Today’s Sketchbook Add
ENTRY DATE: August 30th, 2010
Today's sketch
This weekend while meandering through Georgetown, I picked up a great book at Fantagraphics about the life and art of Dan DeCarlo. I didn’t know him by name, but recognized his work from the long-running Archie comic series. I’d seen his strips and books in passing, but never took the time to really look at the artwork. Thanks to this book I have a new appreciation for DeCarlo’s amazing talent, particularly for how expressive his characters are. I’m even more in awe of his ability to capture the human form in such an economy of line. Today I was inspired to do a couple sketches in the spirit of his style, mostly as practice and to learn how he (so successfully) simplifies faces and figures.
This gal represents no one in particular, but the facial features, which are more realistic than the Archie characters, are based on a style DeCarlo used for a proposed Bettie Page comic book series.
BallardWorks Group Show
ENTRY DATE: August 10th, 2010
A group show and art party!
It’s the summer of Ballard! I’m showing again, this time at BallardWorks, an artists’ studio space in same building I used to haunt in my printmaking days. Come for the drinks and art, stay for more drinks and music.
Ballard Art Walk
ENTRY DATE: July 15th, 2010
The Three Little Pigs. Two-sided art. Can you guess what's on the back?
Godzilla Lose Ice Cream
Hanging the show.
Last Saturday I had the pleasure of showing off some art during the Ballard Art Walk. The good folks at Stoke Strategy hosted the event, and have generously provided their presentation wall as a temporary gallery for the next few weeks. If you’re in the neighborhood, stop by and check it out.
Seattle Restaurant Week Poster
ENTRY DATE: April 9th, 2010
The poster set the look and feel for the 2010 Seattle Restaurant Week marketing materials.
Last week I received a few samples of the poster LookatLao and I designed for Seattle Restaurant Week. My partner-in-design Geoffrey Smith first spied it a few weeks ago posted up in the window of Anchovies & Olives, one of the over 100 restaurants participating the upcoming event.
This poster provided a jumping-off point for the folks at The Seattle Times, who have been busy rolling out the design in all manner of marketing materials and social media outlets. It’s been great to see the concept at work and to hear excitement building for the event. It sounds like it’s going to be a success for restaurants and patrons alike, and will hopefully be the first of many Seattle Restaurant Weeks to come.
Introducing Seattle Restaurant Week
ENTRY DATE: February 24th, 2010
A new logo for a new Seattle restaurant event.
In lieu of repeating such a well-written blog post, I offer a link to LookatLao’s account of our recent team effort in designing the Seattle Restaurant Week logo. A fancy poster is nearing completion, which will hopefully grace every storefront window in Seattle by mid-March. Stay tuned!