I while back I designed the logo for this year’s meeting of the Canadian Society for Brain Behaviour and Cognitive Science. The tote bag and the t-shirt both turned out very well, however Mike and I got around to using the tote bag for groceries before I could get a nice photo of it. So then last week comes around and I think “I should take a picture of that, too bad it’s so wrinkly.” So I did what any person would do with something wrinkly: iron it.
Bad, bad idea. I know that they’re made of polyester, and I had set the iron to an extra low setting, however when I just touched the iron to the bag they immediately became one. Thus I now needed a new bag and a new iron.
The new iron still needs to happen, but luckily Mike was able to snag an extra bag from the psychology department this week and I finally got around to taking a photo, no ironing required.
That’s right, I took the time to erase the background and make it fancy
I’m working on the o-week t-shirts for the new class (though the second years get to wear them too, so I must say I had a little bit more of a vested interest in making them super spiffy). The idea from the committee was a play on the musketeer’s all for one and one for all motto, since after all, this is the class of 2014. Get it? 1-4! 14! I based it off the classic movie poster from way back when, except I made them doctors. Sort of. They are if you look close.
All doctors should wear extravagant hats with giant feathers. I swear, the style should be brought back.
Mike and I painted our kitchen last weekend. Nothing exciting, it’s the same grey off-white as the rest of our place. No pictures yet though, I’m working on it, Nina.
I was commissioned by one of the psychology labs at Dal to design a new logo for their lab. They do a lot of work in schools so they wanted something that they could put on their letters to principals and something more colourful for posters and their website.
This is just another quick thing I whipped up for a document on inventive ways that children can make instruments at home. The idea is that they can string up different kitchen utensils and pots of different sizes to create different tones.
The other idea included in the document is about making pan pipes out of PVC pipes, which I think is also pretty cool. Though I know a variation of that (not included in the document) is to fill up a bunch of beer pop bottles with different amounts of water.
I must say, this is the first time I’ve broken out the watercolours in quite some time.
Maybe I’ll be more inclined to do some more illustration work.
I’m working on the cover illustration for a journal, which is good because it is forcing me to whip out the old pencil and paper. This is the preliminary sketch, not super high quality (but not bad for a phone photo). The plan is to colour it later today so we can get the issue out this week. I haven’t decided if I’m going to colour it on the computer or, heaven forbid, watercolour. Only time will tell.
This is an illustration I did a while ago, but I never got around to scanning it until now (my morning off). It’s the bones and some of the muscles of the hand. Hands are one of my favourite anatomical things, there’s just so much complexity in such a small space.
Making a headboard has been on the to do list since about the time I moved in. I inherited a box spring and fram from my family, but being just a frame, it was really plain. I’d seen lots of cool ones online and figured “it can’t be that hard.” I even borrowed a staple gun from my parents (this was about 4 months ago). So finalllllly I got around to getting the rest of the supplies this weekend and Mike and I set about the creation of our masterpiece. It’s made out of MDF, with thick polyester upholstery foam and dark brown vinyl covering it. The buttons I bought and covered myself. For the project we also bought a drill and I must say, I’ve taken quite the liking to the drill. I can see how men people get very attached to their power tools. Though the mechanical staple gun was not easy to use. In fact, I was unable to use it, so it’s a good thing I had Mike around, because I obviously seem to be lacking the upper body strength to use such a tool.
Unlike most of the instructions I found on the interweb, we didn’t attach it to the wall because the metal frame had holes in it to attach a headboard. So we just drilled corresponding holes and then bolted it together. It’s crazy how much of a difference it makes in the room.
Headboard + Brenda modelling on the bed
I’m always in a constant search for a project, so when I noticed that a ultra-cool kitchen faucet was on sale, I thought, “ooooo, I could use a fancier faucet.” A little frivolous, but wow, does it make a difference. It was also quite the experience switching faucets. Mike is becoming quite the handyman though (I helped, but he was the brave soul who got under the sink and did the wrenching).
I really can’t believe what a difference it makes!
Before and after:
We also got rid of the Moo (cat) on the counter
We’re eventually hoping to change the countertop and move to a single sink. I know, single sinks are the devil, but when you have the roughly 2 square feet of counterspace that we have, that extra foot makes a big difference.
Schooooool’s out for the sum-MAH!
Schooooool’s out for ev-AH!
(ok, it isn’t at all, I start again at the end of August, not to mention I’m working around the university this summer, but to say otherwise wouldn’t have fit with the song)
Since I writing the exam on Friday and starting work tomorrow, I did manage to squeeze in one small illustration job. It’s just supposed to be a couple people to refer to for a math question about rations. Ex: What is the ratio of people with glasses to no glasses?
Because I was feeling cute, two of the kids are Mike and I.
Hint: I’m not blond
Other hint: Mike wears glasses
That’s right, I took the time to erase the background and make it fancy
