Urban Mom Moodboard

I am creating a licensing collection titled "Urban Mom" for Mother's Day. This collection is going to be a play on Sex in the City meets daycare. I made this moodboard to create a color palette and overall feeling for the collection. This is going to be my March licensing collection, to bring to my licensing meeting. I am going to make these designs into Flip video cameras, greeting cards and bank checks. More to come stay tuned.

Sweetooth Blog Moodboard

This is a moodboard that describes my style as an artist and blogger. I am taking a blogging class right now that is teaching me how to make my blog better, so far so good. I'm sure you've noticed all of the changes occurring on my blog. It's really challenging because I am doing a lot of self exploration and writing, two things I'm not used to. It's a growing experience and I recommend this class to anyone who wants to focus and improve their blog.

New Work on Licensing Collections

The new year has brought a lot of change in my life. I have made one new year's resolution that I actually intend to keep. I am committing my self to making one licensing collection every month this year. I have been "working" on my licensing collections for 5 years now but never really gotten anywhere with it. I decided it's time to take action. My January collection is called: I Heart Bacon, and yes it's all about bacon. I actually started 2 collections for February: Cherry nice which is a mixture of cherries, cupcakes (my favorite thing to paint) and swirls. And a candy hearts collection for Valentine's Day.

I also have a wonderful intern working with me who is helping me update my website among many other things. I have gone through all of the collections I have started and organized them to see what I actually have. Another thing I will be working on is getting all of those collections up to speed and posting them to my site. My collections include snowman, Halloween treats, halloween monsters, birthday treats, Valentine's Day cookies and many other cool designs.

I am also attending monthly licensing meetings in the East Bay and it has helped me to see what other Licensing Artists are working on. I set a new goal every month and then we show what we worked on in the next meeting. It's good to have a support group.

Pimp My Pine Wood Derby

I just finished making my Birds and Bees show car for the AIGA Pimp My Pine Wood Derby Gala tomorrow night. I've lost a lot of sleep over this little car but I think it was worth it. 


AIGA SF will celebrate cars, their design and the need for speed with our Fall Gala: Pimp My Pine Wood Derby. The Gala will feature custom-designed pinewood derby cars created by our guests who can choose to donate them to the auction, or race them on our derby tracks for fame and glory.

The Gala will be hosted at The Forum at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on November 18, 2010. The event will feature:

• Hosted wine, beer and soda
• Silent Auction of “Show Cars”
• Live racing of “Race Cars”
• Raffle for prizes ranging from posters, restaurant vouchers and magazine subscriptions to a copy of Adobe CS5.

More Movember!

FYI I am featured on the Brute Labs Blog for my involvement in Movember! So Excited

Raven Works Logo Design

Logo design is the illustration of the business. It is considered to be the tool which gives the first impression of a business. Before starting a business much consideration is given to the logo design. The logo should be designed according to the name of the company and the business product. Logo design has many advantages including:

• Logo design promotes the business in the market.

• Logo design helps in attracting potential customers to the business.

• Logo design gives a unique identity to the business

• Logo design is as important to the business as the business name.

This is a new logo I created for Raven Works. Raven Works is a company that makes unique jewelry using wire weave techniques. In this design I wanted to incorporate the lines of the wire and the beads used in the jewelry. I recently did an artist Interview with the owner of Raven Works. This jewelry makes great christmas gifts I plan on buying some myself. 

Movember

So a lot of you have been asking about Movember. This is a picture of my team, everyone shaves their face on the first of the month and then grows a mustache to raise funds. I will be putting on some fake stashes to keep you all entertained. Please donate to my movember fundraiser! It's for men's health and cancer. Click here to donate: Http://us.movember.com/mospace/599330 And then click "donate to me" Thank you everyone!
Oh yeah, and the first 25 people to donate get a limited edition mustache print made by yours truly. Just ping me your address.