VW Love.

Work in progress, obviously. This will be the main page of my website, and will be shrunk down and placed above the menu buttons on the other pages. Loving it!

Revisits.

revisit [riːˈvɪzɪt] vb (tr):

1. to visit again

2. to re-examine (a topic or theme) after an interval, with a view to making a fresh appraisal

 

When I find myself trying to change in a direction that doesn't feel right, I seem to revisit old love.

 

  

 

I wish I had a better camera. Soon.

"It only goes to show, that though life's pleasures are few...

I have a week off of classes, which is filled with working ridiculous amounts of hours at my part-time job back home, knitting, working on commissions, planning out my next moves, and of course enjoying good ol' Utica with my friends and crazy Italian-American family.

So I figured, hey, lets blog on the only morning I have off from work! haha

This week I plan on knitting a couple new hats to post on RetroSorrento, and finally figure out my website. I'm actually really excited to be attacking Dreamweaver, it's a lot of fun, but I know I can go overboard.

So here are some of the things that finished up my last fall semester at RIT:


This is the final image for my hot sauce label for my illustrative design course. I loved the way it looked on the bottle (image coming soon, as my professor has the bottle), although I'd like to go back in and define some of the illustration a little more for a portfolio piece.



This, also for my Illustrative Design class, is my magazine layout. I really like the way this one turned out, especially printed. It was a real pain to scan the illustration though.

And finally...



These are horrible images, but they are all I have and the only proof I have that I've finished this piece, since I'm 2.5 hours away from it. The bottom background is a bit warmer, a deeper red-blue, but I think you can get the drift. I absolutely love this, and it feels so good to have a piece I'm proud of after struggleing with what I wanted to show for so long.

I guess that's it.

Peace.

Wine.

So, for my Wines of the World course, I made a label for a Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc:



Obviously I was inspired by some poster art!

Retro Sorrento @ Etsy!

So I finally opened my Etsy shop, lookin' for some extra cash, although I have yet to upload photos of all the other things I'm selling.




RetroSorrentoArts

Other than prints of my caricatures I intend on selling hand made jewelry and housewares with my own crazy flare.

Here's a preview:

These will turn into pairs of earrings, matching.


And these will be sets of coasters.



On a side note. I need to fix my Duckies banner, it's really annoying me.