It's Been Forever and New Stuff!

Ok, so this is just one of the designs that you will see in you local Easton Trader Joe's! I am currently one of their sign artist. I consider myself lucky that I get to do what I love everyday. This is a shelf template for our Holiday Guide 2011. You will see this long shelf tag randomly placed around the store under products that we are featuring!

Newest Piece and Website Live

So, it's been a while since I posted anything, and I apologize for that. The piece you see above is my newest piece of work. It is a vector which has been painted over in Adobe Photoshop. I have always loved peacocks. Their colors and elegance is very inspirational to me. I hope you all like it. I do...although I might go back into it and bump up the chroma a bit. It was originally created to be a design for a bed set, so there are pillows that I designed and a sheet hem design. Maybe I will upload those later. I am currently getting ready to graduate from CCAD on Saturday so I am pretty busy until then. Thanks for checking in!


Court

Book Cover

This is my newest creation. It is a redone book cover for the all American classic, The Great Gatsby. I fell in love with the fade-away girl the first time I ever saw one and I have been waiting for my chance to use her. So...here she is. I chose to do the decorative flowers down the side because of the hidden meaning they hold. They are dahlias which represent betrayal, which plays a very large role in the book. The type was downloaded from dafont.com, so thank you to them for giving us such awesome fonts. I hope you all like it. I'm not so sure how I feel about the line of silhouettes in the background but we will see.


Courtney

Second Postcard

Alright, so this isn't done but I thought I would put it up anyways. It's my second postcard for my series of four seasons. I'm not so sure about the background so far. I might also add some acorns and cranberry branches to it for a decorative feel. But other than that I like it.


Courtney

Page 4 of The Long Catnap

I'm finally making some progress on my children's book! What you are looking at above is the layout for page number four in my book. Brigitte, my main character is chasing butterflies from flower to flower. It's not completely done yet, there is still some touch up issues on the flowers and I might even add some texture to the butterflies. But as of right now, I am a pretty happy camper with this piece. I'm really loving the type that I found online called Girls are Weird, which can be found at dafont.com. More of these will be coming shortly. 


Courtney

Recent Activity

I have been super busy lately. There is only 5 more weeks of school and I graduate, so, I am hunkering down in my apartment and getting stuff done. My friends mother just hired me to freelance a logo for her preschool. It's very cute. I will post that later this week, I am in the beginning sketches right now. I do, however, have some really nice work coming along in my portfolio. The piece that you see above is just one in a series of four postcards that I am working on in my professional practice class. I also found it quite fitting since we are now experiencing spring, although it doesn't really feel like it does it? More work will be coming soon.

Courtney

First Book Illustration

Sorry it has been so long since I have posted anything. School work has become my number one priority. What you see above is my very first finished, vignetted, illustration for my children's book The Long Catnap. Which, just to recap, is all about Brigitte who you see above and her adventures in her dreams on a rainy day. I wanted to keep it fun and playful and have it also reflect my girly personality. There should be a second illustration coming very soon. I will try to keep posting.


Courtney