TGIFree – Poster Print Giveaway

I know I’m a day early, but this Freebie could wait.

I have a giveaway for everyone to check out and enter.  1 lucky winner will receive a beautifully printed 16×20 Poster from UPrinting.  For over 25 years, UPrinting has been a trusted leader in Online Printing , featuring its signature easy-to-use website and the famous free file review, a complimentary proofing service which requires no upfront payment. UPrinting offers convenient marketing support services such as design, lists, and direct mailing to help grow small and medium-size businesses nationwide.

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Job Hunt Progress

Well I thought that with all my free time I’d blog more, but I’ve spent most of it with family and away from the house.  Today I accepted a position with the Bossier-Shreveport BattleWings.  I never thought that I’d really fall back on my marketing minor, but I am. It’s exciting to have a new career staring at me. Hopefully this will be a place to flourish. I’ve been looking for a company to have a career and not just a job.  I’d say this organization has that potential.

Now for you avid readers.  I will still talk design, I just won’t be talking as much about my projects as I will my finds on the Internet and observances of life.  I hope to do more blogging soon.  I guess with the shock of me losing my job, I just shied away from my computer unless it was to print a resume or cover letter or coupons (Hey, every penny counts when your living on significantly less money that you were before.).  I will also be posting about my transition from designer to salesman.  Oh and I’m always looking for a few freelance jobs.  I’m rapidly setting up my office for a great part-time freelance business if I can get a hold of a few clients.

And lastly, I’m working of redoing my personal site, yet again.  Once I have some disposable income, I plan on purchasing my own server space and uploading a better portfolio, blog site.  Hopefully, I can figure out how to do all that.  Web design is not my strong suit at all.  If anyone has any pointers or great sites with pointers let me know.  I have great ideas, just not enough know how on getting it done.

Artist of the Month – Andrew Bell

For those of who that are reading and took Illustration at Tech, you were most likely required to write a paper on an illustrator. Well this is not the guy I picked. I’m quite ashamed that I chose an illustrator from my, at the time, boyfriend’s hunting magazine. Especially since I discovered this artist in high school and just forgot about him for a few years in college (Sorry!). I did however make him the subject of a web II project. I since then have been checking out his daily creatures and latest in prints, toys, and other creative merchandise.

Andrew Bell is an illustrator that had an illustrious career working for Nickelodeon (2000-2005) before giving it up to be a starving illustrator of his imagination. What started as a personal project to practice his illustration skills has tuned into a crazed following of imaginary creatures terrorizing the web, galleries, and specialized toy stores. His website, Creatures in My Head, has also evolved as his career has evolved. He started off with a black and white line drawing on a daily bases to a multi-step process of giving his creatures dimension and some days color. He currently resides in New York but came here from the UK as an elephant jumper in the zoo.

The images below display the evolution of Andrew’s creatures from day one up until now. I’ve also included images of his vinyl toys he’s created and some pictures taken from his Flickr of a few gallery shows he’s had recently. If you like his art as much as I do, check out his site and his store. i personally own his first book and just haven’t gotten around to buying the second. And for those of you that like buy people presents, I would really like his two sushi inspired prints. They would look great in my office.

Gallery Show 11.08

What’s Inside Gallery Show

Why the Long Face

Giver of Disease