If you’ve been paying attention, you may have realized that my store has been leaning more towards illustrations/prints lately. Maybe you haven’t noticed. I don’t know. It just occurred to me at some point, “hey, I really enjoy doing illustrations. Why not do more of that?!” So I am. I really want to get some new tee designs since a lot of the current ones have been around for quite awhile. This is something I am still working out. Since breaking through a several month long creative block, I have come up with a lot of ideas, but the problem is that they don’t seem to translate well to apparel design. Maybe I now need to break through a tee-specific creative block? Don’t know yet. But I am hoping to have some new tees at least by the summer.
Another thing I have been working on lately is new business cards. Since craft show season is here, this is something I am in desperate need of. Business cards are like candy at shows. It’s always troubling to try to convey all you can do and all you can offer someone in only a 3.5×2 space. I’ve gone through several card designs and this is something I always struggle with. In the past I have used product photos and specific drawings from products. This time I decided to take a different approach. I wanted to be able to use this batch of cards for both Signifying Not and for myself as a freelance artist/illustrator. So I decided to go with an illustration that speaks to my style as an illustrator, but also my style as it relates to Signifying Not. I haven’t gotten the design completely figured out yet, but I am using the illustration below of myself and Des:
- business card illustration
We are both going to be on the front and then on the back will be one or the other of us with our contact information. I’m excited about trying a new printer for these too. I’m trying out a place called Got Print. I’ve heard good things and they are super cheap! I’ll report back and hopefully post pictures when I get this all worked out.
