June, 2015

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Branding a Bakery: A Logo Case Study

Creative Live

Entrepreneur and baker du jour Jason Sigala wanted to open his own bakery in Southern California, offering quality, old-fashioned American desserts made from scratch. He wanted his shop’s branding to have a decidedly mid-century East Coast look and feel. Tim Frame was commissioned to create the brand identity for this foodie start-up, that would be called Towne Bakery.

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Overly Critical Music Snob Cat

Emmeline Illustration

I've been meaning to take part in Off Life Magazine's quick draw challenge for a while, and luckily for me they fired it back up a few weeks ago and I jumped on board. The basic idea is: they tweet a theme, and you have one hour to respond to it with an illustration. This week, the theme was 'weirdest thing I've seen at a festival', and I ran with it, creating overly-critical-music-snob-cat.

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Nicely Done: Epicurious

Fonts by Hoefler&Co.

A welcome bit of seasonal fare is the redesigned Epicurious , a hub for recipes, how-to articles, and inspiration for all things gastronomic. Building on the site’s massive recipe database, the Epicurious team took on the challenge of improving accessibility and adding new ways to discover content, two goals in which web fonts play a central part.

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MORT DRUCKER'S BEAUTIFUL WOMEN

Illustration Art

The great Mort Drucker is famous for drawing funny, not sexy. Yet, if you look back at his stories for MAD Magazine, you'll see they were often packed with beautiful women: At the recent annual conference of the National cartoonist Society, Drucker was awarded the first NCS Medal of Honor for his lifetime achievement. I had the good fortune to interview him before the ceremony and he remarked that beautiful women were the most difficult subject for him to draw.

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Let's Talk Trends: Designing for Maximum Impact

Speaker: Amber Asay, Creative Director and Founder of award-winning design studio Nice People

Understanding what trends are happening and how they’re impacting the competitive landscape is crucial to providing top dollar design strategy to your clients. With so many trends coming and going, it can be overwhelming to determine which ones you should capitalize on and which ones might not be worth the trouble. In this exclusive webinar with Amber Asay, we’ll explore graphic design trends that need to die, trends that are starting to pick up and why, trends that have come and gone, and how t

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Picnic By The Lighthouse WIP

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

Day One: Drawn up, masked and wet in wet blue sky Day Two: Defining clouds, more masking fluid on the grass and blocking in This is the sister painting to 'Rescue From The Storm'. The same lighthouse from a different angle and much more pleasant weather conditions. I'm hoping to pick up my brush again on Saturday, which seems like an age away!

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On simplifying: pizza and complications

Paul Jarvis

We like to complicate things. Product launches, software, pizza… Why do we do this? Sometimes I think it stems from an idea that something needs to be complicated to hold more value. As in, an onli.

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Kissing

Emmeline Illustration

Happy National Kissing Day, lovebirds. This was just a quick ink sketch inspired by the theme, with a dash of digital colouring. I really love drawing coiffured, tattooed, leather-jacket-donning biker-rockers, so I had a lot of fun with this!

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Illustrated Life Giveaway Two. Win ÂŁ20 To Spend At Ohh Deer!

Emmeline Illustration

To celebrate the launch of Illustrated Life on the blog last week, I'm running three consecutive giveaways, with over ÂŁ50 worth of goodies to be snagged each Monday! Giveaway two is now live , and you can get your paws on ÂŁ20 to spend at Ohh Deer! Yessss! Enter via the widget below: Ohh Deer: t he home of illustration & quirky design led gifts. I'm sure you've seen Ohh Deer products bobbing around the internet, design fairs and your favourite shops (or at the very least some of my illustrate

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Illustrated Life - Busy B Sticker Set

Emmeline Illustration

You may have seen me post about Busy B earlier this week with the launch of 'Illustrated Life' , my new blog section celebrating my very favourite illustrated products. Well, to kick everything off in a bloom of gorgeous stationery, I have this sweet little tin of floral stickers to decorate my notes. I'm a little bit addicted to cute tins.and illustrated stickers.and floral patterns, so this was perfect for me.

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Illustrated Life Launches Today!

Emmeline Illustration

Today's the day! Illustrated Life has officially launched! Keep up to date with all the very loveliest illustrated prints, homeware, fashion, books, games - all of it! - right here. Now, I told you I'd be giving away some amazing prizes to celebrate, and the first is go today! You could get your mits on ÂŁ10 to spend at one of my very favourite stationery companies: Busy B !

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The Democratization of Design: Giving Creators & Marketers the Tools to Succeed

Brands must create and share impactful content to thrive, but they have less people, tighter budgets, and fewer resources to do so. Learn how to publish and market digital content with the same professionalism as organizations with million-dollar budgets.

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Something Exciting Is Happening.

Emmeline Illustration

This June 22nd I'll be officially launching 'Illustrated Life' , a new section of my blog focusing on featuring my very favourite illustrated products, fashion, books, games, stationery, homeware and practically every beautifully illustrated object I can find! To celebrate the launch next Monday, I will holding a HUGE GIVEAWAY with ÂŁ50 worth of goodies (from some amazing companies) being given away each Monday over three weeks.

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The Absence Of Light EP Cover

Emmeline Illustration

You might've seen a little sneak peek of this illustration a few days ago, but now I can finally reveal this cover illustration for Andrew Jolly's first EP release in full! I wanted to keep with the feeling of the EP (dark, atmospheric but warm) and step away from my usual character-driven work into something more environment-focused. If you can, grab your headphones for 15 minutes and check out the tracks on bandcamp.

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New In The Shop! Shebeen Queen Riso Print

Emmeline Illustration

Ohh yeah! There's a brand new risograph print in my online shop! For today ONLY there's an introductory price with ÂŁ5 off, so act fast if you want to grab a bargain! [link] You can find out more about this illustration here.

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'Rescue From The Storm'

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

The finished painting. 'Rescue From The Storm' Watercolour & Gouache 70 x 50cm I thought you might appreciate seeing the whole thing and a crisp detail, rather than the blurry excuse for a photograph I posted previously. Detail: I might develop the Torchcliff setting in future paintings.

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Rethinking Creative Workflows: Increasing Efficiency in the Design Process

As the design industry evolves, teams are facing new challenges and a need to produce more outstanding creative work than ever. Leaders must learn how to adapt their processes to solve today’s—and tomorrow’s—unique design challenges. In this e-book, you’ll learn how to establish your creative workflow and leverage the power of CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite to streamline the entire design process, from start to finish.

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What I Wore

Emmeline Illustration

So I treated myself to a new Summer outfit from H&M (thanks to some birthday vouchers!) and the colour combo sparked me into sketching my first ever What I Wore illustration. It's just a quick 'un, but it was great to get in a bit of practice in drawing standing pose weighting (it's always good to brush up on it!). I've been considering launching a 30 days of 'What I Wore' with a sketch like this for each day of July!

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A Sneaky Peek

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

Apparently some of these otters are 'catching a crab' - it's a rowing term Recently finished but no scanner! A fuzzy photo will have to suffice.

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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN PARASITOLOGY

Illustration Art

Parasitology is the scientific study of parasites-- creatures that attach themselves to free-living species and suck blood and other nutrients from them. 1. HOOKWORM ( Ancylostoma duodenale ) Photomicrograph of the hookworm The hookworm is a parasitic worm that burrows into the intestine of its victim. It uses those teeth to hook into the intestine wall and drink the host's blood, while causing infection, nausea, indigestion, anemia and protein deficiency.

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More WIP

Chris Dunn Illustration/Fine Art

I've spent the last day and half working on this and it's finally starting to come together.

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Creative Insights: Data-Backed Trends to Help You Design Successful Content

In today’s competitive markets, how do you make sure that your content not only stands out but performs well? How can you predict whether certain design choices will result in clicks, engagement, downloads, and other drivers of ROI? Shutterstock’s Creative Insights Report (Q3) is your window into the hottest trends that are transforming the creative world.