The Start of a 4 Day weekend

Began after classes today. It will be nice to be able to have some extra time to do some yard cleaning. I think we might have the financing figured out for my next year. I will probably have to pay $35 but hopefully we will get it worked out next week.

Just thought I would post my other seed packages tonight. I should post a few of my other assignments as well but I would have to convert everything and I am thinking I will save that for later on.

WOW...It's been a while

I know it's been a while since I have been on here. You all know how that goes....Life Happens sometimes. I wonder how many times I have said that? The second year of classes begin on the 27th and if I can't come up with the shortage of $3585 I won't be continuing on for my Associate Degree any time soon. Life really sucks sometimes and sometimes I feel like it keeps handing me the worst cards in the deck. Just lift my chin up I suppose and go on and try to make things better. I have applied for scholarships but I won't know about them until after the deadline of April 15th. Enough about that I suppose.

Here are a couple of the most recent projects I have been working on. I know I have quite a few finished since my last post but, thought I would just post the two that I finished up tonight. These are seed package designs we are to create. I decided to create at least three vegetables with the same design and probably another design for the flower package. I will also be designing a candy box, probably for extra credit unless it's for his next assignment. Not quite sure what he said it was for.

Another Set of Business Cards

I wasn't thrilled with how my first set of cards printed out. It could be the printer but it just wasn't working for me. I do like them but was upset with the printed results. I had to create a resume for the school to submit for a chance to redesign a web site for a local business. While making my resume I decided to redesign my card, letterhead & envelope with the colors I used in my resume. I am quite pleased with my final result and they even printed out like they were supposed to.

New Kit By Eryn Scraps

Eryn has finished a beautiful kit. Beautifully done Eryn. She also has some amazing freebies on her blog.which you can find here "Eryn's Scraps"

You can pick up "Love This" digital kit here at the KC Store.

Love this... only $6


A swirly, girly, glitzy kit for all your Valentines, and girl pages!

50 pieces in total.

Kit Includes:

6 Textured Patterned Papers		1 Shaped Patterned Paper
4 Textured Cardstock		2 Ribbon Styles (4 colours each)
1 Curly Ribbon Drop Shadow		2 Hanging Elements (with and without drop shadows)
2 Crystal Hearts		2 Puffy Felt Clouds
4 Puffy Felt Hearts		1 Puffy Felt Heart With Wings
1 Cupid		1 Frame
3 Patterned Brads		1 Journalling Block
2 Swirl Rub Ons		1 Love This Word Art (2 colours)
1 Quote		1 Sparkle Heart Cloud
1 Heart Tree Element		1 Wire Heart With Bead
1 Wire Word (with & without beads)

Feb Collab Kit

So I was bored and went ahead and finished this little kit...lol Don't forget to go to the links in the previeous post to find out how to get my part along with all the other parts to this kit.

New Collab Kit

This month I will be doing pieces to a Collaboration Kit for Kindred Creations. Stay tuned for a preview of my contribution to the kit. It will be available in the KC Store as a freebie at the begining of March. The kit colors we are using this month are posted below. If you would like to contribute to this kit come join the forum here: Kindred Creations.

A Couple Projects

I know s been a while since I last posted. Life Happens you know. Just thought I would share a couple of my most recent projects. The first two images are my new business cards. The third image is a Mandala I created and then used my art markers to color it in.

It's Been A While

I have been slacking and I know it. So sorry for those who come by to see something new. I do have a few things to post that I have done. I have several projects finished but I am only going to post the three I did this week. If I post all of them this post would be 2 pages long...LOL

For those of you that don't already know, Gunner is a daddy to 9 puppies. Dee Dee gave birth on Jan 1 2009. She had 10 but lost 1 pup. They are adorable and an image of a couple of them is posted below in a layout I made.

The first one we were to do a characature of ourself along with 3 items that help define who we are. The second one is the horse I did for the first one and I thought he was cute so I shared a larger image of him. The third image is a poster. We were to draw a zoo animal and I chose the Indian Rhino. Once drawn I took him into illustrator and modified him to what you see in the image.

Gunner's Going To Be A Daddy

Dee Dee is expecting her pups on Dec 29th. Here is a picture of Gunner and his Girlfriend :) I can hardly wait to see their cute little faces :)

Friday Full of Ice

Last night brought about some freezing rain. We were prepared for anything, so we thought. We survived the night without losing power only to lose it at 1:30 today. The kerosene heater ended up needing a new wick and I was refusing to go out in the weather to find one for it. We did have the stovetop and a small camp heater going and it managed to stay about 65 in here with that. At about 5 I decided it would only get colder in here as the night came so I ventured out into this icy world cautiously. Once I retrieved everything I felt we needed to make it through the night my husband phones me (at 5:30) to tell me they got the power back on. Looks like we will be ready if it goes out again though as we are expecting some snow to fall on top of the ice.

It just amazes me how beautiful and how deadly the ice can be. Today, I took the beauty and captured it. Here are a couple of shots I thought I would share. Have a wonderful and safe holiday season everyone.

Coat of Arms

I finally finished this project. I stayed up until 2 am last night working on it. I managed to make my computer groan a bit with the sheer size of the file though. I am fairly happy with the final result though. Tomorrow is the last day of the term and then 2 weeks off for the holidays. I checked and noticed, to my delight, that I was on the deans list and hopefully will be so again this term. I checked with all of my teachers and so far I believe it will be 4 A's :)

We had a bit of snow last night along with some wind. I think we ended up with around 5 inches on the ground. We are again under a winter weather advisory until Friday night. They are calling for freezing rain and snow. Personally I would prefer that it all be snow, keep the rain away as it makes for terrible driving conditions. This morning the drive to work wasn't all to bad as 2 of the 3 counties I drive through actually plowed the roads. I did, however manage to find some black ice across a bridge and found myself sideways in the middle of US 30. Two slides, once left then once right and I was back on track again. Others weren't so lucky to have come out of that without wrecking though. On my way home I noticed several cars had indeed landed in the median or off into the ditch. Some were unfortunate enough to nail the guardrail too. I am just so glad I was being watched over today.

We will be going to Kentucky for Christmas and from there to my Mother's. I am ready for a break from the normal routine around here. I have the laptop ready for the trip and will be emptying the camera cards as well. We will be leaving Monday morning and returning home the following or Monday. Now on to posting my latest, the Coat of Arms created for Typography II and for my dear husband.

Ending The Second Term This Week

WOW ! Where has the time gone? It seems like it wasn't long ago I began this adventure. I am still uncertain as to where it will take me but I am wandering my way through it all just the same. After christmas brings 4 new classes: Comprehensive Illustration, Electronic Drawing, Web Development with HTML, and Human Relations in the Workplace.

I am a bit behind in posting a few assignments I know. I just finished my final assignment for Design & Color tonight. I am still working on my Coat of Arms project though. Hoping to get most of it finished tonight though.

This first set of images are from Typography II. We were to create Salsa labels. This is where the pepper from my earlier post emerged from actually. The desire to create more realistic vegetables than what is in these labels.

The next set of images are from Design & Color. The first three are: Simple Figure Ground, Figure Ground Reversal, and Ambiguous Figure Ground.

This next set of three images are: Closure, Contrast, and Anomaly.

Thought I would share a little

I did this tonight in Illustrator. I was amazed at how real the final product looks. I have to admit, this program is amazing. It took a while but wow was it ever worth the effort.  Layers Magazine is where I got the tutorial used for this project: Beginner’s Guide to the Mesh Tool. If you have Illustrator I suggest you give this tutorial a try.

Recent Class Projects

I know it's been a while since I posted. I have been having some computer issues to say the least. My desktop crashed and I am just now getting it back up and feeling comfortable again. The laptop also had a fit and I thought it crashed as well. After walking away from it for a couple days, I went back to try and repair it only to find a little laptop fairy had already completed this task for me while I slept. It's working fine and I have no idea what it's problem was but as long as it's working I won't complain.

I do have a few projects to post and I will try to remember all of them if I can. I will also explain for what class above each image. Tonight I came across a great link I think I should share. We were to make ornaments for the tree at school for the tree for tomorrow. You can find the link here:  3D Color Burst Holiday Ornaments From HP . I made the teardrop ornament to take to class tomorrow (Design & Color).

This image is from last week's abstract creation assignment in Design & Color. We were to use a found object and use it to create a theme. Well I had planned all the elements out in my head, took all of the photos for this and then the color printer at schoool quit working and the same day so did both of my computers. This resulted in rethinking my project and a little searching for other printed materials to use that fit the theme. The first image is my original image, used for inspiration. The next is the Abstract image I created. I used as my found objects: crushed horse treats, grass hay, sugar, and bailing twine. I flipped the transparent sketch I had created and made a mirror image behind the word Equine. I also added depth with sticky foam to bring the elements, of the left media horse and the horse in the lower right corner, up off the page for depth. I also used marker for the mirror image of the horse drawn on tracing paper which is actually a pretty fun media when working with markers as it almost seems like a watercolor effect when you are finished. (*Actually, the abstract with the mixed media would really be the mirror image and not the other way around). I had planned to use other items related to the horse for this project but because of printer and computer issues this is what I ended up with and turned it in on time.

This next image is the other resteraunt mini menu we had to create in Typography II.

The next image is 5 Logo Remakes we had to do for Typography II.

This next image is the second image I did for the 3 color compostition for Design & Color.

Hello All

Thanksgiving dinner was great. My dear daughter made it this year. We had more than enough to eat that is for sure. I got some good pictures of the grandkids too.

I suppose I should have posted my last assignment. I need a better picture of one of them though. This project was open to a lot of imagination for a change.

Last Weeks Assignment

It looks like I forgot to post last weeks assignment for the Design & Color Class. I suppose it is better late than never. It's funny how my scrapbooking has intertwined with Graphic Design. I find myself using my scrapping tools to work on some of these projects. At least they aren't gaining too much dust...LOL

These first two images are of my organized chaos of a coffee table. This was what it looked like during the design process. I never claimed to be neat and tidy when working on something so I am certain you won't be surprised by what you see. These next images are the finals for the project.

We needed to do them as follows:

Text As A:

• Line
• Texture
• Shape

I don't think they turned out too badly. The small size thing is really getting to me though. I have issues seeing the small stuff. There is a reason for it and I do understand though a wee bit larger wouldn't hurt a thing..LOL

Mini Table Menus

This is one of the other projects for Typography II. I am in the process of finishing up the second menu. We were given the words for the menu. We had to create the name, the logo, and organize it all onto a 4 x 5 inch area. I drew the little pie, scanned it into the computer and then took it into Illustrator to finish it off.

The last billboard

Almost forgot to post this.

Design & Color

This project that I just completed actually turned out pretty cool. I am really happy with the end result. I started with a sketch that was 4 inches x 4 inches. I scanned it into my computer then played with it in Illustrator. Flipping the tail and removing the legs. I then scaled it up to an 8 inch x 8 inch image and printed it out. Once it was printed I then traced over the image removing some more of the detail. My final trace became the bare minimum of the image that still allows you to recognize what it is. There were a total of about 7-10 images before the final product.

I have also completed one for "Painted Ranch Designs." I have had this name for I think 6 years or more and have just now finished one logo for it. I posted this after the last Dragon Polish Logo.

Billboards For Typography II

Here are a couple of billboards we had assigned in class this past week. The first image is of a billboard I drive by every day. I remade this with the one below it. The second one, we were to design a billboard for our favorite radio station.