The Sketchbook Project

I saw this trolling Craig'slist for jobs (sigh). It was up there since the exhibit will be coming to St. Louis next April. It sounds kind of cool. Sort of like PostSecret for Sketchbooks. 

If I understand it you: 

1. Send them $18 (There's always a catch isn't there?) 

2. Fill up the Moleskin sketchbook by Dec 1. 

3. Send it back to them. 

Then the exhibit of sketchbooks tours the country and has a home in their library where people can hold them and check them out. Also maybe get publicity on their website? 

Thought you might like. 

hmmmm . . . black and white . . .

Silly facebook

I realized I haven't exactly posted my very end of the year late night projects. Someone asked me to post this on facebook, and everyone loves it. I'm ok with everything but the bottom half of my face. Am I just being overly critical? (I did love working with the Caran D'ache watercolor crayons though. I'm hooked!)

Penland update: I ended up not loving the Penland experience as much at the end as at the beginning. I'm questioning my ability to actually enjoy anything. It was mostly that I was "cooped up" with the same teachers/students for more than a week without really anywhere else to be or anything else to do since it's so remote. It didn't help that how the class was organized didn't really help me learn what I wanted to learn. So I ended up frustrated at the end since I felt I could have probably learned almost as much with a library book and my mom at home. But everyone else said how much they loved it, so again my questioning my ability to enjoy things. 

Also hard for me living 24/7 with the liberal art community. I don't necessarily mind it, just not all the time. Ironically I didn't feel I could totally be myself. Didn't realize how much I was feeling that way until I left. May also be the city girl in me didn't like being in the woods the who time also. So it was a learning experience in a lot of ways. I underestimated the impact the people around you have when you're in a secluded area. It was sort of like the opposite of the Concordia bubble. Don't take this the wrong way, Adel I think it would be absolutely perfect for you. 

Job search update: I applied and got what seems like a very positive response from a local spanish newspaper who needs a part time graphic designer. Part time not good for health insurance, but maybe enjoyable. I'm surely qualified since I speak spanish (and they just counted that as a plus) and right now their publication includes stretched pictures. HORRORS!

Haven't heard anything from CPH. I'm completely fine with that. 

some of my covers . . .

this one the author wanted to have a her picture on the front cover . . . blah, the background of the picture made it look like an early 90's sr. picture photo, ya know? i extrated that baby! haha, i still haven't heard back from the author, i kind of think that she'll not like it, but whatever! i hope that she will . . . but its been my experience that when you do something they didn't ask for (even if it looks better) they don't like it . . . open your minds people!!



ha, speaking of an author not liking a cover . . . the author didn't like this one, and had me change it to a stupid, template looking thing, but this is one of my favs so far!



i like this one too . . . and so did the author! yay!


dittos with this one . . . i had fun designing it . . . the author had requested for a picture of a teacup and an accompanying spoon on a background of 'good and plenty' candies . . . which would have looked dumb . . . so, rather than doing that, i used the colors from the 'good and plenty' packaging and made a fun design! and the author loved it! yay! you win some, you lose some, but this one i won!



ha, here's another one where i didn't do what the author asked for . . . i'm still waiting to hear back . . . he had given me a regular old photo of stonehenge, but i saw this image on our stock photo thing and i couldn't help myself! it was too perfect!!! i really hope the author likes it!

teehee!