SNEAK PEAK AT MY NEW ABSTRACT PAININGS

I've been trying to find more time to paint this month, while I am still on break between quarters, because once I start the new MBA courses I'll probably be back on a schedule of "don't have time for anything apart from school and work." I have painted five new abstracts in brown that I might end up hanging in my living room. Here is a sneak peak, and I'll post images of some of the paintings once they are dry.

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FOUR ABSTRACTS

Here are four abstracts that I framed to put in my art/craft room. They are tempera on paper and were originally meant to be used in painted paper abstract collages, but I quite like them on their own. They would go really well with the existing furniture and decorations in the room, such as the white bookcase and desk, the red puff chair and this awesome quilt that I got for my birthday last year.

I have been painting abstracts lately, and I hope I can get enough done this year to try and organize an art show, but, busy as I am, I'm not sure that I'll be able to find enough time to do it all. Still, it's good to have goals, I guess :)

Here they are:

JAWAN LOGO DESIGN

One of my college friends is involved in an online shop for scarves, Jawan, which is actually project helping the Afghan Scholars Initiative. About a month ago he asked me whether I could come up with something new for their logo. They did not want a sign logo, they just wanted me to play around with the name and slogan of Jawan Fashion and come up with a softer, elegant and modern look.
Here is a screenshot of their website:

I played around with fonts, different elements related to the scarves themselves, such as the tassels, and different colors, and I came up with the following logos:

From these, they liked the three below, which I made in their signature color.

Now I am just waiting for them to decide whether they would use any of these. Whatever happens, though, I quite like how they came out :).

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MY NEW BUSINESS CARDS

Wow, I haven't posted anything in close to a month...I've been so busy, though, I've barely had time to get any sleep, let alone write on my blog. I'm spreading myself way too thin with work, the MBA, various art projects, dance classes, and all those little errands that you have to do when you live alone, like get food or clean the house :) Anyway, the end of this quite terrible term in school is close to its end, so hopefully I'll be able to catch up on all the stuff I want to blog about. Oh, and just to whine a little - I have an exam on my birthday...blah.

In between all the late nights spent working or writing papers, I somehow managed to print my new business cards, which I'm quite fond of. They are blue, unlike my current orange and green color scheme, and I think I might freshen up the design of my blog as well...we'll see.

So this is what I got printed - they are on 300 g paper with matte laminate, and they look very cool.

Here are my other color schemes and designs for the back of the card. I'll print the orange and the green at some point, too, but I'm still not sure when.

FURNITURE ILLUSTRATIONS

The advertising agency I work for, CAS, is in charge of designing and printing the new catalogue of the Bulgarian furniture factory Riko Style. Traditionally, the catalogue features an illustration of a certain piece of furniture on the cover and on each of the title pages. This year, I was the one doing the illustrations. You can see some of my drawings below and some of the actual pages where the drawings were featured.


The illustrations were done on Wacom Cintiq 21ux. Drawing on this tablet is so cool!



Check out CAS's website for more of our projects: www.casbg.com

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COOL T-SHIRTS FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS

So it's 2012! Happy New Year to all of you who read my blog! I have tons of cool stuff I've been meaning to post, but it seems like the new year will be very, very busy! Still, here is the first thing, which is a project I finished around the holidays: t-shirts for photographers!
As you might already know, I really like graphic tees, and I am also quite the photography enthusiast! Last year I made a "Photo Babe" t-shirt for myself, which I quite like, and this year I made a male version of this t-shirt. I was thinking I would do a "Photo Dude" shirt, but by popular request I ended up making a "Photo Babe Hunter" t-shirt :)
Anyway, here it is below! Enjoy our nerdiness :)

LOGO & T-SHIRT FOR LILLY

My friend Lilly and I have known each other since kindergarten. We've stayed close through good and bad times, and through years when we were on different continents. We've given each other countless presents, of course, so I was racking my brains as to what to get her for Christmas this year. And then it hit me - I work in an ad agency, and I like to dip my toes in various graphic design projects, so what could be more perfect than something custom made with a print design of my own making!? So I sat down and made her a personal logo, which I had stamped on a red shirt afterwards. I really like the outcome, and I do hope that she wears it with pleasure.
Check it out below: