Over the last 7 months or so, I’ve been combing through my work looking for interesting, and perhaps forgotten, illustration work for the new site. I came across several pieces I’ve done in the past that I haven’t posted online in a format suitable for viewing. This vector drawing of City Hall in Oxford Mississippi, commissioned by a friend for the Oxford Tourism Council, is a good example. More to come soon!
Today is my daughter Lucy’s sixth birthday.
After dinner our family took a “Cinderella” carriage ride through downtown Memphis. We went by the Cotton Exchange building, which, In my opinion, could be the most beautiful building in downtown Memphis. We passed the newly renovated limestone Post Office building, that’s now the the new U of M Law School. We clopped on through Confederate Park and then on to Court Square. (more…)
After watching the Vancouver Olympics, and having a tight deadline on this project, I was inspired to go back and look at some of vintage Canadian Pacific Railway postcard art.
Shea and I went to Banff, Alberta, Cananda on our honeymoon and collected a bunch of those postcards, and they came in very handy for type and illustration style inspiration.
The structure in the back of this illustration is the dam at Pickwick Lake—where the retreat will be held.
By the way, how great are the design and colors of the Canadian Flag? A designer’s dream.
Dear God, please let something like this happen