One of my best friends agreed to let me take pictures of her in my new jewelry. I’m still practicing my photography, but I think I ended up with some good ones.
photos with blanca
May 2nd, 2010 by megan
some scribbles and a logo.
Mar 28th, 2010 by megan
My, how the seasons change so quickly…
Here are some scraps from what I’ve been working on in my spare time:
And a logo that I made for my mom’s basket business:
Maybe for xmas 2010…
Feb 9th, 2010 by megan
I set out determined to crochet this cool, 60’s-ish throw for the holidays…
Pretty nice WIP, eh? Well, its still waiting to fulfill its Christmas destiny. The pattern is really good and easy to follow (got it from Crochet Today! magazine). When I got bored of crocheting the snowflake part, I would switch to the blue hexagon part and weave the ends together. I guess I got a little bored with both parts 
No new year’s resolutions…
Jan 4th, 2010 by megan
But I do have some goals for this week:
1. Make a cardboard light box Done! Found easy directions here .
2. Sort yarn stash
3. Photograph 30% (or more!) of yarn stash
4. Finish other half of kitchen curtain
5. Post 3 sketches
monday morning sketch
Sep 28th, 2009 by megan
I saw this photo on some website and it made me want to copy the pose…but somehow it evolved into Mita. Well, whatever. Anyway, the model had a cell phone in one hand and a dude’s tie in the other. I didn’t want Mita to be standing there empty handed so I put a soda can in one and a hamburger phone in the other because her face sorta looks like Ellen Page. You’d be surprised how little control I have over these things.
Tip of the week: How to make a repeat pattern
Sep 24th, 2009 by megan
I’m always on the lookout for great repeating patterns I can use in my designs. I always wondered how to make those awesome hand-drawn style wallpapers without relying on a computer to do the math for me. Well, turns out you don’t need one (for the “math” part anyway). Design Sponge posted this great, simple tutorial on how to make your own pattern by hand, written by the talented Julia Rothman.
Tip of the week: DeviantArt resources
Sep 17th, 2009 by megan
I like to describe DeviantArt as “MySpace for artists” …and not in a good way. It comes with all of the popularity contests and drama that most social networking sites have. However, something that most people don’t know about the site is that it has a relatively large collection of resources and custom interfaces that users upload themselves and post for free. With a little bit of searching, you can find a ton of stock photos, tutorials on how to use various programs, application resources (Photoshop brushes & actions, etc), and even some well designed fonts. Although none of it is intended for commercial use, I always like adding to my basket of fun tools that help me get inspired.
logo in progress
Sep 16th, 2009 by megan
A good friend of mine agreed to design and create the jewelry for my wedding in trade for some marketing materials, starting with a new logo for the new name of her business. Below is the logo so far:
so much to do.
Jul 3rd, 2009 by megan
Only two more weeks until the wedding and I’ve been working hard getting the last few details in line. I’m excited that I bought a lot of our reception supplies on Etsy and made all of the paper pieces (invitation, program, etc) by hand with my little home design studio. I’m hoping once all this is done, I can start investing some time into making invitations and such for other people. Next month I will post all of my process sketches and (of course) the finished products of my wedding stationary set.
Since all this means that I have had almost no time to do any personal artwork, here are some birds I drew this year (yay?). The owl is my favorite from my birdie drawings and he’s hanging in our bedroom.
The retro bird has been a good go-to when I need an extra element in some of my design sketches.
southern comfort
Jun 23rd, 2009 by megan
For the Monthly Gargoyles Contest. The theme was “x-goyles” or something. As you know I love X-Men and I love Gargoyles, so this was a no-brainer. Didn’t win but that’s fine because I pretty much love this picture. Below is the first sketch I did that wasn’t quite working out (or so I thought at the time). I love that one too.
tools: photoshop
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