I love alphabets, so I am starting an ongoing series of different alphabets with different themes.
First one, CHEESE. My favorite!
Pretty much the same pattern but in different colorways
Fishs Eddy
I have a dishware line coming out this spring for Fishs Eddy that I am super excited about! Good things are coming for 2009! I'm not exactly sure when it will be in stores, but I wanted to share the final artwork I sent to them as well as the pictures of samples that the art director sent me.
The finals I sent in were in greyscale
But the 3 plates + 1 mug are going to be in color for the real deal. SO...here are the samples (only have two plates):
Tshirt submission
T-shirt design submission for From Jupiter, the band for whom I did the cd album art (in the previous post). Check it out with the other designs that are also in the competition.
Current Update:
-got a few more weeks, well, actually 3 to be exact, at the Gap in the graphics department (I can't wait to see the tshirts out next summer---you have got to go out and buy some)
-have a kinda big project on the horizon, but not sure i can fully disclose any definite information
-looking for a job/keeping my fingers crossed that I can freelance at the gap
-getting my home organized and furnished (more photos to come)
-just enjoying being out of school
-looking for freelance illustration jobs, need anything? let me know lindseybalbierz@gmail.com
Work Ties...
My co-worker/supervisor at the Slide Collection, Kate Gilliam, asked me to do a tshirt design for her non-profit gardening group, Trees Not Trash. They do marvelous things in Bushwick (which is in Brooklyn for those readers outside of New York City area).
Trees Not Trash transforms areas of Bushwick into wonderful green areas with all sorts of flowers and trees. The tshirt is one of their main fundraisers to keep making Bushwick more green. I will let you know where/when these tshirts can be bought! Thanks again Kate!
While I am speaking of my coworkers, this weekend is Mocca, and fine illustrator and fellow slide scanner, Cat Lauigan will be there selling her totally killer zines. She has put together an awesome silkscreened zine, Cateyez, that she will be selling at table B45. She also graciously is putting out my postcards for people to pick up. I'm gunna go and so should you. Thanks Cat!
Xerox card for ICON 5
I was asked to illustrate a playing card for Xerox for the illustration conference, ICON 5. Each suit was given to a different New York City art school to illustrate. Parsons was assigned the hearts, and I picked the Queen. I really enjoyed this project because there weren't many limitations, which let my mind wander in various directions. These were my sketches:
The main hurdle with this assignment was to make an image that would create an interesting, as well as dynamic, image when it was doubled and flipped for the reverse side. I liked the Aztec one, but the AD pushed me to make the female bigger (which I agreed with), take out the ziggurat, and make the circle design smaller.
Took the Aztec Queen to a more refined sketch:
And here is the final:
Some News...
I got my postcards on Thursday, which is a relief. It took a mighty long time for them to arrive to me. I am pretty happy with them. I have been making labels to send out to art directors. This will be my second mailer. Does anyone want me to send them a postcard? Just email me lindseybalbierz@gmail.com.
When I went out today I noticed that all the tulips are in bloom at City Hall Park. They are so beautiful. I wanted to take a few pictures because last year when they bloomed, they had all died within a few says. So sad.
I sewed a whale. It's red.
The issue of Current came out this week with my illustration, along with my classmates' work. It is teeny tiny. But that's okay. It looks good. They spelled my name wrong, and it wasn't my last name they spelled wrong which is what normally happens. It was my first name. Geeze.
new stuff.
Yep. I've been working my little fingers this week. This is what is new:
The skateboard that I have been painting:
a stationary design in silkscreen:
Darfur poster
I still have to change some things around for this piece to make the concept and image gel, but you can get the idea. 
My illustration for American Way went public yesterday on the first. This is the link to the site. Can anyone find my name credited? hmm, because I didn't.
look here
have a good rest of the week!
The Scent of Astor Place
This below has been keeping me occupied for a good part of today.
My class has been working with Bond No. 9, New York based fragrance company, to create the design of their Astor Place perfume. One of us is supposidly going to be picked as the one that is manufactured (but I am not sure if that will happen). They finally gave us the official templates of the bottle shape to do a more finalized presentation. I am more excited about my design now because it looks more refined from my initial sketch. Plus I lightened up the green. I'll post both of them for you to see the difference.
first
final w/ their templates
animal skateboard
I am super pumped about this new skateboard project. I transferred the drawing tonight and will start the painting tomorrow. Gee, I haven't painted since Thesis, which feels like forever ago. But, I bought new paintbrushes because mine turned to crap from abusing them last semester.
For this project, I am using a simplified palette of blues and oranges. I have always loved a turquoise blue with a poppy orange. MMMM. I changed around my initial idea of doing muted tones due to the skateboard itself being this great blue-green color that I fell in love with.
Here is my sketch:
more to come soon!
American Way
This is the piece I did for American Way magazine for an article about the booming bamboo production in America. It is set their April 1st publication. If anyone is flying American Airlines around that time period, make sure to keep an eye out for the pandas!
Will this semster end already? I want it to be over with, but I don't want to do all the work that needs to be done. Thesis has turned into my never ending story...
The layout below is the rough draft that I have been following for all of my paintings and the eventual layout. Some things have to be tweaked in the actual paintings that I haven't changed in the digital versions.
I am also doing an animation for my final in motion graphics which is in conjunction with my thesis. I am animating the panel with all the factories. It should be fun...smog floating upwards...Herb running after the cars.
Sleep is going to be minimal in December.
Meteorite crashing in Peru
This illustration is about the meteorite that crashed into Peru that made a bunch of people sick due to the questionable smell that may have been given off by it.
Working on my website
something that will be the heading image for my new website:
Eeek! Thesis time...
Tomorrow is the first day of my senior year and we are jumping right into our thesis. These are some of the sketches from my thesis sketchbook.
New Project
This is part of a 8 foot drawing that I did for my final project last year in drawing/painting class. I have been itching to color it, and now is the perfect time for me to do it. Please enlarge the image below to get the full effect.
Show sketches...
...with a picture of my first painting in its finished state.
Gauguin paintings
Have you ever had one of those moments where you turn the corner of a museum and are just completely giddy with excitement to see the one painting you have always loved? I had one of those moments at Musee d'Orsay, where I just was in complete shock of the Gauguin paintings. He has always been my favorite painters since highschool due to his bold use of color. The Tahitian women have especially always captured my attention especially the one at the Met. I think the colors he incorporates into the skintones of the women is just breathtaking. Unfortunately two of his most famous paintings that I really looked forward to seeing were on exhibition in Seoul Korea. Hmmm....well, that gives me a reason to plan a trip back to France in the near future just so that I can see the two that I missed. Of all the artwork that I have been lucky to view during my time in Paris, the Gauguin paintings have had the largest impact on me.
something i did on the subway ride uptown today. i am coloring it now