Polydesign's Blog

TWO BROKE GIRLS (AND THEIR CUPCAKES)

polydesign — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:07:01 +0000

For anyone who has seen the T.V. show Two Broke Girls, you will know it is about two young women (one a former trust fund heiress) who are struggling to get by in NY and dream of starting a cupcake business.

Well, having watched the endless scenes of Max (one of the characters,) baking and selling red velvet and coconut coffee (to name a few) cupcakes, I’ve become a bit obsessed with the need to eat and draw them. Also I found an amazing pink neon fine liner pen in the street and it seems to work well with something as froofy as cupcakes.

Enjoy my latest obsession!

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2012 THE SKETCHBOOK PROJECT (Obsession In Green)

polydesign — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 09:58:12 +0000

So I got involved in the amazing Sketchbook Project, which is based out of the Brooklyn Art Library. They send sketchbooks to the winning organisations (e.g. art schools,) and the participants (students) fill in the sketchbooks with original works. They then send them back to the U.S., where they are sent on an international exhibition!

Sadly I didn’t get to fill up every page, but here are some of the highlights:

Here’s the tour date list. If you’re in the area go see my book in the flesh!

Brooklyn, NYApril 14th-30th
Brooklyn Art Library
103A N. 3rd St
Brooklyn, NY 11249
Chicago, IL
May 3rd-5th
Hyde Park Art Center
5020 S. Cornell Avenue
Chicago, IL 60615
Portland, OR
May 11th-13th
The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel
1022 SW Stark St
Portland, OR
Vancouver, Canada
May 15th-16th
W2 Media Cafe
111 W Hastings St.
Vancouver, BC
Los Angeles, CA
May 24th-26th
iam8bit
2147 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
June 2nd-June 23rd
Pop-Up Shop

Greater Boston Area
July 6th-8th
LynnArts
25 Exchange Street
Lynn, MA
Portland, ME
July 11th-14th
SPACE Gallery
538 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04101
Toronto, Canada
July 18th-22nd
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen St. W
Toronto, ON

Philadelphia, PA
Aug 23rd-25th
The Painted Bride
co-presented with InLiquid
230 Vine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Atlanta, GA
Aug 29th – Sept 1st
MASS Collective
364 Nelson St. SW
Atlanta, GA
Austin, TX
September 8th-16th
Co-Lab Project Space
613 Allen St.
Austin, TX
Melbourne, Australia
November 10th-25th
NGV Studio
Federation Square
Russell & Flinders Sts
Melbourne
London, England

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COFFEE

polydesign — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:31:04 +0000

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CONTINUED FROM PART 1

polydesign — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:12:55 +0000

Part 3 coming soon. Suggestions for an ending welcome! (This is an old comic I drew years ago, but never found a satisfactory ending. When this is done I’ll start a more recent ongoing serial, I promise.)

Filed under: Illustration, Typography

AGDA POSTER ANNUAL

polydesign — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 23:12:01 +0000

I received this beautiful book from AGDA (the Australian Graphic Design Association) just before Christmas. A pretty nice early present!

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YEN/ TONI & GUY COMPETITION

polydesign — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:52:36 +0000

So this is my entry for the Yen emerging female artists competition. Sadly it didn’t make the cut, (I think there were some screen colour issues- live and learn) but I think it’s worth sharing. Enjoy!

Filed under: Design Events!, Illustration

TEXTY

polydesign — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:32:45 +0000

My Aunt kindly sent me this as she knows I like to use text a lot in my work. Obviously the exhibition date has passed, but it’s a nice chance to show off the work of Angela Cavalieri; we obviously share a love of using words in our art.

Filed under: Illustration, Image, Typography

SEA FREAKTURES

polydesign — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 23:19:39 +0000

Looking at a recent edition of IDN I found the work of Tiffany Bozic very inspiring. Her beautiful works of sea creatures reminded me of a sketch I made some time ago; it was inspired by old-style scientific illustrations of deep-sea life. (See below.)

And this is the Bozic piece that reminded me of my sketch… so detailed and rich!

Filed under: Illustration

FREE CONDOM PROJECT

polydesign — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:34:11 +0000

Discovered these as I was passing through the city today.

This beautiful packaging is for the Free Condom Project, details here.

My personal favourite is the one by Kill Pixie. (Top right.) Feel free to post your favourites in the comments!

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ART EVERYWHERE YOU ARE

polydesign — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 04:59:27 +0000

Filed under: Image