cd artsy smartsy

(you thought i was going to say artsy fartsy, didn't you? TRICKED!)

[i want to be cool like husband and share some work that i've done (or am doing) in real life.]

meet stephen.

he makes music.

good music. and that's hard to find, you guys!

i've known steve for a long time and was thrilled to be able to help him with some art concepts for his upcoming ep:  five songs written by the soul of the earth

i thought it would be fun to go with a sort of storybook theme with simple line drawings and solid colors.

i really like how they've turned out.

the best part? i got to listen to stephen's ep early for inspiration and here's a link to listen to some of stephen's other demos.

click here!

(my favorite is "these double sided laser beamed robot boots")

if you live in utah and would like to check out stephen live, in person (and technicolor) - he's having an ep release show on october 12 @ 8 pm. it's at the barn (339 N 700 E, provo, ut) and it's free!

please come!

Thank You

So Natalie and I finished our Ornaments & Embellishments class from Nicole's Classes. The homework challenged us to "put it all together" and use several of the techniques that were covered. I decided to try my hand at flowery thank you cards since that isn't a style that comes natural to me.

I was very happy with how they turned out. Even if this isn't a style I plan on using a lot it is always good to try something new! 

je t'aime means i love you

i've been pretty MIA from the blog lately...sorry about that.
here's a sweet wallpaper for all you loverssss out there.

this one goes out to jonny boy.
love.

(it's a white wallpaper...sorry)

whatevs (now in two flavors!)

I dedicate this to all my fellow vinyl-listenin', skinny-jeans-wearin', mustache-groomin', bicycle-ridin', Instagram-usin' hipsters. Oh, and Natterbubs.

Being married to Natalie has taught me (among other things) that I'm WAY more of a hipster than I'd like to believe. But I guess that's not necessarily a bad thing. I save a ton of money on razors.

I did two color schemes to try to mix things up. Personally, I like the blue.

little blue bowties

it's another patterned wallpaper from me. are you surprised?

this little baby is a product of my participation in nicole's classes. 

(jonathan told you a little about it in the previous post.)

can you find the little, blue bowties?

hope you enjoy!

Traffic

So we're signed up for an Ornaments & Embellishments course through Nicoles Classes. They're a great place to go to learn more about Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, and Photography. This will be the third Illustrator class I've taken with them and I have loved them all! Every video lecture I've watched has had at least one "Ah ha!" moment that shows me a new trick for my designing arsenal.

Anyway, I was practicing making symmetrical objects and designing to a grid as part of this week's homework. I'm not entirely sure what I will do with all these traffic themed elements, but I'm sure they'll come in handy some day.

It's a 1024x1024 design, so you could still use it as a background on an iPad I guess. As always, feel free to suggest project ideas for Natalie and I to work on!

watch out for falling houses!

here's some wise words of advice from your friendly neighborhood wicked witch: