My theory

My theory is that IF my ears are warm, then the rest of me will be. These are the wonderful head wraps from the lovely bitsyblossom on Etsy. They fit like a dream and arrived in less than 3 days.

so cool

By Under Pressure Screen Printers in Austin Texas.. A Texas State design grad started up the business this year. If you live in the Austin area - you've got to check these guys out. (They screen print posters too!)

doves

This is a version of a gig poster I made for one of my favorite bands, Doves. Another version has their name and the gig information. I made the birds in Illustrator - my new obsession.

hering_number

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this is the number card. Any ideas?

Card Deck (hering_back)

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This assignment, my last in Type class, asks that I design the back, number and face cards of a deck of spotter playing cards. Read more about spotter cards. I really love the idea of blue prints and buildings combined with font faces.

Festival International de Louisiane

A copy of my latest poster for Festival International. I drew the "swirls" and painted the rest in PSD. My text is based off of the festival logo.. I traced it in illustrator and brought it into the project. :)

I had so much fun making this. What do you think?

flip happy crepe ad

An ad for flip happy crepes in South Austin. There is a new trend for airstream trailers serving gourmet food. The other restaurants {who have also opened other austin locations} are Torchy's Tacos and Hey Cupcake!

Id like to give a shoutout to Torchy's: I had the dirty sanchez last night and loved every bite. {im looking forward to my left over queso tonight.}

Anyway, focus on the veggies.. Do they look good, rotten or both? I photographed them in my apartment one afternoon with a point and shoot camera. Now im left with a bunch of vegtables because the grocery store woulnt let me buy just one of each.

question: did I get their brand right? They didnt really have a set image so I went with something subtle. Im thinking about sending it to flip happy {im sure they get that kind of stuff all the time} for some critique. The food I used was in the category of healthy, not stuff for crepes. Grape crepes? gross.

trust me

This project asked me to illustrate my average schedule with type. I used the image of the old style mic because of the romantic way I feel about journalism and its roots. The words making it up are words like age, beauty, clothes, eat, write and youth. {just a side note: i changed my major and it seems that i've never heard as much about beauty as I have in my most recent electronic media classes. So as a result, I think about my "look," how I'll age, or if I look "camera good" day and night} I used helvetica, because it has millions of options.

Because I know that looks arent all {i hope} people care about, I still think about my reputation as a journalist. enter: "Trust me" I feel like I should add a "." at the end of that statement.. What do you think?

expressive shoes

expressive type. Im not supposed to tell you that this word is sassy. But since I feel like holding your hand, Ill also say its a shoe. definitely my favorite of the three (brilliant idea jackie)

letter{mark}

I havnt decided if this should stay as is. Newton, my type prof, said I should make "h" italic.

What do you think? I used baskerville, my favorite.

Laura Marling gig poster

A gig poster dated 9-19-09, which happens to be my anniversary too. I was inspired by both dawn houser and laura marling's album alas I cannot swim.

I thought I would never, ever associate with someone born in the 90's but I guess its ok ;)

I used magazine paper and a cool font face called cooper. its very austin.