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In honor of me surviving into my second half-century, I drew this last night. Ink, freehand. I will be scanning a better version and making it available for large-size download during my travels today. A reverse birthday gift, if you will.

 11x17, ink on Bristol board. 

It's available on my DeviantArt account as a PDF download.

If you do download and color it, PLEASE share! I'd love to see it!

Anatomy of a Logo

I have an assignment to help relaunch a business which includes a logo and beautifying a wordpress site. They will be offering holistic services, including health coaching, and an interesting program to work on one's self. I'll talk more about that in another post when the site's ready to launch.

In the meantime, the business name is Little Stone Bridge Pathworking and I decided that a literal treatment is needed for this logo. And that it needed to be hand-drawn, because I wanted it to look charming, hand-crafted with care, and personal, which embodies some of the emotions and values of the endeavor.

I started by searching stone bridge photos online. I roughed the bridge out with a pencil and then inked it in.

Then I scanned the drawing and manipulated it in Adobe Illustrator.

And then brought it into Photoshop to color it.

It's complex, but I really am pleased with the way this turned out.

On The Road, Day 24 #30DoC

I'm traveling for business this week and I'm in Chicago. This evening, I sat on a rocking chair outside my hotel and sketched this as the sun was setting.

The front porch rockers at the W Lakeshore, Chicago. 24 June 2012

BONUS

I shaded "Pipes" from yesterday and added a gauge and a large valve. I like how it turned out.

Pipes #30DoC Day 23

Magic Mushrooms Day 22 #30DoC

Ink and watercolor pencil sketch. I'm very pleased the new sketchbook's paper is thick enough for me to use a wet brush on it to activate the pencil.

Three Owls, #30DoC Day 21

A doodle. Pen & Ink with pencil shading.

3 Owls, Micron Pen & pencil.

Cone of Shame No. 2 - #30DoC Day 19

This time, it's a cat.

Cat in a Cone

I'm working up a series of get well cards for pets. I think when I do the final version, I will make the cone opaque. Still debating about whether to hand-letter or typeset the final card.

Flower Paisley #3, Shaded, Day 18 #30DoC

Here is the flower paisley, shaded.

Flower Paisley Number 3, Day 17 #30DoC

Flower Paisley #3, Inked.

I'm breaking in a new "proper" Moleskine sketchbook - one with a paper that seems to be at lease three times heavier than the other Moleskine I've been using (that one is called a "Journal" and now I understand the difference between them). I like that the image on the other side of the page doesn't show through at all. I'm going to try a watercolor or wet ink wash on some pieces in this book, so stay tuned.

I also have to be a bit more careful about letting ink dry before resting my hand on an area to work somewhere else on the page.

Flower Paisley #2, Colored. #30DoC Day 16

Cone of Shame, #30DoC Day 15

Inspired by a photo posted by one of my FaceBook friends.

The Cone of Shame, pen & ink

Eagle, 30 Days of Creativity, Day 14

Another pen and ink study for my totem pole project, which has languished far too long. This one is an eagle for the top of the pole.

Bear #30DoC Day 13

A pen and ink preliminary sketch for a cedar totem pole. This is the base figure, a Haida-style bear.

Doodle #30DoC Day 12

Between Red and Yellow, #30Doc Day11

The theme today is Orange, and I felt lazy so I didn't come up with my own theme for today.  Here is my orange drawing of the day, a rather literal interpretation.

Between Red and Yellow, pen, ink, and pencil

Graduation #1, 30DoC Day 8

Pen & Ink, started while waiting for an ice cream sundae at Friendly's Restaurant in Clark, NJ.

Spruce Tree, 30Doc Day 7

The Spruce Tree Outside My Office

Paisley, Day 6 30DoC

Pen an ink doodle, inspired by Zentangles®

pen & ink doodle, 30 Days of Creativity, day 6