Still working on the mark for elske, here is some more progress. I liked the overlapping colors from the last post and thought it made a nice flower shape, so i did some exploring with that.
This is what I came up with. ta da.
August 10, 2010
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The Logo Dev
By Andrew Simpkins in Creative, Design
August 9, 2010
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A logo idea
By Andrew Simpkins in Creative, Design, UncategorizedElske has gone to long without a logo. In the next couple weeks I will be posting some logo ideas/concepts. Some with very little time given to them and some with lots of time. My goal is to make various design and get a reaction to them. Some will be bad, some will be really [...]
August 2, 2010
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Terrarium Time!
By Andrew Simpkins in Crafts, Creative, Design, PersonalMy wife and I had been wanting to make some terrariums for some time now. So we finally got down to it, and made it happen. We found some nice little jars and a bowl at the Crate & Barrel outlet, picked up some plants plus a little moss. We mixed them all together to [...]
July 7, 2010
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Since I’ve Been Gone
By Andrew Simpkins in Creative, Design, Print, UncategorizedI’m so sorry for not posting, but I’m back to it. Things have been really crazy for the last couple months. The main reason I didn’t post was that I was getting married. And all of the preparation and planning was a lot to deal with, mixed with work and some fun, elske was put [...]
February 28, 2010
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DIY Lighting Setup
By Gabe in UncategorizedIt was 6:30AM on Saturday morning and I was wide awake. There was no hope of me falling back to sleep, and believe me, I tried. I hopped out of bed, and while enjoying my Saturday morning coffee ritual, I thought of how nice it would be to take photos of old print design pieces [...]
February 20, 2010
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Manatee
By Andrew Simpkins in UncategorizedI made this a while back, but I thought I could still share a little sea cow love. Thanks
February 9, 2010
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Letterpress Update
By Andrew Simpkins in UncategorizedI received the ink rollers for my press and got some nice orange ink. I spent some time learning to set type and trying to get a even print from the kelsey. There is a bit of a learning curve, but I think Im getting it. Here is a picture of the rollers and some [...]
February 7, 2010
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Ink
By Gabe in UncategorizedJust wanted to share a recent sketch which I went ahead and inked. Still trying to find the perfect inking brush. Currently using a No.2 Series 7 Winsor & Newton.
January 25, 2010
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Fun with the Letterpress
By Andrew Simpkins in Creative, PrintSo I’m a set of new ink rollers away from a fully functional letterpress. My little Kelsey 5×8 is looking good. I bought a typeface of ebay, so I thought I would show you what that is like. 10 pounds of 24pt. type is the coolest thing in the world! I’m really looking forward to [...]