Monday, December 1, 2008

New Year sketch

In France it is customary to send New Year’s wishes. Often the images include Christmas themes but not necessarily. 

The rule is that you can send out your wish cards all the way until February 1st. (If you forget, don’t worry! You just write ‘HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!’ and you are off the hook until the beginning of March.)

Here is a card that I am working on for one of my private clients. She always gives me carte-blanche so I am really able to exercise my creativity. I am thinking about coloring their pyjamas with textile prints overlayed. I also wondering if I need to put the Dad next to the Mom rather than the daughter to avoid looking creepy. Any thoughts out there? 

Lastly, this will be a volvelle meaning it will be two disks superimposed over each other. You spin it around to reveal happiness messages. (It is similar to a slide rule. )
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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Hot air

Here is the color version. I cropped it and think it looks floatier. Now I am going work on the tree illustration. Then I revise my portfolio. Tomorrow packing and Friday 4:20 am taxi to airport. gulp. Friday lunch in Florence. 
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Monday, August 20, 2007

Beach scene dialogue for August’April in Paris’ strip

  • Frame 1: Geez, lets hope the kids don’t notice those topless French bathers over there.
  • Frame 2: Mince, j’éspère que les gosses ne voient pas les américaines qui mangent avec leurs doigts… en plus en dehors des horaires des repas! (translation: Shucks, I sure hope the kids don’t notice those Americans eating with their fingers… on top of that it is in between meal hours!)

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