A couple weeks ago I was going around looking for a chair to put in my
office. I am having terrible luck but I came upon the best looking map
for West Virginia that I have ever seen! It was created in 1978, the year
I was born and I bought it for a mere .50 cents. It looks very modern
with the choice of icons that they used. I could not find out who designed
it. I was really excited to come across this find.

Filed under: Graphic Design, Print Design , 1978, brown, design, icons, map, orange, west virginia

New Wallet

I received this wallet for a present last xmas. I feel the need to change things
up a bit and get another one. Not because I’m sick of it but I need options.
Here are a few cool ones I found!

Toddland Space Shuttle Wallet

This one is from Urban Outfitter’s

I could go for this one which would compliment the one I already have. This
series is from Poketo by the artist Christopher Bettig.

This is another Poketo favorite by the artist Sidney Pink.

Or this one from Mmsomewhere’s etsy shop. I like that it’s a simple, bright
color photo of a bike.

It’s a tough decision!

Filed under: Miscellaneous , artist series, designer, etsy, poketo, wallets

Connect with me!

I finally set up a fanpage on Facebook. I think it’s pretty easy to
post quick updates on there when I put new prints in the shop or
I’m working on a new art piece. Be sure to add me or stop by and
say hello!

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Filed under: Blogs, Graphic Design, Promotion, Reconstructing Ideas , art, design, facebook, mundania, Reconstructing Ideas, social