gosh, hot damn. i missed looking at andrew hem's work and i wish i could go to his show in washington that is going on now. his work seems to have evolved to softer figures, that are a little less angular, but still very powerful.
love mr. sartorialist
i try my own take of this with my yellow AA socks peeking out of my short jeans
adore = total babe + love the plaid construction + the tie's stripes + love that blue of the gloves + the scarf
where can i find this guy??????
big sad sigh about domino
Friday marked the last day of my freelancing as a CAD designer/print designer at Gap. I spent two weeks working with a print stylist creating many many prints for girls and boys underwear and pajamas for holiday '09. So get ready for next Christmas! It was truly a blast and I learned a lot. I was able to use what I learned during my U4ia class and apply it to the artwork I created in Illustrator. It was a good balance between being creative/drawing and being technical. I am hoping to keep up designing textiles.
So...the next 2 weeks, I am at 77Kids, new kids line from American Eagle Outfitters. It is quite an adventure so far! I am working as an assistant graphic designer in their graphics department. Check out their stuff!
toddler girls
boys
Who wouldn't want a banner of pennants strung across their bed?
Love it. 
from ohdeedah
Something I have been working on:
this is for jessica my other art school girl at a.a.:
perfect representation of art school girls, especially for ones in nyc. love the pearl paint part.
I started freelancing at the Gap yesterday. I am doing CAD design for kids/toddler sleepwear and underwear. It really has been a blast so far. Some challenges, but I am getting paid to draw all day, which is wonderful! I can't show what I have been doing, but these links are examples of how my textile drawings would be applied to underwear and pjs.
this http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=6392&pid=621589
this http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=6470&pid=621555
that http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=7079&pid=625133
Back up and Running
I got back to nyc Sunday and I brought my computer to TechServe the next day. Must say...best $400 I've spent in a while. I have a functioning computer just in time for the new year. Clap Clap Clap!
I went home to a new house this Christmas but many of the same traditions that make Christmas special for me still took place. Some yearly Christmas doings:
luminaries:
It started in Buffalo, NY when my mom was little and we still do it every year...used to put candles in sand-weighted brown bags, but they, according to ed, "got stuck in the snow blower and bag shreds were around through the first thaw." So now we do them in milk jugs. tada!
It's always Amy and me that freeze our butts off, while Kate watches from inside. This year, gotta give her credit, she helped us light the candles.
From the front.
we leave them lit overnight and hope that a few are still lit by christmas morning.
our 'after-christmas-mass-while-we-still-look-nice-but-before-pajamas'
christmas picture:
christmas picture after mass on christmas eve...usually the seventh is the charm
Since I am the only one who knows how to do automatic timing, I am always running into the picture...
awkward
awkward...
ed looks like he's gunna head-butt the camera
two good ones
#1
#2
Tada!
Happy Holidays!
Oh sad day. My computer just went caput while I was in the middle of working on this really fun textile design that I was going to bring into U4ia. UGH. After trudging to the only appointment at the Apple Store at 6am on Friday, I was told by Tim that my hard drive is fried. So, I have no computer right now, until I get back to NY after Christmas. Then I have to get the HD replaced. :(
The blog header I made is up now---runoff.wordpress.com
but not any of the writer's entries....that is still to come.
Kate + Cory
Awhile ago, I went to a photo shoot for an article in BonAppetit featuring my friend, Kate, from the slide collection.
It's now online.
Go check it out!
A blog header I did for an old highschool friend. Link to blog to follow...
final
sketch
Some more by Julia Pott--awesome
reminds me of when I sent a valentine through the mail to my 3rd grade crush, matt salata. yes, matt, I had the hots for you in third grade.
Cute
by illustrator, Julia Pott
...and some sprinkles on top
I'm getting things in line. In little neat packages, both mentally and with my christmas doings. A little more than a week away until I go back home to Cleveland for Christmas and two more classes of my CAD design class. I'm working on an illustration for an old highschool friend for the header of his writing blog that should be done by this week. I have discovered Etsy as the go-to place for unique Christmas presents and have done the majority of my christmas shopping. I hung up a cute santa on our front door (compliments of my aunt) and amy and I baked all of tonight. Here are the cookies I made :)
It has been about 5 months since my grandpa passed away. I was walking to the gym the other day and a funeral procession drove past me and it made me realize, the last time I saw a funeral procession, I was in it. It was a hard moment, and made me tear up a little. That was a hard day to track back to. Well, my mom recently sent me a picture of my grandpa's marker and I was debating whether it would be weird to post. But to hell with it, I think it's beautiful, an unexpected artform, and a handsome tribute. 
I have to show something legit for my class tomorrow, and well, thought I should post it up here to show that I am indeed legit. Yeah, 40,000 a year legit.
Darn you Mr. Sartorialist. Everytime I look at your blog, I want to go travel the world and be as chic as the people you photograph. 
