Kittys Drawings

Hi Everyone!

A few months ago I helped Jonny’s mate out with some flyers and posters for I think, Tactical Week. It’s one of those expo things for security professionals and people in the biz of being tough.  I had the logo (the shields) and the website to use as inspiration/resources for the DL sized flyer and larger posters to hang on the walls of the exhibit.

All done in a very short time-frame. Only had a couple of days to do the work plus revisions (of which there weren’t many).

I’m pretty proud of these cos they turned out how I imagined them.

Click to make larger cos they’re a bit skinny (oooh they’re blurry whoops – cant be bothered fixing)
Posters:

and the flyer:

I’m also doing an ad for them at the mo which will go in some Aussie security mags – its got a WHOLE lot more info to cram into a smaller space. Fun!
But you don’t get to see that yet

Sorry if I’m killing all your bandwidth peeps – do my pics take too long to load? If so I can make them smaller.

Other news – I made another dress. Using a Vogue vintage re-isssue design. So basically a vintage design but new pattern. I rushed it and the bodice was WAY too big….I was lazy and didn’t check it til after I put the lining in so the quick fix I did is a bit dodgy. A lot dodgy. But hey – the fabric is nice and it doesn’t look soooo bad. I took a look in the Salvos today and found about 5m of a khaki cotton drill for $4 that I might use to make another version of the dress. I’ll take more care this time and see if I can shrink it a lot more to fit me.

Ehhh I better go make some dinner now. Seeyas!

Just to let you all know that posting may be slow in the next two weeks because…..

We’re moving house!!

Again. Last time I moved was February. And since I’ve been in Melbourne (2003) I’ve lived in about 7 different houses.  Sheesh, talk about itchy feet.

But this move was inevitable – living in a studio was only a temporary solution, and now the landlords have sold the property, the sooner we get out the better. Good for us because I absolutely LOATHE moving in summer.

I mean, the last time I was lugging stuff across town was on Black Saturday – yes, the hottest and worst day in Victoria’s history. 46 degrees celsius. Ouch!

Anyways, we’ve secured possibly the most awesome apartment in Melbourne. A nice big warehouse conversion with plenty of exposed brick, massive arched windows and three levels (2 mezzanines) with a bathroom on each floor.  As soon as me and Jonny walked in we pretty much fell in love! Teeheee. It has everything we need and more. We’ve already planned to dedicate the roomy second floor entirely to our creative pursuits. Yay I get a desk! There’s even room for a sewing machine AND my easel. Omg.

So it’s all happening very quickly – we’ll get the keys this weekend and move in over the space of two weeks.  And hence I might not get a chance to post for a while – considering we have to shift our internet account and who knows how long that will take to sort out. So please bear with me while I’m gone.

And as usual I hate to leave you with nothing to look at – so here’s a little something I did a while back. Me and Jonny have plans for this image and others like it but I’m not saying much about that just yet. Stay tuned though!

Woah it’s huge! LOL

Ciao!

This is the little icon I was talking about. For cult-of-pop.com it’s gonna be used for the movie review system and soon to be on tshirts. Yay!

Now the kitty has colour! And a frame too, plus a bit of a shadow. I think I quite like this. Still nice and simple. I guess I will have to show SJ now – but I have become quite partial to this little kitty.

Other news – I am heading down to see my parents in Tassie for a WHOLE WEEK in May. Yay! I get to play with my letterpress. I can’t wait to take some photos as well as have a go at using it.

It’s gonna be interesting cos I really don’t have any firm idea of how to work it all. Thankfully, my Heidelberg is auto-feeding and there is little chance of me lopping some fingers off during it’s running. I’ll have Dad to supervise anyway and he’s good with machinery.

I am going to see if I can get some plates made here at work and find some other materials to see if I can do some tests on it. I’ll need some paper and some ink. Does anyone know where I can get some letterpress ink here in Australia? I only need one colour for now and only a very small amount.

Somehow I’ll scrounge together a little business with all this. I don’t have a press name yet or anything (been wracking my brain for ages now) or a solid timeline for when I will start for real…but I’ll get there. I know that my style is more suited to fine art prints and maybe business cards – wedding invites aren’t quite my forte. The line version of this cat is what I hope will be my first ever print. Can’t wait!

I’ve put the little kitty through the Illustrator machine. Ah the wonders of Live Trace. Tweaked a bit of course, to get the lines smooth.

I’m a little bit at a loss as to where to go from here. The line is just so nice I don’t know if I should add colour or text…or….Umm…I dunno! 

Suggestions?