I was looking around Etsy last night and felt that I had to share some finds from Bugs and Monsters. This seller makes all kinds of things, but I like the mugs the most. The seller hand paints mugs from thrift stores with original designs. What a cool way to recycle and make art!
Here are 5 of my favorites from ModCloth in no particular order.
This was my first “real world” graphic design work. Commissioned through ADS Media Group to do a poster for the Saucy September Evening. Which was also converted into a flyer and an ad for Valley Voice. I was just happy to have an actual paying job and put it in my portfolio. I finished the poster over a week ago but made the ad this morning. Let me know if you see any of these posters around town so I can go check it out for myself!
As a side note, I’m working on the photo and (soon to come) graphic design portion of my website. Please be patient while I get everything set up, nice and pretty.
PS If anyone needs any graphic work done let me know, I can help you out!
Frida with Dry Tree Branches, Coyoacan (1943)
We know the lady in the photo as the famous painter Frida Kahlo, but who is the person behind the camera taking the pictures? Lola Alvarez Bravo a female Mexican photographer who took many photos of Frida, nudes and social subjects in Mexico.
“Lola Alvarez Bravo (1903–1993) is widely recognized as Mexico’s first woman photographer. A pioneering figure in the rise of modernist photography in Mexico, she was a profound humanist who used the camera to chronicle the people and places of her beloved country over a remarkable six-decade career.” source
“I look for the essence of beings and of things, their spirit, their reality. Interest, experience, moral and aesthetic commitment, form the third eye of the photographer. There are those who focus on the landscape; I feel attracted to human beings.” —Lola
Alvarez Bravo
A couple photos by Lola:
El ensueno (Isabel Villasenor) (The Dream [Isabel Villasenor]) (1941)
Triptico de los martirios II /Triptych of the Martyrs II (1950)
Cute and original short video that a student did for character design. It took me a while to find a video that I liked, I guess I was just picky today. I want to get this blog back to its roots and do more art and indie posts. I’m going to try and do that [...]
I haven’t updated in a while so I’ll treat you to something cool, taaaaadaaaa: Now that I got your attention with a kitty, or is is a watermelon? We will never know!! This artist also has other crazy kitties like, strawberry cat, cherry twin cats, and bited apple cat. Here’s what been going on this [...]
It has been a busy two weeks! Here are some photos of my adventures. Maker Faire was awesome! so many things to see, almost needed two days to see it all. You can see all of the Maker Faire photos on Flicker, just follow this LINK. And yes, we saw Adam Savage! Then I graduated. [...]
I finished up my last final EVER yesterday! It feels like my birthday, I don’t feel older, but I know I am older. Of course I’m excited, but I feel like nothing has changed. I feel like I haven’t done enough work to get a degree. Silly of me, huh? I did want to show [...]
Taken this morning after waking up. I’m still groggy. Done with a high iso and it came out good and added to the feeling of waking up. I had this song in mind when taking the photos:
Just turned in yesterday, here is my second project of the semester for graphic design. It is an A6 envelope size folded like this: Now on to next project of making a 3d object with the same theme. We’ll see how it turns out! Update: sent out graduation invitations yesterday. Makes it feel so official. [...]
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